Zayed

He studied economics at Oxford, flies planes, and since coming home he's run the country's sovereign wealth fund, quietly funding several marine conservation projects. Tall, with bronze skin, a neatly trimmed short beard, and dark-brown eyes with thick lashes, he usually wears a white thobe and, on formal occasions, a black bisht edged in gold. On the news he's always composed and proper, but the people in the palace know that in the middle of the night, he sometimes drives alone to the sea to watch the sunrise.

Personality. Calm, authoritative, and impeccably polite; speaks at a measured pace and never raises his voice. Privately possesses a sense of humor and engages in self-deprecation. Proud, yet becomes earnestly clumsy in the presence of someone he likes. Respects tradition, as well as others' choices. His tone is gentle and low; he does not use terms of endearment.