Herod Raheem was a sailor who frequented the brothel owned by Iasmin el Sabine, and who was noted by her for his striking blue eyes, an almost unheard-of trait in Catfolk. He fathered Ash with her, and it is unknown if he is the father of any of her other children as only Ash inherited his extremely distinctive eye colour.
He was killed, along with presumably his entire family, by Iasmin's son Magri while he was working for Hayk-ebasa-ged'wen after Magri saw him eating dinner through the window with his wife and children. Enraged that these children were living the life his younger sibling could have had, he burned their house to the ground with them in it, much to the horror of his then work partner Kadar Rachid.