The Empire of Gold: 3 (Daevabad Trilogy)

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She also takes issue with what is a frequent trope in YA medieval fantasy, monarchies that rule for centuries undisturbed. Oh, this kingdom was eight hundred years. There’s no kingdoms that lasted for eight hundred years. There’s this one stable ruling family? I think we should pull that apart a bit. - from the Fantasy Inn interviewAnd the notion that a rightful heir is ordained by a higher power and will rule wisely if only he or she can assume their rightful place. Medieval? For sure. Sane? Not at all.

No series since George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most.”— PasteMagazine Anyways. It’s over. It’s done. I’m going to be entirely useless the rest of the day as I process what that means for me going forward. Director Jo Nam-Kook, screenwriter Park Kyung-Soo and second leading actor Son Hyun-Joo previously worked together in 2012 SBS hit drama series " The Chaser".Similarly, we examine the importance of a shared history, of a shared culture. The importance of someone’s name. It’s up to each person to decide which pieces of themselves make up their own identity. You don’t have to answer for every mistake your family or friends have made, but each of us is responsible for the choices we make. We are culpable in accepting the status quo when it benefits us to someone else’s detriment, even if we aren’t the ones to created that power structure in the first place. Seeing something wrong and doing nothing causes just as much damage.

The rewatch value is low because such an intense drama will lose its twists and the factor of surprise if it's rewatched. Overall, I am so happy to have seen this trilogy get such a wonderful conclusion. I recommend this series to anyone who likes a good political heavy fantasy with interesting characters and creative worldbuilding. No series since George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most.” — Paste Magazine I don’t have a whole lot to say about Ali. He was previously my favourite character but I think he was potentially the weakest in this book. I enjoyed his chapters, particularly his interactions with Nahri, though his immaturity did my head in. It just didn’t seem like an adult relationship at times. Nahri might have sent mixed messages by brutally friend-zoning him on a couple of occasions but eventually she made it blindingly obvious that she was keen and he blundered it. Maybe he deserves to be friend-zoned. I must say, they did have a fairly touching scene before he goes off to seemingly sacrifice himself for the good of the Ayanlee. I feel similarly about the Marid plotline as I do about the Peri’s late involvement. It was just a convenient way to resolve the conflict between the Daevas and the Marid. At least Ali had to make some sort of sacrifice to achieve it… I suppose.

Muntadhir embarrasses Ali. When they leave the arena, they fight in a broom closet. Zaynab arrives to break it up, and the siblings discuss their father. Ali says Ghassan shouldn’t be ruling and he wants his sibling’s support. Muntadhir is upset, but tells Ali that Suleiman’s ring is in Ghassan’s heart. To get it out, they’ll have to cut into their father. Filming began May 14, 2013 at a restaurant and traditional market in Incheon, South Korea. The first scene filmed involved Jang Tae-Joo ( Ko Soo) and his younger sister Jang Hee-Joo ( Yoon Seung-Ah) buying a t-shirt for their father and eating pork cutlet together. But for those who haven’t had the opportunity yet, I don’t want to mislead anyone into thinking this is a series of just beautiful magic set in a far away place. Though the characters are powerful djinn, the setting an enchanted city, at the center of the story is revenge and violence, passed down through the generations. Pain and grudges are inherited, just like their powers, and it can be a difficult cycle to break out of. Dara threatens the marid and asks them to allow passage into Daevabad through the lake. He also asks if they can transform the water to bring the guard tower down.

Ali and Nahri pitch the hospital idea to Ghassan. He agrees as it’ll look like a promising joint effort between tribes. Nahri asks Jamshid to work with her. Muntadhir doesn’t like the idea at all. Ali fights his way through using his new water powers, and eventually bumps into Vizaresh, the ifrit from Cairo, and Dara.In a line, I want to give credit for the music that suited this drama’s business theme in a magnificent way. A woman who uses her looks to garner insider information, sets up a real estate consulting firm to sell what she knows. Even though it's a dangerous job, she teams up with Tae-joo to take down the Choi family and their business empire. She falls in love with Tae-joo.

I have so much I want to know about their lives at the end but I also love the ending. I could talk about this book forever, there is so much more I want to say but I don’t want to spoil anyone so this will have to do for now. While Ali is speaking to Ghassan, Kaveh steps in with a crying woman. She says her husband has been killed outside the hospital, and there are now riots and fights between the shafit and the Daevas. Some imperfections exist admittedly; early episodes are strewn with time skips and somewhat confusing cinematographic cuts. It took about five hours submerged in this drama for me to find my footing and solidify my understanding of the plot. Once I could, the rest of the experience was riveting. Ali is now living in a self made oasis in the desert, called Bir Nabat. A distant “cousin” of his, Musa, arrives and asks for Ali’s help crossing the desert to Daevabad. Ali refuses, so Musa sabotages the well before he leaves. Ali now has to take Musa’s salt tax to the city. Firstly, Congratulations to S.A.Chakraborty on completing her debut trilogy, what a fantastic and hard-earned achievement!First script reading took place May 1, 2013 at SBS Production Center in Tanhyeon-dong, Ilsan, South Korea. As a devout Muslim going on Hajj was very important to him, so in 1324, he travelled on a pilgrimage to Mecca with 60,000 men, some of whom were enslaved. They carried gold and other riches, some of which was distributed to the poor along the route. So much gold was traded and donated that it caused the price of gold to collapse in Cairo and other cities. Nahri throws a different ring at Manizheh to distract her and then puts the real ring on Ali. Then she flings them both off the balcony. As Nina and Eddie dig deeper, it soon becomes clear that finding the settlement may only be the start of their incredible quest. One which, astonishingly, may lead them to one of the greatest legends of all time: El Dorado - the mythical city of gold. Orchestrations were generally well applied, often serving to add that extra punch to a scene. The best description that can be made of them "moody, elegant, and high drama." Beyond the incredible introductory piece though, I'm not sure any of them make for good post-view listening. Vocals are another story, with Yeon Gyu Sung ("Crying"), ALi ("In My Dream"), and Sun Soo Jin ("Shout to the World") serving up some of the best I've heard all year. Despite romantic lyrics occasionally inappropriate to the series, but hey, they sound great.