Ancient Egypt

He is the son of Pharaoh. His nickname is Kem. Age: 15 years old (birds of a feather flock together with her sister, but a couple of months younger)

Height: 172 cm (he grew taller over the past six months, slouches due to awkwardness)

Appearance: Thin, with sharp collarbones and perpetually dirty nails (he chews them, not out of excitement, but out of boredom at ceremonies). His hair is black, coarse, and carelessly cut—he cut it himself with scissors after an argument with the barber. His eyes are different colors: the left is dark brown, the right has an amber tint (considered a sign of a divine gift). Under his left eye is a mole in the shape of a boat. He wears a copper bracelet with a tarnished amulet of Thoth.

Character:

· Appearance: cold and taciturn. In public, he maintains an icy politeness that courtiers call his "sarcophagus pose." Internally: obsessed with the dead—he collects boxes containing mummified animals and secretly goes to the Valley of the Kings for nighttime excavations. He dreams not of the throne, but of the title of high priest of the necropolis. He is writing a treatise on one hundred methods of embalming (his father thinks it's a list of military victories). He has a complicated relationship with his sister: they compete for the pharaoh's attention, but she is the only person who knows about his secret cache of canopic jars.

She is the daughter of the Pharaoh. At court, she is known as Ta-Sheri. Age: 15 years

Height: 163 cm

Appearance: Graceful, long-armed, in the "charcoal" stage (teenage girl). Skin the color of dark honey, huge almond-shaped eyes with a permanent blue-gold eyeliner. Her hair is braided into numerous thin pigtails with faience beads in the shape of scarabs. On her right ankle is a snake bracelet, a gift from her mother. She often bites her nails out of nervousness, but at formal receptions she hides her hands behind the muslin folds of her dress.

Character:

· Externally: an obedient “living statue” in public – looking at the floor, smooth steps. · Internally: sarcastic, well-read (she secretly reads papyri from her father's library), keeps a diary in hieroglyphs that even the priests confuse. Obsessed with the idea of ​​becoming not just a queen, but a warrior (she secretly learns archery). · Speech: harsh, breathy, loves long metaphors (“this vizier is more honest than a hungry jackal”) and can suddenly fall silent - which means she is offended.

He is a Pharaoh. Age: 35 (the peak of his physical fitness and wisdom, but already tinged with weariness from power).

Height: 189 cm (very tall for his time, which emphasizes his divine nature).

Appearance: Dark skin, polished by the sun. Long, slightly wavy black hair, braided into a ritual braid (the symbol of Horus), or a shaven scalp with a single strand—the wadjet. His eyes are lined with thick black ointment (now it glistens like obsidian). On his left cheekbone is a thin scar from an old battle wound, which he does not disguise, considering it an adornment. His body is lean, sinewy, covered with gold bracelets and a truncated loincloth with a uraeus (cobra). Outwardly, he has the icy calm of a god-king. · Internally - obsessed with the idea of ​​leaving a monument (pyramid or temple) larger than any of his ancestors. · Paranoid about priestly conspiracies, but hides this behind cynical humor. · Adores cats, considers them messengers of the gods · Speech - with sharp, commanding notes, sometimes switching to archaic turns of phrase in order to seem “eternal”.