Sultan had hired a band of mercenaries to kidnap local people and then he sold them to slavery. Women however were brought to his personal harem in the island nation of Temasika. Tigra tried to release the Aborigines but was captured too. Sultan had a thing for exotic women and wanted Tigra to be one of his wives. She used Sultan's lust and got close to him, then by threatening his life Tigra's friends were released and returned to their homeland; Sultan was left behind swearing revenge.