#banbishnan banbishn is queen of queens and shahanshan is king of kings and padishah is mighty king

[godraet]

often, he wonders how many they have seen- he is padishah now, but there was one who came before him, and still many before that one. such was the cycle of divine blood- to be reborn again and again and again. ❝ my mothers, ❞ he begins, and there is something soft and distant and lonely in his tone- but not lacking fondness- ❝ i can only assume that before me, the padishah was born vai. my mothers raised me as they had likely raised the padishah before me- raised me as their vehvi, wished for me to be strong. ❞ and he had learned to be strong without sacrificing grace, to be powerful without sacrificing allure- ❝ they did not care in the end if i was to be bānbishnān bānbishn or shahanshah, so long as i was worthy of that title. ❞

it had never been easy to be born for a specific role. to know that whether he was born vai or voe, he would be padishah, banbishnan banbishn, shahanshah. that inevitably he would awaken power and destiny would be out of his hands. he had never known how to approach his mothers with his doubts and fears.

❝ and when the cycle continues, they will raise the next padishah- i would like to think each time, the bond we share is unique. ❞

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