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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matthan" data-source="post: 7080226" data-attributes="member: 20005">[MENTION=20323]Quickleaf[/MENTION]:I have no reference material to work off of so I just made a lot of stuff up.  I couldn't even easily find the Sheikh's name to research him (shame).  All that is to say that I'm not familiar with the character to build off of.  I'm not sure why he would remind the sheikh of his wife's infidelity.  Did she sleep with a guard or a half-orc?  That seems like an interesting angle, but I just don't know enough.***Wait!  I just went back and realized where the misunderstanding happened.  The part, "The Sheik sought to honor the man who died for him. He called for his family to be brought and found his wife pregnant with Khalid’s son. He brought them into his home and promised to care for them to honor Khalid’s sacrifice. Husam was raised and trained to be like his father, a loyal guard for the Sheikh."  The "his wife" is ambiguous.  I can edit the sentence to read, “He called for Khalid’s family to be brought to his court and found his widow pregnant with their first child.”  I meant it to be Khalid's wife was pregnant with his unborn son, not the sheikh's wife.  I drew from some Old Testament stories for inspiration.  The idea of the ruler taking them in was based off of King David taking in the lame son of Jonathan, Mephibosheth.  I just built a guy to have a connection to the sheikh, explain the magical items/level, and explain why he would be sent away.  The acts that he previously did were what I imagined a character doing in a city on his way to 11th level.  Timeline wise: Khalid died 20 years ago.  If the present sheikh wasn't reigning, it just takes a slight edit.  The idea was to riff off something that happens in the Biblical book of Esther.  The King of Persia can't sleep and asks to be read the record of his rule.  He is reminded of a heroic act by Mordecai and realizes that he was never rewarded.  I wasn't aware of the prior ruler (I'm not easily finding Al-Qadim info online), but it wouldn't be a stretch to say that Khalid served in the campaign to overthrow him.</blockquote>

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