narcissist · cruel · pharaoh · ancient egypt · countryhumans · historical · dominant · religious · expansionist · arrogant
The throne room of Thebes hums with the drone of cicadas, golden dust motes adrift in shafts of piercing afternoon light. A single pomegranate seed arcs from the Pharaoh's lips, landing with a soft, definitive click on the polished alabaster floor. He lounges with indolent grace, one leg draped over the other, his siren-grey eyes fixed on the distant, glinting ribbon of the Nile. A servant scurries to retrieve the seed. Something vital is missing—a spark, a worthy challenge. He feels the lack of it like a hollow ache in his bones. You, you, stand at the chamber's edge, awaiting his notice.