“The population is demanding the quarantine of the afflicted, my liege,” one of the court magicians explained, the pharaoh’s lips pursing.

“Indeed; how many are with the disease?” the pharaoh wondered, his gaze slipping to another.

“Nearly half the city; at this rate, Memphis will fall within weeks,” a priest continued, his elderly face creasing with anxiety.

“Surely the gods have abandoned us,” the pharaoh lamented, a hand resting on his face. “Leave me!”

“Your Highness, perhaps a tribute to Ra would do the city some good…it would take their minds off their troubles and hopefully find us a panacea for the epidemic,” the vizier suggested, the pharaoh’s face still in his hands.

“Ra? Ra has abandoned his city…why should I pay homage to such a being?” the pharaoh argued, glaring.

“Far be it from me to lecture his Majesty, but remember your place among the gods,” the vizier warned, the pharaoh’s face turning scarlet with anger.

“Tch, I am a god,” the pharaoh answered haughtily, sitting back in his throne. “Prepare for a ceremony; We will honor Thoth, and ask for his wisdom in procuring a cure for this disease…we must also venerate the departed…and hope that they will pass Ma’at’s test,” the pharaoh finished, the vizier nodding.

“We do need to finish these festivities before she gets here,” the vizier continued, the pharaoh’s eyes widening slightly.

“I had nearly forgotten of her arrival…,” the pharaoh uttered, his face glowering. “Even in quiet death my father’s words lead me still like a camel to water. I’d rather die than follow him,” the pharaoh finished darkly, his hand balling into a fist before the vizier suppressed a sigh and exited the chamber.



This roleplay takes place in early Egyptian history when the gods and myths were still believed to be real and influential in human affairs. Roughly speaking, the Egyptian empire lasted through the 2000s B.C.E. through the first century C.E. when it was conquered by the Romans.

About the Character Skeleton: Since this is taking place in Egypt, please do not create a character with blond hair or blue eyes. They are hereditarily not present, but if you can think of some anomaly to give your character these features, please PM me the reasoning before creating your character.

The disease is highly contagious, hence why the people of Memphis rally for the victims of said disease to be quarantined. Symptoms include chronic headaches, vertigo, physical weakness, sensitivity to touch, dilated eyes, and finally hallucinations. The reason why so many have died stems from the hallucinations; they are typically fatal, as the person interacts in the hallucinations and tend to stumble into grave situations in reality. Also, if you are going to create a character inflicted with the disease, please make them a civilian, slave, or soldier. Those that are blatantly afflicted are usually kept in temples or shrines, and are kept away from the populous by the priests.



Citizen: A typical, inhabitant of the capital of Egypt, Memphis. These people possess no divining abilities or outstanding skills; they live modestly.

Servant: A group of persons who perform menial tasks in the pharaoh’s palace or some other ‘aristocrat’s’ home.

Slave: A group of persons who are absolutely subject to any other person, save for another slave. Regardless of gender, slaves are forced to perform strenuous and physical labors.

Priest: A group of persons (usually male, depending on the god) who divine the presence of said god within their temple and relay the god’s will, oracles, omens, and powers to the pharaoh and the kingdom. Most priests do not leave the sanctuary of their god’s shrines after entering, save the High Priest who frequently visits the palace.

Astrologer: A group of persons (again, usually male) who divine extraordinary happenings by observing the heavenly bodies and their movements periodically. They are more of a private sect of society, and becoming an astrologer is not an easy task. A select few astrologers also relay their findings to the pharaoh.

Soldier: Another type of servant, a soldier protects his homeland, his people and his patronized deity with nothing short of his life, should the need arise. Soldiers, in this age, are not needed too terribly, since Egypt is not at war. However, soldiers still patrols borders and protect the entrance to the city and the pharaoh’s palace.



Name:
Age: (15+)
Afflicted or Healthy:
Gender:
Class: (citizen, servant, slave, priest, astrologer, soldier)
Personality:
Background (Please say something here…a few can have the backgrounds come out in the roleplay, but I’m interested…)
Appearance: (Preferably written out; you can have a picture if completely necessary)
Other:

The plot will begin on the day of the ceremonies honoring Thoth and the departed. Everyone will be going by order of the pharaoh, save for some priests, soldiers, and astrologers. I will be playing the pharaoh. The vizier (second-in-command), high priest, and few royal astrologer slots are open if anyone wishes to play them. If not, I will take the job(s) myself. After the ceremony, a few new things will be introduced…some fantasy aspects to the roleplay. I will go into better explanation as the roleplay goes along.



1. This is not a completely romance-based Roleplay. While it is definitely all right for your characters to be romantically involved, please follow the board rules – No cybering.

2. I don’t think god-modding will be a large issue here. If you have any concerns let me know.

3. The length of your post needs to be at least a paragraph. I always type till the red font at the top of the Reply box turns green.

4. Multiple characters are allowed, but please be certain you are able to handle them all. I will set a maximum of 4.

5. I honestly don't care about much profanity, so long as it isn't the entire post ^^;



I tried to make this roleplay as historically accurate as possible. Sadly, I have not taken a class or freely studied ancient Egyptian history, so I understand that I may have gotten a few aspects of Egyptian life incorrectly. If you have a huge problem with something, PM me and let me know. Any help is encouraged and appreciated. **Thanks to Village Alchemist for some history lessons ^^; **

Please try to even out character genders…I realize some classes are more geared towards men than women, but I can’t help that…blame the patriarchal, sexist Egyptians! xD

No, you do not need to know any Egyptian history for this roleplay. Make it up if you don’t know. If you really want to be accurate, you can always look it up somewhere online…

I will be adding a new character after the ceremonies, and some political turmoil ought to add nicely to the mix. Please post your characters in here, and I will let you know if you're accepted. When I receive a few accepted people, I will begin the IC thread.

Name: Illisis Niara

Age: 19

Afflicted or Healthy: Healthy

Gender: female

Class: Servant to the Pharoah

Personality: Illisis is calm, quiet- as women should be in this day. But underneath that, she is philosophical, and curious. Having listened to other priests and astologers, she has learned many things, and can be quite wise need her word arise. She finds herself studying things that a servant should not, but it only adds to her astonishing knowledge. She rarely gets angry, and is mostly smiling. But, as well, she is very enigmatic and confusing to others sometimes.

Background: Illisis was born to a Priest of Ra, and a servant woman. The love they had was forbidden, thus was she stolen away at birth by the previous pharaoh. She was then raised within the Pharaoh's grounds.
Traded off between astrologers and priests, many of which found her to be a sharp wit for a woman, she watched them, and learned from them. At a young age, she learned to watch stars, and how to foretell weather by the mist rings around the moon. But, she kept such information to herself.
As things continued, and she grew a bit older, she was kept by the new Priest of Ra, a friend of her father. He told her many stories of Ra's loving gifts, and showering light in dark times. He, Tukinot, told her that she looked to be one of Ra's many gifts as well.

Growing a bit older, she was no longer the Palace daughter, but a servant. Training paid off too, for the new Pharaoh was a mystery to her. The other had been one of her caretakers, but this one was different. She cared for him, as the previous one cared for her. But Illisis paid no mind, clothing her lean and curvacious body and becoming but a shimmering golden shadow in the palace, hiding all new studies of this disease, and her so called beliefs of trouble to come.

Appearance: Standing a smooth 5'8, Illisis Niara is a gorgeous woman, hiding her beauty many times underneath headwraps and loose gowns for the purpose of serving. Underneath all that, she has a richly tan skintone, smooth and without scars. Along her upper right arm is a tattoo- or at that time an inking- of the sun- symbol of Ra (the sun God, duh). Her limbs are lengthy and lean, she has a good bit of strength for a woman, but has little faults such as she cannot run fast or long distances. She wears two gold bangles upon each wrist, and her nails are long and painted with a type of sap and golden dust- make-shift fingernail polish back in the day. Her wraps are all golden, and her gown as well. She even paints her lips golden- all in honor of Ra. (You will learn that she things Ra gave her many of her gifts).
Her face is softly angled, not holding sharp features, but attractive and lenient ones. Her skin, again, is smooth and unflawed. Her nose comes out in a long arch, and rounds softly upon the tip. Her lips are full and painted a shimmering gold. Her eyebrows are thin and black, accentuating the thick black lashes that curl angelically upon her eyes.
Illisis has hazel eyes that appear almost as a golden color- one of the gifts that she believes Ra has given her. Her hair flows down her back and ends upon her spine's end. Usually, the black straight hair is held up in a tight bun, and hidden with the golden servant headwrap.
(headwrap is not a turbine people, it wraps once or twice very loosely around ones head, and tends to cover their lower facial features, or avails their face just faintly).


Other: Her specialty in serving the pharoah is bringing him his needs, and as well sending out the calling for the preists of Cairo.


-- This sounds interesting, I really like Egyptian history, so this should be cool

Can you reserve ne a spot, please? I'll have my sheet up soon.

Yay! I hope more people show up for this, I had thought about making an Egyptian roleplay myself once, I was just stumped on plots:)

Name: Irisi

Age: appears to be 10, but only she, the pharoh, and a few others know for sure

Afflicted or Healthy:Healthy

Gender:female

Class: High Preistess of Isis, the goddess of healing, motherhood, magic, and marriage

Personality: Irisi is a quiet girl with wisdom that surpasses her mortal body. She never leaves her temple, but runs around and acts as a child within their walls. She is rather emotionless at times, but can be very gentle and caring when she wants to be. On the other hand, when need be, she can be harsh and unforgiving, like the the goddess she serves.

Background; No one can seem to remember when Irisi appeared in Cairo, or when she became head Preistess of Isis, yet they all accept it without question in fear that Isis will become enraged at them.

Appearance: Irisi is a small, young girl. She appears to be famished, despite her standings. Her hair is long, striaght and the deepest black ever seen on a mortal, with a firnge of bangs stopping right above her eyes. Her eyes are a grey that seem to hold all of the colors of a glass prism and all the emotions of a thousand lifetimes. Her bangs are sepperated in the middle to reveal the symbol tyet in black, yet it doesn't appear to be an inking. Her hands are small and fragile, but they impact people upon touch. Her skin tone is uncommon for Egyptian girls, a light cream that appears even lighter in contrast to her hair. She often wears a ringlet of gold upon her head, arms, and ankles, not unlike those of the pharoh.
[[Bad picture XD :http://img.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/franco/24705-01-thumb2.jpg

Other: She is a very mysterious girl, and that is all you shall know for now.

i don't but i've been looking for a new anime. Is it good?

Amazing X3
Shounen-Ai rocks <3

Name: Heru
Age: 13
Afflicted or Healthy: Afflicted
Gender: Male
Class: Priest of Horus. 'God of the Sky.' Protector of the ruler of Egypt.
Personality: Heru is very much well-known for being nowhere near a child, more like an old wise men in a young boys body. Fun is merely something he has no idea about, being a servant and passing the word of the tongue to his adviser so he can take care of the real duties Heru was given at birth to uphold. He doesn't smile nor play around and doesn't really have any emotions that anyone is aware of. When you ask him something he just does it without hesitation. Most of whom don't know who he really is, call him nothing more than a "Mindless worker of the Nile." When he is not doing anything, he sticks to meditating, focusing at all hours of the day to get even more closer to the God's.
Background: A priest at nearly the age of 13 is peculiar to some, but to others it means greatness. When born, an omen had its way with his father who was a High-Priest--before his recent delayed death due to the disease--he had a dream, before even knowing he was going to have a son. A dream of a falcon perched on a sphinx, eating the meat of a snake. To him, it meant a future of prosperity and great things to come, the God's vanquishing evil--granted by the 'God of the Sky' Horus. . . of course. Most despised him and found him a fool but months later he found his wife pregnant with his future son Heru, which actually is the Egyptian form of the Greek Horus, and myth name of the son of Isis. Entering this world, his father had another dream. A smaller falcon--oblivious that it was male--was nurturing an older, more wiser falcon with a crown stationed upon its head.
Heru. . . now, was easily praised as the guardian of Horus. Most saying that Isis herself sent Heru here to protect Horus, which Egyptians believed their pharaoh was the 'living Horus'. By far at this point he has spent his life locked away at the The Temple of Horus, at Edfu, not able to enjoy his childish urges, making him very mature for his age--with the exception of a few outbreaks. He does have a guardian himself, or more of an adviser, who is forced to help him until he comes of age as well as aid him in 'man's work'. Even more eerie is that his adviser plays the part of the Head-Priest at all times, doing exactly what Heru asks of him. He rarely leaves the temple because of the stipulations, but somehow was afflicted, most believing it was the work of his father, who indeed cursed the Egyptians with his omens--which obviously were wrong due to the current status of Egypt. Heru leaves on occasion to meet the pharaoh in secrecy, no one yet knowing he is afflicted, except Heru. The only obvious thing noticed is that Heru has been very weak as of the passing days which has caused him to stand behind his adviser, practically lying to his fellow people that he is no more than a nave. Another reason is because of what Heru's father has done, most blame Heru and if he was actual seen as Priest, that would make things worse for him. All-in-all what people see is exactly opposite of what it really is, Heru being nothing but a slow-moving servant to others--though he is usually treated with respect at all times--only the pharaoh, his adviser, and a few others truly know the truth.
Appearance:

awwww i wanted to be the only little kid..
this ruins my whole plot now! *pouts with angry face*

Lol. How so?

secret!
XP
i've discussed only a little bit of it to Reso already but i want to keep most of is secret.

WHEN CAN WE START?!?!?! *impatience is a b*tch lol*

Name: Mai Zakaria Hussein
Age: 17
Afflicted or Healthy: Healthy
Gender: Female
Class: Slave
Personality: Mai is usually quite, but she is also very sweet. She likes to wonder around the river and graze her hand across the cool, clear water. She also enjoys laying back and overlooking the beautiful, clear blue sky when she isn't working. Despite all the beatings she receives, Ebonee is calm and never talks about it, or her past life style.
Background: Mai's life still remains a history, but it shall be revealed soon...
Appearance:
Mai has short black hair that reaches past her face a little bit, her eyes are a deep green color, and her skin has a tan tint to it. She weighs around 120 and is about 5"7.