#shahnameh

-Siavash's favorite flower is dandelion AAH MY POOR BABY BOI HE DIED TOO YOUNG

-Rostam might've been a good knight, but he definitely wasn't a good dad. I mean... Like... Y'know...

-Sohrab wanted to marry Gordafarid

-Thanks to Rostam's neglect, Faramarz now has DPDR (derealization-depersonalization disorder)

-When Sorkhe said he was sad over Siavash's execution, he wasn't lying. Siavash was his only friend

-Siavash was sexually assaulted by Sudabeh (I think that one's canon since as far as I know she forcefully kissed him) and was being groomed by Afrasiab before Afrasiab's paranoia kicked in

-Garsivaz regretted killing Siavash

-Sohrab once accidentally called Zhenderazm "Jenderazm" (Jende means whor3 in persian) and was never the same again

-Banugoshasp is both a daddy's girl and a father's daughter

-Esfandiar is the classic "picture-perfect son". He's skilled when it comes to fighting, can play multiple instruments, and is both handsome and clever. The pressure of being perfect doesn't bother him, but the fact that everyone knows him as "the perfect heir to the throne" and not "Esfandiar"

-Esfandiar can bear insults, but he ABSOLUTELY CANNOT tolerate his name being shortened to "Essy"

-Kay khosrow has zero pain tolerance

-Kay khosrow can somewhat remember Farangis, but he can't remember her face

-Siavash was just an excuse for Jarireh and Farangis to be a lesbian couple in peace

-For an embarrassingly long time, Fereydun firmly believed he was a cow

-Zāl refuses to call Sām father, and only addresses him by either his first name or surname or any other name that doesn't mean "male parental figure"

-Zāl is Sherlock Holmes smart, not any other type of smart

-Afrasiab abuses his kids (bro why did I add this it's canon)

-Apparently, Shideh was once addressed as "Pashang", which is actually Afrasiab's grandfather. My theory? Because of Afrasiab's abuse, he now has DID or OSDD with a Pashang alter

-Kay kavus is a very horny pervert

-Zāl was a VERY bad influence on Rostam's kid while growing up

-When Zāl and Rudabeh had managed to convince their parents and Manuchehr, Simorgh disagreed. And they spent a whole month trying to convince it

-Okay so Esfandiar was said to be invincle except his eyes, right? The story behind it was that he was dipped in holy water or something as a child and now nothing can cut his skin. But based on my calculations (I sound like a nerd which I am btw) he TECHNICALLY isn't invincible. Why? Because it wasn't like the holy water was injected directly in his veins. It only colided with his skin and his digestive system and maybe his lungs. So now, he can still get bruised and stuff (y'all know I'm gonna use this in some horny gay fanfic about my pookie)

-Zahhāk actually began to like his snakes. They were kind of like pets for him

-This is more of a theory but based on what little information I have Garsivaz wasn't THAT bad at the start of Shahnameh but then became a horrible person. I think the endless wars slowly started affecting him.

-Bārmān wanted to be a therapist, and even got a degree. But who the hell even goes to therapy back then? That's right! NO ONE. So now he's a warrior who wants to diagnose Garsivaz with C-PTSD

-Sohrab generally cannot swear. Tahmine has raised him too well

-On the contrary, Gordafarid, Gostaham, and Hojir could swear like a sailor before reaching the age of 10

-Kay khosrow was perfectly content with not being a king

-Kay khosrow didn't disappear. He committed suicide

-Kay khosrow believes that half of the generals and warriors and shit are incompetent

-Pashootan loses everything. Weather it's losing his sword in the middle of a battle to losing Bahman in a grocery store to losing his socks, he loses it all. He's a professional loser

-Shaghad is a psychopath. That's why he was said to be 'evil'

-Banugoshasp is OBSESSED with gold. She owns a shit ton of gold jewelry, and even has a gold tooth (Sohrab knocked one of her teeth out when she broke his arm)

During a hunting expedition Zal and his companions rode from Sistan to Kabul, where they were warmly welcomed by Mihrab. One of the ruler’s courtier’s remarked that he had a daughter named Rudaba, who was “lovelier than the sun,” and Zal immediately fell in love with the young woman’s description. Upon returning to his palace, Mihrab described Zal as a fine gentleman and a mighty warrior, whereupon Rudaba was likewise immediately smitten.

One evening Rudaba sent a servant to guide Zal to her castle. She greeted her suitor by letting down her long dark hair, similar to Rapunzel in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, so that Zal could use it as a rope to scale the walls. After he climbed up to the rooftop, the two lovers passionately embraced.

The lovers’ fathers, as well as the Iranian king Manuchihr, vehemently opposed any match that would join a member of Iran’s nobility to a descendant of the evil Zahhak. This parental and royal opposition led to protracted discussions and meetings, letters of entreaty, gift exchanges, tests of Zal’s wisdom and physical prowess, and auguries cast by court astrologers, until the love-struck couple was finally permitted to wed.