5/17/2026, 8:41 AM
Hotep considered the question.
Did Ra give life to the Duat now? Or had he been cast from both planes, lost in some land between? Hotep shook his head,
Souls were fragile things. Often at risk.
Still, they were not without resource:
Next he smiled,
From what you have told me, it seems likely that you passed through. Know the Duat is a vast place, and our mirror. When Ra sets here, he rises for them.
Did Ra give life to the Duat now? Or had he been cast from both planes, lost in some land between? Hotep shook his head,
But there are dark places in the Duat where demons of chaos run wild, and making the journey to stand before Osiris is perilous indeed.
Souls were fragile things. Often at risk.
Our dead we dress with heart scarabs, and bless with inscriptions, so they will know the way and our gods will know them in kind.Yet El'Zeath came from somewhere else. And Hotep had no eyewitness account to offer by explanation.
I do not remember my crossing. I walked the deshret until Divine Queen found me, and behind me the way had changed.
Still, they were not without resource:
Others speak of spells, and songs, to guide them through the River into new lands.Sacred rituals, not fit for outsiders to know. But the Scepter of Sokar, Hotep deemed worthy of hearing.
Phoenix Rising is hemet of Osiris, perhaps she will know why some recall and others do not...
Next he smiled,
It is Chaos at work, here, I think. For Ma'at is unbalanced, and we feel the shaking of the world. It is why my spells do not work as they should.A terrifying reality, in truth, but Hotep had faith.
The gods will guide us, El'Zeath, and I hope their presence will comfort you as they do me.
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I welcome organic IC interactions and any twists, conflict, or drama that comes out of it!
My characters are unreliable narrators.
I welcome organic IC interactions and any twists, conflict, or drama that comes out of it!
My characters are unreliable narrators.
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