Ashes of the Crescent Completed 🟩

Bayezid and Fatma: A Union That Fractures the Bloodline
Bayezid is a man carved from ambition and silence-an outsider with imperial blood but no true allegiance. His presence is calculated, his loyalty unreadable. Fatma, the daughter of Sultan Mehmed, is sharp, poised, and dangerously aware of her own worth. Together, they are magnetic: drawn to each other by shared defiance and the quiet understanding of what it means to be born into power yet denied peace.
Their bond is not soft. It is forged in rebellion-against expectation, against legacy. Fatma sees in Bayezid a man who does not flinch at her fire. Bayezid sees in Fatma a woman who could burn the empire down and still walk away untouched.
But Orhan Bey, Fatma's brother, sees something else entirely.
To Orhan, Bayezid is a threat-not just to Fatma's heart, but to the fragile unity of their fractured lineage. He distrusts Bayezid's silence, his lack of history, his refusal to kneel. More than that, he fears what Fatma becomes around him: colder, bolder, willing to sever ties that once held her close.
Orhan (to Gonca, bitterly):
"She used to fight for us. Now she fights for him."
Gonca (quietly):
"Maybe she's still fighting. Just not the war you wanted."
Their tension simmers beneath every family gathering, every strategic decision. Orhan watches Bayezid like a hawk, waiting for the moment he oversteps. Fatma, caught between blood and desire, refuses to apologize for choosing a man who sees her not as a princess, but as a weapon.