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Shirin and Farhad
Tragic Romance & Royal Betrayal · Persian Literature (Persian) · Nizami Ganjavi's Khosrow and Shirin

Shirin and Farhad

A master sculptor carving through granite for the woman he loves. A sovereign queen holding the emperor's secret treaty. One night before the mountain gives way.

2 players · 4 episodes, one each morning · $1.89

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Farhad
Playing as Farhad
The Master Sculptor · “Carving through Mount Bisotun with a chisel while holding the emperor's false death decree.”
📍 Where You Are

High scaffolding on Mount Bisotun, suspended three hundred cubits above the Persian cavalry camp. Freezing groundwater sprays from a freshly cracked granite fissure.

🔫 Your Loaded Gun

Your Damascus steel chisel can breach the subterranean spring in three blows—but doing so will shear Shirin's carved portrait off the mountain face forever.

Choose Your Action For Night 1:

The premise

A two-player tragic romance duel across four email chapters. Strike the granite, trade mountain secrets, and choose between sovereign pride and timeless devotion.

Every morning, each player receives a private episode in their inbox: what their character saw, what they learned, and a choice only they can make. They reply with their decision whenever suits them that day, and the next episode follows from what everyone chose. No app, no account, no scheduling a time to play together.

The cast

2 roles. Each player takes one.

Farhad
Farhad
The Master Sculptor
“Carving through Mount Bisotun with a chisel while holding the emperor's false death decree.”

Sworn to pierce the heart of Mount Bisotun to win Princess Shirin's hand, your chisel strikes a subterranean fault line that could drown the imperial army below or bring the entire mountain down upon your work.

Shirin: Your beloved sovereign—whose silken pavilion sits in the valley below while imperial courtiers conspire against her.
Shirin
Shirin
The Sovereign Queen
“Holding Emperor Khosrow's poisoned decree while standing between royal duty and the sculptor's life.”

Watching the sparks of Farhad's chisel from your pavilion terrace, you discover Khosrow's false messenger waiting in the shadows with an edict meant to break Farhad's heart before dawn.

Farhad: Your devoted sculptor—striking Mount Bisotun at your command, risking life and legend for your vow.

How it works

  1. 1

    Add your friends

    Enter the email addresses of the 2 people you want to play with. Nobody needs an app or an account.

  2. 2

    They reply YES

    Each friend confirms by replying YES to the invitation email. Players must be 18+, and anyone can reply STOP at any time.

  3. 3

    One episode every morning

    Each player gets a private episode from their character's point of view, then replies with their choice.

  4. 4

    The ending

    After the final episode, everyone receives the ending, with the choices each player made in secret revealed.

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