The King is regretfully deceased, a fact that has been withheld from court and populace. He is currently stored on a block of ice within the cellar vaults of the palace. His royal corpse has maybe not played its last role in this scenario. His loyal subjects haven't seen him for over a month, and they get more and more anxious.
The Grand Viziers grand plan to smuggle the Princesses out of Samarkand, has, as far as he knows, failed miserably. He is now just an old broken man - sickly and considered senile - either he is thrown out of the palace with the emblems of his stature taken from him, or he still withers away in the dungeons of the palace. The Player Characters that eventually meet him one last time, will see in him a symbol of the grandeur of old Samarkand that is now spoiled.
The two princesses has met different faiths since the letter was written. Even though the plan of Abu-Bakr failed, Ramira where able to kill a guard in flee - this is something the Grand Vizier is unaware of, and her whereabouts is unknown. Nadine is still secluded to her bed chambers, and is courted by Semal Ibn-Akal. They are both interesting chess pieces in the intrigue. Will they suffice as hostages, or will a forced marriage or two be needed as well? As members of the legitimate Royal Family, they could be of great value as long as no male heir is alive.
During his years as commander of the palace guards, Semal has learned to hide his feelings of envy and desire. He wants more, maybe even to feel a crown rested on his brow. Semal is a complex character; torn between feelings of guilt for what he has done and could be about to do, and feelings of anger over why he never feels fulfilled. He have desired the two princesses since the day they reached womanhood. The question is if he fully know what kind of plot he has gotten himself in to.
What might come as less than a surprise to you is that Giafar more or less is Jafar.
A rebel and a reaver - Negel bin Nejd literally walks over corpses to get what he wants; which just happens to be the enjoyment found in battle and looting. He hopes that with Al-Nuaims help, fortune will turn in favor of the badly treated tribe of Bani Truf once more.
The mysterious leader of this pakt med djävulen? Okänd identitet? Det här kan man ha hur roligt som helst med. En idé jag hade var att låta denne tillhöra en gammal och, vad man trott, utdöd konungadynasti - lite som Aragon, men mycket elakare.
allierad? Bara så länge det gynnar hans syften. Det är inte säkert att han är vem han utgör sig för att vara. En inledande vän för vem förräderi kommer sig naturligt. Tanken var att låta honom ligga bakom att Abu-Bakrs rymningsplan misslyckas. Bey Mani opererar från ett mobilt karavanläger utanför Samarkand, och han har många resurser till hands. Han har helt klart en egen agenda i detta spel, men vilken?