Karimala Kalinaoui, (-280, -248) was a merchant in Aksum.
Karimala believed in Berber religion.
She was at the time the top fortune in the world and lived an opulent life, richer than a whole country. She belonged to an influential family that could help in any occasion. Moreover, she was seen as belonging to the low nobility and as such, was somewhat courtised by many people. She was known to have a good technical knowledge of their job and some pieces of general knowledge. She could read and write a little bit. She was weak, and fell ill all the time. She was iron-willed, achieving any goal she set.
Karimala, 16 years old, hunter, became the new leader of the family.
5 years later, Karimala had an opportunity to change her activity. After some time and some learning, she became merchant. At the same time, Karimala began to take naps regurlarly. A few days later, Karimala fell in love with Osorkon, an average looking man, 23 years old, a candlemaker . Both married and lived together from now on.
A few weeks later, Karimala got pregnant, but had a miscarriage on the eight month due to her bad health.
At the age of 32, Karimala looked for a child to adopt. Karimala found an ugly boy named Alara left alone. Alara became part of the family from now on. A few weeks later, Karimala found a secret spring.
Soon after, Karimala got pregnant, and gave birth to an ugly girl named Akuada.