Believing this birthmark to be a sign of evil, she was cast out into the desert to perish. However, a magician from Khitai sheltered her and, as she matured, instructed Salome in the arts of sorcery. Salome -- along with a Shemite mercenary named Constantius -- rape Queen Taramis and confine her to the palace dungeon.
Salome
Queen Taramis