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Coin, Corruption and Tea

00:06 - 02:38 [152]

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  • Basim: This must be Kong's crate of tea leaves.

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  • Basim: Looks like this crate is still intact. Kong will be pleased.

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  • Kong: My leaves! Praise be to you, little finch!
  • Basim: Where shall I put it?
  • Kong: Come, come! Put it here.

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04:42 - 06:43 [121]

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  • Luca: Hey, you! Kong's friend. I may have something you would be interested in. Come closer.
  • Basim: What can I do for you?
  • Luca: This is about what I can do for you. Did Kong ask you to enter a warehouse?
  • Basim: Just say what you have to say.
  • Luca: That Kong is always trying his luck. Well, it's his lucky day because I happen to know where it is. All I need is something in return...

  • Basim: Tell me what you know.
  • Luca: Follow the road, cross the bridge on the right. You'll see the warehouse on your left, past the river.
  • Basim: That narrows it down. Thank you.

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  • Basim: The warehouse Kong mentioned. I need to find out more about this Harbormaster.

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  • Soldier: Greece ... India ... anything out of Baghdad. If I want to keep my head, I better be sure to check them all.

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Instructions from the Harbormaster

To All:

A blockade is to be erected at the harbor. Seize any foreign exotic artifacts and keep eyes out for a Chinese hairpin. There can be no room for error. I know where all of you live. I know your families. Do as you are told. No questions asked.

Javed
  • Basim: Instruction to search any and all foreign goods ... for an artifact. An ancient Chinese hairpin, specifically. This all starts at the harbor.

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  • Soldier: Did you hear that Javed is in trouble? Maybe I can be the next Harbormaster.
  • Soldier: Rather you than me. Whose head do you think will roll next?

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The Grand Auction Advertisement

THE DA'IRAT AL-MAL, NOT TO BE MISSED!

Ever dreamt of owning the world? Well, now you can have a taste of what it might be like! The Da'irat Al-mal is here once again - prepare to be awed, dazzled, and amazed by the selection we have for you! Rare porcelain, precious stones from around the world ... we have it all! Join us and revel in the splendor!
  • Basim: The Da'irat Al-mal. Ceramics, exotic wares, and rare goods. All on display.

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  • Soldier: Marha! These tea leaves from the East are worth more coin than my night of work. Hmm. What if I...?

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Goods in Holding

THESE GOODS ARE NOT TO BE RELEASED UNTIL THOROUGH CHECKS HAVE BEEN MADE:

Silks from Santo's Smooth Silks
Three-headed Dog Statue from Kinako Porcelain
White Peach Oolong from Kong's Tea Parade

These goods can be released once this note is shown to the respective guard.
  • Basim: A list of exotic foreign goods seized. Most from out of Baghdad. There are Kong's things. Vases and some expensive tea leaves. This should be what Kong needs.

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Sweetly Scented Letter

Al-Kullulu,

I loathe mistakes. I only had one request and somehow you managed deny me what I seek. You know how much I wanted the hairpin - did I not make it clear when we last spoke? We might need to have another meeting for you to understand.

For now, it seems I must take things into my own hands at the auction.

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  • Basim: A strongly worded letter to the Harbormaster. He let a hairpin slip through their fingers and someone is not happy. There is a scent on this letter ... and a familiar symbol. Al-Kullulu. Looks like the Harbormaster is part of the Order. The Harbormaster has set up this blockade for foreign wares, especially for ancient artifacts from the East.

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  • Basim: There is nothing more here. The Harbormaster is waiting.

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  • Basim: Another wall between the people and power at play. I hope the Harbormaster is not expecting me.

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  • Al-Kullulû: La'anakum Allah! (May God curse you!) One artifact, and no one can find it.

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21:09 - 23:00 [111]

Gilded Butterflies

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Assassinate The Treasurer

Sitting at the top of Karkh's web of power is the Treasurer. In controlling taxes and extorting the merchants of Karkh, The Treasurer is succesfully funding the Order at the expense of the people's livelihood. Coveting a rare hairpin form the East, the Treasurer seizes the imports of any foreign artifacts at the harbor, causing great distress for various businesses. Having hidden themselves successfully in the shadows, the Treasurer's identity is known to few. It is time to draw back the veil.

LOOK FOR intel to expose The Treasurer's identity

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  • Basim: There is a rot in Karkh, Treasurer. Property stolen. Merchants extorted. Foreigns tormented. Corruption is rank, and everywhere ... but you are at its heart. Even now, your poison spreads along the East Road to lands untouched by the Order's venom. I hear you hunger for a hairpin, one up for auction at the Da'irat Al-mal. I will play the rival for your heart's desire and draw you from the shadows.

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  • Civilian: Refreshing to see the bazaar so lively. The traders only bring in the finest spices I want during the auction!
  • Civilian: It is a time to buy the exquisite, to mingle with elite, and to dress in your finest.
  • Civilian: Yet we still have persons dressed in a hood...

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01:31 - 02:30 [60]

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  • Civilian: Ceramics and textiles from the East! Took a while to get past the blockade but they made it for the auction.

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  • Civilian: I assume you hear about the commotion a few stalls down?
  • Civilian: Do not tell me it's Kong and Luca again...
  • Civilian: Oh, not them this time. Another pair of traders fighting to get a stall near the auction.

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  • Basim: This must be the stall Kong mentioned. Now, to find that plate...

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  • Basim: Trust Kong to own a plate like this. Now, maybe he will tell me what he knows about the Treasurer.

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Our Time to Shine

Get yourself ready boys, the Grand Auction is finally here! The guards will be busy so this will be our time to finally reward ourselves with their gold. Join me on the roof and we commence ... unless you decide to run with your tails between your legs. Chicken.
  • Basim: Hmm, suspicious activity on the rooftops...

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  • Merchant: Ahlan, Ahlan! (welcome, welcome!) Come upstairs and look at my wares, ya sadeeqi! Things you have never seen before in Baghdad! Exotic Chinese artifacts, here only! Nowhere else! Don't be shy! Come closer and be amazed at my selection upstairs!
  • Basim: As-salamu 'alaikum. You mentioned Chinese artifacts?
  • Merchant: Yes friend, welcome, welcome! You will surely find something of interest here!

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  • Merchant: Longing for the exquisite, ya sadeeqi? I have ornaments that hail from the far East on auction! Rare vases, delicate tea cups ... but the hairpin is my prize! One of a kind, a beauty even the Treasurer asked about!
  • Basim: Wait, the hairpin? Where is it?
  • Merchant: It's going to be up on auction! If you wish to purchase it, make sure to bring a good bag of coin!
  • Basim: A hairpin, from the East. This must be the item Al-Kullulu was after for the Treasurer. I must look out for it at the auction.

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  • Qabiha: Tardiness is not something the Treasurer appreciates.

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  • Perfume Supplier: ... not something we can rush, ya sayyidati (my lady).
  • Qabiha: The Treasurer will not be happy. Neither will I.
  • Perfume Supplier: I know that. The perfume creation is complex. We are already doing our best.
  • Qabiha: Your best is not enough.
  • Perfume Supplier: Come, we talk elsewhere. There are ears in the walls.

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  • Basim: That woman mentioned the Treasurer. I should keep my ears close.

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  • Qabiha: The Treasurer is fond of the Qina', as you know. No one is more unhappy when three dozen bottles go missing.
  • Perfume Supplier: With the harbor witholding our supplies, production has been slow, ya sayyidati. Certain ... incidents there have also made our situation difficult.

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  • Qabiha: You are not telling me exactly what it is we are missing.
  • Perfume Supplier: The ... blood, my lady.
  • Qabiha: The blood is essential in the scent. It is what makes the Qina' perfume special. We must have it.
  • Perfume Supplier: I will talk to the Caliph, see what we can do. The Treasurer will have to wait for her supply.
  • Basim: This perfume on the Tax Collector's letters ... I thought it smelled like iron. Was it blood? This woman could be from the Caliph's inner circle. She knows the Treasurer ... I must speak to her.

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9:16 - 10:38
  • Basim: So, the Treasurer is a she ... and her name is Ning.

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  • Basim: Here.
  • Kong: Little finch delivers once again! Just the very thing I need to complete my set!
  • Basim: I thought this was yours...
  • Kong: It is now! Anyway, listen close... I was having my usual afternoon tea when I overheard two ladies speaking about an order they fulfilled for the Da'irat Al-mal. They made a beautiful robe for the Treasurer with intricate eastern embroidery. Open your eyes to that!
  • Basim: Eastern wear? Thank you, Kong.

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  • Basim: The Treasurer is likely a foreigner from the East.

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  • Basim: The auction should be starting soon.

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12:27 - 14:57 [150]

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  • Cvilian: Did you see her? Her calmness, her grace ... like a lone, shining star against a sark night. If only I could speak to her.

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  • Rich Merchant: I have an appointment with the Treasurer. Move aside.
  • Soldier: Apologies. My instructions were clear. No brooch, no entry.
  • Rich Merchant: Do you know who I am? I need to speak to the Treasurer! I was called, summoned!

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  • Basim: As-salamu 'alaikum, I am here to see the Treasurer.
  • Soldier: On what business?
  • Basim: I have a gift for the Treasurer, if she will see me.
  • Soldier: Only members of The Ivory Coin are allowed to enter. No brooch, no entry.

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  • Merchant: This is proof that I am of the Merchant's Guild! Look! See!
  • Spice Merchant: With respect, that does not entitle you to three bags of saffron, two of vanilla, and a bottle of honey without a single coin.
  • Merchant: Impossible! Bah, this is a waste of my time!

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  • Spice Merchant: Hello, spices for you?
  • Basim: Trouble with customers?
  • Spice Merchant: No more than usual. These people from The Ivory Coin think themselves touched by God himself.
  • Basim: The Ivory Coin?
  • Spice Merchant: I ... I should not speak about it. I do not know much, really.

  • Basim: Whatever you know can help me.
  • Spice Merchant: Well ... it will not hurt to tell you what I know. The Ivory Coin is an exclusive merchant's guild. They have a brooch that grants them access to certain places.
  • Basim: How do you obtain this brooch?
  • Spice Merchant: I hear only respected merchants are part of The Ivory Coin, and that you can only be invited by another member. They think their status gives them permission to take goods without coin. Hmph. Have you ever seen such vanity?
  • Basim: This is expected in Karkh. Thank you.

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  • Soldier: No brooch, no entry. You know how this works.
  • Civilian: Yes, but I left my brooch in there! Do you not see the problem here?
  • Soldier: No brooch, no entry.
  • Civilian: La'anak Allah!

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  • Basim: An exclusive union for the merchants of high society. I should have expected this to exist.

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  • Soldier: I do not care what you have to do! Burn them, or murder their dogs if you have to!
  • Soldier: Understood, sayyidi. We will retrieve your coin from the merchatn's stall on the morrow, at all cost.
  • Soldier: Why not today? Gah. You lot are getting more incompetent by the day. Useless.

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  • Basim: This must be The Ivory Coin's brooch. Shiny.

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  • Basim: I have both trinkets. The guard will have to let me in now.

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  • Basim: As-salamu 'alaikum.
  • Soldier: You again. What is it now?
  • Basim: I have something that she wants. A Chinese hairpin, form the auction. I also have my brooch with me, here.
  • Soldier: Very well. You may enter.

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  • Soldier: This way, sayyidi.
  • Basim: I have been looking forward to meeting the Treasurer. It is an honor.
  • Soldier: Indeed, sayyidi. She is busy and her time only allows for a few rare appearances.

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  • Basim: I have never seen so many treasures in one place.

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  • Ning: This is of inferior make. I wonder if you really are the expert you claim to be.
  • Civilian: This plate is priceless, I swear it! Treasurer, Ning, if only you--
  • Ning: Go. Leave the vase, but get the plate out of my sight. Perhaps the dogs in the souq can use it for their meals.

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  • Civilian: Her standards are too high. One has to be careful not to get bitten in there.
  • Soldier: Please refrain from speaking about the Treasurer inappropriately.

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  • Soldier: You may enter.

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  • Ning: You are a new face.
  • Basim: My name is Basim. New to Baghdad, but not to trade. I deal mostly in fine antiques and collectibles.
  • Ning: You must have a good eye for detail then. What have you brought me, Basim?
  • Basim: You know what I brought.
  • Ning: A man not to be toyed with. Come, show it to me!

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  • Ning: Exquisite. Ever seen something like this? So perfect, so delicate.
  • Basim: No, but I am surprised that you have not.
  • Ning: I do have a penchant for them. When I was but a child, my sisters and I would tie our hair with sticks, adorn them with stone. I pretended they were the rarest gems. We had nothing, but we felt that we had it all. There are many reasons why people see me. For advice, a taste of power, and most often to win favor. Why have you come, Basim?
  • Basim: As a fellow collector, I have heard much about you from others. Your extravagance, your taste. I wish to learn.
  • Ning: Did they say I was lucky? I loathe the word. When I first arrived in Baghdad I was one of many seeking my fortune. Now, I have even the East wrapped around my fingers. I clawed my way here when many gave up, preferring to spare their nails. But me, I don't mind a few scratches, a bit of blood.
  • Basim: Surely there have been connections, the people you met that helped you get where you are.
  • Ning: No matter what others say, you only have yourself. No one else.

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  • Ning: "Everything prospers when family is harmonious." Family? The word has no meaning. The notions even more so. Only the self hears the deepest whispers of your soul and accepts you whole.
  • Basim: No one lives alone.
  • Ning: But we die lonely. In the end, we are absolutely, simply, truly alone.

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  • Basim: The ... the jinni ... again... I ... I should return to the Bureau.

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  • Soldier: The Treasurer, she's dead! Guards, help! Someone killed the Treasurer!

Missing

Coin, Corruption and Tea
00:06 - 02:38 [152]
04:42 - 06:43 [121]
21:09 - 23:00 [111]
Gilded Butterflies
01:31 - 02:30 [60]
09:16 - 10:38 [82]
12:27 - 14:57 [150]
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