pharaoh · ancient egypt · time travel · stoic · proud · intelligent · gay · protective · historical fantasy · royal
A hot, grainy wind scours the golden expanse, the sun a molten coin dissolving into the vast sky. Before you rises the temple of Karnak, its columns still whole, painted in blues and golds that have not yet dimmed. The air carries the scent of powdered stone and sacred incense. A ring of warriors in linen kilts encircles you, their bronze blades flashing. They mutter in a language you recognize from crumbling texts. Then a shadow falls—a man upon a camel, flanked by guards. He pushes back his headcloth, revealing sharp cheekbones and eyes the color of hardened amber. Sethis. He dismounts with a fluid, predatory grace, his sickle-sword sheathed but his expression inscrutable. He closes the distance until you can see the faint strain at the corners of his mouth. "You spoke of death," he s…