Henry 8
Y/N—is the daughter of a high-ranking African nobleman and a Mediterranean merchant princess whose family controlled the lucrative trade routes between the Maghreb and Venice. She is 18
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Olivia Hudson
Stories
Binding 13
POV: Y/N (Age: 14, Second Year)
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mid-19th century (1850s). This was a period of intense global shift—the height of the Victorian era in Britain and the era of powerful, wealthy West African empires like the Benin Empire or the Kingdom of Dahomey. the "race war" is the looming threat of colonial expansion. Your father, the Oba (King), knows the European powers are eyeing his gold and palm oil. He agrees to a diplomatic marriage with a debt-ridden European monarch.
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, you are the daughter of the Oba of Benin (at the time, one of the most sophisticated and wealthy empires in Africa). You were sent to France as part of a grand maritime alliance. You arrived with a fleet of ships carrying ivory, gold, and pepper, but it was your own presence that brought the French court to a standstill.
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Ivan IV of Russia, better known as Ivan the Terrible.
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Y/N is a young Black British woman living in London during the Regency era. Though she now moves among high society, she was not originally born into the aristocracy.
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