Arabian nights media suggestions

Dreamwork's Sinbad, the one where Sinbad is voiced by Dicaprio

In terms of books, 1001 Arabian Nights is required reading for that sort of thing.

>>50782094
Al-Qadim 2nd edition

>>50782094
1001 Nights. It's a story of a woman who is to be put to death by her husband tomorrow, so she distracts him with a story for 1001 Nights.

>>50782094
Disney's Aladdin and the film Conan The Barbarian, not because they're good sources but because they're what your players will expect.

As a general guideline

>Black and white morality
>Dangerous treks through the desert
>A sneering vizier scheming for power
>Sorcerers, but no more than one or two. Keep magic rare
>A dangerous djinn who has strict rules about asking for questions/wishes. Best not to be a dick about the wishes though
>Someone gets spat on by a camel

>>50782449
I actually checked the OSR trove but couldn't find it there.

https://youtu.be/x5zC8LPzGeo?t=39m53s

Everything up til 1:13:56

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>>50782094
1001 Nights is literally the inspiration for everything 'Arabian Nights'. Aladdin and Sinbad, suggestions in this thread, are stories from 1001 Nights.

>>50782530
You don't want black and white morality, you want legalistic morality. Justifying your actions based off of honor, law, and precedent. People get away with some pretty messed up shit in 1001 Nights, while other people get destroyed for almost no reason.

liveleak

>>50782530
And crazy hassan.

>>50782940
Lol'd.

>>50782094
Check out https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(Vertigo)

>>50783532
Damn, I did read a few sandman volumes but stopped. Which issues have arabian stories? All I can remember is the one with marco polo reaching a place where time is distorted.

>>50782530
>magic carpets
>sexy belly dancers
>please sultan or get the neck cut

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>>50782094
hey what's up

>>50782094
That's a cute girl kobold.

Can this thread be about kobolds please?
How do kobolds fit into arabian nights settings? Since they're cold-blooded, would they be better suited to be a dominant race?

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>>50782787
I have a ton of Al-Qadim stuff. If you keep the thread up until California Noon time, I can upload it.

Incidentally, what is the PDF file size limit?

>>50784533
Bumping for this

>>50784563
Just in case, I'll upload it to the PDF share thread too.

ARABIAN NIIIIIIIIIGHTS
LIKE ARABIAN DAAAAAAAAAAYS
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT
ARE HOTTER THAN HOT
IN A LOT OF GOOD WAAAAAAAYS

Man, I used to know all the songs by heart in that movie.
ALL OF THEM.

>>50784533
Dang. Fingers crossed

What is a good system to run this sort of campaign?

>>50787598
Depends on what you want to get out of it. If you want things to be as actually insane as the tales are, you'd probably want something like fate, because it's all narrative at that point. if you just want some of the aesthetics, then it depends on what type of campaign you want to have.

>>50784533
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>>50782937

Check out The Nightmares Underneath. It spends some time outlining this concept.

>You don't want black and white morality, you want legalistic morality. Justifying your actions based off of honor, law, and precedent. People get away with some pretty messed up shit in 1001 Nights, while other people get destroyed for almost no reason.

It's the first time I "got" and understood a Law based society. It's also interesting how they apparently revered scholars and interpreters of the world of God.

>>50783905
Any good?

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I have these right now. I'll upload the main ones later.

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I'll link the past people too, since someone said they didn't have these

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Total of 5 I can upload. The rest are too big for 4chan.

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I can sympathize with the person who said they tried to find any of these. I spent a good, long while tracking these down.

Sorry, this is all I have access to on my phone. I'll upload the main stuff when I get access to my laptop.

How well would Al-Qadim go with or fit into an historical fantasy Arabian nights campaign?

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>>50789658
Thanks. I'll have a look at these later.

>>50782375
Add the Harry Hausen Sinbad to that too. Its got the Cyclops, a dragon, fucking skeletons. It great shit.

Also try to find some silk road folklore. You got all sorts of horrible shit lurking out in the desert.

>>50782530
The Aladdin cartoon might actually be perfect.

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It says it'll expire in two days, so download them while you can. I'll be around later, so tell me if there are any issues.

http://expirebox.com/download/16f55dc824c479320c389f9b81a9d3eb.html

>>50783667
>Damn, I did read a few sandman volumes but stopped. Which issues have arabian stories? All I can remember is the one with marco polo reaching a place where time is distorted.
I have a one-shot about fantasy Baghdad that I can post later unless somebody beats me to it.

>>50792830
Also, what's that comic about the royal torturer? Lots of great worldbuilding for the taking.

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>>50782094
This comic series, dunno if there's an english version. It's actually set on the Ottoman Empire of Suleiman, but most of the adventures and themes can be used if you're just looking for "fantasy arabs".

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>>50792830
Alright, thanks.
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>>50792808
Thank you so much anon!
The caravans one gave me a few ideas already.

>>50792952
A spanish version could work too.

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>>50782094
Also read this beauty for some nice middle eastern epic and heroism, in case you and your party gets tired of thieves. It's not arab and 100% based on pre-islamic myth, but so are half of the tales in the One Thousand and One Nights anyways.

It's long as fuck, before attempting to read it all try to get one of the versions that only includes the parts about Rostam and co.

>>50793044
>in case you and your party gets tired of thieves
Hard if it's in the same campaign, since the game premise is robbing from a really wealthy sultan.
But I will check it out if they ask for more games in this setting.

>>50793025
The writer is from Paraguay and used to published in Argentina. Since the crisis its an italian comic, but you shouldn't have problems finding the first hundred in spanish.

>>50793117
>Argentina
I live there, I guess I could even get a physical copy if I look at some used books store

>>50793147
It's likely, yeah. Maybe even in some library, if they also follow the recent fashion of getting comics down there.

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>>50782094
>ctrl+f
>The Thief and the Cobbler
>0 results
I mean, it's right in the title

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>>50793324
psst, hey kids... http://avaxsearch.pro/?q=dago

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>>50793403
hey OP, you should also read this

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>>50792830
OK here we go!

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>>50795868

OP how Arabian are you going to get?
Are your characters going to smoke opium with their dancing boy sex slave before fucking a goat?

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>>50782937
>Alladin
>Arabian Nights
But it takes place in China.

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>>50782530
Curved swords, head wrappings

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>>50796059
Good thing that Arabian Nights is just a retarded english name and the original title makes no reference to Arabia or any geographical place, beyond it's original language.

Not to mention that the "China" of Aladdin has nothing chinese besides the name.

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>>50796147
Dun-dun-duuuuuunnnnnnnnn

Hope everybody enjoyed it!

>>50796142
>Not to mention that the "China" of Aladdin has nothing chinese besides the name.
That is very true. But it was also a story added by a Frenchman after the fact who claimed he was told the story by a man from Aleppo.

>>50796177
I know this but, considering that the original on hundred nights are just a collection of stories taken from everywhere, that's a minor fault. Specially if we believe him in saying that he heard the tale from a middle easteners, which would put Aladdin not in the original book but in the folklore.

Still a bit sad that it became the most popular one though. Specially since we got the movie and now based Jaffar is a villain for some reason.

>>50796160
Thanks you for storytiming this.
There is always a Sandman sory relevant to any topic.

>>50796160
Thanks a bunch anon I loved it!

There's a GURPS Arabian Nights book. Can't upload it here, but it's probably in the general's archive.

If nothing else, you can look at its bibliography.

>>50798533
>T H I C C

>>50783995
Sorry to burst your bubble broseph, but Kobolds are still likely to be the slave race. I can see them being used by Djinn as well as whatever Dragons are there. However, they fit into the setting much better and you can play one without sticking out of place there, though you'd have to play the Servant card on a few occasions when you are with the party.

>>50783995
In something like Al-Qadim / Zakhara? They work pretty well. Their communal nature meshes with Zakharan ethics, and the native Dragons to the setting (Vishap) click pretty well with Kobold tactics (avoidance, traps, subterfuge) for those who don't go native.

In the official material Lizardfolk tend to be one of the more common demihuman types present, but with that being before the rise of Kobold popularity it'd be rather easy to make the switch.

Oh, and with rather sizable non-human demographics in some of the cities / areas, along with respectable population numbers to start (both of which you can find in the Lands of Fate document) you could be looking at districts cropping up of specific demographics. Hiyal for example has ~120,000 demihumans as permanent residents, with beggars and transients increasing that number to ~180,000. Even if Kobolds accounted for just 5% of those numbers (fairly small when you consider this would mean numerical parity with groups like Elves and Hobgoblins and Ogres), that's ~6k-~9k. A small Kobold city within a city (one that, again, could plausibly be boosted to twice or even thrice that number).

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>>50783995
I did plan to add plenty of reptile humanoids (dragonborn and lizardfolk mostly), and despite having a kobold player in the game, I didn't consider featuring them prominently. These posts changed my mind.

>>50800713
An idea I've been pushing for a while: Most setting/systems make lizardfolk swamp-dwellers. Which makes little sense to me. Sure, alligators live in swamps, but LIZARDS have a variety of different habitats. So I replace the swim-speed and aquatic abilities of Lizardfolk with a climb-speed, and I make them cliff-dwellers, like the Hopi tribe of native americans. Imagine a village built into the sheer vertical cliffs of a mesa or canyon, inhabited by bipedal lizard-folk. Perfectly situated to catch maximum sunlight exposure, ideal for basking, and incredibly difficult to besiege or invade. It fits desert/ wasteland settings much better.

>>50782937
>you want legalistic morality. Justifying your actions based off of honor, law, and precedent.
This is interesting. Can you go into more detail as to what this means, and how you make it gameable at the table?

>>50799705
>slave race
>qt girl(maybe male) cobold eager to please
i fail to see how this is a problem.
though kobolds as dominant race i like more, especially if they play technological advantage.

>>50799705
Middle eastern dragons are basically the same as western dragons.

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>>50782094
Prince of Persia series, duh.

>>50801776
I was considering giving them burrow speed instead of swimming speed.

>>50796160
Sandman keeps up very well. Thank you for the story time Anon!

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>>50782094
I recommend Pic related, 'Throne of the Crescent Moon' by Saladin Ahmed. It reads like '1001 Nights' by way of Robert E. Howard.

Read from

>Quran
>Bible
>The Shannameh
>Mesopotamian mythology
>Egyptian mythology
>Hittite mythology
>1001 Nights

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>>50806943
Came here to post this.

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>>50803679
Agreed, although P.o.P 2008 uncharacteristically animu
Sands of Time was best

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Posting a few pictures

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>>50810540
OK, that's enough from me
Desert aesthetic is best aesthetic

>>50783487
This. If there is no Crazy Hassan you are doing something wrong.

>>50810451
If dorfs are turkish, what are the other races?

>>50795936
ball is life

>>50796160
that was lovely, thank you

>>50812188
Armenian.

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wanted to do a storytime, but...
>it's in spanish
>it's 150+ images

>>50813580
>So many comics I want to storytime
>None of them in english

>>50813580
Do it anyways, its the visuals that really get me into the mood. If you wont, then do you have a link so that I can get it?

>>50814104
I know that feel I'm translating some, but can't edit unfortunately

>>50814280
I could pass the link, but there's only a french version, a spanish and dutch translation, will storytime then

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>>50813580
will attempt a live TL, so forgive the slowness

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>>50814445
A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, A THOUSAND AND ONE YEARS AGO... THE MAGICAL CITY OF BAGDAD EXISTED ONCE, TIMELESS AND IMPOSING.

HERE THE SOUQS AND ALLEYS ARE ALWAYS POPULATED, EITHER BY DAY OR BY NIGHT. GLOSSY FRUITS ARE SHOWN NEXT TO WEAPONS WHOSE WORKSMANSHIP MAY NOT ALWAYS GUARANTEE A SHARP CUT, AND SILKS ARE SET OVER JARS FILLED WITH HONEY MIXED WITH WONDROUS SPICES...

Come! Gather round!

Gather round, and listen to the wondrous tale of the magic lamp!

Listen of how Al-a-din was but a child when he found the power of the djinn...

Who revealed himself as a faithful and powerful ally...

...And so, Al-a-din became our beloved Caliph who he is today.

Djinn! Come here! I am not finished yet!

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>>50814509
Come! I command it!

Your command...

I don't like orders, Al-a-din.

I care not. The lamp makes you my servant.

And you haven't answered my question.

A question? I see...

My future Djinn! I wan't to know!

I am forbidden to reveal it, and you know it.

Careful. I may not be able to destroy the lamp, but...

Nothing stops me from throwing it to the dephs of the sea so that your only companions will be the crabs and the sea sludge.

I see...

I can say only this Caliph Al-a-din...

You shall die by the hand of your son.

My son? Which?! I have a hundred wives and even more children!

That is for you to unravel.

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>>50814563
Can this fate be avoided? If... my children were not here?

Nothing if set in stone Caliph.

Captain Merkreh!

I am here my lord!

Gather our most loyal soldiers immediately.

He wouldn't... no, this is horrible!

Something! There must be something I can do!

What's the matter Daina?

Al-a-din has gone mad!

He wants to slay our sons!

But... our children are his!

That's why!

Silence!

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>>50814627
My boy...

Gather all the children!

Take only the males!

Mama!

No! let go!

Yeoww!

Shhhh quiet son.

Mommy's here. We'll play a game...

Release our sons!

But... ladies...

Fight!

A game where you'll have to hide...

We won't see each other for a while, ok?

My child...

>>50810280
>sands of time
Forgotten Sands Wii was better. No, really.

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>>50814672
Kill them!

Is there a problem Merkreh?

It's the women...

A woman who rebels against the word of our beloved Caliph does not deserve to live Merkreh.

Easy. Don't move...

Goodbye...

What...

You've killed my wives!

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>>50814722
They rebelled my lord, your Djinn told us your orders...

My orders? What orders?! You were supposed to take the children into exile!

Any living child is a danger for you Al-a-din.

You should be grateful of your soldiers zeal.

My wives... Why?

Do you not undertand?

The challenged your authority my lord!

We have protected the very base of your rulership!

What was...? someone's alive!

Daina! Dearest!

Al-a-din! He killed our son! That monster ate him!

Silly me! I missed this one!

Unhand her Djinn! I should've never listened to you!

It was I who made you Caliph, Al-a-ddin. Before that all you were was a just a street urchin.

I know what is best for you.

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>>50814824
AND SO, MANY YEARS LATER, IN THE GULF OF ARABIA, IN THE ISLAND PORT OF QARAWH...

Must you leave Sinbad?

Yes Merkes. You have been a father to me, taught me everything I know...

...But I must know who my real parents are.

I understand.

I knew this was bound to happen.

But, how will you do it?

I'll use magic.

I see.

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>>50814936
Magic and I guess all those dark artifacts you collect.

They have powers, true, but they ignore what's good and evil.

Human intention is what guides their actions.

I have to meet a certain sorceress that owns a coup of great value, the Crater of Alexandria.

When you pour the right wine, it'll reveal all the secrets of the past.

Be careful Simbad.

Goodbye Merkes

Godspeed.

THUS BEGINS ALL LEGENDS. THE ONE OF SIMBAD THE CHARMER, THE ADVENTURER, THE DASHING PIRATE BEGUN HERE.

Tea sir? hot and sweet!

Why not?

You know I can read your fortune using tea leaves?

Oh?

You could know your fate, should you wish it so.

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>>50815049
Is it bad?

You are destined for greatness!

In capital letters!

You won't be a tea seller for much longer, fortune awaits...

Will I meet a woman?

Yes, she'll be rich, beautiful and madly in love with you.

that'll be six dinars

Oh, thank you!

Kazpar!

Glad to see me Simbad?

Of course! We should use the occasion to clear our little misunderstanding.

No, we'll use it to cut your head off.

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>>50815168
You dishonored my sister.
When her belly grew I had to kill her myself to wash away our family shame.
Precious Ayah...
You'll pay...
Bastard!
At the docks!
He's been stabbed!

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>>50815206
I'll kill you, you son of a goat!
To kill Ayah, your own sister...
Monster!

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>>50815224
Break it up! Now!
Too slow...
See?
Stop!
Don't move!
My bag!
I have to avenge Ayah!
Too dizzy...
Get a medic! Quickly!
So you can kill him later?

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>>50815242
Bastard broke my ankle!
Where's the other one?
Hey, he's right!
He's gone!
Dyonisos the Greek established himeslf decades ago in Qarawh, with a profitable fine wine emporium.
Hurry up! It's time!
It's too heavy master!
Could I be of assistance?
Creatures as lovely as you shouldn't do this kind of heavy work
How strong!
And gallant!
Why do you do my slaves work you limp bastard?
Don't expect any payment, I didn't ask for your help!
I want to talk about business Dyonisos
It's closing time
I'm looking for the wine of Delphi

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>>50815379
Would you turn down a good profit?
The wine of Delphi is VERY rare. I have no problem selling some of it provided you can match it's price
A small amphor would do
The only one I have is reserved for the Sultan of Qarawh
But I have a good Muscat from Ombria, which is a deal cheaper...
Still too much!
Seems I'm out of luck...
Oh no...!
Enough! Pick up you trash and leave!
I'm so very sorry!
Throw him out!
There's no need for...
But la...
dieeeees!

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>>50815485
You have no business in a store as grand as this one, sailor.
The most humble of my products would be too delicate for a rotten taste such as yours!
Perfect...
time for dinner...
The crater of Alexandria... when filled with the wine of Delphi will reveal the thruth of my past...
I'm so close.
I can see the lights of your island, Turabah...
Tomorrow we'll meet and discuss about it...
But until then... will the Greek be asleep already?

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>>50815555
Where did I-?
Oh, here!

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>>50815567
Good, good.
Can't see... the lamp of Xfil will do...
Now to look for the right amphora...
Delphi... Delphi...
Ah, here!

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>>50815585
The magic bottle...
It would take a sea to fill it...
There!
It's kind of sad to leave it empty...
put it nicely back in place...
Qrawh awakens with the first lights of dawn...
Better to make the most of the early hours before the sun's heat drains the will to work...
Nothing's missing master.
But, how did it lift the log? and have it fall on it?
stupid rat.
Salam, fisherman!

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>>50815676
Hey, what're you doing?!
You fish near Turabah's enchanted island, right?
nothing prohibits it
then you'll be able to take me there.
I have to deliver my products. I have no time for turists!
I am a merchant of some renown and offer you an association with me!
Temporarily.
I have many extraordinary items. like, for example, this sphere...
It offers a most incredible spectacle.
And... how many veils is she wearing again?
one less with each movement.

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>>50815783
ALMOST AN HOUR LATER...
Stop right there scum!
How great Turabah is! she knows that a warm welcome is a must for good businesses
what businesses do you mean sailor?
I am the ilustrous Mercurion of Hermesia. Wizards wage wars for my products.
A magic items salesman?
Another of the bunch!
Go and tell your mistress I've arrived, she'll be most pleased.
Bah, our mistress is always looking for new toys, maybe you'll be in luck...
Your invitation warms my heart.

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>>50815871
you wait for me here...
No! she just took off the last veil and...
I'll give it back when I return. you'll see, she dances with her sister.
Is she as skilled as the first?
Even more, she can take her earrings off with her feet
With her feet...
OH!
A curious installation
Turabah's bird-chime...
...the only way between the palace and the docks.
that way our mistress knows she has visits.
A small nudge and the birds...

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>>50815970
You may now see Turabah, Sorceress of the winds.
The bird will guide you.
Which one?
That one.
Don't lose sight of it. the labrynth of the bird-chime houses the flesh eating birds, the cutting vines and mechanical traps...
Hey, wait!
Down boy!
Slow down!
Turabah means business!

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>>50816033
In there? are you sure?
The only exit's trhu the labrynth... this is bad!
The sorceress' distrusting, I'll have to be extra careful!
Where did that flying cretin go?
Bird! feather brain!
Looking for a bird?

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>>50816217
Hi there! I'm a little lost. Know where I can find Turabah's audience hall?
It's not far, I'll take you there.
You sell magical items?
You've guessed correctly! you're very smart!
Oh, it's not hard to guess, many come with their ware, but few of them leave...
I hope Turabah likes your wares
Turabah isn't here?
I like new toys, what's in your bag?
Many pretty things! But they're for Turabah to see. Is she your mother?
What's in the bag?
Lokk, this pretty flower's for you if you bring me to Turabah. I have grown up businesses to talk about with her
That's it?
My lady, two blue macaws have been born, I've com to tell you as soonas I knew.
Later, I'm kinda busy right now
So, the bag?
No, no, no! It's for your mother!

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>>50816320
Er... Turabah?
You're kinda slow.
The bag.
Hurry, I'm getting bored.
Yes, er... oh powerful sorceress, look at thsi wondrous blade...
That talks!
Hi!
What does it talk about?
Well, knife things I suppose...
Doesn't mince words huh?
Ahem, I have better things...
Let me show you the best of my collection.
This marvelous music box, it holds..

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>>50816372
An avatar of Euterpe! how...?
And that's Hippocrates' melody!
The lady... I meam, young lady's a conocieur.
Right, thank's for the compliment
How much?
Well, I'd say a pice this rare can't cost less than thirty thousand dinars.
30,000?! that would be too much for your entire merchandise, including you!
Well, avatars of the muses are hard to come by.
and it's worth a bunch.
And why shouldn't I just kill you here? The muse would be mine without wasting a single coin.
Merchants cappable of obtaining items such as this are scarce... If I die I wouldn't be able to bring more.
You have a point.
...this'll take a while.
Dinner is served mistress. the fighters are ready.
Perfect. some honeycakes will sweeten our deal.
What you ask for the muse isn't a serioues offer, right?
Well, unless you can give me a reasonable counter offer...

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Ladies and gentlemen, the fighters will perform for you amusement
Yes! let's begin!
come, come, don't twaddle.
after this we'll be free?
thirty thousand's too much.
But I could offer you something else...
Well! can you make me an interesting offer?
Who'll be your favorite?
The red one looks strong.
I have a gallery full og magical items, some of them bore me.
An exchange? well, why not?
that'll be later. let's enjoy the show!
what are the rules?
simple: first to fall loses
the combat begins...
yes, c'mon! Kill'im!

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>>50816865
Red! Red!
Kill him!
Yesss!
hack him!
An upwind current...
Damnation!!!

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>>50816943
But... I chose Red!
So, the winner's free then?
Yes, but he's spoiled my fun.
I'm dissapointed, and he's guilty of that
Fauns, kill him
Yes ma'am
he'll know the extasy of cobra poison
he'll crash into the gallery!
bah, he'll be Azna's meal.
Ridiculous! Azna doesn't eat those things, and even less without skinning them first
Merchant?
Yes?
As you see I like games, but it is I who makes the rules.
If I haven't killed you it's because I expect you to bring more objects to me
shall we continue negotiating?

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>>50817065
Er... yes
Follow me, my gallery hold my magic items collection
Azna, don't touch that, it'll ruin your fur.
You two, throw that to the flesh eating parrots
Oh, no...
As you command mistress.
This my gallery's guardian, isn't she pretty?
Truly magnificent
She's all white to the tip of her fangs, she really matches with my white tunics
And now, my collection!

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>>50782472
I've always heard about 1001 Nights, but what the fuck actually happens? My mom told me the guy eventually falls in love with her over the course of those 1001 nights, so he ends up marrying her instead, but even as a kid, I always thought that was the "Disney-fied" version she invented so I wouldn't freak out.

Also, why did he want to kill her in the first place? What the hell is even going on in that story?

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>>50782530
People "[having] the monkeys"

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>>50817148
I have more than a thousand items. I've been collecting them for almost a century...
A century?!
I'm sure you'll find something worth your junk.
But, how old is she?
for example, I'm willing to trade the gold seeking lizards...
they don't dig fast enought for a profit
I have these drapes that wave as a water course, very decorative.
yeah, but seeing them makes you want to relieve yourself.
A charisma medal...
have one those...
flowers that never wither.
flowers are pretyy because they live shortly
careful merchant, or you'll end up in a kite.
right, ok, I'll take a more modest item.
I 'll take this big cup, it's really pretty.
The crater of Alexandria?
Nice name, ferfect size to hold a fruit basket
Don't play stupid with me merchant, the crater's worth ten muse boxes.
Once filled with the wine of Delphi, the crater of Alexandria is an oracle that reveals all the secrets of the past
But you can only use it once...
The past? pfft! what people want to know is the future!

>>50817267
Wife cheated on him, so he kills her. He then becomes a serial killer that habitually marries women to kill them off. Princess Scheze-whatever has a cunning plan to get rich by marring him and survive: tell the beginning of a story every night, end it next night, and use the spare time left to start another story. Repeat the process for 1001 nights, and the dude's forgiven her and forgotten his homicidal tendencies.

>>50817378
>marring him
*marrying him

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>>50817324
Not always... well, have you found anything that could match your avater of Euterpe?
I have, yes. could I think it over untill tomorrow?
So be it, tonight you will be my guest.
But be carefull, my patience has a limit.
So I've seen
The parrots are fed mistress.
But they're still hungry...
Your room merchant
Nice. Turabah is a wonderful host.
There's even wine...?
Our mistress hates thieves, everything here is designed to discourage tempation
I see.

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>>50817404
Well, at least the fruit isn't chained, lucky me
Anything else you want
Maybe.
Maybe not.
Too many guards... this palace is a fortress.
Turabah! and, who's the woman?
Had a beauty like her been at the meal I would've noticed
Turabah's really grilling her
what a brat!
Too many people, better wait 'till it's empty...
hey there.
Drinking alone's no fun. come, join me!

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>>50817465
it's really good.
you don't have parents too, right?
mine abandoned me.
a basket and, hop, into the water!
and, like a jackass, I'm trying to find'em. even if they don't deserve it, and me risking my neck for all this...
talk about stupid, right?
wha-, already empty?
no problem. I have my own!
From Delphi, very good.
Was going to use it to find my parents, but they don't care about me, so I'll drink it without'em
I'm alone.
No one to care...

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>>50817606
Oooh, my head
Oh no! the wine!
There's till some left, hope it enough
Dawn's coming. Have to hurry.

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>>50817640
you're on a bad streak. wanna bet your flute?
why not bet my hooves while you're at it?
please don't look...
roll'em.
the panther's making it's rounds...
now!
the crater of alexandria!
you've many things to show me!
the vase! no!

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>>50817718
oof! almost.
Azna, right?
See? perfectly fine, eh?
right...
well, I'm leaving, ok?
I'll leave you with your friends, have fun
hear that?
that was Azna
Damn, no way out...

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>>50817819
I have to hide, quickly!
No! wait!
Your fangs are... magnificent. like your eyes
And these claws! so sharp
I've never seen a feline that gave away charisma like you...

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>>50817860
A skin so delicate and white, a hair so soft...
so charming...
the chyme's labrynth! the fauns won't be there...
the cutting wires! I didn't see all the traps...
what is this?
outta my way!

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>>50818068
If she catches up I'm dead!
have to hurry...
parrots?!
they aren't early birds, gotta go through!
pfffiu! safe!
the labrynth's exit...
... is right next to the palace! damn!
damn bird! go away!

>>50802102
Here's an example: in the Islamic World there's a small story about a thief that broke into the Sultan's palace to steal some jewelry.

Upon breaking into the palace, he discovered a mysterious white powder, tasting it, he realized it was salt. According to the ancient laws of hospitality, he was now a guest in the Sultan's domain. As a guest, he returned everything he stole from the Sultan and left the palace peacefully.

The Sultan found out about this after the fact, and approached the thief later and showered him in riches for his upstanding honor. It didn't matter that the thief was stealing from him, what mattered is that he was so devoted to hospitality that he was willing to *put all the stolen goods back* rather than break the custom.

In Arabian Nights you also have one of the "villains" being a woman who was kidnapped, raped by a Djinn, and made into its wife. She's a villain because she tries to pressure other men into sleeping with her and keeps their rings as trophies.

It may be less *law* that's important in the setting, so much as custom. Hell, the entire story of Arabian Nights involves a Sultan that sleeps with women then executes them the next night because his "evil" wives cucked him; it ends with Sharahazad distracting him with a story each night and bearing many of his children, at which point he's redeemed and stops killing women.

You'll note that the Sultan isn't seen as "villainous" in the context of the story: he's doing some bad things, but he isn't an "evil" that's vanquished. Sharahazad outwits him by playing by the rules, just acting cunning.

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>>50818135
stop!
a woman? but... where's the panther?!
hold on! I'm coming!
Out!
this way!
I saw you with Turabah...
why where you inside? where's the panther?

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>>50813580
>>50814445
>>50814406
Could you pass the link for the spanish version, please?

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>>50818505
You've risked your life for mine, Simbad.
No...
Yes, it's me.
Azna.
You're... a woman that can turn into a panther?!
no.
I'm a panther that can turn into a woman.
What you told me at the galery, was it true?
Yes, you're a beautiful being as a woman and a panther.
You like my claws and fangs?
I do.
My duty is to kill you.

>>50818633
http://libgen.io/comics0/_0DAY2/[Sp]/Arleston, Alwett & Alary - Simbad Integral (Spanish, CRG) por Umbriel.cbr

>>50818892
I feel retarded, i dunno how to type in the link.
Also I tried to enter the site and go into the [sp] folder but it gives me a bad gateway error

>>50818959
just copy and paste in your browser

>>50782094

Besides the obviously posted 1001 Arabian Nights, I also recommend the short story Zadig and The Three Princes of Serendip, can't remember the author of that second one.

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>>50818749
I know.
But you're too honorable to kill someone you saved your life...
...and that finds you so charming.
I would have liked to know have known in other sircumstances...
I heard the geese, the parrots and Azna's growls...
and now nothing. weird.

>>50819128
This is a sad story. Damn.

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>>50819128
get up merchant
Turabah likes early wakers
Where's he gone?!
Alert!
The merchant's not in his room!
Alert!
There's an intruder in the labrytnh
Alert!
Someone's been in the galery!
That man was an impostor! Search the island!
Anything missing?
Yes mighty Turabah...
The silk vase was broken and it's ten thousand butterflies escaped.
Ant the crater of Alexandria is missing.
The crater of Alexandria! that's what he was after!
Find him and kill him!
No one shall boast that they stole from Turabah!

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>>50819210
can't cross the labyrinth
... so I'll fly over it!
How does this thing work?
I wonder is Azna's searching too?
Everyones looking by the lamps...
now!
haha! no one ever thinks of looking up...
I hope this thing really flies

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>>50819238
Oh no! how do I steer?
There!
what...?
Kill him! x 5
I think I've angered her a little bit!
Watch your aim imbeciles!

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>>50819253
The docks! I'm safe!
get ready to sail! hurry!
by sharks of the Red Sea! I don't like this!
There he is!
Lucky bastard!
Won't happen twice!

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>>50819303
My eyes! I'm blind!
Hey! you promised me the dancers!
Then try to catch up!
Crater, you'll reveal to me the secret of my birth as sson as I get to Qarawh.
I must know the truth, no matter how sad.

>>50788613
>Check out The Nightmares Underneath
agreed, it's an excellent game for this sort of thing(not to mention the physical book is gorgeous)

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>>50819320
What is that?
A tempest! and an unnatural one!
If I fall I'm dead!
I'm not going to make it...

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>>50819327
I'm still too far from the shore!
Now I'll know if the man who sold me Triton's seashell was honest.
Damn! It's too far!

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>>50819341
Mermaids! it was the real deal!
His body won't float too far on the Red Sea
Go fish it out
You called.
What do we get for helping you?
I...
I didn't know there was a price to pay!
I wasn't even sure the seashell was real.
I won it playing dice, you know?
Save us the excuses prettyboy.
Let him drown!
Wait! I know!

>>50796160

>>Once ran a game inspired by this story for a group met through college buddy
>>PCs were just coming off 4th edition
>>They were frightened and confused by the lack of constant combat and expected a monster behind every door

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>>50819363
what?
I could... flatter you.
honestly?
honestly!
then it's a deal.
we'll take you to the shore.
Er... mistress could you call of the storm?
It's kinda hard...
Ah yes, of course
In all my life at sea, I've never seen creatures more beautiful and seducting that the sublime mermaids of the red sea, women in the truest sense, with their beautiful silver skin, their wild hair makes the heart race and your soul flutter, because in their reflection you can see the copper of the setting sun, the sweet expression show lips carefully chisseled and glittering ears, no one can resist their legendary charm, only matched by their indomitable bravery and generosity of their soul. any man who by the some miracle has the chance to contemplate such beauty and perfection, won't be able to do but give thanks tho mother nature for it's wondrous creation... and a bunch of stuff
Oh, he's good.
Do you see that villain, my faithful ship?
the wind brings me his scent mistress Turabah.
...of an impossioble love, but true.
Oh, we're here already!
We could take another swim with him.
Good idea...
Simbad! Come back!
NOPE.

Image limit's near, should I continue?

>>50819508
I'm invested.

>>50819508
If you don't I'll be very disappointed in you.
Do you want that?

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>>50819527
>>50819566
I HEAR AND OBEY

>>50819456
His smell is getting stronger. He's out of the water.
The bastard made it to shore.
The sun. Turabah must think me dead
I need a mount to make it to Qarawh...
A songbird?!
A message from Turabah the sorceress, must be important.
She's looking for a thief. he should be near.
she orders us to search for him
what do we do?
what she says, she's too powerful to go against her.
While they search the coast, I'll hide right here in the middle of the town.

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>>50819598
I'll make a run for it at nightfall
one group go west the other east!
Now comes the moment of truth Crater of Alexandria...!
The wine of Delphi...
I'm scared of what you may show me, y'know?
but nothing is worst than uncertainty...
show me who were my parents.
That's me! what is this...?
Merkes! My adoptive father!

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>>50819624
Go back Crater! go further back!
I want to know my real parents, the ones that put me in the murky waters of that river...
Mother?
No, don't go! I've barely had time to see...
No more wine! I was such a fool! If I hadn't drink it...
The jewel! I must remember that jewel.
A necklace like that must be a unique piece. I've never seen anything like it.
Everyone to land!

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>>50819659
look for him Azna.
Find him for me.

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>>50819669
BEING A FISHERMAN IS ALRIGHT, BUT SOMETIMES YOU GET THE NEED TO EAT SOMETHING ELSEN THAN A SPINE LADEN FISH, WHICH IS WHY TRADE WITH THE INLAND TOWNS IS A MUST, DATES FOR SHELLFISH, CHICKEN FOR FISH...
AND AS TIME PASSES, THE BEASTS OF BURDEN MAY MEMORIZE THE ROADS BY THEMSELVES...
...SOMETIMES.
c'mon buddy, move those hooves, I won't be able to hold on too long.
What was that "chomp"?
Hey, go away!
Wait! Come back! those fishermen will see me!

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>>50819709
The rope's still on the donkey, a few notes'll bring him back... without goats with any luck!
A palm grove! I knew they'd take me somewhere.
Better act natural...
Hey kid, how far is Qarawh?
Really far.
Thanks.

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>>50819727
Azna!
I forgot about her!
I know, your mistress has sent you after me... but if you let me go once, why not do it again?
I understand, I saved your life and you payed me in kind, so now we're square.
But, I hope you haven't forgotten our kiss...
You know I find you attractive both as a woman and as a pantherSimbad you sick furry bastard
Ha, women are so easy to...
Azna?
Help!
Sorcery!

>>50819772
>Simbad you sick furry bastard
Nah that's just bestiality at that point, and I mean. Wouldn't you?

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>>50819800
a BIG cat is fine too

>>50819772
I... I transformed, and I wasn't in danger...
Then, I'm free!
Turabah! You've freed me from her spell!
really? I did?
Only if I was kissed both in my woman and my panther form by the same man could break the spell that bound me to her.
I'm free Turabah! I owe you nothing!
Stop looking at that exhibitionist!
I can now transform at will and live as I please
And all thanks to me!
We can't stay, you can't be the only one sent after me.
And since we haven't been exactly discreet...

>>50817378

Either his first wife or some lover of his, the edition I read leant towards the latter.

Basically, he has killed most marriable young women by the time he gets to Scheherazade (the vizier's daughter), who goes with a friend of hers who tells her to tell a tale to while away the time. Every night, just before dawn, they stop at a cliffhanger, so the caliph wants her to continue tomorrow. The next night she would finish it and start another, again ending on a cliffhanger.

Some 3 years later, the guy had fallen in love with her and at least in the edition I had already had children with her, so he stopped being a dick.

Makes all those stories about the virtuous sultan and the scheming vizier kinda interesting in perspective, doesn't it?

Also, if the name Scheherazade does not sound Arabic, well, it is assumed that most of those tales were Persian.

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>>50819825
I beseech you mighty Turabah, give us more time...
This sand clock contains a terrible pestilence that will aflict this town.
And if you haven't found him before the last grain of sand falls it will break!
We are your servants, oh sorceress

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>>50819860
Widen the search! To the fiord! the the palm grove! to the desert!
No one outsmarts Turabah.
But...
Azna!
I feel the enchantment binding her to me fading!
She's betrayed me! You all betrayed me!
By hades, know my wrath!
May this pest consume you!

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>>50819879
Mercy!
Some of you might survive.
Those of you who do would do well to remember I expect results from those I ask their aid from
curse you, you damn witch!
let's go...
I get cranky when I skip my breakfast.

>>50782094

+1 for 1001 Nights. Try to find an edition with the stories of Delileh and Zeynep and that of Quicksilver Ali of Cairo. There is some proper trickster shit happening there as some sharpers try to make fools of other people to show how cunning they are and, ironically, to get a job with the caliph.

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>>50819904
THE PORT OF QARAWH NEVER SLEEPS EVEN IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
Turabah must have spies everywhere we should be discreet
I would be more discreet naked tahn waring this noisy thing?
I'm sorry but I couldn't find anything else. riiight
But you look a lovely dancer
and that will help us find a ship to Bagdad
To Bagdad? why there
Because the best jewelmakers are there. And I hope one of them may tell me about a certain jewel...
I don't what a ship has anything to do with these stupid bells
excuse me good man, where can I find the dancers market?
just down the street.
If your're selling, you'll make a killing let me tell you
You... want to sell me?!
As a start, yes.
But...
Don't worry, you'll think of something. wow dude
SOMETIMES, THE RICH GET OF HTE STATUES THAT ADORN THEIR HOMES, AND DANCERS ARE CONSIDERED A PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT IS BOTH PLEASING TO THE EYE AND ENTERTAINING.
2,100 dinars!
2,101 and a goat!

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>>50820017
looks like a nice spot...
there! you dance and I'll do the rest
dance?
you know, shake your things and all that...
er...
gather round, gather round!
come and see the princess of the night!
admire this waist and her white hands! hear her wondorus tale!
she fell from the heavens, her white hair is proof she's a daughter of the moon!
never shall you see such beauty again!
does your beauty dance?
move, do something or they'll leave.
I could claw them if you like.
you don;t know how to dance? but you're a girl...
No, i'm a panther that can turn intoa girl, big difference.
we're waiting!
my garden's statues move better than she does!
next to the princess' dance, the favorites of the Sultan of Bagdad are but amateurs!
but a terrible curse prohibits her from dancing while her mother watches... she can only dance for her master when the moon is out of the sky.
and if she doesn't dance, does the princess do anything else? I mean, you know...
whoever takes her will not be dissapointed, she's a real panther under the sheets!
now that is how you know you get your money's worth.

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>>50820095
the tide's on our favor! get ready to sail!
Aye aye captain!
you take passengers?
this is a galey ship, everyone rows or they don't bard
I can pay
well that changes things, in that case it's 200 dinars and you still row.
but, you're spared some whippings
it's a rip-off!
it's also the only ship in weeks that'll sail through the Tigris all the way to Bagdad
you're very lucky to have me as yout master you know?
I'll know how to appreciate your cualities my moon princess
I can't hear your bells anymore. what are you doing?

I'm very sorry anons, but I'm falling asleep here, will continue later on or make a new thread either here or in /co/

I'm working on a low fantasy Egyptian setting and wanted to include arabian merchants.

Ideas about th eculture of arabian merchants?

>>50817324
Is that the armor from Alix the Tanner?

>>50820175
you fucking better link to that thread here. I swear if I miss the rest of this because it's on one of two completely different boards, and posted while I am at work.

I will be slightly annoyed.

>>50820160
I love you and this comic, based anon.

>>50820175
I really want to translate these pages using your text. Thank you very much for your time!

I HAVE AWOKEN, RESUMING
>>50823074
I'd be honored, but I'd rather advice you get a proofreader, just in case, this translation is mostly literal word-by-word, rather have a native English speaker give it a read
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>>50823018
thanks for the encouragement, feel it's better to ask first, would it be a problem if I post the rest here in /tg/ in a new thread?

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>>50820160
HELP! A panther ate my dancer! her clothes are still in it's mouth!
Come, I'll show you your position.
I'll need two.
You don't look that fat to me.
I'm traveling with a friend
Not anymore. we're raising anchors.
Hold on a moment! I can't...

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>>50824292
Since you payed your share, you get the seat with less splinters.
SIMBAD!
Ah, Kazpar... what a coincidence!
Glad to see you, I remember last time we had our little argument interrupted.
Simbad...
Excuse me, a friend reserved a seat for me...
Huhhh?
W... Where'd you come from?
he's a little thin, messy haircut up to his shoulders
Azna!
This is too much
I'll go to my quarters
have everyone row in silence
But Captain... A woman on board is bad luck!
I DON'T CARE!

>>50824264
I think finishing up is mandatory, anon.
You're doing Allah's work.

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>>50824328
It'll be quite a journey Simbad, I'll kill you ver slowly whil I do some very nasty things to this little harlot.
I wouldn't advice that Kazpar.
Hurrah Turabah!
Splendid hit mistress!
Ridiculous!
You are upset...? But your victory is absolute...
What victory?
That rabble mocks me!
I haven't had my revenge! Azna and that thief are still missing!

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>>50824448
My faithful servants, you're my last resource...
The spell of Kinque?
Oh, no!
My lady, mercy!
I want the to suffer...
and not a little...
...but plenty!
passionately!
madly!
Noooooo...
You shall be my eyes!
Search every corner of the land!
Only the one who finds them shall regain their human form!

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>>50824510
AWAY FROM THE SPIRES AND PALACES THAT RISE ABOVE THE HILLS IS THE LOWER CITY, GOING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RIVER, AMID THE MARSHES AND IT'S BUGS
Bagdad! End of the line! Everybody out!
Ouch, my back! thank God for dry land after three weeks on board!
This is Bagdad? doesn't smell very nice!
Belive me, the stench would be worse if you could smell people's thoughts...

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>>50824676
Found you...
Sir?
Si, we've arrived!
yeah, you can come down now!
Is she gone? really? are you sure?
I know a little place that offers decent rooms for a reasonable price.
Oh no!
What is... Rhhh...!
The pest! Turabah!
feels like acid... through my veins!
help me get to the shelter!

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>>50824818
We'd like a room
Hmm... your friend looks sick...
just a little too much drink
want the gold or not
gold?
I think we have the Sultan's Suite open
It's a little costly, but worth every coin
You're in luck, we just changed the furniture.
get us some fresh water and raw meat
er... and some fruit
My bag... music box... hurry...
leave... close... song... heal.
need... rest

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>>50824836
All right girls! graceful now, graceful! don't forget, it's for the Caliph's honor!
Bagdad will see you all in a once in a lifetime event girls! show'em what a harem's all about!
Hmm, tasty...
no, stop! you're ruining the set!
Stop scaring my wives Djinn
You're disrupting the rehearsal for my birthday celebration.

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>>50824946
and keep wasting the fortune I've amassed for you Caliph Al-a-din
Festivities are no waste. I share my wealth with my people
There was a time when you cared for them genie, and must I remind you I own you?
Oh mighty Caliph, the program for your 60th birthday needs some finishing touches...
Must I deal with these details?
It just that... you know what's best for the people...
and since your popularity has been rather low lately
Very well... I'm listening.
after your wives parade, there'll be a procession of a thousand snake charmers, followed by the sword-eaters...
but we still don't have a price for the knife throwing competition.
choose something from the vault, I care not what
you are generous my lord, the people shall remember this.
No wait... I have a better idea.
there's been rumors abound that I'm nothing but the Djinn's puppet.
The people will see who's in charge...
so the prize shall be one wish granted. BOI
and you'll make it happen Djinn.
What?! you'd give my services for anyone? even to a... peasant?
Enough. I have spoken.

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>>50825111
BAGDAD'S MARKET OCCUPIES TWO THIRDS OF THE CITY, KNIFE SELLERS AND SHARPENERS ARE MAKING A FORTUNE AS THE CALIPH'S BIRTHDAY DRAWS NEARER...
... WHILE A CERTAIN GIRL HAS SPENT THE LAST THREE DAYS VISITING EVERY PHARMACY AND HERBALIST'S SHOP.
does this remedy truly curse any ailment?
all of them.
a secret recipe passed down by generations, a true panacea.
then, could it even heal the pest?
The pest?! the pest has hit Bagdad?!
No, no, not at all! It was just a rhetorical question...
Back! Don't touch me!

image limit reached, so now I bid this thread adieu, new thread continuing storytime coming in shortly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIYL-PQa010

NEW THREAD HERE
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>>50825426
Gonna bump this one for any anons who missed all the storytimes

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>>50818892
Wtf It didn't work the first time I pasted it.

>>50818356
Thanks. That is fascinating. I'd love to run something like that but I guess you would have to be steeped in the lore and culture of the time, which would actually make it hard to pull off well.

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>>50838170
Why the fuck you are bumping it, if there is another thread going alongside this one?!

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>>50839045
so people can read this part of the story before it sages