Honey_B
Weaver of Dreams
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A young woman in south central France woke with the word burning in her mind. The year is 1305; eleven years before a man named Osman Khan Ghazi would seize the Byzantine city of Bursa in 1326 and establish the Ottoman Empire. The woman knows all of this and more for future events unfolded themselves to her in a terrible dream.
She is Cécile Marie Massicôte, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a miller. At first light, she sets off towards Avignon on her family’s only horse. Across the field of lavender she flies, thinking God sends her on this mission.
Cécile gains a Papal audience with ease, having thrice predicted and prevented assassination attempts on Pope Clement V. On bent knee, she tells the Holy Father of her dream - A crushing force has already been born, one bred from the Devil’s own hoards from the East. Unless stopped, this threat would spread like a disease, growing into an empire that would stamp out the Bzyantium Empire and eventually threaten the whole of the continent. Cécile tells of the man she saw in her dream, the founder of a dynasty,
Within one of the keenest minds the world has ever known, a plot is hatched. Should it succeed, the Church will have prevented a great catastrophe. If the scheme fails, history will never tell of the Pope’s involvement. Clement recognizes Cécile’s value, seeing how a single woman could succeed where an army could not.
Thus Cécile is put into training, for on that day she was pressed into the service of Mother Church. She must assassinate Osman Khan Ghazi and his successors. In doing so, she would halt the founding of the Ottoman Empire. It is a heavy burden to fall upon the shoulders of a girl so young, but she does not go into battle without weapons. By birth, she has been given one of the most deadly, an uncommon beauty. Hair of strawberry blonde and eyes the color of lavender in full bloom, she is an exotic even in her native France. From the Holy Father, she receives the remainder of her armaments.
For a full year, Cécile does naught but train and learn. Her soft body grows strong as she trains in all matter of arms. She is taught to read as well as to speak the native tongue of the invaders. To prepare her completely, Cécile is put in the hands of two gypsies, twins who teach the young girl how to please a man and a woman in every way imaginable. Though the lessons leave Cécile a skilled courtesan, her virginity remains intact. A necessity if she is to appeal to the Sultan.
Finally, Pope Clement deems her ready. Cécile has been honed to a razor’s edge, a fitting weapon to act in God’s name. She will hold the knife that will stop the spread of the Ottoman Empire before it even begins.
This thread will take place in the year, 1306 in the city of Bapheus. In 1302, Osman expanded beyond his hereditary lands, by defeating that city. The central location will be a Byzantine palace that Osman seized and the harem he established there. Important characters will include:
Osman Khan Ghazi (Captain B) – The central figure in this tale, he is 47 years old in 1306. Osman succeeded his father to a small territory granted by the Seljuk Turks and he will follow the gazi tradition of expanding and enriching his empire, eventually becoming the founder of the Ottoman Empire. When he not plotting strategy, he retreats to his harem for solace. He has a great love of the arts, being very much what would later be called, “A Renaissance Man.”
Cécile Marie Massicôte (Honey B) – Although she succeeds in murdering Osman's first 3 sons, she does not assassinate Osman, finding the task difficult. After all, history tells us that her task was not successful. Perhaps she was seduced by both the man and his culture.
Orhan Ghazi (Subo97) – Osman’s fourth son, he manages to escape Cécile by outwardly eschewing all desire for power. He revels in the exquisite pleasures of the harem, leading a life of carefree debauchery as he waits silently for his chance. Orhan is 22 at the time of the thread. He will eventually becomes Osman's successor.
Ahkben Mahalla Ahmor (LongWalkHome) – Ahmor is the Captain of the Gazi. The order takes its name from Osman and these soldiers make up the Sultan’s elite guard. His role will be to ferret out the person responsible for murdering the members of the royal family.
Orhan’s mother (ARaynes) – I have not been able to find her name, but she must have existed and have been a wife of Osman’s. I put her age at 35. As a wife, she would have a measure of power over the concubines as well as Osman’s ear.
Mariette (DeliciousMaiden) - Another foreign-born concubine to act as Cécile’s confidante and plaything to the other characters.
Asli (Annabelllee) - A Turkish concubine, bent on destroying the infidels who befoul the bed of her master.
These are only the characters that I feel are necessary for the central story, but there can be many others. I hope this story will have all the decadent excess one images of thread set in a harem. Aside from the main plot, sub-plots and intrigue would abound in such a place, depending on what other characters are added.
Please post your character descriptions here. I will be starting the thread shortly. Feel free to use this thread for discussion and questions. I will be posting some information regarding the time period as well.
Happy Writing!
A young woman in south central France woke with the word burning in her mind. The year is 1305; eleven years before a man named Osman Khan Ghazi would seize the Byzantine city of Bursa in 1326 and establish the Ottoman Empire. The woman knows all of this and more for future events unfolded themselves to her in a terrible dream.
She is Cécile Marie Massicôte, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a miller. At first light, she sets off towards Avignon on her family’s only horse. Across the field of lavender she flies, thinking God sends her on this mission.
Cécile gains a Papal audience with ease, having thrice predicted and prevented assassination attempts on Pope Clement V. On bent knee, she tells the Holy Father of her dream - A crushing force has already been born, one bred from the Devil’s own hoards from the East. Unless stopped, this threat would spread like a disease, growing into an empire that would stamp out the Bzyantium Empire and eventually threaten the whole of the continent. Cécile tells of the man she saw in her dream, the founder of a dynasty,
Within one of the keenest minds the world has ever known, a plot is hatched. Should it succeed, the Church will have prevented a great catastrophe. If the scheme fails, history will never tell of the Pope’s involvement. Clement recognizes Cécile’s value, seeing how a single woman could succeed where an army could not.
Thus Cécile is put into training, for on that day she was pressed into the service of Mother Church. She must assassinate Osman Khan Ghazi and his successors. In doing so, she would halt the founding of the Ottoman Empire. It is a heavy burden to fall upon the shoulders of a girl so young, but she does not go into battle without weapons. By birth, she has been given one of the most deadly, an uncommon beauty. Hair of strawberry blonde and eyes the color of lavender in full bloom, she is an exotic even in her native France. From the Holy Father, she receives the remainder of her armaments.
For a full year, Cécile does naught but train and learn. Her soft body grows strong as she trains in all matter of arms. She is taught to read as well as to speak the native tongue of the invaders. To prepare her completely, Cécile is put in the hands of two gypsies, twins who teach the young girl how to please a man and a woman in every way imaginable. Though the lessons leave Cécile a skilled courtesan, her virginity remains intact. A necessity if she is to appeal to the Sultan.
Finally, Pope Clement deems her ready. Cécile has been honed to a razor’s edge, a fitting weapon to act in God’s name. She will hold the knife that will stop the spread of the Ottoman Empire before it even begins.
This thread will take place in the year, 1306 in the city of Bapheus. In 1302, Osman expanded beyond his hereditary lands, by defeating that city. The central location will be a Byzantine palace that Osman seized and the harem he established there. Important characters will include:
Osman Khan Ghazi (Captain B) – The central figure in this tale, he is 47 years old in 1306. Osman succeeded his father to a small territory granted by the Seljuk Turks and he will follow the gazi tradition of expanding and enriching his empire, eventually becoming the founder of the Ottoman Empire. When he not plotting strategy, he retreats to his harem for solace. He has a great love of the arts, being very much what would later be called, “A Renaissance Man.”
Cécile Marie Massicôte (Honey B) – Although she succeeds in murdering Osman's first 3 sons, she does not assassinate Osman, finding the task difficult. After all, history tells us that her task was not successful. Perhaps she was seduced by both the man and his culture.
Orhan Ghazi (Subo97) – Osman’s fourth son, he manages to escape Cécile by outwardly eschewing all desire for power. He revels in the exquisite pleasures of the harem, leading a life of carefree debauchery as he waits silently for his chance. Orhan is 22 at the time of the thread. He will eventually becomes Osman's successor.
Ahkben Mahalla Ahmor (LongWalkHome) – Ahmor is the Captain of the Gazi. The order takes its name from Osman and these soldiers make up the Sultan’s elite guard. His role will be to ferret out the person responsible for murdering the members of the royal family.
Orhan’s mother (ARaynes) – I have not been able to find her name, but she must have existed and have been a wife of Osman’s. I put her age at 35. As a wife, she would have a measure of power over the concubines as well as Osman’s ear.
Mariette (DeliciousMaiden) - Another foreign-born concubine to act as Cécile’s confidante and plaything to the other characters.
Asli (Annabelllee) - A Turkish concubine, bent on destroying the infidels who befoul the bed of her master.
These are only the characters that I feel are necessary for the central story, but there can be many others. I hope this story will have all the decadent excess one images of thread set in a harem. Aside from the main plot, sub-plots and intrigue would abound in such a place, depending on what other characters are added.
Please post your character descriptions here. I will be starting the thread shortly. Feel free to use this thread for discussion and questions. I will be posting some information regarding the time period as well.
Happy Writing!
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