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The Hunter

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• Ali: Basim!
• Basim: Ali.
• Ali: Are you ready? We must go.
• Basim: Let us go.
• Ali: We must leave for Jarjaraya!

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• Ali: You Hidden Ones are strange. You give weapons you don't want me to use, then give me credit for your victories.
• Basim: War would be bad for everyone, especially you.
• Ali: That is your masters speaking.

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• Ali: Does it not bother you that those you obey are the same ones who make the rules demanding your obedience?
• Basim: They do not control me, I am free. I fight so that others are free as well.
• Ali: Everything you do serves the Hidden Ones. That is a strange kind of freedom.
• Basim: The Hidden Ones are my family. There is no contradiction.
• Ali: If you say so.
• Basim: Once, I lived on the streets and answered only to myself. But I was not free.
• Ali: Now that others tell you who you are, are you any freer?
• Basim: You could not understand.
• Ali: I understand better than you.

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• Civilian: There's another one. Who is he? I've never seen him before.
• Civilian: Where are all these strangers coming from? Jarjaraya isn't safe anymore.

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• Civilian: Ali, you are here! Alhamdulillah.

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• Civilian: Ali, I know you will avenge us!

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02:11 - 03:05

• Tea House Owner: Marhaban! (Welcome!) Please, find a seat. Or perhaps view my unparalleled selection of teas. The finest in all Baghdad!

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• Basim: This looks like the teahouse Ali mentioned.

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• Civilian: How is your tea, ya sayyidi?
• Elder: This is cold! Get me another, and heat it this time!
• Civilian: Yes, sayyidi. A thousand apologies.
• Elder: Perfectly good Zanj slaves go missing, yet incompetents like you remain. No! Stop talking. Just get my tea!

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• Civilian: You work and work and what do you get? Nothing! Damned slaves! I treat them well, I pay them well, I feed them ... and then they disappear. And no one's left to work!
• Basim: He might talk ... if I can sober him up.

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• Basim: Time to sober up.

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• Civilian: Enough! I'm better!
• Basim: A teahouse is a dangerous place to be drinking. You could have been arrested.
• Civilian: I've just had a lot of trouble lately.
• Basim: You said some of your slaves have gone missing.
• Civilian: Did I? I don't remember. Not just missing, they disappeared!
• Basim: People do not just disappear.
• Civilian: These did! Last night two of mine did not come back from the fields. No one saw anything. They just disappeared. Poof!
• Basim: So you thought you would get drunk in a public teahouse.
• Civilian: Well ... yeah. Oh, my head. Look, do not tell anyone. I have to go home and fall over.

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• Basim: Someone who loves tea would find this irresistible.

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• Basim: I overheard you mention that slaves have gone missing.
• Elder: What? Who are you? How dare you talk to me. Go away!

(Offer gift to Bribe)(Offer token to Bribe)Leave

• Basim: You are obviously a man of taste. I would be willing to part with a brick of tea for a moment of your time.
• Elder: I thought I .. wait, tea? All right, but be quick, before anyone sees me talking to you.
• Basim: You mentioned Zanj slaves have been going missing.
• Elder: I don't see what it has to do with you, but yes. A stranger, one of those rebels, has been disturbing the slaves. After he spoke with them, they disappeared. No doubt he's an acquaintance of that troublemaker Ali ibn Muhammad. That's all I know. Now leave before someone who matters sees me talking with someone like you.

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• Tea House Owner: Hey! Over here! This way!

Basim approached the man.

• Basim: Did you want something?

The teahouse owner whispered to Basim.

• Tea House Owner: Not here, there are too many ... ears, if you take my meaning.

Projecting his voice, he continued.

• Tea House Owner: Ah, yes sayyidi! Our special teas are kept in the back. This way, watch your step!

He began leading Basim away from the open courtyard.

• Tea House Owner: Follow me. Act casual.

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07:34 - 08:18

• Ali: Did you know I can hear what men think?

08:51 - 09:44

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• Basim: I should look for the informant, and help the widow find her missing son.

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• Basim: This is the harbor. The informant is here somewhere.

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• Basim: There is the mark. Now to keep them in my sights, and avoid unwanted attention.

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• Informant: Hmph. No notes today. I should get going. It's almost time.
• Basim: Time for what, I wonder? I should follow him, but I cannot let him see me.

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• Informant: I've got new information.
• Soldier: What have you got for me?
• Informant: Apart from that slave kid I already told you about, someone's been sniffing around Jarjaraya, asking questions.
• Soldier: Is it the one we reported last time, that troublemaker Beshi?
• Informant: This one is new. No one seems to know anything about him.
• Soldier: What are you doing then? I'm carrying letters for the boss, and you're wasting my time! Come back when you've got a name.

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• Basim: These two were gathering information for someone called Dogan bin Arslan. I must find this Dogan, but first I should help the widow with her missing son. Perhaps it is connected.

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Like Father, Like Son

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• Zanj Widow: Not my son as well! I cannot lose him like his father!
• Civilian: Maybe he's safe somewhere. He could be lost.
• Zanj Widow: No. He is gone. I haven't even had a chance to gather flowers for my hisband's funeral and now my son is gone too.
• Basim: This must be the place. Excuse me.
• Zanj Widow: Who are you? What do you want?
• Basim: Forgive me, I did not mean to startle you. The teahouse owner told me of your trouble. Perhaps I can help.
• Zanj Widow: I do not see how. I don't know you.
• Basim: You need flowers for your husband's burial. I too once lost those close to me, but could not bury them. It would be an honor if you let me do for you what I could not do for my friends. I will gather these flowers.
• Zanj Widow: My husband often brought some White Savory to me. If you bring me some, I will leave them at his grave once he is buried, as my final gift.
• Basim: It will be done.

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• Basim: The flowers will be nearby. I should look around.

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• Basim: These look like the flowers I need.

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• Basim: These are beautiful flowers. My friends would have approved.

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• Basim: I brought the flowers, with my sympathy.
• Zanj Widow: They are such elegant flowers. My husband loved them. Thank you. Is there something I can do for you?
• Basim: I am trying to find who is taking slaves from Jarjaraya. I know your son is missing.
• Zanj Widow: Yes. I lost his father. It would be more than I can bear if I lost him too.
• Basim: Can you tell me what he was doing before he went missing?
• Zanj Widow: When his father was taken, he became very unhappy. He started going out at night. Last night, he never returned.
• Basim: I will look around. There might be something here that tells what happened.

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• Basim: I could pick up her son's tracks around here.

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• Basim: There are a lot of tracks here. The tracks lead to that small building. I need to find a way inside.

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• Basim: The oil is low. He was working late.

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Son's Letter

I have seen mercenaries go in and out of that farm. They must be the ones who took Father and the others.

• Basim: A letter! He mentions a nearby farm. I should let his mother know what I have found.

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• Basim: I found a letter from yuor son. He was looking for the men who took his father.
• Zanj Widow: That foolish boy!
• Basim: He mentioned a nearby farm. Do you know what he was talking about?
• Zanj Widow: Oh no. That is Dogan's farm. It is crawling with mercenaries. If he went there... Please! Find my son!
• Basim: If he lives, I will send him back to you. You have my word.

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• Basim: Dogan's farm will be heavily guarded. I should return to Ali and discuss the next move.

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The Hunter II

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• Basim: This looks like the farm where Ali's men were being held.

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• Soldier: These stupid slaves are going to be sorry they didn't just do their work.
• Soldier: The boss won't go easy on them. He loves his work.

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• Rebel: Alhamdulillah! We thought we were dead.

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• Rebel: Get me out of here.
• Basim: Ali is waiting just outside the farm. Go quickly.

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• Basim: The widow's son is not here.

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• Soldier: I heard the kid is the son of one of those executed rebels. He came looking for his father's killers.
• Soldier: Well, he found them, didn't he? He'll go the same way as his father now.

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• Basim: Your mother is waiting for you.
• Widow's Son: I'm not going back yet. They killed my father. I will fight with the others!
• Basim: You are brave. Fine, meet Ali outside the farm.

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• Basim: That is all of them. I should meet with Ali.

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08:10 - 09:13 [63]

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• Dogan bin Arslan: You rebels need to learn your place!

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Dogan's Orders

Dogan,

I want a full report of your progress this week. AI-A'eshma in particular has questions about the stranger nosing around Jarjaraya recently. I suggest you make extra effort to provide answers - for your own sake. Al-A'eshma, more so than me, does not like to be disappointed.

We will expect you at the Officers' Club in Shargiyah, as usual.

- Al-Rukh

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• Ali: When word gets out of this victory, many will join our cause.
• Basim: Dogan bin Arslan was carrying orders. He was to report to superiors at the Officers' Club in Sharqiyah.
• Ali: Those superiors may be who ordered the executions. Does it name them?
• Basim: It uses codenames. Al-Rukh and Al-A'eshma. Only the Order uses such names. I will go to this club and see what I can find.
• Ali: I wish you luck. I must return and wait for Beshi.
• Basim: Be careful, Ali. The Caliph will be hunting you both after this.
• Ali: There are things we cannot hide from if we are to be truly free.

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• Basim: I should go to the Officers' Club in Sharqiyah.

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The Raptor and the Demon

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• Basim: The Officers' Club. Now to find a way inside.

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• Soldier: They trust me with the key to their special room. That's something, right?

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• Al-Rukh: Did you see that woman whose husband we took?
• Al-A'eshma: It is not unlawful to make her your slave. Oh dont look at me like that! Allah has favored us, Jasoor. Or should only the mighty Al-Mardikhwar enjoy such blessings?
• Al-Rukh: Do not speak his name, not even here! Of all of us, he scares me the most. You know what he is like. If he learns of my past and finds fault, where can I run? I do not have the luxuries of your ships, Nadir.
• Al-A'eshma: You may have taken liberties with truth in the past, but you have proven your loyalty many times. You executed those rebels, recently. That was a task more cold-blooded than his ordering of it. Perhaps he shoud fear you.
• Al-Rukh: It is your voice I hear, but the words are those of the Shaytan (Devil) himself. Do not jest. I want no trouble when he returns.
• Al-A'eshma: Shaytan! That is high praise coming from you! It is as I told you. We are favored, and need not fear anything.
• Al-Rukh: Where is Dogan? He is late.
• Al-A'eshma: As always, my friend, you worry too much. Which is why you are merely Al-Rukh, and I am ... Al-A'eshma.

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• Soldier: My apologies, Generals. Dogan bin Arslan has been murdered, and we fear there is an intruder. We must get you to safety.
• Al-Rukh: I knew something was wrong! Dogan is never late.

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• Basim: Those two are with the Order, and they serve a third they call Al-Mardikhwar. But now, I need to find a way out.

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• Basim: I am safe. I should return to Fuladh.

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The Hunt

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• Fuladh: Good, you are here. You have kicked many nests. Mercenaries are everywhere, like angry ants.
• Ali: It explains Beshi's absence. He's avoiding the mercenaries.
• Fuladh: I hope the trouble was all worth it?
• Basim: I have discovered two of the officers are working with the Order. And there is another, their leader.
• Fuladh: Three! That would explain the Order's reach in Sharqiyah.
• Basim: The first two go by the names Al-Rukh and Al-A'eshma. The third, they call Al-Mardikhwar.
• Ali: They hide behind pompous names like prideful children!
• Fuladh: Do not mistake the Order's vanities for childishness. They are the real power behind the Abbasids. Did you discover anything that would identify them?

Discuss Al-RukhDiscuss Al-A'eshmaDiscuss Al-Mardikhwar

• Basim: The one named Al-Rukh was called Jasoor by his companion. He is hiding from his past, and lives in fear because of it.
• Fuladh: Jasoor, yes. That must be the Arab General Jasoor ibn Basil.
• Ali: I know of him ... a coward who stole credit for victories on the battlefield won by others.
• Fuladh: A past he has gone to great efforts to hide. Jasoor has a villa at Qasr Salih to the west. You could look for him there.

• Basim: The one called Al-A'eshma, his real name is Nadir. He has command of ships, and is not timid like his companion. Arrogant, in fact.
• Fuladh: Nadir...
• Ali: That must be Admiral Nadir ibn Havid. A boastful fool, concerned more with his ships than his own man.
• Fuladh: Ah yes, the Admiral. Boastful, perhaps, but brilliant. He has created several new warships for the Caliph. The Order's reach has grown if they have recruited Nadir. You should look for him at the Lower Harrbor, to the north.

• Basim: As for their leader, Al-Mardikhwar, I learned only that he is away from Sharqiyah, and expected to return soon.
• Fuladh: This one I do not know. It is the first time I have heard the name.
• Ali: If he is their leader, he ordered the death of my men. He's the one you must find.
• Fuladh: Yes, and for other reasons besides. Our best hope of finding him is through the first two.
• Ali: Find this Al-Mardikhwar, Basim, as we agreed. I will wait for Beshi.

• Ali: I am grateful for your help freeing my men. Take this token, with thanks.

Ali left.

• Basim: I will find Jasoor and Nadir, and unmask their leader.
• Fuladh: They will be wary now, protected within their strongholds. You may have to lure them out. Thread carefully, Basim. These are dangerous men.
• Basim: So am I.

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Bird Trap

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• Civilian: What is happening? Why are the soldiers patrolling?
• Civilian: There was an attack in Sharqiyah. Everyone's on edge.
• Civilian: Sounds like trouble. Let's go home.
• Basim: The whole area is on high alert. I am expected.

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• Soldier: What's wrong with the General? He's in a panic, screaming for reinforcements we don't have.
• Soldier: Something that happened in Sharqiyah has him worried... More than usual, I mean.

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• Basim: A key. There must be a door it opens.

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• Al-Rukh: Stay alert! They broke into the Officer's room. If they break in here, it is all your heads!

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Short Letter

Al-Rukh,

I've heard troubling rumor that your celebrated past accomplishments were somewhat exaggerated. It seems you have been telling lies.

I expect you at the Great Garrison when I return. We have much to discuss.

-Al-Mardikhwar

• Basim: There is a note. Al-Marrdikhwar had questions about our friend's past. Smart. He was ordered to a meeting at the Great Garrison.

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• Basim: One down. Now to deal with Al-A'eshma.

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The Chase

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• Fuladh: Wait, Ali. Let us hear from Basim, first. Were you successful in your tasks?
• Basim: General Jasoor and Admiral Nadir are dead.
• Fuladh: Did you find anything to identify Al-mardikhwar?
• Basim: Not exactly. General Jasoor was commanded to meet Al-Mardikhwar at the Great Garrison. It seems his past finally caught up to him. Admiral Nadir was questioned about missing supply shipments meant for the Turkic military. Al-Mardikhwar was not happy.
• Fuladh: So ... Al-Mardikhwar is at the Great Garrison, overseeing supplies for the Turkic mercenaries. There is only one officer of sufficient rank who fits. Warlord Wasif al Turki.
• Ali: Wasif! This makes sense. There are few others who could have taken Beshi.
• Basim: Beshi has been taken?
• Ali: He never came back.
• Fuladh: Wasif just returned from an excursion for the Caliph, and is at the Garrison. If he has Beshi, that is where he will be.
• Ali: Then that is where I am going.
• Fuladh: Wasif controls half of Baghdad. If we challenge him and fail, it could start a war that reaches even Alamut. You need Basim.
• Ali: Fine. I will meet Basim near the Garrison before I move. But do not take long. I am finished waiting.

Ali left and Fuladh gave Basim a feather.

• Fuladh: Enter the Great Garrison and kill Wasif. He must not escape, and it must look like Ali did it. The safety of Alamut depends on it.
• Basim: It will be done.

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Missing

Part 1

02:11 - 03:05 [54]
07:34 - 08:18 [44]
08:51 - 09:44 [53]

Part 2

00:00 - 01:10 [70]
08:10 - 09:13 [63]