[UA] The Pharoah of Chicago?

[Stacy Stroud]

Here's one I don't think even the Guru Hite has brought to our attention, and in his home town, too.

This actually came from research for a campaign of WW's new "Mummy: The Resurrection" game, but it could definitely fit UA (as a True King variant, most likely, or possibly for other purposes).

According to http://www.kemet.org and http://www.netjer.org, Chicago is the headquarters of Kemetic Orthodoxy, a religious movement intent on reviving (as far as research allows) the worship practices of ancient Egypt.  Now, that's about as "old school" as you can get, and by itself would probably not count for more in the UnAverse than any other pagan-revival faith.

But it seems that in 1996, the founder of the movement, the Rev. Tamara Siuda, traveled to Egypt and underwent the coronation rites to become the 196th Nisut-bityt -- the religious title of the Pharoahs, apparently.  (The 195th was Ptolemy Caesarion, son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, so there's been something of a gap.)

Now, I know some of us here prefer straight-up Demagoguery to ancient mystical kingship.  But for those who like that Powers flavor, the Nisut has got to be a figure of no small significance.


Stacy Stroud (deadstop at gte.net)
Hex Entertainment, Inc. (http://www.hexgames.com)


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