To marry a Persian girl, the groom had to prepare three things. First, a generous dowry; second, a herd of livestock and third, a good weapon to confront their love rivals. Therefore, it was said that… being a Persian groom was not easy, especially when his bride was beautiful beyond comparison!
Princess Arayna Mogadishu lived in a castle by the sea. Her father had given the palace in the city to the conqueror of Fort Istantine and knowing this made her feel unusually dejected. The conqueror was not the northern Ghazali cavalry, nor the "Yellow Faces" of the east, and also not the pirates on the Disin Sea. Why must it be the Andrews, their natural enemy, that had taken over her homeland? No matter how she thought about it, she just could not get over that fact.
