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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7086726" data-attributes="member: 20323">OK, so we have Husam (  [MENTION=20005]Matthan[/MENTION] ) as a palace guard of Sheikh Ali; so he'll clearly be at the new meeting with the Sheikh, and can be tasked to help discover the raids.Shall we say Lal Qalandar (  [MENTION=23]Ancalagon[/MENTION] ) is already in audience with the Sheikh, just being introduced by Husam since they knew one another from before? The Sheikh may be a bit skeptical of this foreign mystic, but also intrigued because the Sheikh has roots in the al-Badia (desert dwellers) among whom superstitions run thick as blood.That leaves Harun (  [MENTION=6855204]tglassy[/MENTION] )! I double-checked the City of Delights books which describe the Grand Caliph's royal family, and it turns out the Grand Caliph is an only child! So, let's have Harun be the son of Prince Tannous al-Assad, the Grand Caliph's paternal uncle, a dour serious-minded man who is in line for the throne if the Grand Caliph continues to sire no male heirs. Prince Tannous would be just the type to want his embarrassing son far from the royal court.This would make Harun's full name ––– Harun al-Assad ibn-Tannous.I can leave Harun's shocking revelation of his identity up to you? I don't have anything specific in mind, only that he reveals himself in the opening scene, rather than being undercover like "Amina" / Ankabut (  [MENTION=4936]Shayuri[/MENTION] ).And in this new audience with the Sheikh scene, we can also explain why Kaniel (  [MENTION=6855130]Jago[/MENTION] ) and Najiyah (  [MENTION=6866331]Foxbytes[/MENTION] ) leave the party. I'm thinking Najiyah is suffering her own emotional crisis and the Sheikh decides to keep her close at hand to help figure out what is going on with the sea mages & to keep tabs on any Brotherhood of True Flame activity in Tajar. Whereas Kaniel – well, I'm not quite sure yet how to transition Kaniel out since he had such a strong hook (redeeming himself in eyes of House Nisr, avenging the attack on the Desert Mosque) – probably going to go with the mamluks of the Valiant ordering him to investigate a different direction than the rest of the party decides to investigate.That should do it!Any questions, concerns, or ideas before I post up the scene in the IC thread?</blockquote>

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