Khalifa | 𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔦𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 ℭ𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔶

"You will learn soon enough that the weight of the crown is not in its jewels, but in the fear it commands. I am no longer a mere shadow behind the throne-I am the force that will shape its future."

ʙᴇᴢᴍɪᴀʟᴇᴍ ꜱᴜʟᴛᴀɴ, daughter of Sultan Süleyman by his disgraced concubine Fulane Mukrime, spent years in exile in Edirne until Shah Sultan took mercy on her and brought her on the wishes of the late Valide Hafsa Sultan.

Bezmialem is years older than even Shezade Mustafa, and is in fact a mere year younger than Hürrem Sultan, but a thousand times her wit. Süleyman is in poor health and everyone prepares to throw Shezades at the throne upon his death, but what they don't know is Bezmialem has been plotting every move quietly, and has prepared to be the successor of the throne.