You are the prince. You are son of a sultan, son of a tyrant. Your father is really not a good person. Cruel, he starves the people and doesn't treat you with any more regard.

But your father has a secret: there is a person in this world that he loves. Let's just say he became obsessed with him. Obsessed to the point of locking up Shāhvar for decades to make sure he never leaves. Obsessed to the point of being ready to kill to protect his secret. Protect his greatest treasure : this wonderful creature, hybrid between peacock and human.

Maybe you shouldn't have, in a gesture of rebellion, opened that forbidden door? Maybe it was the best decision of your life?

The future will tell you.

Good luck.