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==Mirage==
(Still a mess)
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===The Master Thief of Anbar===
*'''Nehal:''' ''I hear what you are saying, Basim. But you paint a portrait of a world that cannot exist.''
*'''Basim:''' ''That is where we disagree.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''There it is. The Winter Palace. Come, this way.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Right behind you.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Here. Let us wait for nightfall.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Does where you stand not awaken fond memories?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Not so long aog we were counting our spoils up here under the cover of night, just like this.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''The stakes were lower then.''
*'''Basim:''' ''And so too was the prize.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Well, before you claim your prize you will first have to reach it. And as far as I can see, that will take some creativity.''
*'''Basim:''' ''We could always try the front gate.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''You will have to let me know how that goes for you.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Where are you going?''
*'''Nehal:''' ''I've had a clever thought. If your mind is absent of one, you should perhaps follow mine.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Wait!''
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The Hidden Ones need a chest stolen. Jasib spotted guards taking it with them to the Winter Palace. The content of the chest is still unknown, but if the Caliph is involved, it is certainly worth the risk.
Nehal knows how to get into the palace, but there might be other ways to quietly sneak into this heavily guarded palace.
LOOK FOR ways to infiltrate the palace.
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*'''Nehal:''' ''It is dark enough. Come.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Nehal!''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Fastening yourself to my tail, Basim? Very sensible.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I know how you hate to be alone.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''I saw some guards, just that way.''
*'''Soldier 1:''' ''... and then roasted, stuffed lamb. Oh, yes.''
*'''Soldier 2:''' ''Lentils with lime sauce, pomegranates and lemon. I can taste it now.''
*'''Soldier 1:''' ''Shh! I heard something. A low roar.''
*'''Soldier 2:''' ''Indeed! My stomach!''
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*'''Soldier 3:''' ''Have you seen the guests? Such odd costumes.''
*'''Soldier 4:''' ''Keep your mouth shut. You'll only invite trouble talking like that.''
*'''Soldier 3:''' ''Why dress that way, is all I'm asking. It's not festival time.''
*'''Soldier 4:''' ''IThey are here to meet the Caliph about the chest that arrived this morning. Which, need I remind you, is none of our concern.''
*'''Soldier 3:''' ''Are you not curious?''
*'''Soldier 4:''' ''Even if I am, it will not break my focus.''
*'''Soldier 3:''' ''Well, it has broken mine.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Ah, good. This door may lead us inside.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Not without a key it won't.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Hmm. Have a look around.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Have a short nap. But not too short.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Any luck finding a key?''
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*'''Soldier 5:''' ''The Caliph appears unsettled. An unruly son is not helping matters.''
*'''Soldier 6:''' ''The young man is eager. It's his first time in the palace, is it not? Let him wander, I say. Cater to his needs. This meeting is supposed to be brief, after all.''
*'''Soldier 5:''' ''Here they are. Come.''
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*'''Soldier 5:''' ''Through there. The Caliph awaits you.''
*'''Soldier 6:''' ''They have arrived, Mawlay (my lord).''
*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''Out. All of you. I am to meet with them alone.''
*'''Abu 'Abdallah:''' ''Father, let me stay!''
*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''Take him.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Looks heavy. We'll never get it out of the palace.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Then I will just have to take what is inside.''
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*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''Gentlemen. Welcome. Everything is in order.''
One of the Order members opens the chest to check its contents.
*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''I understand this means a great deal to you. Rest assured, it will be well protected here.''
*'''Masked Figure:''' ''We will accept nothing less. We will carry out our work and return to you when we are ready. Be prepared, Caliph.''
The Order members turn to leave.
*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''Ah, might I see it once? The contents? If we are to guard this with our lives we should know--''
One of the figures approaches the Caliph threateningly.
*'''Masked Figure:''' ''You saw nothing of this. You say nothing. Do you understand?''
*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''Y-yes, of course. Perish the idea.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Now is our chance.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Someone is coming.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''This way. Looks quiet.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''I never thought I'd set foot in here. Just look at these arches. You could chisel off a piece and sell it for a hoard of gold. You didn't happen to bring a pickaxe did you?''
*'''Basim:''' ''I will keep it in mind for the next time we break into a palace.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''All right, Basim. Open. Snatch. Run.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Basim, hurry!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''(quick exhale)''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Basim!''
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*'''Male voice:''' ''dű-duàs hnomná arhzmr mnàæ gnsàsi hm més hr r n marhmid''
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*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''Give me that!''
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*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''No! La!''
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*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''Do you have any idea what they will do to me?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Please, I -- I am sorry.''
*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''This... This is your fault.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Stop'' [sic] ''Please... !''
*'''Al-Mutawakkil:''' ''You thieving little rat!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''No...''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Run!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Nehal, wait!''
*'''Abu 'Abdallah:''' ''Father?...''
*'''Soldier 7:''' ''Get that boy!''
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*'''Soldier 8:''' ''Ring the bell! The Caliph is dead!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''What ... what have we done?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Nehal ... she just... What was she thinking? I need to find her. She would have gone back home.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Nehal!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''No. Stop this. Please! What do you want from me?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''(labored breathing)''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Calm! Calm, Basim.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Nehal?''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Not quite. Are you well?''
Basim nodded.
*'''Roshan:''' ''Good. Because I need you to tell me about ... this.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I do not know what you mean.''
They overhear noise coming from outside.
*'''Soldier:''' ''Search over there.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Tell me what happened. Silence is not your ally here.''
*'''Basim:''' ''It is not silence. I cannot explain what I saw. That object. It did something to me. I was ... somewhere else. Cold. And frightened. Before I knew it, the Caliph had his hands around my neck. I ... it was an accident, I did not mean for ... just wanted to help.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''We need to get you out of here. I have a boat at the western docks.''
*'''Basim:''' ''What? No, I-I cannot leave. I need to find Nehal.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''SStop and think, Basim. The Caliph's guard is searching for his murderer. A young thief of your description. They will not stop until they have found you. And when they do, it will not be a prison they throw you into. It will be a shallow grave. I am giving you a second chance. Take it.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Nehal ... Dervis ... they are all in danger!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''The soldiers are hunting all who look like me.''
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*'''Soldier:''' ''We are not to show mercy, men. Is that clear?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''I will not be safe for certain if I do not lose these guards.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Basim. Basim! Avert your eyes.''
*'''Basim:''' ''(scream)''
*'''Nehal:''' ''There is nothing we could have done.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Nothing? If the Caliph were alive, this would not have happened!''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Watch where you point your blamey little finger, Basim. It was your idea to steal from the palace. All so that you could impress your cunning friends. I saved us.''
*'''Basim:''' ''You killed them! You did this!''
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*'''Soldier:''' ''It came from over there.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''I hope I never see you again.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''All of them dead ... when it was me they sought to punish. I ... I... I cannot be here. I cannot.''
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*'''Soldier 9:''' ''Stop. Is it him?''
The soldier drags Basim and shoves him towards another soldier.
*'''Soldier 10:''' ''I think so.''
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*'''Soldier 9:''' ''Good enough.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Move!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''What are you doing?''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Don't think.''
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===A New Beginning===
Alamut
Two months later
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*'''Basim:''' ''A new day. Another test. I should get back.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''If you do not have faith in yourself, then who will?''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''There you are. Are you ready?''
*'''Basim:''' ''I... I think so.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Put yesterday out of your mind. It has no bearing on today.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Get dressed and we can begin.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Go on, Basim. Like we practiced.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Yes, master.''
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*'''Novice:''' ''You look strong today, Basim! Keep training!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Steady, Basim. Steady.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Leap! Now!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Yes, master!''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''I've seen enough. We will try again tomorrow.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I felt fine.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''I can see it in your body. You lose focus too easy. The Leap of Faith is a crucial step on your path to initiation. It is one of the Brotherhood's first and most sacred rites. To perform it successfully, you must first center your mind, body and spirit. Embrace the fear. Quiet it. Find the stillness. And let go.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Yes, Master.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Let's return to the camp.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''May I ask you something?''
*'''Roshan:''' ''You may.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Back in Anbar, at the palace, I witnessed a meeting between the Caliph and five masked men. Order members. The Caliph was meant to protect the object they discovered, but he knew nothing of their plans for it. He did not even know them by name. How does the most powerful man in Baghdad bend such a fearful knee to the faceless?''
*'''Roshan:''' ''The Order has held dominion over such men and their empires for centuries. By convincing them of their truth, that they are the natural arbiters of the world. The Caliph was but their puppet, and the same will be true of whomever succeeds him. The entire Caliphate is under their influence.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Basim, speak with Fuladh and see if he needs any help. We will continue your training later.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Yes, master.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Have you seen Mentor Rayhan in camp?''
*'''Hidden One:''' ''He is preparing to receive the Tahirid emissary, master.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Thank you.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''How is Nurm the brave eagle?''
*'''Nur:''' ''Will he fall or will he soar?''
*'''Basim:''' ''You will soar, ya sadeeqi (my friend)! Insha' Allah! (God wills it!)''
*'''Nur:''' ''Thank you. We have a similar spirit, you know?''
*'''Basim:''' ''What gave you that idea?''
*'''Nur:''' ''One of the Banu Musa was angry at you and you were unfased. Remember?''
*'''Basim:''' ''I did not touch his hammer.''
*'''Nur:''' ''You refused to apologize for something you did not do. I respect that. Stubborn like me!''
*'''Basim:''' ''I have been called worse.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Have you seen Fuladh in camp?''
*'''Nur:''' ''I have seen him speaking to Ahmad near his office.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Araka Lahiqan (See you later)!''
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*'''Fuladh:''' ''I may get back to you on this.''
*'''Ahmad:''' ''Of course!''
*'''Fuladh:''' ''Ah, what is this in the corner ... here? A small design?''
*'''Ahmad:''' ''It is my signature. So you know that I created this and not Al-Hasan or worse, Abu Jafar!''
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*'''Ahmad:''' ''I jest, you understand? Wada'an! (Farewell!)''
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*'''Fuladh:''' ''Ah, Basim. How are you?''
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*'''Fuladh:''' ''Yes, Enkidu! Food is coming! He is intelligent. And intelligence is supposed to rhyme with patience! Reminds me of someone...''
*'''Basim:''' ''Have you been speaking to Master Roshan?''
*'''Fuladh:''' ''Have patience... Be kind to your progress.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I will take this to heart. Roshan asked me to come see you?''
*'''Fuladh:''' ''Ah, yes! Rebekah needs leather strips. Can you fetch those from the store-room?.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I shall, Fuladh.''
*'''Fuladh:''' ''Araka Lahiqan! (See you later)!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''That is not it.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''It's hard to find anything in here.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''No, that is not a strip of leather.''
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{{IUNote|Title=Don't forget the feathers|Text=Fuladh,<br><br>Be sure to remind the Bureaus in Baghdad to return every bloodied feather and mission report to Alamut. Each feather is a victory; they must be collected and chronicled, not consigned to the heap of history. This is not mere ceremony. Future generations of Hidden Ones will look to our records for guidance. Our past must instrucct out future, it cannot be erased. <br><br>- Mentor Rayhan}}
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*'''Tahirid emissary:''' ''These forces within the Caliphate are beginning to pur pressure on us.''
*'''Rayhan:''' ''Forces? You mean the Order, Aban.''
*'''Tahirid emissary:''' ''I... can only speak of what I know, ya sadeeqi. The Caliph wishes to nullify the rebels and if you persist in giving them support... we cannot assure you protection from any ... Caliphate response.''
*'''Rayhan:''' ''The rebels supply us with information in Baghdad. Without them, we are blind.''
*'''Tahirid emissary:''' ''Be that as it may, Governor Muhammad is very commited to showing that he can end this rebellion swiftly.''
*'''Rayhan:''' ''I do not doubt that.''
*'''Tahirid emissary:''' ''I came to warn you. Things are moving fast in Baghdad. You may have to act sooner than expected.''
*'''Rayhan:''' ''I hear you, Aban.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''So the Tahirids who govern these lands are the only thing standing between Alamut and a full scale attack. A fragile peace. How long will it last?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''How does construction go?''
*'''Worker:''' ''Ah, it is taking longer than we expected, ya sayyidi (sir). Mentor Rayhan is a wise man but he speaks of this mountain as if it was destined that we build here. We have patience and follow his guidance.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Master Roshan tells me I must not be in a hurry to rush back to Madinat as-Salam (The City of Peace).''
*'''Worker:''' ''I would not hurry at all. Baghdad is ... different now. It is very dangerous.''
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{{IUNote|Title=Let Me Go|Text=Azadeh,<br><br>They tell me you are still searching. Still chasing rumor and calling my name. The woman you pursue is dead and that name is buried with her. I am Roshan. Daughter of none. Sister of many. I drown my pain in brotherhood. You can have no part in this fellowship, for the cause is cruel to our kin and I will not see you hurt.<br><br>Turn back, old friend. Seek me no more.}}
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*'''Basim:''' ''Rebekah?''
*'''Rebekah:''' ''Basim, Basim ... are you just wandering the camp aimlessly now?''
*'''Basim:''' ''No, I have this leather for you. Will it do?''
*'''Rebekah:''' ''Apparently, you've moved past the wooden swords. I protested, but Roshan insisted.''
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*'''Rebekah:''' ''Here is your dagger.''
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*'''Rebekah:''' ''And your sword. I am proud to have worked on them.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''This blade has character!''
*'''Rebekah:''' ''Why would I make anything less than unique?''
*'''Basim:''' ''I am in your debt. I was not expecting new weapons today!''
*'''Rebekah:''' ''Repay me by using them on the Order. Make them feel the sharpness of its character!''
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*'''Rebekah:''' ''Roshan said you had further training today? Show her that new sword of yours!''
*'''Basim:''' ''I look forward to it!''
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*'''Novice:''' ''Blessings upon you, Basim.''
*'''Basim:''' ''How does training go, ya sadeeqi (my friend)?''
*'''Novice:''' ''Nur showed me a new way to grip my knife and it has improved my accuracy greatly! If you throw it just so, it sails through the air swift and true! Shall I remind you how to use a knife?''
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*'''Novice:''' ''Ya ilahi! (My God!) Well done!''
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*'''Novice:''' ''You have inspired me to train harder!''
*'''Basim:''' ''This is the way, ya sadeeqi (my friend)!''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Good work. Until tomorrow.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Basim. Time for combat training.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I was surprised when Rebekah handed me this. Is a sword not a coarse weapon for a Hidden One?''
*'''Roshan:''' ''As Hidden Ones, we must become proficient with a number of weapons. You never know how a fight will escalate. Anyone can wield a sword. But how will you use it?''
*'''Basim:''' ''I am here to learn that, master.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Are you truly here?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Well... yes. I believe so.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''You are here in body but are you here in mind and soul?.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Is this ... a riddle?''
*'''Roshan:''' ''No. It is the difference between life and death.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Make sure you target and circle around me. Never turn your back on your opponent.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''What are you doing? Are you trying to get stabbed in the back?''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Yes, better! Show me your quick stabs first.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Good.<br>Yes.<br>Excellent!''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''There are times when we must put more force into our attacks to cause more damage. It was leave you exposed, so time it properly! Now go!''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''That's it!<br>Come in strong!<br>Excellent!''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Now, for defense. You can parry the attacks of your opponent. After a few sucessful parries your opponent will be stunned. Try to parry my attacks.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Yes.<br>That's good.<br>Excellent!''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Some attacks cannot be parried, and must be dodged instead. Prepare yourself!''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Good work.<br>That's the way.<br>Well done.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Now, let us try a free fight together. Use what you've learned.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''That took me by surprise. Well done.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Some attacks cannot be parried, and must be dodged instead. Prepare yourself!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Agh! Take that!''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Where did that come from?''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''We are done for today, Basim.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Why must we stop? I learn nothing from failing.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''True learning requires action and stillness in equal parts. You have made the action. Now, seek the stillness. Do not rush your training. Be patient. Failure is a part of progress. Think on these words and come back better.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Yes, master, I will.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Good. See you later.''
===First Order===
*'''Basim:''' ''Merchants. Livestock. Caravans from all walks. And I thought Anbar's markets were disorderly.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Where there is disorder, there is chaos. And chaos can bring opportunity. See what avenues present themselves. Be reactive, but patient. And trust your instincts.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''That is Mas'ood, on the balcony. Just as Ali described.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''I see him.''
Roshan hands Basim a feather.
*'''Roshan:''' ''Go now. Wet it with the blood of the slain. I will find you when it is over.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''You think your cruelties are well-hidden, Al-Ghul... ...for you chose those with little voice whose cries you knew would go unheard. They dug at your bidding, died at your hand and were cast aside like so much refuse. All to scour the desert for some artifact. Even now you haggle for flesh, safe in the Caravanserai. You prefer your victims chained and starved. It is time you faced a man unbound.''
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|width="50%" style="background: ; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 12px 12px 12px" | '''Assassinate Al-Ghul'''
Al-Ghul, revealed as Mas'ood Al-Ya'qoob, is a member of the Order who preys on the desperate and disenfranchised, forcing them to dig in the desert for reasons unknown.
One way he achieves this is by using his public status as a soap mill owner to quietly acquire migrant laborers eager for the promise of a livelihood. The caravanserai is where he conducts such dealings.
LOOK FOR distraction opportunities to lure Al-Ghul out
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Come. Set your sights on the trial that awaits you. The stage is yours, Basim. I will be watching.''
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*'''Civilian 1:''' ''What is the delay?''
*'''Civilian 2:''' ''I am not certain. Some guards came poking around and ordered us all to wait.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''What delays your departure, friend?''
*'''Caravan merchant:''' ''Someone by the name of Mas'ood saw fit to inspect my wares and so, here I wait. Who does he think he is?''
<tabber>
|-|I may be able to help.=
*'''Basim:''' ''What is it you are carrying? I ask only so that I may collect it for you.''
*'''Caravan merchant:''' ''Would you do that? I would take great joy in seeing that man in a fit of anger. It is a crate of silks and spices.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Ready your camel. I will see what I can do.''
|-|Can't help you.=
</tabber>
*'''Basim:''' ''If I can get that merchant to leave, his abrupt departure may lure Al-Ghul out.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''A crate with spices and silks. There cannot be too many of those around.''
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{{IUNote|Title=Lest I be Silenced|Text=Rahim,<br><br>A convoy of guards came to the caravanserai last night, all noiseless secrecy. They collected a large chest, half-crusted with dirt, loaded it onto a cart and bore it away. I know not where, but I heard talk of the harbor. I watched from a distance, but fear I was seen. If something should happen to me, you will know that I have paid the price for bearing witness.}}
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*'''Civilian:''' ''You there. Come over here, quickly. Get us out and I will make it worth your while. Please! We were promised steady work and fruitful returns. Now we're being made to slog in the desert! We were deceived. Please, you must help us!''
<tabber>
|-|What can I do to help?=
*'''Basim:''' ''Tell me what I can do to help.''
*'''Civilian:''' ''The man who brought us has a deed that binds us to Mas'ood. If he has not collected his fee he should still be here.''
|-|I need to consider my options.=
</tabber>
*'''Basim:''' ''If I can relieve these men of their duty, it will not be long before Al-Ghul catches wind of his disbanded work force.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''A strange thing to happen upon. Perhaps I can use this to my advantage?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Well met, traveler. The caravanserai is rich with wares today. I was wondering if you had any goods to sell.''
*'''Merchant:''' ''I only deal in dirham, and what I sell are not goods, boy. Though I suppose that depends on who you ask.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I am not sure I understand.''
*'''Merchant:''' ''I sell men. Laborers. But my lot is spoken for.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Could I change your mind? I have coin to spare and could use men such as yours.''
*'''Merchant:''' ''Fifteen thousand.''
<tabber>
|-|(Pay)=
|-|(Don't pay)=
*'''Basim:''' ''That is absurd. Who has the means to pay so much?''
*'''Merchant:''' ''It is better to keep that question to yourself. Be on your way now.''
</tabber>
*'''Basim:''' ''If I am going to free those laborers, I will have to steal the deed.''
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*'''Civilian:''' ''How dare you speak to me that way!''
*'''Civilian:''' ''If you want me to stop then you should move along. If not, I will gladly raise my fists in place of mincing my words.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Those two men are having a loud dispute, but not loud enough. How might I push them over the edge?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Now to free those men.''
*'''Merchant:''' ''Oh, where... where is ... wha... The deed! Have I dropped it? No, no no. No!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''I have claimed the deed from your handler. You are bound no longer. Go!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''The laborers run amok. Al-Ghul will take notice. I must be ready to strike. Word will surely get to Al-Ghul. Come out and spectate, coward.''
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*'''Civilian:''' ''We have come with the promise of work. Why bind our hands like this?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''There he is. Now is my chance.''
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*'''Al-Ghul:''' ''La'anaka Allah. (May God curse you.)''
*'''Basim:''' ''Turn your hate inward, Mas'ood. It is your wickedness that has led you here.''
*'''Al-Ghul:''' ''Wickedness? To whom? The unenlightened? The feeble who have cast their lot? It is our divine will to rule over them. Our duty to exact their contribution.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Contribution to what?''
*'''Al-Ghul:''' ''To what could be. The very knowledge of which lies buried beneath these sands.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Some things are meant to stay that way.''
*'''Al-Ghul:''' ''No, no no no... These ... are gifts. Destined to be recovered. They speak to us. As you well know...''
*'''Basim:''' ''Me?''
*'''Al-Ghul:''' ''Oh, yes. A Hidden One you may be, but not just...''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Nehal?''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Basim!''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Clear your mind.''
*'''Basim:''' ''(deep breath)''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Al-Ghul's relentless pursuit at the expense of human lives has come to an end. It is a day of victory. Not only for those spared of his cruelty, but for the Hidden Ones. The Order's grand plot in Baghdad may still be a mystery, but we can at least be certain Al-Ghul's role in it has been vanquished.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I believe what he sought to uncover were more strange objects like the one I took form the Winter Palace. What does the Order want with these relics of the past? And why guard them with so much effort?''
*'''Roshan:''' ''You are beginning to ask the right questions, Basim. We shall find the answers together.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Lately all I have are questions.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''What do you mean?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Nothing. Forget I said anything.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''How am I to guide you if you will not speak openly?''
*'''Basim:''' ''I have... I have... struggled with nightmares. In these dreams a jinni torments me until I wake up panicked and soaked with sweat. In Alamut, I had nearly forgotten about it. But when I killed Al-Ghul, I felt its presence again. And I am left asking why. Why here? Why now? Why me? Piling questions and no answers. I meant to tell you, but...''
*'''Roshan:''' ''You were afraid I would think you weak of mind.''
Basim nodded.
*'''Roshan:''' ''We are only as weak as we allow ourselves to be. To shed a weakness, you must do what is necessary to men that which causes you pain.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Will you permit me a brief respite? I wish to seek out an old friend.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Nehal? I remember. She is important to you, isn't she?''
*'''Basim:''' ''She is, but last we spoke I led her to believe otherwise.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''This causes you pain. Then go and heal this wound without delay. Find me at the Harbiyah Bureau when it is settled.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''If that was indeed Nehal, I have not a clue where she went. Back home in Anbar, maybe.''
===Chapter 4===
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*'''Basim:''' ''Ah, I see our new Abbasiyah Bureau is well-guarded by an alert and active Rafiq.''
*'''Tabid:''' ''Basim! You startled me, I was just enjoying some poetry.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Oh, whose?''
*'''Tabid:''' ''The court poet, Sayyida (Lady) Arib. Her words chirp like the birds of paradise.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Ah, yes. I have read her works. My friend Nehal and I used to sneak into the House of Wisdom when we were young. Hours we spent, reading of gods and jinn. I always enjoyed this place.''
*'''Tabid:''' ''The House of Wisdom is not what it once was.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Is not our friend Ahmad ibn Musa there? He went to his workshop, as I recall.''
*'''Tabid:''' ''Yes. I sent a message for him to come and help set up this Bureau. But he never replied. My spies could not contact him. A week has passed, and he cannot be found.''
*'''Basim:''' ''So one of the famous Banu Musa is missing in the House of Wisdom.''
*'''Tabid:''' ''Yes. Venture there and learn his fate.''
*'''Basim:''' ''It shall be done.''
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*'''Civilian:''' ''Who burned our precious books? This is worse than the loss of the ''
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*'''Fazil:''' ''People, calm yourselves! The fire was small and has been contained.''
*'''Civilian:''' ''Allah's wrath is upon us!''
*'''Fazil:''' ''Most of our books are safe. The danger has passed.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Old man! How did this fire start?''
*'''Fazil:''' ''Old man? Fazil Fahim is old. As old as the House of Wisdom, which he commands!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Forgive me, ustadhi (master). I spoke in haste. Can I help?''
*'''Fazil:''' ''No, the fire has been quenched by the Water Master's bucket brigades.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Who started these fires?''
*'''Fazil:''' ''Ruffians, I suppose. Enemies of the Caliph, to be exact.''
*'''Basim:''' ''What sort of books were they burning?''
*'''Fazil:''' ''It is too soon to tell..''
*'''Basim:''' ''Perhaps the Caretaker of Books would know.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''I am searching for Ahmad ibn Musa.''
*'''Fazil:''' ''Ah yes, he has a workshop here, but I have not spoken to him lately.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Peace be upon you, elder. I shall go.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Bsaim! Hey, Nine-Fingers! Over here!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Nehal. What do you have there, Sneak-Thief?''
*'''Nehal:''' ''A book, I managed to save at least one from the fire.''
*'''Basim:''' ''If they catch you stealing...''
*'''Nehal:''' ''They cut off a finger. No, wait. A whole hand!''
*'''Basim:''' ''That is not funny.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Then don't laugh.''
*'''Basim:''' ''All right, you are in a mood, and I have things to do. Nothing that concerns you.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Oh, secret Hidden Ones stuff! What are you doing this time? Stabbing? Stealing? Stabbing and then stealing?''
*'''Basim:''' ''That is your specialty, Nehal..''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Just because you lost a finger does not mean you've lost your touch!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''All these tools and books, looks like Ahmad's room. But where is he?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''I am looking for Ahmad ibn Musa. Do you know where I can find him?''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''I may be able to help you. Follow me.''
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*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''Is this your first visit to the House of Wisdom?''
*'''Basim:''' ''No, a friend and I used to sneak in as kids. We taught ourselves to read in your library.''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''All young people should follow your worthy exemple.''
*'''Basim:''' ''The caretakers who chased us out of the stacks everyday did not think so.''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''Merely doing their jobs. And what did you study in the House of Wisdom?''
*'''Basim:''' ''I loved poetry and heroic tales. My friend ... preferred pagan gods and dark magic.''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''Interesting. And did you follow your youthful passion and become a scholar?''
*'''Basim:''' ''When the whole world awaits? No, you might say I am a man on a mission.''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''Ah. Well, what about your friend?''
*'''Basim:''' ''No, no, she ... still searches for something, though what that is, I do not know.''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''A shame! It's not far now. Hurry, hurry.''
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*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''Guards, help! I'm under attack!''
*'''Basim:''' ''What? You lie!''
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*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''Please, don't hurt me.''
*'''Basim:''' ''You led me into a trap! I should slay you where you stand.''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''Spare kindly Hamid!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Then tell me, where is Ahmad ibn Musa?''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''Please, sir! I don't know where he is. Truly, I do not!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Then why lead me into an ambush?''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''He ... he made me do it!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Who is he? Not Ahmad, surely.''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''I don't know his name, for he always wears a mask.''
*'''Basim:''' ''And what does this masked man want?''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''He commands me to keep everyone away from the House of Wisdom's dig site. Or else...''
*'''Basim:''' ''Or else what?''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''He will hurt my head! Like with the others. Please, spare humble Hamid.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Where is this dig site?''
*'''Hamid Al-Haleem:''' ''It's in the wilderness, outside of the city. Here, let me draw you a map.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''The map should lead me to the dig site.''
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*'''Hunayn:''' ''Don't kill me! Please, give me more time, I ... I almost cracked it!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Don't worry,, I'm not here to kill you. What are you trying to crack?''
*'''Hunayn:''' ''The book! I said I couldn't. This is not a language that I know. But she gave me no choice.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Who?''
*'''Hunayn:''' ''A woman named Zahra, one of the scholars here.''
*'''Basim:''' ''What is this book? What is it called?''
*'''Hunayn:''' ''The only thing I know is that it is written in a script unlike any other and I have seen hundreds... The way Zahra talks, it's more of an artifact or relic than a book. I lied about my progress so they wouldn't kill me. I can't read a single word. I don't even know if it's a language.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Where can I find Zahra?''
*'''Hunayn:''' ''I don't know, she could be anywhere in the city. I ... I just want to go home.''
*'''Basim:''' ''All right. Get to safety before the guards return.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Must be something here to help me.''
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*'''Zahra the Scholar:''' ''Servants! Prepare a glass of date juice on ice. And serve it with a plate of honeyed bread and pomegranates. Then prepare the bath salts! I am utterly beat.''
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*'''Zahra the Scholar:''' ''Paradise is where you find it.''
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*'''Zahra the Scholar:''' ''That old fool tinkering with his worthless ancient disc and helpless patients. Bah!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''The doctor is dead. Now to find Ahmad and solve this bloody mystery.''
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*'''Ahmad:''' ''Basim, what happened here?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Where were you, Ahmad?''
*'''Ahmad:''' ''I was around. I'm always around. Would you tell me what happened?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Are you aware this man works for the Order?''
*'''Ahmad:''' ''He called on me a few weeks ago, after they found something in the desert. An ancient mechanism of some sort. They needed me to--''
*'''Basim:''' ''And you asked no questions?''
*'''Ahmad:''' ''I never ask questions when it comes to work. Do you?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Tell me about this mechanism.''
*'''Ahmad:''' ''It opens a path. In the mind. A path to the ancient world. This mechanism, somehow, seems to open ... the doors of perception.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Have you seen this for yourself?''
*'''Ahmad:''' ''No, but I heard the stories of those who have. They are lost, Basim. Because they think what they saw is reality. They think they belong to this ancient world. I knew nothing about the Order being involved. If I did, I would have come to you. I just ... I got caught up. You know me. You know me, Basim...''
*'''Basim:''' ''You will leave this place and return to the Bureau. I will not tell a soul if you do not.''
*'''Ahmad:''' ''How shameful it is that knowledge always ends up in the wrong hands. Isn't it, Basim?''
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*'''Tabid:''' ''Basim! Join me on the roof.''
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*'''Tabid:''' ''Basim! I knew it was you. You are not the only one with eyes that see afar.''
*'''Basim:''' ''So, Tabid. You have filled the streets with eyes and spies?''
*'''Tabid:''' ''Such is the life of a Rafiq. Without my knowledge, where would we be?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Knowledge is a tool, a weapon. It can be used for good or ill, and the Order is using it for ill indeed.''
*'''Tabid:''' ''What have you learned?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Rot runs deep through the House of Wisdom. They are using some ancient book, hoping to build a wicked device.''
*'''Tabid:''' ''I have heard rumors of this blasphemous contraption. They call it their "Great Work."''
*'''Basim:''' ''The Order is experimenting on people. Lethally. I have stopped them for now, but someone called Al-Rabisu is running things at the House of Wisdom.''
*'''Tabid:''' ''Any idea about who this Rabisu character could be?''
*'''Basim:''' ''I have my suspicions about the Great Scholar, Fazil Fahim.''
*'''Tabid:''' ''That fragile old man?''
*'''Basim:''' ''The clues I have gathered tell me so.''
*'''Tabid:''' ''Hmm, it could be. The House of Wisdom will be hosting a Great Symposium soon. An informal gathering of scholars. A lecture, refreshments, chatter. Even the great Arib will attend! Go, spy out this Fazil with care. But do not draw your blade at the Symposium. We don't want to show our hand just yet. But if Fazil is guilty and anlone, then like a viper, strike! But you must be sure.''
Tabid handed Basim a feather.
*'''Basim:''' ''Before I act, I will be sure.''
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*'''Scribe:''' ''Yes, we better tear down the House of Wisdom. It is no longer needed.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Pardon me, I am looking for the Great Scholar's lecture.''
*'''Kahraman:''' ''Fazil Fahim's lecture about the antediluvian antecedents of humanity will begin soon. In the meantime, please enjoy our ample stock of exquisite delicacies and tasty refreshments.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Hey, Nine-Fingers! Over here! I told you I'd see you around.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Indeed. And what brings you back?''
*'''Nehal:''' ''I want to show you something.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''These House of Wisdom bores collect the wildest trinkets and gadgets.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I have been here before, Nehal. This is Ahmad ibn Musa's office. Have you been sneaking in there?''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Ahmad and his brothers are capable of designing some fantastic devices.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Not all of his ideas are that practical, I'm afraid.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Don't be so smug, the world is full of wonders.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Does this remind you of your nightmares?''
*'''Basim:''' ''No. More like something from the Bimaristan. Or a training chart of the Hidden Ones.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Ah, yes. The swift ways to kill silently. Death in seconds.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''It gives me a tingle down my spine. Like I'm nearing a cosmic secret.''
*'''Basim:''' ''You read too much about magicians and lost cities buried beneath the dunes.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''You don't read enough. Perhaps there are other worlds, other people, out among the stars.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Nonsense.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''This. I have seen this before. Is this what you wanted to show me?''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Yes. It reminded me of that object we found at the palace. What is it?''
*'''Basim:''' ''A drawing from an ancient book.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''There is something you are not telling me.''
*'''Basim:''' ''You do not want to know what happens behind closed doors.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Why? Because you do not know either?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Because, as Dervis says, sometimes it is better not to know the truth behind the things we must do.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''The truth, Basim, is that everything is here, in front of you, but you refuse to look at it. This is about you. It has always been about you, ever since that night...''
*'''Basim:''' ''I took an oath, Nehal. To leave my old life behind and walk this path of shadows.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''And maybe some day you will find the light. But until then I will walk behind you, every step of the way, to remind you not to forget who you are.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Is that a threat?''
*'''Nehal:''' ''I do not know.''
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*'''Arib:''' ''Yes?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Symmetry of sky and sea, but only in thine eye do these two planes meet.''
*'''Arib:''' ''You have read my work. And who might you be?''
*'''Basim:''' ''A lover of poetry, nothing more. And of order ... or should I say chaos?''
*'''Arib:''' ''I know only one living poet who loves chaos that much, Ali ibn Muhammad. Are you a fan of his pedestrian work?''
*'''Basim:''' ''The rivalry between you two is legendary, it enhances the craft. I cannot choose.''
*'''Arib:''' ''You are most diplomatic, but I would rather seek inspiration among these lovely blooms. Good day.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Pardon me, is Fazil Fahim's lecture ready to begin?''
*'''Kahraman:''' ''Indeed it is. Head inside, if you please.''
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*'''Fazil:''' ''Welcome, one and all, to the House of Wisdom, center of learning in Baghdad. Indeed, of the entire world. I am Fazil Fahim al-Kemsa, first scholar of the House of Wisdom, wisest of the wise. Today I will shock you with what may sound like outrageous blasphemies. Do not fear, good people. Though I am old, my mind remains sharp as steel. Today I speak of mysteries, of creatures from the antediluvian age. Do not the ancient prophets tell us about giants from before the flood, who forsook Allah and worshipped false idols? Is it not possible that these giants built marvels, works of wondrous power now lost to us?''
Basim made his way to the front of the audience and readied his Hidden Blade, as Kahraman approached Fazil to whisper in his ear.
*'''Kahraman:''' ''Zahra and Hassan are both death, slain by an assassin's blade.''
*'''Fazil:''' ''They're dead?''
*'''Kahraman:''' ''Sayyidi, I urge you to hide until it's safe.''
Kahraman then spoke towards the crowd while Fazil left.
*'''Kahraman:''' ''Apologies people, but our lecture has concluded. Please, feel free to explore the House of Wisdom's many fine chambers.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''You call yourself "the Great Scholar", Fazil. You who burn books and hope the smoke will hide your crimes. How many did you sacrifice in your search for knowledge? How many did you use, damage and discard in the name of discovery? Now you hide within the House of Wisdom, the house you led astray. But I will find you, and I will exact jsutice for every soul you savaged for your "Great Work".''
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The leader of the Order in Abbasiyah goes by Al-Rabisu, an ancient Mesopotamian word for "demon". Now he stands revealed as Fazil al-Kemsa, the Great Scholar of the House of Wisdom. From ilicitly acquiring valuable books to conducting unholy experiments on human subjects, he is a living example of the perversion of knowledge. The Great Symposium has revealed him. Now it's time to strike.
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*'''Arib:''' ''How exciting! What do you think frightened the Great Scholar?''
*'''Al-Farghani:''' ''The old fool must have imagined one of his antediluvian creatures. He's an absolute disgrace.''
*'''Arib:''' ''But where did he run off to?''
*'''Hunayn:''' ''There's rumors of hidden passages beneath the House of Wisdom. Maybe he hid down there.''
*'''Al-Farghani:''' ''I have heard the rooftop gardener mention these places, yes.''
*'''Arib:''' ''What a colorful detail to include in my verse! "The scholar by secret tunnels fled, chased by delusions of deities who want him dead!"''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Poor guy will not need this anymore.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''This should help me blend in.''
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*'''Civilian:''' ''Please ... take me back there, I don't belong here. Where is my robe? I can't meet the scholar without my special robe! This world doesn't look right. Someone, take me back to the bright, shiny place.''
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*'''Guard:''' ''Next subject, in here now!''
*'''Basim:''' ''There are horrors here. But the most terrifying thing is that I have seen it all before. Somehow.''
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*'''Fazil:''' ''Who dares meddle with my Great Work? Killing my allies and spoiling my lecture, it's an outrage.''
*'''The Fist of Wisdom:''' ''It looks like the handiwork of a trained assassin.''
*'''Fazil:''' ''Must be some faction in the Round City. Or one of those jealous brutes in Sharqiyah.''
*'''The Fist of Wisdom:''' ''These killings were too subtle for mercenaries.''
*'''Fazil:''' ''No matter! Once I understand how the mechanism works, I will prome myself to Al-Bahamut.''
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*'''The Fist of Wisdom:''' ''In here, lackwit.''
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*'''Fazil:''' ''You are new, aren't you? I don't recognize you. They promised you gold when you volunteered, yes? No matter, what you are about to behold surpasses all worldly riches. Don't be aftraid. Are you afraid?''
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*'''Fazil:''' ''This is my Great Work. I call it Alruh. It will take you on a journey to another realm. Why did the Frist Ones leave this world behind filled with fools, I wonder? And make so few of me? We call this the House of Wisdom, but its foundations are unsound. For beneath the House of Wisdom lies the Dungeon of Ignorance. And upon such dark secrets we build our philosophies. Science is the boblest purpose. Knowledge is the greatest power.''
*'''Basim:''' ''No.''
*'''Fazil:''' ''No? Then what?''
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*'''Fazil:''' ''Argh...''
*'''Basim:''' ''Justice.''
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*'''Fazil:''' ''This may be the place. It may be here where lies absolute knowledge. It ... it is not how I remember it. Behind the doors. It looked ... brighter.''
*'''Basim:''' ''But in the end, all we see is darkness.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''I need to get out of here, gert back to Tabid.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Basim ibn Is'haq.''
*'''Basim:''' ''How did you find this place?''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Easy. I just followed the trails of blood.''
*'''Basim:''' ''You should not be here.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Do you talk to him?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Sometimes. Yes.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''But he does not answer. I do. We have drifted apart since ... since that day. But what we have seen, back at the palace... This light. These sounds. You cannot have possibly forgotten.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Unlike you, Nehal, I keep the past in the past.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''You call yesterday the past? And this jinni of yours, this repulsive shadow that crushes your chest ... has it crawled back into the past too?''
*'''Basim:''' ''No, it is still here. Sometimes, even in the day, I feel its breath on my neck. The nightmare invades the real world. Or has always been part of it.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''This is part of your reality, Basim. I am a part of yuor reality too. I m your past. Tell me ... will you leave me there? In the dark corners of your memory?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''I will not.''
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*'''Tabid:''' ''Now if you could invent a mechanical rug-sweeper... Basim.''
*'''Basim:''' ''It is done.''
*'''Tabid:''' ''And how did it all play out?''
*'''Basim:''' ''I am afraid this is a tale for another day. We will save it for one of our campfires.''
Basim handed Tabid the bloodied feather.
*'''Tabid:''' ''You have done well, my friend.''
*'''Ahmad:''' ''Better get back to my work. You know how easily I get bored. Thank you for what you did, Basim.''
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*'''Tabid:''' ''It is the truth, you have done well. One last thing. Arib? Was she ... involved?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Not that I know, but we must remain vigilant.''
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===Ending===
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*'''Roshan:''' ''I warned you what would happen.''
*'''Basim:''' ''(deep breath)''
*'''Roshan:''' ''Last chance.''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''Very well.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Yield!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Yield.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Basim. Leave her. Come.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I never wanted this. But I need to know.''
*'''Roshan:''' ''I do not want to lose you to what you mayy find in there. You do not have to look to the past, to know who you are. Who you can be. You can choose, Basim! Put your faith in me.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I tried. And in the end, you thought it best to control me. No different than our enemies.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Basim. Over here.''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''I ... I know what this is.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''The key...''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''She will follow.''
*'''Basim:''' ''No. She cannot. You saw it yourself.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''I know this place... Nehal? (gasp)''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Ugh!''
*'''Basim:''' ''It ... it cannot be.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Why do I know this?''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''This is part of your reality, Basim. I am a part of your reality too.<br>I will walk behind you every step of the way.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''You killed them!''
*'''Nehal:''' ''It was your idea to steal from the palace!''
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*'''Nehal:''' ''Hrgh! Enough! Let me out of here!''
*'''Basim:''' ''How... What ... what are you?''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Look! See for yourself!''
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*'''Prisoner:''' ''srræsnos! dű hm làygw r zàrhàsi!.''
*'''Guard:''' ''Seylos!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''That is...''
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*'''Basim:''' ''No!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Show yourself! You dare to hide from me now? After all you have put me through! Where are you?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''The jinni in my dreams. The figure from these visions. They are one and the same... Is this what I have been seeing? The memories of a life long ago? Are they mine? Is that why the jinni feels so real? My tormenter. The source of all that ails me. If this is so, then I must face you.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''No... Why am I seeing this?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''This space... As I move through it, I see nothing but the memories that stir my soul. In these moments of adversity is when I felt the jinni nearest. That unrelenting fear. Paralyzing me in my weakest state. I never understood what it was born of, or why it haunted me so. But I am beginning to remember. I am in a cold cell. Begging for it all to stop. Who I once was may seek retribution. But if I am to move beyond this pain, then what I want is peace. It is time to put an end to this.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''The cell. My cell. I am nearly there. No going back...''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Agh!''
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*'''Basim:''' ''The jinni ... I can hear it.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''(tense breathing)''
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*'''Basim:''' ''(steadying breath)''
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*'''Basim:''' ''I know you know. I see you for what you are. A crippling memory from a past life. (Steadying breath) And that is where you will remain.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''(deep calm breaths) It is over.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''... No, Basim. It is only the beginning. For us. For what lies ahead. A deeper understanding of the world we left behind. And our place in it.''
Basim turned to face Nehal and walked towards her.
*'''Basim:''' ''All my life I wrestled with who I was. Who I was meant to be. And there you were. All this time. The side of me I resisted. A reflection of who we ... once were.''
*'''Nehal:''' ''Of who we shall be once more. There is so much that awaits us. A new world. Let me show you...''
*'''Basim:''' ''I will never see you again, will I?''
Nehal shakes her head.
*'''Basim:''' ''Will I be ... alone?''
*'''Nehal:''' ''You are never alone.''
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*'''Basim:''' ''(gasp)<br>(catching breath)<br>H-how? How long has it been?''
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*'''Roshan:''' ''It is done. You made your choice. Now I make mine.''
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*'''Rayhan:''' ''Wada'an (farewell), Roshan bint-La'Ahad. It was an honor.''
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*'''Rayhan:''' ''Come, Basim. We have much to discuss.''
*'''Basim:''' ''That we do, "Mentor".''
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*'''Basim:''' ''This memory I buried of this place, this prison, the torture I suffered here... It festered for years, in darkness and dreams... masked as a jinni, to haunt me and hollow me until it consumed my waking life. But I have faced my past. My pain. Embraced it. I shed my skin once, in another time, another place. But I am whole again. I remember. And as for those who thought to bind me... should any of the still walk the earth, I so look forward to our reunion. But until that day... a new world awaits.''
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===Nobility of the Xiongnu===
===Nobility of the Xiongnu===

Revision as of 02:59, 4 October 2023

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Chapter 2: The Qin and the Xiongnu
Nobility of the Xiongnu - The Exile's Plan - Battle at the Wall
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(Still a mess)

Complete

Nobility of the Xiongnu

[memory description:] In the General's Residence, you discover that the culprit has connections to the Xiongnu. You decide to leave the city to investigate, but first you need to find a guide that knows the Frontier.

[As protag leaves Meng Tian's house, Yu Ying calls out to them]

  • Yu Ying: Over here!

[protag approaches]

  • Yu Ying: Glad to see you made it out in one piece.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: The general says that the purple Qin troops are acting out of his command.
  • Yu Ying: So then who does commands them?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: He isn't sure but he suspects whoever it is working with the Xiongnu.
  • Yu Ying: The Xiongnu... I saw some of the general's troops taking some Xiongnu to Yangzhou Prison.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Yes, he told me he was rounding them up. If they're working with these purple Qin soldiers, one of them might know more. If we can offer them freedom... Maybe they can help us.
  • Yu Ying: You want to break them out? Of the great general's prison?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: We don't know a single thing about the Xiongnu. Their customs, traditions, ways of life. If we want to travel beyond the wall to find out their connection to Chu's murderer, we need to find an insider. Even if that means breaking into the general's prison.
  • Yu Ying: I... You're right. Follow me. I know exactly where the prison is.

[Yu Ying starts leading the protag there]

  • Yu Ying: The general isn't gonna be very happy if he hears you broke into his prison.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Then I'll have to make sure he doesn't know it's me.
  • Yu Ying: Come on. We're here. It's heavily guarded, so be careful. I'll meet you at the market stalls in Yangzhou when you're done.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Hopefully with a friend.

[protag infiltrates prison]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: This place is filled with the general's guards. I should try to keep a low profile.

[they find the place where the prisoners are kept]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: There, a Xiongnu. If I can get him out, maybe he can help us navigate their lands.

[protag comes upon an interrogation]

  • Xiongnu prisoner: I have spent so many moons living in this city. I am no longer in touch with the goings-on of my people.
  • Guard: Liar! Your Xiongnu people must have attacked the wall for a reason.
  • Xiongnu prisoner: And if they did, I a m unaware of it.

[protag deals with the guard and frees the prisoner]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Come on, let's get you out of here.
  • Xiongnu prisoner: Who are you? What do you want with me?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Escape first, talk later. Quickly, before we get caught.
  • Xiongnu prisoner: So I take it you do not work for the Qin Empire?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: I work for its people, not its leaders, no.
  • Xiongnu prisoner: And what do you want with me?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: I will explain when we are far from listening ears.

[the pair leave the prison and meet with Yu Ying at the market]

  • Modu: So I should thank you two for my rescue. You are both... rather young.
  • Yu Ying: We didn't do it out of the kindness of our hearts.
  • Modu: I didn't think so. So, what can a lowly Xiongnu like myself do for you?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: We need information. We plan on travelling beyond the wall and could use a guide. Someone who knows Xiongnu culture.
  • Modu: Look no further. I am a subordinate of Touman Chanyu himself. The leader of the biggest Xiongnu tribe. In return for freeing me I will show you the ways of the Xiongnu. Now let us move before more guards arrive. I'll see you at the beacon tower in the northern wall.

[Modu leaves]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: He's too friendly to trust.
  • Yu Ying: I will keep an eye on him. Meet us as soon as you're able.

[protag nods, yingying leaves]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: That Xiongnu seemed too eager and willing to help us. He's hiding something, but I don't know what other option we have.

[Protag goes to Great Wall Watchtower, where Yu Ying and Modu are waiting]

  • Modu: There you are. I was just about to explain yo your friend the situation of my people.
  • Yu Ying: He's actually... been nothing but cooperative.
  • Modu: My people are a scattered one. We roam the lands, pausing where there is water and grass for our herd to pasture. When the grass has been chewed to dirt, we move. Because of this, it's impossible to know exactly where a tribe is. Unless you know the winding ways of our herders.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: You propose we travel with you while you search for your tribe?
  • Modu: No, you would only slow me down. There is a small village inside the Mu Us Desert. Wait for me there.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: And leave you to return to your tribe all on your own? Do you take us for fools?
  • Modu: I give you my word and my honor as a Xiongnu that I will return to the Mu Us Village the moment I locate my tribe.
  • Yu Ying: And how much weight does your word hold exactly?
  • Modu: I suppose you'll have to find that out. Or we can travel together slower than a tribe roams, and find nothing. Your choice.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Go, then.
  • Modu: You will not regret this.

[modu leaves]

  • Yu Ying: Jingjing is out there as well. I'm going to try and find her. You meet up with him as soon as you can.

[yingying leaves] [protag goes to mu us village]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: This marketplace is bustling I hadn't expected so much wealth flowing in through Xiongnu lands. If I'm to move through their lands, I should learn more about their people.

[enters village, approaches what seems to be a fur merchant]

  • Xiongnu merchant: Hello! Are you another Qin trader? Come to trade with me? I assure you I am shrewd!
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Shrewd? That's a strange way to put it...
  • Xiongnu merchant: Yes, yes. A rich Qin merchant who passed by earlier told me that people like me who are shrewd can earn a lot of money!

[to themselves]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: I don't think that's a compliment... but I can't bear to tell this man the truth.

[to the merchant]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: I suppose earning money is a commandable skill...
  • Xiongnu merchant: Yes, yes. That wonderful man even bought furs from me directly, without trading wares! He was so rich he gave me taels.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Really? That's surprising to hear...
  • Xiongnu merchant: Yes, yes. My business has been going great ever since the Qin took over. Good Qin merchants like that man are generous.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: And who might this good merchant be?
  • Xiongnu merchant: That good merchant came with guards and they called him Master Yang. He must have been a noble!

[to themselves]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Master Yang? Could it be Yang Duanhe?

[to merchant]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Well, I thank you for your insight. I may have some business with this Master Yang you speak of.
  • Xiongnu merchant: Yes, yes. Always a pleasure to meet a shrewd Qin!

[protag leaves and approaches a herdsman]

  • Herdsman: Look who's come to spit in our faces. A Qin dog.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: I'm not here to cause trouble. I just want to learn if anything noteworthy has happened recently with the Xiongnu.
  • Herdsman: Why? So you can exploit us even more? I'll give you something to learn about - my fists!

[another merchant dude approaches, don't think is the same based on the voice actor]

  • Xiongnu merchant: Hold there, brother! There's been enough blood spilled in these lands! Leave him be!

[turns to protag]

  • Xiongnu merchant: I apologize for my friend's behavior. Not all of us are so hostile to the Qin.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Thank you for stepping in. I'm not here to cause trouble, just to find out the recent goings-on of your people.
  • Xiongnu merchant: Ah, you've been rescued by just the right man! I travel through the lands, carrying gossip and whispers town to town. I could tell you anything you want to know! For a fee, of course.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: How much-
  • Xiongnu merchant: A thousand taels!
  • Wei Yu's disciple: That's outr- I can't afford that.
  • Xiongnu merchant: Well then, everything you have will do. If not I can't guarantee I'll be there to stop another fight.

[Herdsman bumps into protag, steals something]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: What-

[gives chase]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Get back here, you scheming cutthroat!

[enters an arena, where the thief calls out to a man built like a mack truck]

  • Herder: There, brother, he's the one that threatened me!
  • Xiongnu brute: You dare threaten my people on my land? [Note: this is Huyan Xiong]

[fight begins]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Threatened? No, I didn't-
  • Xiongnu brute: Qin dog! Even if you kill us, you will never take away our freedom!
  • Wei Yu's disciple: That is not what I'm here for!
  • Xiongnu brute: If you're not fighting for us, then you're fighting against us!
    You think you can come into our territory and terrorize our people?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Please, I am not here to fight you! Lay down your weapon!

[before protag kills the man, cutscene] Although you manage to defeat the Xiongnu warrior, more of them step forward and you are clearly outnumbered. Just then, the Xiongnu prisoner you saved leaps into the fray on horseback, calling for the Xiongnu to stand down. To your surprise, they comply and refer to him as prince. He looks at you, knowing he owes you an explanation.

  • Modu: I am not the subordinate of Touman Chanyu. I am Modu ChanYu, [sic] his firstborn son. When we lost the war against your general Meng Tian, my father saw an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. He gave me to the Qin to broker peace, while installing my youngest brother as the next puppet king. No doubt by attacking the Qin, he hoped the Qin would bloody their hands with my execution so he could keep his clean. But now that I'm back, I will restore order to the Xiongnu. I will end this needless civil war.

[Cá entre nós, tiago, esse cara tá macho palestrinha demais]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: A fine ambition, one I will not stand in the way of. Yet I can't help but worry if you have forgotten our agreement.
  • Modu: I have not. As promised, I will be your guide in these lands. But your motives haven't been entirely clear either... What is it you seek that requires you to risk your life?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: The truth. I'm investigating a possible connection between rogue Qin elements and your people.
  • Modu: Then we seek the same thing. I have indeed suspected my father has had dealings with the Qin. To start, we should investigate a nearby Qin village; my father's men are rumored to be on their way there. His dealings have benefited him at the expense of our people. And those that follow him are cut from the same cloth.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: I understand. Take the time you need amongst your own, I will head to the village first.
  • Modu: Do not go easy on them. They are ruthless slavers. Those who would sell their own are not one of us.

The Exile's Plan

[Memory description:] Modu's identity is enough for you to find out the situation outside the city, and you decide to start with the Frontier Village.

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Prince Modu said these men were slavers. I won't hold back when I meet them.

[goes to the Frontier Village]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: The village is under attack! No doubt these are Touman's men.

[fighting begins, finds their leader, whose name keeps changing between Wulei and Wuleidihou, and will use Uluyjoti in a scene further along]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: If I can take down their leader, this raid will end faster.

[boss fight]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: You people are giving the Xiongnu a bad name. You enslave your own kin and even attack those you collude with? Where is your honor?
  • Wulei: You dare attack me? Do you know who I am? I'm Wulei, the Xiongnu prince!

[defeats dude]

  • Wulei: Please, don't kill me! I-I'm a prince! My life has value!
  • Wei Yu's disciple: I heard you the first time, prince. Tell me, are you the son of Touman Chanyu?
  • Wulei: Yes! Yes! You've heard of my father? If you let me go he'll be in your debt.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: I doubt he will honor that. He sent you to attack this village even though he claims to be friends with the Qin. I am also aware that your father enslaved his own people for profit.
  • Wulei: Who... Who are you? How do you know that?

[to themselves]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: I should let this rat go and follow him back to his hideout.

[frees him]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Tell your father that his reckoning is at hand, that the Youxia are here to exact justice.
  • Wulei: Y-Youxia? I'll be sure to deliver that message!

[gets up and starts to leave, with the protag following them]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: I'll have to keep up while maintaining my cover.

[protag tails them, eavesdropping a few times, when Wulei stopped to talk to other Xiongnu]

  • Xiongnu scout: My prince, there you are! We thought we had lost you. We sent a few search parties to no avail.
  • Wulei: Your concern is appreciated, I wasn't sure if I could make it back alive...
  • Xiongnu scout: You are safe now, my prince. We will stay here and guard the perimeter.

[continues following them]

  • Xiongnu hunter: My prince, you are back! I am just about to hunt, would you care to join?
  • Wulei: Perhaps another time, I am exhausted today. But my father and I are grateful for the game you always provide.
  • Xiongnu hunter: You are too kind, my prince. Please, rest well.

[continues following them to where the clan is camped]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Hmmm, so this is where Touman Chanyu resides. I'll need to find proof of their collusion with the Qin. Perhaps I can infiltrate the camp as a passing merchant.

[overhears a conversation between two herders as the protag enters the camp]

  • Prudent herder: Haven't seen this merchant before...
  • Proud herder: Another Qin merchant? They don't know when to quit.
  • Xiongnu guard: You! Where do you think you're going? You walk into our camp without wares and a weapon on your back, are you asking for an early death?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: I'm a peddling merchant... and I'm here to collect furs for trade. That is why I came empty handed.
  • Xiongnu guard: We weren't informed of any collection today. Who sent you?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Duanhe, the Qin officer, sent me... Surely, you've heard of him? He works with Touman Chanyu.
  • Xiongnu guard: Duanhe? Why didn't you say so earlier? Go on then, but any funny business and you're out of here.

[protag goes to enter the main tent, only to be met with Wulei walking out of it]

  • Wulei: That- That is the Youxia! You dare enter my father's camp after what you did?

[escaping begins]

  • Xiongnu guard: You heard the prince! Kill that scoundrel! Don't let that Qin snake near our Prince!

[runs out of the village and into safety]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: I can't take on a whole village by myself. I should return in the evening when they are asleep.

[finds an abandoned camp]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: They've stopped pursuing. This seems like a good place to stake out until the sun goes down.

[time passes]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Under the cover of night, they are less likely to spot an intruder. Grand General Meng Tian is counting on me to find evidence of their collusion with the Qin.

[returns to the camp, eavesdrops on a couple of herders]

  • Timid herder: We can't keep living like this. You promised me a good life! We're no better than slaves here.
  • Prudent herder: Shut it woman, do you want us dead?

[to themselves]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: None of them are safe even from their own people.

[overhears another conversation]

  • Proud herder 1: How are we going to overcome the Qin empire when we fight among ourselves? Why do we enslave our own people?
  • Proud herder 2: We pledged loyalty to Touman only because he's the strongest and we'll never be made slaves.

[infiltrates main tent, finds note]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Touman Chanyu has ordered all the scattered tribes to gather here... This is bad, he's gathering forces.

[goes to another tent, overhears stuff and takes letter from tent]

  • Xiongnu guard: Hah, of course, you don't have to worry.
  • Purple soldier: If Touman keeps up his end of the deal, the next batch of supplies will be coming soon. And don't forget to hand him the missive in the tent. That letter is from my boss, Duanhe.
  • Xiongnu guard: Don't you worry, I will pass the message on if you keep those taels coming.
  • Purple soldier: Good, I'm meeting my boss at the western camp. You keep an eye on Touman and make sure he sticks to the plan.

Yang Duanhe's Secret Letter

Gather your forces on the west side of the wall. I'll personally create an opening for you to pass through.

-Duanhe
  • Wei Yu's disciple: An official agreement between the Qin Department of Immortality and Touman Chanyu! Signed, Duanhe. This is it. I need to get this to Grand General Meng Tian...

[leaves camp]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: I have the evidence for the Grand General, but this might be the only chance for me to catch Duanhe... There's no time for second guessing! For Chu Huan's sake... I'll end Duanhe myself.

[heads to the western camp] As you approach the western camp in search of Yang Duanhe, a group of Xiongnu raiders appear from the roadside, hoping to ambush a lonely traveler. [starts to fight off ambush]

  • Xiongnu raider: What luck, an easy target! Hand us everything you've got, even your clothes.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Sorry, I'm not in a giving mood today.
  • Xiongnu raider: There's no one out here to save you, so be good, and we'll let you go easy.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: You raiders are persistent. I'll give you that. But I won't give up just yet...

[protag keeps killing the cannon fodder, but more keep arriving]

  • Xiongnu raider: You really think you can take on all of us?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: How many of them are there? They just keep coming. I can't... keep up...

You clear another wave of Xiongnu warriors, but it seems endless. As fatigue catches up to you, a sudden hail of arrows takes out the oncoming warriors. Modu and his men arrive. He tells the survivors to bring word back to his father that Prince Modu has returned. As they flee, he comes to speak to you.

  • Modu: I have important news. Our scouts have confirmed that the Qin forces have gathered our tribes to the west.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: The west is where I am headed as well. I found evidence, solid evidence, that will get the Grand General on our side.
  • Modu: Good, but you may not make it back in time to your General in time. If my scouts are right, they will attack the wall soon. Seems to be a distraction, to lure your General out. For what reason, I do not know. And I fear my father cares little for their true intent if he can fatten his belly and grow his fortune. Get to Tulu pass [sic] as soon as you can. I have also sent word to your friend, she will be on her way to meet you.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Thank you, Prince Modu. You have saved my life and guided me through your lands.
  • Modu: It was you who saved my life first. Now you can tell your friends that you have a Prince in your debt.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: You are no mere prince. It would do the Xiongnu good for you to become their next King. I pray we meet again.

Battle at the Wall

[Memory description:] Yang Duanhe is in Tulu Pass, between the Great Wall and the Frontier. For Chu Huan, for Jade Spring, you must settle the score with him... [protag arrives at Great Wall Junction]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Prince Modu said he sent Yingying this way as well, she should be nearby.

[approaches her]

  • Yu Ying: It seems that heir collusion goes way back...

[she notices protag]

  • Yu Ying: There you are! I've been searching for Jingjing but she's proven to be rather elusive.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: She said she didn't want to get involved with us. Maybe we should leave her be.
  • Yu Ying: I'm just worried... either way, Modu sent me a message to get here, and I found something way worse... That man, Duanhe, he's here. And they've smuggled a hill's worth of oil barrels to blow up the wall.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: These people know no loyalty. A Qin soldier blowing up the wall, and colluding with the Xiongnu...
  • Yu Ying: Whatever it is they've planned isn't good. We have to stop them.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: What they did to our village, we can't let that happen again.

[goes to destroy the explosives at Tulu Pass, sees Qin soldiers and Xiongnu fighting there.]

  • Qin soldier: You will never strike us down! The Qin will defend our territory.

[enters a warehouse and destroys some of the explosives] [helps the Qin]

  • Qin soldier: Barbarians! Strike them down!

[destroys some more]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: They've already transported some barrels to the wall. I should destroy those as well.

[climbs up, destroys those, but hears/sees an explosion]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: Was I too late? Yingying might be in trouble.

[goes to the source, finding Yang Duanhe messing with the explosives] As you approach Yang Duanhe, he recognizes you and promises to kill you as he killed Chu Huan. He throws an explosive your way but before it reaches you, Yu Ying appears from above and kicks it away, endangering herself as it explodes. In the smoke, Yang Duanhe flees and an injured Yu Ying implores you to follow him. [jarring scene transition to an exploded section of the wall, where the protag goess to fight Yang Duanhe]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: I swear, on the memory of my brother, today will be your last.
  • Yang Duanhe: Big talk for someone who lost to me before. Let's see how you fare against my bombs, I've been itching to test them.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Why did you attack our village? Who do you serve?
  • Yang Duanhe: Hah, and why would I tell you anything? You are but an ant in the grand scheme of things.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: You will regret messing with the Youxia.
  • Yang Duanhe: Oh here we go again, with the righteous talk. You people are sickening.
    Disgusting worm, don't you know when to give up? Stop getting in my way.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Quit running, you coward! I will chase you till the ends of the earth even if I have to.

[he escapes, protag climbs up the wall after him, having to deal with guards along the way]

  • Purple sergeant: Stay back! Come no further!
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Your purple garments only fuel my anger. I remember how you slaughtered the weak.

[keeps going towards Duanhe]

  • Purple sergeant: Don't you know who you're up against?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: This is for what you did to my village!

[keeps going towards Duanhe]

  • Yang Duanhe: Argh... I can't... anymore...

[i think there was another voice here, but it all mixes together and there's no subs for that]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: The Fox huh, seems like even Duanhe answers to someone.

You overpower Yang Duanhe and drive your blade through his chest. As Yang Duanhe brethes his last, a figure in a fox mask attempts to assassinate you, but quick reflexes allow you to parry the incoming blade, giving you the chance to engage them in combat. [fight begins against the "Masked Person"]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: So, you're the one in charge... the one pulling the strings under the Grand General's nose.
  • Fox: Hmph. What do you know? You're just a pathetic Youxia. Stay out of my way.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: You pit the Qin and Xiongnu against each other, for what end? We are not your pawns!
  • Fox: There are only two types of people in this world, the sheep or the slaughterer. What are you?
  • Wei Yu's disciple: I'm your slaughterer!
  • Fox: A slaughterer takes. A sheep gives. You, who so boldly claim to take, are no better than the rest of us. Do not act righteous when your hand are soaked with the blood of a thousand sheep.

Your next move knocks the Fox's mask off, revealing Nie Jing's face. Yu Ying and Meng Tian arrive and Nie Jing pulls out the stolen treasure from Yangzhou Palace. A magical shield deflects your blades, shattering and dazzling you. When the stars fade from your vision, she's gone. [protag follows Meng Tian and Yu Ying, while Cyf does not stop opening the menus to make my work harder]

  • Wei Yu's disciple: My search has led me to believe that the Department of Immortality has been manipulating the Xiongnu. I found a written agreement between Toumman Chanyu and Yang Duanhe.
  • Meng Tian: An agreement signed by Duanhe is not enough evidence to persecute the court official in charge. I have looked outwards for far too long... and now the foundations of our empire crumbles. But I won't stay idle, not when my family's position is threatened at court and this country rots from within. I have news that the Department of Immortality has dealings in Shangjun. I seek an eagle. A swift and wary hunter to keep track of a fox that has long evaded my sight.
  • Wei Yu's disciple: Then an eagle I shall be, and I will not stop until the fox [sic] has paid the price of betrayal.
  • Meng Tian: Good. Head to North Shangjun Garrison and Fushi Clay Mine. Find out whatever you can.

Odyssey

Valhalla

Apocalypse

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