Gather information from Zazie: Send Jenna or a follower with at least 5 Stealth to exchange messages
Locks: No
Is Key: No
Is Empty: No
Is Enemy: No
Conditions:
Pops: None
Rites
Sultan's Private Life
The Sultan's appetite for pleasure is legendary - a voracious hunter claiming numerous conquests. Surely his cleansing eunuchs can't extend to every encounter... If his seed is truly so precious to him, he must employ alternative methods when bedding concubines, noblewomen, or common harlots away from the palace. Such a matter requires careful exploration.
ID: 5000574
Type: None
Tips: None
Duration: 1 days
Waits For: 0 days
Marked as New Only on First Occurrence: 0
Starts Automatically: No
Triggers Result Automatically: No
Tag Tips: None
Tag Tips Up: None
Tag Tips Text:
- Hurry! If Zazie's token countdown reaches zero, she will die and the mission will fail
Random Text: None
Random Text Up: None
Actions When Wait Expires
This rite has no actions when the wait expires.
Slots
Bribe Courtiers: 8 Gold Coins necessary
Locks: No
Is Key: No
Is Empty: No
Is Enemy: No
Conditions:
- Type = Item
- Tag (Gold Coin) Costs = 8
Pops: None
Investigate folk rumors: A non-noble follower with at least 5 Sociability
Locks: No
Is Key: No
Is Empty: No
Is Enemy: No
Conditions:
- Type = Character
- Not Tag (Noble) = 1
- Tag (Sociability) = 5
Pops: None
Trade intelligence: Requires gold-tier Inside Information
Locks: No
Is Key: No
Is Empty: No
Is Enemy: No
Conditions:
- Type = Item
- Card = Inside Information
- Tag (Intelligence) Costs = 1
Pops: None
Activation Conditions
This rite has no activation conditions.
Outcome
Prior
Investigation is no longer necessary
Conditions:
- Any
- Counter (7000530) ≥ 1
- Not Have Card (Zazie's Token) = 1
- Have Card (The Monarch's Seeds) = 1
Result:
Regular
This rite has no regular outcome.
Extra
A painting arrives from Zazie's messenger—her handiwork! This sketch offers a one-to-one ratio depiction of a crystal bottle, with color and texture notes. According to Zazie's letter, during outdoor proceedings, the Sultan retrieves a scented, oily sheath from one of such bottles—to capture his precious seed. As for its nature and further fate, these are secrets even a concubine can't inquire.
Your discreet inquiries quickly bear fruit. The device is made from processed sheep intestines - more commonplace than you'd expect among the nobility. Many high-ranking nobles employ similar methods... You manage to obtain basic instructions for creating a passable imitation.
Whispers among courtesans tell a chilling story: a beautiful woman once captured the affection of a powerful figure who would visit the House of Delights in disguise, seeking forbidden pleasures.
Consumed by ambition, she plotted to bear his child and secure her position.
One night, she stole a golden box where her patron had stored his essence (now you understand he likely used one of these intestine sheaths).
When she attempted to use its contents, a terrible curse befell her - agonizing pain like liquid fire coursed through her body for three days without relief.
Driven mad by suffering, she leapt to her death, leaving only this grim tale behind.
It seems the Sultan not only collects his seed but renders it unusable with chili or other caustic substances - a remarkably thorough precaution.
Armed with Zazie's detailed specifications and whispers gathered from various servants... you've determined the exact spice blend the Sultan adds to the oils used for the sheaths... Now comes the delicate work of experimentation.
Action:
- Enable Event: Palace - Demanding Concubines - Imitation