1190 B.C.
In the past years, the city of Thebes was blessed by the gods. It was the ‘living city’. In it was the palace of the kings and queens, the population of the whole Egyptian community and soldiers ready for battle against intruders. King Tutankhamen was the current ruler of Egypt. With his wife Cleopatra I and their two sons Ra-Horakhty and Khepri, the land of Egypt was at peace and no one can invade Egypt. As time goes on, King Tutankhamen became sick, and, hearing from a prophetess that Osiris, the god of the underworld, is now ordering his soul to go to the afterlife, was greatly troubled and his sickness grew more. Three years passed and Ra-Horakhty was declared the new ruler of Egypt. His father had died and was placed in his tomb secretly. No one, except for his family and priests, knew where the pyramid is. Ra-Horakhty was a good king, like his father, but Khepri was jealous. He was angry at his father and mother for choosing his brother as king. He went to the mountain of Amun-Ra to seek counsel. The speaker of the god told Khepri that Ra-Horakhty was the rightful king and he would meet his doom sooner or later. This angered the young prince even more. He gathered soldiers furtively to overthrow his brother. Ra-Horakhty was convinced that Khepri was gathering soldiers for invading Rome. Ra-Horakhty’s wife, Ma’at, bore three children: Two girls and one boy. The boy died because of an unknown cause. The two girls, Seth and Isis, grew until they were ready for marriage. Seth was named after the god of Chaos for Ra-Horakhty saw evil inside the child. Isis, on the other hand, was named after the goddess of magic since the priestesses of Isis said that the goddess had blessed the child.
After two months, Khepri invaded his own land. He destroyed houses, markets, palaces and stole treasures. He killed Ra-Horakhty and married Ma’at. Ra-Horakhty’s two daughters were married to two princes who became Khepri’s allies. Seth, who was year older, was married to Prince Sobek and Isis to Prince Khonsu. Khepri and Ma’at had no children. Seth and Sobek had two children, Seti and Cleopatra II. Khonsu broke his alliance with Khepri but the king would not let him take Isis away. He said that if he offered two thousand gold bars he would give Isis. However, there is another option. He and his troops would invade Lower Egypt and Khonsu would be declared king. Alas, Khepri had said, their taxes are still his. Khonsu chose the second option and invaded Lower Egypt. Since Lower Egypt is protective by Bastet, the goddess drew madness upon their leader. Khonsu planned to kill Isis but the priestesses of Isis told Ma’at what danger draws near. Ma’at bade them take her daughter to Rome where her uncle is a general there. They journeyed to Rome and Ma’at’s uncle took Isis kindly. He and his wife treated her like their own and Ma’at’s uncle retired from the army. Khepri was furious when he soon discovered that Isis was gone. He ordered Ma’at to be killed and so she died. No one knew what happened to her next. Bastet’s heart was filled with grief and she let the madness go away. Khonsu heard that his beloved Isis was taken somewhere and he let Lower Egypt go. Upon hearing this, Khepri ordered that Khonsu be killed. He was taken to Hamunaptra, the city of the dead, where he was mummified alive. Seth’s husband, Sobek, was greatly angered by his brother’s death. He broke his alliance with Khepri and tried to steal Khonsu’s tomb but Khepri discovered them. He ordered that Sobek, Seth and his soldiers be thrown to the desert and let them perish. They did and the gods were deeply enraged. They befallen death upon the king and the people, rejoicing, cut his body into three parts and threw it to the desert. They took it again and let the horses eat it. This was against the laws of death and so Anubis cursed the city and when the Romans invaded Egypt, they were easily beaten. And so the race of the royalties was ended in the land of Egypt. But Isis was alive, Anubis thought. He cursed the Romans and the priests of the gods created a prison for a horrible monster, Astot. With the touch of a royalty the prison shall be opened and unleash the full fury of Anubis. This pleased the god and he let the curse go. Astot was turned to stone and no one dared to wake him. But the gods saw what damage they did to the city of Thebes. They decided to reincarnate the kings and queens and let history repeat itself.
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