>>5367123
>> 3. protect your children from fratricide.
better to have her children work together as a unit to claim some power and influence before the sultans other children and lovers get any ideas to start knocking out the competition
then work on
> 4. place your oldest son on ottoman throne.

at some point we could look into any other's like us who are in a worse situation like any younger Kadin who weren't able to make any connections or, "joined" right before he died
and get a circle developing after we solidified our own children's situation

>>5367123
> 4. place your oldest son on ottoman throne.
> 3. protect your children from fratricide.

to do this we should probably weave a tangled web of intrigue and cause chaos with the current heirs of the realm.

also nice to see an attempt at reviving a decent historical premised quest.

>>5367123
>> 2. revenge on the ottomans.
>> 3. protect your children from fratricide.

We can't undo the rape and humiliations but we can make the Ottomans pay.

>>5367123
> 2. revenge on the ottomans.
> 3. protect your children from fratricide.
> 4. place your oldest son on ottoman throne.
> 5. reunite with your true love.

Anything but 1. We cannot be powerless again.

>>5367123
>> 4. place your oldest son on ottoman throne.
we instilled good christian values in him and can restore the Byzantine Empire

>>5367123
> 3. protect your children from fratricide.
> 5. reunite with your true love.

>>5367123
>2. revenge on the ottomans.

>>5367123
>> 3. protect your children from fratricide.
>> 4. place your oldest son on ottoman throne.

> 1. return home.

> 2. revenge on the ottomans.
>>5367137
>>5367285
>>5367953

> 3. protect your children from fratricide.
>>5367129
>>5367134
>>5367137
>>5367285
>>5367711
>>5368011

> 4. place your oldest son on ottoman throne.
>>5367129
>>5367134
>>5367285
>>5367549
>>5368011

> 5. reunite with your true love.
>>5367285
>>5367711

>>5368396
Is that a list of our priorities?

>>5368454
Yes and most priority 3 and 4

Alas you have no time to celebrate the death of your tormentor because you must act fast and protect your children from fratricide. Fratricide (killing one's brother) is a legal practice in the ottoman empire and when Bayezid took the throne 30 years ago he immediately ordered execution of his other brothers and half brothers. You mustn't allow that to be the fate of your four sons and strive to place your oldest son on ottoman throne. But your sons are very young and distant in the succession. You must weave a tangled web of intrigue for their protection and revenge on your abusers.

You have talent in -
>1. poison.
>2. seduction.
>3. politics.
>4. lying.
>5. stealing.

>>5368530
>>2. seduction.

>>5368530
>>3. politics.
>>4. lying.
same thing

I'd veto seduction because as a harem member no other man would have been even allowed to see us.
since realism is out the window already by us having any of those skills, I'd still argue that no other man would have been allowed to touch us.

>>5368530
>2. seduction.
>3. politics.

>>5368530
>3

>>5368530
>>3. politics.

>>5368530
>politics
Same thing as lying really and it involves a little bit of all the other options as well

>>5368530
>4. lying.

>>5368530
>3. politics.

Seduction is fucking Coomer bait.

>>5368598
It's not that unrealistic. Kosem and hurrem started out as harem slaves then consolidated political power

>1. poison.

>2. seduction.
>>5368540
>>5368611

>3. politics.
>>5368598
>>5368611
>>5368745
>>5368851
>>5369278
>>5369369

>4. lying.
>>5368598
>>5369293

>5. stealing.

Prince Mustafa is the oldest living son of Bayezid and his legal ottoman wife so he's first in line for ottoman throne. Mustafa is 30 years old. He's an uninspiring man of uninspiring talent who'll be an uninspiring sultan but he isn't cruel and lusty like his father. He offhandedly tells you and otherkadins - "no harm will come to you or your children" and puts you out of mind.His younger half brother Prince Selim is second in line. He's son of Bayezid and a ruthenian concubine. He leers at you arrogantly like his father - "my father lost interest in his kadins after they gave him a son but he got you with child six time but I can't fault him because your a magnificent jewel. Now that he's gone maybe I'll make you mine! Selim is a lusty and conniving prince and you feel disgust because he is most reminiscent of his fatherBayezid.Mustafa and Selim hate eachother but both are very scared of their third in line half brother - Prince Korkut. Korkut is a soldier and muslims call him ghazi (victorious warrior). In christan lands he's called butcher because of his ruthlessness after conquering cities. You glimpse Korkutsilently watching you during his father's funeral but you can't read his mind. He's definitely most dangerous of Bayezid's sons and major reason Mustafa won't dare mass fratricide because ottoman soldiers follow Korkutover him. Fourth in line is gentlehearted Prince Murat. He's the son of Bayezid and a venetian concubine. Murat is six years younger than you. He's a sweet boy and treats you like an older sister but he's still an obstacle between your sons and ottoman throne. Your only a kadin and have very little authority but for ten years you observed Bayezid and attentively studied his political maneuverings. You must use all you learned to protect your sons.

You focus on -
> 1. Mustafa
> 2. Seliim
> 3. Korkut
> 4. Murat

>>5369581
>> 2. Seliim
He seems like the easiest mark as he at least wants us alive and maybe happy
we can get him to commit his fratricide while having evidence of his crimes to then have another son properly accuse and get rid of him

>>5369581
>1. Mustafa
Considering how bland and passive he sounds, he's the perfec target to manipulate, plus he's the designated heir.

>>5369581
>2. Seliim
Spacing breaks qm

>>5369581
> 3. Korkut

> 1. Mustafa
>>5369831

> 2. Seliim
>>5369595
>>5369889

> 3. Korkut
>>5370488

> 4. Murat

Prince Selim is arrogant and lustful and you hate him deeply but he's the easiest mark to manipulate and seduce. He lets his cock rule him so he wants you alive and available in his bed. You can use him stroking his ego making him believe your interested in his cock. He's young and good-looking and full of himself so he won't find your faked attraction suspicious.

You'll use him to -
> 1. commit fratricide and remove Mustafa from ottoman throne.
> 2. remain up to speed on palace intrigues and political plots.
> 3. get close to his many rich well connected friends and allies.
> 4. maintain a life of luxury until your ready to make your move.
> 5. your scapegoat in the event your plots are discovered.

>>5372586
> 3. get close to his many rich well connected friends and allies

>>5372586
>> 1. commit fratricide and remove Korkut by convincing him it's the safer play

>>5372586
>> 1. commit fratricide and remove Korkut by convincing him it's the safer play

>>5372586
>commit fratricide and remove Korkut by convincing him it's the safer play

>>5372586
>> 1. commit fratricide and remove Korkut by convincing him it's the safer play

>> 1. commit fratricide and remove Korkut by convincing him it's the safer play
>>5372605
>>5374181
>>5374300
>>5376177

> 3. get close to his many rich well connected friends and allies
>>5372603

A month passes. Mustafa is sultan of ottoman empire and his reign is bland and passive like him but there's stability in palace. Your children are safe but for how long? You've started consolidating power in palace without attracting suspicion. Mustafa doesn't take note of you because he thinks you're a tamed kadin that's no threat to anyone. Bah! If he only knew.
You ignore Sultan Mustafa like he ignores you and double your efforts on his younger brother the arrogant Prince Selim. Selim is young and comely and full of himself. It takes no effort to seduce him and bring him under your thumb but you make him believe he is the one that seduced you. You stroke his cock and his ego - "oh my sweet brave hearted prince! My heart belongs to you and only you!"
"You flatter me Alexandra" Selim smugly laughs believing your saccharine lies. You act out the role of a lovestruck kadin that has fallen for her sultan's young comely son. In truth you detest Selim much as you detested his damnable father!
You plant the seeds carefully - "I fear for your safety my prince. Your half brother Korkut is a heartless man. I have night terrors where he murders you and your brothers for the throne". Selim turns nervous because he has long been scared of Korkut. Prince Korkut is most dangerous of Sultan Bayezid's sons. His mother was mongolian tribal princess and he was born holding blood. He's 24 year old like you but you spent the last 10 years a prisoner of the harem when he was on horseback commanding armies. You hate Mustafa and Selim but you fear Korkut. He watches you measuringly like he can read your thoughts but his mind is unpenetrable to you. Selim is scared to challenge his younger darker brother - "that's only a dream".

You direct him to -
>1. poison his brother.
>2. hire an assassin.
>3. bribe his brother's guards.
>4. send information to enemy armies.
>5. bide his time.

>>5379354
>>2. hire an assassin.

>>5379354
>1. poison his brother

>>5379354
>2. hire an assassin.

>>5379354
>2. hire an assassin.

>>5379354
>3. bribe his brother's guards.

>1. poison his brother.
>>5379527

>2. hire an assassin.
>>5379424
>>5380450
>>5381214

>3. bribe his brother's guards.
>>5381924

>4. send information to enemy armies.

>5. bide his time.

Selim is foppish and vain and malleable. You subtly goad him to hire an assassin to kill his younger brother whilst making him believe its his own clever idea. Selim has money because he's second prince of ottoman empire and his mother was spoiled by Sultan Bayezid. But he's inept and cowardly and there's high chance he'll make fatal mistakes trying to assassinate his more dangerous younger brother Korkut.

You will -
> 1. directly help him hire a good assassin.
> 2. stay uninvolved and let him dig his own grave.
> 3. rat him out if his plot falls apart.

>>5382298
>> 2. stay uninvolved and let him dig his own grave.

>>5382298
>1. directly help him hire a good assassin.

>>5382298
>1. directly help him hire a good assassin.
Korkut is the bigger threat

>>5382298
>1. directly help him hire a good assassin.

> 1. directly help him hire a good assassin.
>>5382531
>>5383699
>>5386293

> 2. stay uninvolved and let him dig his own grave.
>>5382382

> 3. rat him out if his plot falls apart.

My home network is range banned (for using proxies even though I don't) so I can't update sorry

>>5396033
RIP. Use mobile data?

OP has burned himself out at the rapid pace he was going

>>5396394
I can't format text without it. I'll start a new thread after the ban is over