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CHARACTER BACKGROUND

Nyãrlathotep: I am the son of a drunkard who was more occupied with the pleasures of the flesh than the duties of fatherhood. A mother who wept much lacked courage and knowledge to care for a child. I care little for these, people in my role in my life, they merely birthed me and left me to have my brain rot with Religous fanatics who are clearly blind to the true will of Amôtep. Both of my parents left me at the age of four to the priests of the temple Lãrth in Káiro, so that  may be a source of my disdain for them, alas we must speak of the priests role in my life since  they raised me to be who I am, who is brighter than most of these literalists because I grasped  a better understanding of religious myths and metaphysics than the priests who apparently dedicated most of their lives to this school of thought and somehow learned very little about it. I will admit I learned a great deal of my skills and knowledge from these 'learned men', but  their relentless denial of the basic truths which I enlightened them of through my findings of  both matter and spirit, began to raise suspicion and anger towards my methods of prayer,  observation of ritual, beliefs and preachings in my local communion, even to the point of exile and branding by the High Priest of  Káiro, Amunahk, I screamed out on the top my lungs while the jabbed the scalding hot iron into my flesh. "Your  Amôtep is Dead and I am not!", saying those words gave me 50 lashes after, but it was worth every drop of pain, suffering and inch of bone and iron that cut into my flesh upon the steps of that Temple because I defiled their idol upon their own temple with a mere shout. Since Exile really isn't exile in the culture of the Haradrim it really means losing all wealth and possessions including academic ones, since you no longer count as a person anymore you tend to get sold into slavery and usually serve the Militia, which I will have to overwhelming have to state were the best times of my life, the Militia part, of course. I still remember the cracking of the whip that tore through the flesh of me and my comrades when we didn't march at the right pace, needed to be done for sure, but I also remember one of the greatest moments in my life when I 'served' the Militia. During a run in with bandits, while being garrisoned to protect a caravan entering the city of  Káiro  from a local trade port, Hatshepsut was nearly cut in half by a bandit, while the bandit was taunting Hatshepsut I came behind him and cut off his sword hand twisted him around and stuck my sword into his belly, I laughed down at his coughing broken body, I stared into his eyes until his eyes moving and his grunting stopped. Funny, they never tell you how men whimper and cower when death meets them. I never really took notice of Hatshepsut before, I always thought he was a volunteer rather than an abandoned noble, let alone a dabbler into the occult.

Now I was one and thirty years of age and fate gave a present an acolyte of the perfect age for revelation, Hatshepsut was a great student and friend who knew many of the basics of occultism, alchemy, mysticism and esotericism. We spoke long and about so many things such as our experiences with the ignorant who own our rightful places and the hidden truth that the world revolves around. But he had to secure his dynasty's future, so I sneaked of under the guise of being an apothecary and followed suit. No one ever notices or mentions the apothecary until death is mentioned, so I never really was noticed by anyone when I sneaked off with Hatshepsut, well with the exception for Hatshepsut. I became instrumental in his plot to kill his father and any noble who would dare oppose his claim and rule,  The essence  Hyoscyamus plant was extremely important in this because it leaves no trace of its residue when it's absorbed by the body, it is quite a painful experience, it first dries out your throat, then it thins the blood around the arteries of the throat and softens muscles of the throat  to the point when you cough the lining of your throat collapses and blood gushes in to fill your mouth and lungs,Hatshepsut loved this poison in dealing with his rivals.

After the accession of Hatshepsut to  Sûra-Pharaoh, I became the new Religous head of Káiro's cult  I was granted the titled Ahktûn-Ptah by Hatshepsut. I made many reforms to the theological aspects of the religion that we practised in the city, which I sent to Hatshepsut to verify that it was apart of his will. We split the people into three castes Humata, Hukhta and Hvarshta. Humata is the exoteric teachings of  Amôtep for the labourers and slaves. Hukhta is the warrior's way of understanding  Amôtep's will. Hvarshta is the esoteric, mystical, alchemical way of understanding of  Amôtep given only to those that are of elite status or a deep understanding of academia.

 CITY STATE OF K Á IRO

The City State of  K á i ro sits in the central parts of the  Sûra and has advanced systems of aqueducts running through it as well as many public works such as Qanats. Advanced plumbing runs through the Artisans and Craftsmen quarters of the city with the lower end having only public baths,  K á i ro has been ruled by two dynasties since its creation, the first being Thinisa which ruled the city since its founding and was comprised of five generations before the dynasty fell to a cadet branch of the S ûna-Thinis dynasty with Khufu being the first Sûra-Pharaoh, Many different reforms were passed in Khufu's ruling such as the reforming of the City Militia as well as a new law system which was extremely harsh against criminals.

ABOUT ME

My name is Dylan, I am fond of ancient history, be that of the grand Persians or the mysterious Egyptians, I always found ancient belief systems like Gnosticism, Hermeticism and Kemetism so interesting and I really wanted to imbue that love into this. I also love roleplaying, I love getting in amongst the gritty, good and bad things in a person's life to be like them, in thinking and action. I enjoy the persistent world that LoTR servers have and also I will make sure to follow the rules to make sure there are problems with any players or staff.

IGN: TechPriestOztin

 