☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- I don't understand. Which ones?

— Well, women who are attracted to women.

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Klin listened carefully to the raven, trying not to miss anything important.
—And what can you tell me about the king of Akkad, Babbara the Blue, son of Zababa, son of Lahara? You can't go to a meeting with a ruler whose trust you need to earn without knowing anything about him. Also, perhaps there are some unique customs or cultural traditions that we need to be aware of upon arrival?

— A male, thirty-eight years old, inherited the Calcite throne when he was twenty. During his reign, he significantly expanded slavery in the country: if before slaves were only servants of noble lords, and their treatment was akin to that of family, now slaves can be bought for various purposes, and the children of slaves also become slaves. The king himself is in good physical shape and of sound mind, and is skilled in the use of a spear. He has three wives, fifty concubines, and eighty-three children — thirty-five daughters and forty-eight sons. He has imposed an unusual restriction on himself — to have no more than fifty concubines at a time. Once a month, he sells the least favorite of them at auction, thus, as he believes, motivating the others to try harder for him. He once offered Naria to become his first wife, but she refused — since then, they have not maintained contact. Your experience in etiquette from living in a villa should be enough to avoid offending the king.