Arabian Nights AU

[Antonio Fernandez Carriedo]

AU Name: Arabian Nights AU

Warning:This verse will probably contain ridiculous amounts of wish granting and ridiculous wishes in general, epic sword fights with scimitars and the like, poofy pants & scanty shawls, spitting camels, weathermen predicting a 99% chance of shitstorm or should I say sandstorms...and greed. Lots of greed. RPer discretion is advised yo.

Plot or Explanation of AU:
This AU would take place somewhere in some fictional desert... maybe with a larger structure serving as the palace at one edge, with camel stalls, peddler stalls and smaller living quarters littering the rest of the residential piece of desert? There could be other towns a few days travel away, but due to a severe, desert-wide drought travel would be unwise. Nearby oases would be mostly dried up, and those lucky enough to have water in their possession most likely wouldn't part with it for less than an arm and a leg. That doesn't mean those brave enough to face the elements in search of water or anything equally precious/enviable would perish though- they could find caverns with untouched pools of water in their crannies, or piles of treasure, or magical lamps with wish granting inhabitants even.

In short then, the main conflicts would be the water shortage maybe, along with the other harsh realities of desert life (theft, bandit attacks, slavery, the threat of dehydration, etc.) Possible roles could include royalty (Sultan, chief wife of the Sultan, prince, princess), guard, servant, harem member, commoner (peddler, shop owner, etc.), camel keeper/stable boy, bandit, thief/street-rat, desert hermit, genie, and any other roles from desert-set books or other sources of inspiration that we may have missed.

There should maybe be a cap to how many genies are allowed too, as their lamps should be considered a rare find. I also think their powers should have limits... so the basics like committing murder, forcing love, wishing for more wishes, and raising the dead would be off-limit wishes, along with any more we deem belong in that category. Trying to exploit a loophole concerning these off-limit wishes would be allowed, but.. be careful what you wish for, s'all I'm gonna say.

One plot-hole I see though is the drought issue... without a limit to deny it, one wish could end the drought and thus end a big part of the conflict. It might be okay if other conflicts can arise that are less easy to fix, but any thoughts on this or any other foreseeable plot-holes would be appreciated.

Additional Information:
If you find anything concerning proper desert garb, etc. let me know so I can add it in. In the meantime, I'll keep my eyes peeled.

Possible sub-boards:
Maybe... Palace, Marketplace, Residential Area, Out on the Dunes?

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[Ludwig Beilschmidt]

I'd say maybe only 1-2 Djinn due to them being rare.

It would also be wise to limit nobility because not everyone and their uncle is some Sultan or whatever. at most 1 or 2 sultans for conflict time...and then like prince OR princess for each?

I almost want to see a push-pull effect with the wish granting as mentioned, so we can prevent some crazy wishes. What I mean is... for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction. For example, if you wish to be the strongest man in the world, then what might it come at a price of? Your intelligence? Brain vs brawn. Or you know you could be that ONE djinni that's a pain in the butt and instead of taking away your intelligence, you're the strongest man in the world...with regards to odor. Be specific, loves.

And the drought issue.... well if our Djinn are going to be somewhat trollish (and corrupt all the wishes) who's to say that drought won't be replaced with PERPETUAL FLOODING if someone wishes to end it or whatever?

[Deleted]

So very very interested. The push-pull effect would probably be smart, and it'd be fun to try to figure out all the ways to prevent / make the wish happen.

[Deleted]

Genies are such wonderfully wicked creatures sometimes. I'd like to propose that wishes are inherently corrupted to some degree as well. (I wish for wealth, for example, but this wealth does nothing but estrange me from my family, even if I got exactly what I asked for.) One can never be too careful with these sorts of things- nor too cruel...

Anyway, I'm interested in this AU, yep yep!

[Francis Bonnefoy]

I'm interested in this au, would be interesting to see francis as a theif or somehting out of what he usually does.

If you look up the origins of genies, they are said to be good genies and bad genies, so it would be interesting if here was one good one and one bad one. The good one grants wishes as they are, and the evil one twists them into awful things. From Wikipedia, they're originally called jinn, in Arabia and Muslim cultures, and Like human beings, the jinn can be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent. So yea, would be interesting... perhaps three genies then. one good one evil and one neutral. have to keep a balance after all.

And as for problems, theirs always issues, not just the water, but theres the wishing to be royalty, wishing to cut off food supplies for some reason. Even everyday life can be a challenge. Theif Francis could cause problems too yo (if he does end up being a theif

[Antonio Fernandez Carriedo]

So, just to sum up...

-There'll be two desert towns, both with the roles of Sultan and that of either a prince or princess up for grabs, maybe with one of the last known water-containing oases between the two for conflict? I'm quite sure in that case both sides would be trying to bring its water within their respective walls to prevent the stealing of water they believe to be theirs... but there could always be troublemakers that slink off after dark just to swim in it.

-There'll also be 2-3 genies, but we'll have to decide if we want to leave the genie's wish granting tendencies (i.e. mischievous or trustworthy wish-granting) up to the genie muns or if we want to have 3 labelled genie roles (i.e. the good, the bad & the neutral) to fill. I agree though that not all wishes should go smoothly though, so not all genies should be saints and grant wishes without tweaking them, taking them literally, etc. There may be an exception, but I believe most are a little shrewd in the ways they grant wishes?