Little Rasheeda was a slave, the child of a slave.
She stood in the spectator seats, watching her father fall, defeated and killed by a dark elf woman. In his final attack, her father managed to tear away the turban covering the woman's head, revealing her face.
"She—She's Scheherazade Nassajat al-Aqdar!" the crowd gasped in unison, sending waves of panic through the arena as everyone scrambled to flee the tournament.
Scheherazade was a legendary heroine, known for her relentless efforts to abolish slavery in Mutajadhir. She was a female general who travelled across the nation, liberating slaves wherever she went. She had come to the Colosseum that day to investigate a criminal syndicate operating within its walls.
Rasheeda stepped forward, walking toward her fallen father, whose blood was pooling from the wound in his chest.
Scheherazade turned her gaze to Rasheeda and asked, "Are you this man's child?"