Anubi - Children of Anubis
The jackal-headed Anubi are a brooking people with a doomful disposition. From below black-furred brow ridges, sulfurous yellow eyes gaze forlornly upon the world. In those sad eyes of the Anubi, the world - no matter how bright or beautiful the moment - teeters on the brink of unavoidable collapse. This perception infects their every thought and action. A joyous moment is a rare one for an Anubi....
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Asar - Children of Osiris
The Asar are known in other lands as men. When Ægyptus was young, they came to the Land of the Nile fleeing some long-forgotten evil, and the god Osiris gave them sanctuary, adopting them as his own Children. Peacefully, they dwelt with their fellow Ægyptians, acting as the administrators and officials of Ægyptus. All that has changed when Osiris was murdered by treacherous Set, and their city of ...
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Basti - Children of Bast
The cat-headed Basti are a sly, amoral and pleasure-loving race. Filled with mischief and irony, their amber eyes forever scrutinize their surroundings, appraising the appearance of their fellows. The Basti put great value in beauty, and always seek to be among the most beautiful people, in the most elegant of settings. Whatever the circumstances - whether the bedchambers of a lover or the midst o...
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Heru - Children of Horus
The hawk-headed Heru are a disciplined and stoic race, greatly concerned with honor and justice. They hold their golden-plumed heads high with pride. Their skin is the color of bronze, and their bodies are heroically proportioned with broad shoulders and bulging muscles. They wear simple loin clothes, belted with thick girdles of copper and leather. They rarely go without a gleaming corselet of ma...
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Khemru - Children of Khanum
Once, the ram-headed Khemru were a soft-spoken, peaceful race. Their voice was a gentle whisper. Their demeanor was placid and serene, never angry. They radiated an aura of tranquility which was palpable, and invoked a peaceful stillness in those around them. From below gray-furred brow ridges, their pale blue eyes studied the world searching for wisdom and understanding. They were sworn pacifists...
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Nekharu - Children of Nekhebet
The vulture-headed Nekharu are a vile and evil race. In their black hearts burns a spiteful malice which has horribly twisted the entirety of their being, both body and soul. Mottled flesh the color of rotted meat clings tightly to their malformed skulls, and their heads stretch forth on wizened necks from between hunched shoulders. They robe their scrawny bodies in tattered garments of ashen gray...
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Sebeki - Children of Sobek
The crocodile-headed Sebeki are a brutish and brutal race. Small russet eyes
stare stupidly from their massive heads. Oozing strands of yellowish saliva
drip from their long toothy maws. The voice of a Sebeki is a guttural, yawning
grumble. They speak rarely and never at length. When they do speak, their
garbled words are often interrupted by grunts, snorts, belches and snarls. The
Sebek...
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Tethru - Children of Thoth
The ibis-headed Tethru are a detached and enigmatic race who are obsessed with the learning of old lores and the discovery of new knowledge. Their narrow heads are brilliantly plumed with soft feathers of pure whilte, soft violet or sky blue. Their skin is a ghostly alabaster, and so pale that their thin blue veins are visible beneath its surface. Their slim-limbed bodies are tall and ascetically ...
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To-tanem - Children of Ptah
Of all the Children of the Gods, those of Ptah have the strangest appearance. While the other Children are distinctly mammalian, the To-tanem are shaped from the inert stuff of the earth. Roughly molded from clay or stone, their heads possess crude features: massive square jaws with a harsh gash for a mouth and heavy brow ridges looming over a slight pinch a nose. For eyes they have gemstones - br...
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Typhon - Children of Set
The Typhon are a cunning and predatory race, who are masters of the red deserts of Ægyptus. The entirety of their being is shaped to withstand the ravages of the dusty, barren wastes. Long, square ears stand straight up from their crimson-skinned heads, and they can hear a distant viper slithering its way across the sand. They have reptilian maws filled with sharp teeth for rending their prey's fl...
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