Liyah's breath hitched in her throat. The sandy desert stretched for miles and miles, without end. She looked at the two in front of her with an exasperated expression etched on her face, "Tell me this gets easier." Rayan smirked, "Careful, habibti. A fool off his guard could fall, and fall hard, out there on the dunes." موجَز Liyah Mahmoud travels to her estranged native lands of Almasahra when she learns that her grandmother is terminally ill. Thrown into a mysterious battle by the princess and her royal guard, she has no choice but to leave behind a world she thought she once knew. What seems like an innocent trip to the desert country soon becomes a quest to defeat an unknown force of evil. • inspired by one thousand and one nights + aladdin •

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ Far away in the land of arabia, in a kingdom by the desert, is a Princess, who goes by Qadira. She was born with talent and skill, the hands of a physician and the mind of a skilled herbalist. Simply put, she is a healer. Then there is Prince Qaswar of the Sabaean Kingdom: a mystery and playful madman, yet a mercy to their kingdom. They call him Amir-al-suyuf, prince of swords. Despite their differences, both are equally willing to do anything it takes to keep peace in their kingdom. The Qatabanian Kingdom and Sabaean kingdom have been at each other's throat for centuries past and when royal Sabaean blood is spilled by the people of Qataban in battle, they seek royal blood in return. To quench their blood thirst, the King of Qataban offers the heart of his daughter to the prince. Join them on this magical journey, as they take you back to a tale as old as time . . . ALL CHARACTERS ARE STRICTLY MUSLIM BUT THIS IS NOT A DEPICTION OF ISLAM. Ranked: #1 - arabia

❝ Anitchka, Anitchka, will you not invite me in? ❞ In which a girl is indebted to a wintry demon for saving her life, and the gold from her fingertips is a magic whose price she must repay tenfold. Unless she guesses his name first. | loosely based on rumplestiltskin |

[ WATTYS '18 LONG-LISTED ] ❝ I have slit throats far more beautiful than yours.❞ In which a thousand brides have fallen, and she is the last, so she spins a tale as old as time to live the dawn. | an arabian nights x beauty and the beast crossover | (cover by ES Johnson) trailer (video by @AKfiction): https://youtu.be/2OSjakJrUeo

❝ 𝓣𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒏 ❞ During the sixteenth century, Hussam Al-Hakim, the warrior prince of the Qaysi tribe, must rise to the occasion and succeed on the throne as the next Caliph. However, heavy is the head that wears the crown, and duty calls upon him to fulfill the inevitable. The death of the great Qaysi General, Abbas Al-Ghazi, unleashes a chain of events that causes the Kingdom to confront civil unrest. An age-old secret forces Hussam to choose between loyalty, family, and a dead heart. 𝓦𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆? 𝓞𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆?