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ZEYNEP
AGE AT START OF BOOK:
— seventeen
CURRENT AGE:
— eighteen
BIRTH NAME:
— Benetta Ivanov
CURRENT NAME:
— Zeynep
STATUS:
— alive
PLACE OF BIRTH:
— Russia
CURRENT RESIDENCE:
— Istanbul, Turkey
BOOK:
— Zeynep Sultana
[ close friends/allies ]
- Mary Hatun
- Hazel Hatun
- Hatice Hatun
- Cennet Kalfa
- Murad Agha
[ Enemies ]
- Kosem Sultana
- Handan Sultana
- any other women involved with Ahmed
[ Frenemies ]
- Safiye Sultana
- Halime Sultana
[ romantic partner ]
- Ahmed Sultan
[ (current) children ]
- Miray Sultana
- Unborn child
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BACKSTORY:
— Zeynep was born in Russia as Benetta to a poor family and once her family got so low on money that they couldn't even afford to pay for food they gave away their most precious gem, their daughter, Benetta, to traders who worked for the Ottoman Empire— soon enough she found out she was being taken to the palace to be a concubine in the new sultan's harem but now she finds out that living in such a bloody palace isn't as easy as people make it seem and now she must kill, protect, and love hard to keep the people she loves the most safe.