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Tales of Zhor
"The Princes of Ardaith"
By Overlord
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It was the custom of the
City-State empire of Ardaith for the siarl, the hereditary monarch, to bequeath his kingdom to any son
he pleased, not necessarily to the eldest. Usually, the siarl chose a
favorite who had already showed himself competent in military or
political office and also physically virile, with legitimate sons to
assure the succession into the third generation. But he grieved for his
beloved sons when he learned he had an ailment that medicine couldn't
cure. He knew that whomever he chose to succeed him would put all his brothers to death with their sons, just as he had done himself, to his everlasting grief. This was the ancient custom, lest restive factions raise up a pretender and plunge Ardaith into civil war. The ways of land were harsh, no doubt, but all judged that it was better that a few youths should die and prevent thousands from perishing in battle. |
Thus, each of the princes became a
princess of the royal blood who would breed true. It was the siarl's
intention that these new princesses should enjoy royal perogative and
continue to serve, though in the manner very different from previously.
Henceforth, as royal daughters and they would be given in marriage,
thus to establish alliances and good will for Ardaith across all of
Zhor. To be a princess and wife was not an arduous fate, since royal wives performed no labor, except one. It would be their duty to see to the propagation of heirs. |
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Because Ruk's Serum induced
powerful female lasciviousness as well as natural slavery into its
subjects, it was not necessary for Medyr to coerce the new princesses
into unwanted marriages. In fact, it was all their guardians could to
to preserve their marketable virginity until they were safely wed. Despite the unusual circumstances, few husbands complained of their brides' lustfulness, nor of the fact that they were eager to obey and to please. The innovation begun by Kynedir henceforth became the accepted means for a new siarl to deal with the problem of too many heirs. |
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Yet, despite all attempts to avoid
civil war, sometimes unforeseen problems occurred. Nerthach of Ardaith,
a rogue always at odds with his father, guessed he would not be chosen
heir and so fled the empire, only to return later in revolt against his
brother following their father's death. When defeated and facing capture, he ran upon his sword rather than be punished. His death was duly reported, but the report was a falsehood propagated by the siarl. The physicians of Ardaith had in fact saved Nerthach and he received Ruk's Serum, even as his honest brothers already had. |
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Nerthach, though, was not given
the DNA of a princess of the house, but that of a common slave wench.
Branded and collared, he -- she -- was sent abroad with a common slave
wholesaler. Soon, the owner of a string of alcove girls purchased her
and bestowed on her the name of "Zenda." After harsh training, she was
put on the street to earn her keep. And woe unto Zenda if she returned
to her master's stable without her quota of hard-earned silver. This has been Zenda's life for centuries, as it shall be so for centuries more, until that life is lost through some mishap. Yet it must not be thought that the former prince of Ardaith lives every day in misery. |
The prince had been a sensualist
and had enjoyed the acquaintance of countless alcove girls, cup girls,
and pleasure house girls himself. Many of the rude, rake-hell males who
patronize such wenches had been his boon companions. Ruk's Serum has
preserved Nerthach lusty nature but has redirecting his drives toward
the very type of men whose company he had once most enjoyed. Should we wonder whether Nerthach ever wishes that she had instead become a princess of Ardaith? When one observes Zenda in an alley with a Zhorian male, frantic in her need for his embrace, one doubts it. We instead must wonder whether other former princes of Ardaith might not wish themselves alcove girls like her, if they but once tasted the life. |
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It took much discipline to make
the proud Nerthach serve docilely as the lowliest type of pleasure
slave, but now she needs to be whipped but seldom. Usually it is her
resurfacing insolence and arrogance that earns her the remedy of the
lash. Pleasure slaves are not permitted either insolence or arrogance
and the men of Zhor take sport in purging such traits from branded
wenches. Today, by all accounts, Zenda is an excellent alcove girl, pleasing to her customers and profitable for her master. The wise gods have found the proper place for Nerthach. The one who first said, "Better a good alcove girl than a bad siarl," was no doubt thinking of Zenda, for very few former princes have sunk so low. |
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