Samira Yazdi

Samira, a character in The Heist: Monaco series, is a notorious hacker known as Blackbird and is a potential member of your crew. She is first seen in The Heist: Monaco, Chapter 2.

Appearance
Samira has black hair covered in a dark pink hijab, brown eyes and tan skin. In addition to the hijab, she also wears a pink coat over a white button-up shirt and a pair of beige pants.

Personality
As a Vigilante Hacktivist who toppled corrupt governments and corporations in the early 2000s, Samira is implied to have a strong sense of justice. Another proof of this is that according to Jones, she once exposed a drug cartel.

She also has a fiery temper, such as shouting to Lulu to encourage her to play well during a soccer match.

The Heist: Monaco

 * Chapter 2: Are We Really Doing This?
 * Chapter 3: Pros and Cons (Determinant)
 * Chapter 4: Go Directly to Jail (Determinant)
 * Chapter 5: Please Point That Somewhere Else (Determinant)
 * Chapter 6: You Think We Need One More? (Determinant)
 * Chapter 7: Who the Hell is Ulrich? (Determinant)
 * Chapter 8: Grift Happens (Determinant)
 * Chapter 9: Of Course It's A Masquerade (Determinant)
 * Chapter 10: Now's Probably A Bad Time (Determinant)
 * Chapter 11: Hit Me As Hard As You Can (Determinant)
 * Chapter 12: Not Furious Per Se (Determinant)

Halim Yazdi
Halim is Samira's husband. After retiring from being the hacker Blackbird, Samira has settled down with him and started a new life with their daughter Lulu.

Lulu Yazdi
Lula is Samira's daughter.

Your Character
You can choose to either recruit Blackbird or Anton as your crew's hacker. Throughout the book you can build her trust in you.

Trivia

 * Samira is the first Choices character to wear a hijab.
 * She regularly switches to her Blackbird voice. Everytime she does that, her lines are written in red.
 * She has a tai chi group at home.
 * In Chapter 13, she mentions that she is trying to cut down on coffee: The last time she had too much caffeine, she toppled a corrupt investment firm. 50 people got arrested.
 * The surname Yazdi is Arabic origin, which means "someone from the city or province of Yazd in central Iran".
 * The name Samira means "nice company" or "loved" in Arabic and "Princess" in Persian.