Recall, shuraka was young for his generation, especially since his father was murdered and couldn’t produce more heirs. the fact that his peerage is mostly older is not strange. The ladies are almost certainly politically concubines.
Two theories for the man: either he took him to practice on to not hurt tei, or he is Obaran’s lover, recall in the original flashback, the one older brother who talks to tei after the poisoning mentions “Obaran’s deviousness must have rubbed off on shuraka” where I was assuming he was talking about taking a male bride
Recall, shuraka was young for his generation, especially since his father was murdered and couldn’t produce more heirs. the fact that his peerage is mostly older is not strange. The ladies are almost certainly politically concubines.
Two theories for the man: either he took him to practice on to not hurt tei, or he is Obaran’s lover, recall in the original flashback, the one older brother who talks to tei after the poisoning mentions “Obaran’s deviousness must have rubbed off on shuraka” where I was assuming he was talking about taking a male bride