Tina’s Reviews > The Empire of Gold > Status Update

- [ ] Ali’s mother does tell him & Jamshid that Muntadhir is alive
- [ ] Ali doesn’t want to be king - thinks they need a new form of government
- [ ] Sadly realize they’ll need to kill Dara

- [ ] They reach Ali’s mother & her people
- [ ] Wajed & Jamshid are there!
- [ ] Nahri tells them about Ghassan’s plans and why she & Jamshid were arrested
- [ ] They’re told who Jamshid’s mother really is and therefore they believe he & Nahri are half-siblings

- [ ] DARA FUCKS A BELLY DANCER HE MEETS AT A PARTY!
- [ ] Dara finds the crypt and his relic
-M obviously (from what we know) lying to Dara about how she brought him back. she definitely was going to sacrifice Nahri as a baby to bring him back and her brother died try to stop her - even though that’s not the story she’s telling

- [ ] Nahri starting to realize she has feeling for Ali
- [ ] “Luck is a fairy tale we use to make people feel better about the world being unfair as shit.”
- [ ] Fazi is fun!

- [ ] All this shit going on and Dara’s first response to Mundtadhir is to tell him that he never deserved Nahri 🤣
- [ ] He asks M to work with him to fix the city. M agrees to help only of his siblings are kept safe.

- [ ] Nahri trying to convince Ali to flirt with a pirate girl to help free them 🤣
- [ ] The convince the Shafit on board to mutiny and steal the boat! Ali has to use Marid magic and it over takes him so Nahri knocks him out with an oar!
- [ ] “Have you an actual plan or just wild fantasies that will end with our deaths?” “Something in between.”

- [ ] “My specialty should be having my life destroyed and then being forced to rebuild from nothing.”
- [ ] Nahri has a bit of a breakdown and Ali comforts her
- [ ] “You’re a good friend. Probably the best one I’ve ever had.” She hardened her voice. “But if you tell anyone I cried, I’ll kill you.”
- [ ] They’re captured by pirates!

- [ ] “I think it a mistake to judge the Creator by the misdeeds of mortals.”
- [ ] “Sit with this burden, Dara. You may find doing so is easier than holding it over your head and waiting for it to crush you.”
- [ ] Dara is disillusioned with the Nahid’s and talks to a priest to find purpose

- [ ] Ali pulls Nahri out of the water - unconscious
- [ ] A Marid shows up! Helps him save Nahri
- [ ] The Mahrid, Sobek, helps them go to Ta Ntry
- [ ] Sobek is the one who made a deal to disguise Nahri as Shafit - her kin paid the price