High Priestess of Isis
Name: Amunet Shattai
Type: Advanced Human, Prophetess
Age: 21
Amunet
was born to a Roman Senator and Egyptian slave. She looks nothing like her
father's people, though she has all the brains that would make a Roman male
proud to call his own. She lived with her father for much of her life, but never
did she forget her mother's family. She embraced her Egyptian heritage, and used
her father's political power to hook her nails into everything that had to do
with Rome's power over Egypt.
Her father died when she was 16. Her mother died months later of a broken heart,
leaving her beloved daughter to mourn both parents. Rome shared her grief for a
time, until another man took her father's place, and the name of her family was
forgotten. She was her father’s only child, and the riches behind his family’s
name were left to her. But not even that name would keep her safe from the
clutches of Rome, and its slow need to conquer all. Amunet had been born with
the ability to see things in her dreams, things that had not yet come to pass.
As she became older, with the help of her mother, she was able to manipulate her
sight to benefit her father’s career, as well as other things. She could call
upon her fore-sight almost at will, though she had no control over the vision
itself. It took her a year to arrange safe passage for herself to the land of
her mother’s birth.
Amunet had never taken up the religions of Rome. Instead, she worshipped the
Egyptian goddess Isis. When she had settled
into her new home within the capital of the Egyptian Empire, she was able to
find a purpose for her gift. Her sight was considered a gift from the gods, one
Egypt would happily put to use. Amunet learned how to shape her visions to
benefit her goddess, and thus her pharaoh. It took her three years to move up in
the temple ranks. She was the pupil of the High Priestess, and upon her death,
Amunet stepped up into the position.
She does not talk of her time in Rome, nor is she considered a person with many
friends. She is distant, an observer. She
keeps to her temple, or to the palace when called upon. She finds herself more
frequently in the pharaoh’s presence, an opportunity she uses to gain the trust
and support of her kingdom’s ruler. She is somewhat wary of any Roman guest,
though not in an impolite manor. She is the link between her queen and the gods.