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Imhotep the Anubi
Pharaonic
Legacy Name: Pharaonic
The Cream Serpenth
Owner: marvel
Age: 9 years, 9 months, 4 weeks
Born: June 1st, 2014
Adopted: 6 years, 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Adopted: April 11th, 2017
Statistics
- Level: 1
- Strength: 18
- Defense: 17
- Speed: 18
- Health: 22
- HP: 10/22
- Intelligence: 0
- Books Read: 0
- Food Eaten: 4
- Job: Unemployed
The sun is shining strongly in the clear sky despite the early hour, promising another beautiful day. The pharaoh's servants bring some bread and fruit for his breakfast. The dates and figs are so fresh they may have been from the palace's own grounds; the bread has fewer rocks in it from the grinding process than usual. He thanks his attendants for the meal and proceeds with his day.
The gardens around the pool outside the royal apartments are in full bloom, the petals of the jasmine and chrysanthemum flowers so bright that they almost hurt to look at. The pharaoh turns his eyes to the blue of the water and the softer colours of the lotus flowers floating therein instead. One of the palace's many cats rubs against his leg as he admires the scenery; he bends down to scratch her behind the ears. It's a black one, and he's always had a particular fondness for black cats.
He passes through the library, greeting the scribes and students as they pay their respects. He bids them to go back to their scrolls and papyri. Egypt's arts and sciences aren't the envy of the known world because its scholars are the most deferent, he tells them. Most of their smiles are uncertain, not sure how to handle a joke from their divine ruler, but they do as he says with some relief.
Next, he pays a visit to the royal physicians. His court doesn't approve of his interest in medicine and beg him only to see them when he requires their services, but the pharaoh finds their work fascinating, and none has the authority to order him to stop. Today, he watches as they disinfect a wound with honey, cure a headache with herbs and ostrich eggs, and provide a bronze replacement eye for one of his injured guardsmen. The eye is wonderfully crafted; the palace smiths have done a fine job on it. It will never see, of course, but it flashes fiercely in the light of the sun.
Afterwards, he takes one of his barges for a short trip down the Nile. The soil on the bank is black and soft, the way it will be in the fields when the river floods once again. The fishermen lining the banks looking for their next meal wave as the pharaoh passes by. He returns their gesture and wonders if the prices of food are getting too high. A young crocodile swims past their boat, but remains peaceful. The pharaoh says a prayer of thanks to the gods; the beasts of his nation -- the crocodiles, the hippopotamuses, the rhinoceroses, the lions, even the monkeys, on occasion -- are not to be trifled with. Only a hunting party prepared with spears and blades should try to engage them.
Dinner is quite simple today. Pork, some beans, hearts from the palm trees, more bread with the olive oil they import from the north and east. To drink, the beer made from grains from the nearby farms. On celebratory occasions there would be roast fowl and fish, and many desserts with fruit and honey, but tonight is as any other and the pharaoh sees no reason to trouble the kitchens quite so much.
Before retiring, he goes to the temple to make his offerings to the many gods. He reflects briefly on the next world, and the preparations he will have to make for his eventual burial and judgement by Anubis and Ma'at.
He finishes each prayer by thanking the deities for their blessings. After all, who has been more fortunate than the king of this most bountiful, most cultured, most beautiful land?
CREDITS
Story and profile by marvel
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Pet Treasure
Saheric Scroll and Case
Scarab of the Pharaohs
Scarab of Scholars
Common Scarab
Giselle Thrift Rat Scarab Shoe Charm
Ankh
Egyptian Princess Headpiece
Desert Pharaoh Golden Banded Striped Headdress
Egyptian Princess Wig
Desert Pharaoh Banded Beard
Egyptian Princess Neckpiece
Desert Pharaoh Decorative Lamellar Cuirass
Desert Pharaoh Decorative Striped Wrap
Desert Pharaoh Uncommon Rush Slippers
Shepherdess Staff
Nine-Tailed Bovyne Bone Whip
Sun Gem
Desert Sand
Artisan Whole Grain Bread
Wheat
Ancient Yellow Pot
Ancient Gray Pot
Delicate Chrysanthemum Bundle
Purpleheart Jasmine
Lotus Petal
Artisanal Honey
Bronze False Eye
Belladonna
Raw Ostrich Egg
Thyme
Wild Garlic
Willow Twig
Potted River Grass
Baby Crocodile
Goliath
Desert Pharaoh Ceremonial Khopesh
Bronze Short Sword
Tribal Fisher Harpoon
Sample Size Wheat Beer
Consecrated Olive Oil
Raw Pork Chop
Fava Beans
Roasted Palm Hearts
Tambourine
Bongo Drums
Lyre
Harp
Cedar Incense
Bronze Incense Burner
Solar Barque
River Mud
Vulture Feather
Cobra Fang
Scrap of Baboon Fur
Sistrum
Simple Goblet
Blue Ibis Statuette
Cow Horns
Crocodile Tears
Antique Potters Wheel
Ivory Wand
Strange Animal Figurine
Tomb
Gold Sarcophagus
Obelisk Tombstone
Mummy Miniature
Tutankh
Bottled Mummy