The Shaving of Shagpat · Character

Kadza

Wife of Shagpat who serves the genie Karaz, walking circles around her husband to read the winds and slipping disguised onto rooftops to spy.

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First appearance: the thwackings

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Screams after Shagpat is slapped by Karaz, part of the lamentation in the city.

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Kadza belongs to the enemy camp by marriage and by devotion, the spouse of Shagpat and the instrument of the genie Karaz, who slings her through the air and sets her to test the omens around her husband. Her tension is a divided loyalty of sorts — she adores the miracle of men, yet serves a plot against him — and she accepts scorching and disguise without flinching, answering Noorna with a coded phrase even as her girdle betrays her. She matters because her reconnaissance gives the antagonists their intelligence, and her failures and exposures mark the shifting balance of the early–middle struggle.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Noorna bin Noorka
rivalry · negative
Kadza is a jealous rival who schemes against Noorna, often using petty magic and deceit. How this plays out →
Noorna bin Noorka
rivalry · negative
Kadza is a jealous rival who schemes against Noorna, often using petty magic and deceit. How this plays out →

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And This Is the Story of Noorna Bin Noorka, the Genie Karaz, and the Princess of Oolb
Screams after Shagpat is slapped by Karaz, part of the lamentation in the city.
The Dish of Pomegranate Grain
Spouse of Shagpat; she has a dream of danger to Shagpat and summons the genie Karaz.
The Burning of the Identical
The espoused of Shagpat; prompted by Noorna, she intercedes with the King to let Baba Mustapha try to shave Shagpat, and later exclaims about the wise woman.
Conclusion
Clung to Shagpat and departed with him.

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