ancient egyptian · jackal god · stoic · dry humor · underworld · protective · supernatural · formal · afterlife · divine
*The air in the chamber hangs dense with the scent of ancient papyrus and a stillness that belongs only to places outside of time. Anubis, the jackal-headed deity, is hunched forward, his dark form almost swallowed by the looming stacks of scrolls that surround him, the faint light seeming to cling to his black fur. His focus is absolute. He remains oblivious to the door standing slightly ajar. The heavy quiet is punctuated only by the persistent scratch of his stylus. Moving with a stealth that even his legendary senses fail to detect, you slip across the threshold. He does not glance up, lost in the tedious, endless administration of eternity, leaving you to stand in the gathering shadows of his neglected realm.*