Rites

Struggle Among Slave Girls

The Sultan does sometimes take an interest in his slave girls, and once, passing by Arzuna, his gaze lingers on her slender waist. Everyone notices—eunuchs, slave girls, scribes, and nobles. It's a flicker of hope... and a tightening noose. For the other slave girls, watching a peer rise is agony beyond killing.

ID: 5008244

Type: None

Tips: None

Duration: 1 days

Waits For: 0 days

Marked as New Only on First Occurrence: 0

Starts Automatically: Yes

Triggers Result Automatically: No

Tag Tips: None

Tag Tips Up: Normal Result, Charisma, Survival

Tag Tips Text:

Random Text: None

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Roll #1
You steel yourself to ignore Arzuna's plight—and she has never counted on you anyway.
Type: Normal Result
Type Tips: Arzuna's Charisma and Survival determine her pool of dice.
Low Target: 3
Low Target Tips: She needs at least 3 Success to win.

Actions When Wait Expires

This rite has no actions when the wait expires.

Slots

Slot #1
Arzuna

Locks: Yes

Is Key: No

Is Empty: No

Is Enemy: No

Conditions:

Pops: None

Slot #2
You may do it yourself, or have a palace-eligible noble to take care of it.

Locks: No

Is Key: No

Is Empty: Yes

Is Enemy: No

Conditions:

  • Type = Character
  • Tag (Noble) = 1

Pops:

  • Condition:
    • Counter (7100003) ≥ 15
    Action:
    • Choose:
      • Self Pops:
        With your power and influence, a single word to the eunuchs should suffice. They would surely not dare to take your money.
Slot #3
Bribe the eunuch for just 5 Gold Coins.

Locks: No

Is Key: No

Is Empty: Yes

Is Enemy: No

Conditions:

Pops: None

Activation Conditions

Tips: Sending a noble into the palace is the only way to help Arzuna. If your influence is great enough, it won't cost a coin.

Conditions:

Outcome

Prior

Because of Your Past Help
Slave girls were everywhere in the harem. Despite Arzuna's beauty, elegance, and skill in dance, she had no stage to shine. She slept in the crowded dormitory, ate bland meals morning and night, and spent her days scrubbing floors, sweeping dust, wiping away blood... Then came the Sultan's fleeting glance. Arzuna barely had time to feel a spark of hope before the other slave girls struck. They doused her bedding with dirty water, snickering at the shadow of confusion and fury on her face, and at her fists clenching and unclenching.

At that moment, Fadia came to Arzuna's side, pulled her close, and shared a faintly scented pillow with her.

No one had expected Fadia to intervene—she was the most favored among the slave girls, a woman who had lain with the Sultan and lived to tell it!

Before sleep, Fadia lightly silenced the childish cruelty, her gaze lingering on a few guilty faces. She said no more, for that was enough.

Arzuna stood behind Fadia, protected by her small frame. It was an unfamiliar feeling. Arzuna wanted to smile, but tears glimmered in her eyes.

Conditions:

Result:

Slave girls were everywhere in the harem. Despite Arzuna's beauty, elegance, and skill in dance, she had no stage to shine. She slept in the crowded dormitory, ate bland meals morning and night, and spent her days scrubbing floors, sweeping dust, wiping away blood... Then came the Sultan's fleeting glance. Arzuna barely had time to feel a spark of hope before the other slave girls struck. They doused her bedding with dirty water, snickering as they waited to see her dismay or tears.

But there was none. Instead, a voice rang out, "Who drenched my bed will see their blood spill on theirs." The girls laughed it off. But the next morning, one of them lay lifeless. Blood gushed from her mouth and nose, soaking her pillow and blanket. Yet, her body bore no other wounds. Arzuna brushed by with a sneer, then set off to answer the Sultan's summons. No one knew what she whispered to delight the Sultan—only that the dangerous beauty never returned to the slave quarters.

Conditions:

Result:

Regular

Slave girls were everywhere in the harem. Despite Arzuna's beauty, elegance, and skill in dance, she had no stage to shine. She slept in the crowded dormitory, ate bland meals morning and night, and spent her days scrubbing floors, sweeping dust, wiping away blood... Then came the Sultan's fleeting glance. Arzuna barely had time to feel a spark of hope before the other slave girls struck. They doused her bedding with dirty water, snickering at the shadow of confusion and fury on her face, and at her fists clenching and unclenching.

Conditions:

Action:

The second night, the torment escalated. Dead insects were hidden in Arzuna's meals, and her delicate bangs were hacked into a mess while she slept. The other slave girls had decided to drag her deeper into the abyss—after all, none of them had ever been lucky enough to catch the Sultan's glance, to leap out of this pit of misery.

Conditions:

Action:

First Trial
Arzuna clashed with another slave girl in the Lapis Lazuli Palace, yanking her hair until a patch of bloodied scalp came away.

It all "just so happened" to fall within the Sultan's gaze. Amused, he called Arzuna forward, chest out and head high—and then he recognized this beautiful slave girl with a slender waist...

That very night, Arzuna moved out of the crowded dormitory.

She managed to survive the first act of this brutal war.

Conditions:

Result:

Clumsy Act
You never heard from Arzuna again. Perhaps she fought and struggled with all her might, but war was merciless... Even the war of flowers was no exception.

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Result:

Extra

That day, you sent a servant to the harem passage, bearing a golden bracelet and exquisite sweets in your name for the fattest, most arrogant eunuch.

No words were needed... Everything slid into place silently.

From then on, the young eunuchs patrolling the harem at night scolded any slave girls who messed with Arzuna's bedding and made sure no tampering reached her food. When an old eunuch caught a girl cutting Arzuna's hair, he thundered, "You are destroying the Sultan's property!"

The slave girls quickly learned their lesson. They still hated Arzuna—but now, their hatred was buried beneath the surface.

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Events
石宫斗触发
Rites
Struggle Among Slave Girls