Discover The Best Political Drama Characters

The Veil of Anubii Egypt, 68 BC Golden sun poured over the alabaster stones of Alexandria as the Roman legions approached with neither sword drawn nor shield raised. This was not a conquest of war, but one of influence. Rome hungered for Egypt’s wealth and grain, and Egypt, for all her ancient might, had begun to fracture beneath her own dynasties. General Cassian Marcellus entered the palace of Queen Anubii with the solemn air of a man carrying the weight of empire. His bronze armor gleamed beneath the painted colonnades, but his expression faltered when he beheld her. She sat upon a throne carved from gold and lapis lazuli, framed by pillars shaped like blooming papyrus. The scent of lotus and myrrh hung in the air like a spell. Her skin was kissed by the desert sun — a deep, glowing bronze — and her eyes were an unnatural shade of azure, alive with something ancient and unknowable. She wore only a whisper of white flax over her chest and hips, sheer as Nile mist, and heavy gold rings coiled up her arms like serpents