Nophru-Ka

Nophru-Ka (AKA "The Black Pharaoh"), first mentioned in Keith Herber's scenario "The Brotherhood of the Beast", apparently a typo for Nephren-Ka which was apparently corrected in later versions.

In the Mythos

In the Thirteenth Dynast (c. 1733 BCE) Nophru-Ka, a Nyarlathotep-worshipper, founds an Egyptian separatist movement. He tries to overthrow Pharaoh Khasekhemre Neferhotep I, but is slain by that ruler. Nophru-Ka's followers are later killed by Shudde-M'ell and his spawn, but his line continues on, eventually leading to "The Brotherhood of the Beast".

By some accounts, Nophru-Ka is the son of Khephren and Nitokris, and undying vessel for the "reincarnation" (mind-transfer) of Nephren-Ka (Nophru-Ka would be 500 years during the Thirteenth Dynasty!)

Heresies and Controversies

• Nephren-Ka / Nophru-Ka may be been re-incarnated at some point as "The Black Pharaoh" Khotep, at the end of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. ("Curse of the Black Pharaoh," Lin Carter)
• Nephren-Ka seems to have been reincarnated numerous times through history down his blood-line, including an incarnation as a cult-leader masquerading as Harry Houdini's guide in "Under the Pyramids (fiction)" (YSDC, inspired by "Under the Pyramids")

Associated Mythos Elements

• tome: Scroll of Thoth, used as part of the foundation of the cult of Nephren-Ka
• Setting: Ancient Khem
• race: Ghouls, Ghasts
• deity: Nyarlathotep, Haunter of the Dark, Black Pharaoh
• cult: Cult of Nephren-Ka (see above)
• cult: Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh
• characters: Nophren-Ka (a sort of "spiritual ancestor"), Nitokris and Khephren (parents, apparently)

References

• campaign: The Brotherhood of the Beast