Sep 16, 2025
Author's Commentary #564:
Time to talk about Chapter 564: One unsavory nomad.
And we're heading back to Inferno's den for the climax of the Side Story. Originally, I was going to have Mimoko challenge and beat Parvīz here outright. I even have a game planned out, but didn't feel like writing it. Not to mention, going back to Inferno's den and reintroducing Emmie were more appealing to me so I went with that. Now let's talk more about the giant sexist coward.
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ŁŲØŲ§Ł (ParvÄ«z Makhmalbaf) is how it would be spelled in Persian.
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).
His birthday is August 5th, which is the day the final volume of the Lord Marksman and Vanadis manga released.
His favorite piece is the king.
Parvīz is heavily inspired by Kureys Shahin Balamir from Lord Marksman and Vanadis. He's often found himself in plenty of DESPER and underground chess matches where hair is on the line, which contributed to him developing a fear of bald men as his paranoia warped him into thinking they were out to get him for his beard. Bald men with beards are his worst enemy as he feels they radiate with immense jealousy towards him. Though he wears a turban nearly all the time, he has thick voluminous hair which reaches down to his shoulders. He's 50 years old, and incredibly sexist towards women, believing they are inferior to him and all men in every regard.
As for Persia, with nearly all it's original land conquered by Mongolia, Parvīz assumed the leadership role following the previous leader's death at the hands of Jad, leading to him trying to rebuild the Persian empire. However, since he's also a Desperado, he couldn't challenge Jad to try and get the land back. Thus, he began buying up land in other countries, or rather winning it for free via DESPER matches to build up territory to serve as his new empire.
I actually did consider having a Persian nomad team back during the Chess Olympics, though I didn't have an idea of what to do with them in terms of story. Now that the Nomadic Persian Empire is a thing now, I'll confirm they were present at the Chess Olympics, even if they had no screentime.
One final thing I'll mention is that originally, this chapter was going to release before the one that reintroduced Emmie, but since I wanted to finally show readers Emmie was truly back, I slotted in that chapter before this one. I'll also confirm Agatha is aware of her survival and servitude to the shadowy woman, but can't go against her, nor does she even want to.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
