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	* characters: [[Nitokris]] and [[~~Kephren~~]]		* characters: [[Nitokris]] and [[Khephren]]
	* character: [[Nophru-Ka]]		* character: [[Nophru-Ka]]

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	The Black Pharaoh Nephren-Ka was supposedly the last pharaoh of the [[Ancient Khem\|Third Dynasty of Egypt]], a sorcerer alleged to have introduced the cult of the animal-headed gods to that nation, drawing the attention of Nyarlathotep who took interest in him and, summoning him to the city of Irem, proposed a bloody pact: Nephren-Ka would sacrifice one hundred victims in his honor and Nyarlathotep would give him the gift of prophecy. The pact was sealed, and Nyarlathotep granted the Sorcerer-Pharaoh the power to see the future by securing for him the cursed [[Shining Trapezohedron]] with which to divine the future. Due tot he requirements of the [[Haunter of the Dark]], a spirit trapped within the device, Nephren-Ka had a lightless temple created to hold the stone and contain the Haunter within, with the temple becoming the center of the Black Pharaoh's abominable cult, with the rites carried out there were so monstrous the temple was destroyed. Nephren-Ka, realizing that his life was coming to an end, took refuge in his own crypt beneath a twisted pyramid, and there he spent what little time he had left writing down on its walls everything that the future of the world held, but no remains of the pyramid or Nephren-Ka have been found.		The Black Pharaoh Nephren-Ka was supposedly the last pharaoh of the [[Ancient Khem\|Third Dynasty of Egypt]], a sorcerer alleged to have introduced the cult of the animal-headed gods to that nation, drawing the attention of Nyarlathotep who took interest in him and, summoning him to the city of Irem, proposed a bloody pact: Nephren-Ka would sacrifice one hundred victims in his honor and Nyarlathotep would give him the gift of prophecy. The pact was sealed, and Nyarlathotep granted the Sorcerer-Pharaoh the power to see the future by securing for him the cursed [[Shining Trapezohedron]] with which to divine the future. Due tot he requirements of the [[Haunter of the Dark]], a spirit trapped within the device, Nephren-Ka had a lightless temple created to hold the stone and contain the Haunter within, with the temple becoming the center of the Black Pharaoh's abominable cult, with the rites carried out there were so monstrous the temple was destroyed. Nephren-Ka, realizing that his life was coming to an end, took refuge in his own crypt beneath a twisted pyramid, and there he spent what little time he had left writing down on its walls everything that the future of the world held, but no remains of the pyramid or Nephren-Ka have been found.

	Years later, Queen [[Nitokris]] and her mummified husband [[Khephren]] had a son whom she named "Nophru-Ka"; the boy, a strange, wisened youth marked as having been fathered by the gods, was allegedly spirited away into the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the inner Earth]] to serve as the reincarnation Nephren-Ka, and Nyarlathotep's avatar on Earth. In the 18th Dynasty, centuries after his death, Nephren-Ka - apparently in this incarnation - appeared to Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] to propose that he resume the cult of Nyarlathotep, but Akhenaten refused and had Nephren-Ka banished from the surface of the Earth, his name struck out from all records and monuments to let no one remember the atrocities he had committed, but not before Nyarlathotep cursed Akhenaten with madness, causing the collapse of his empire and the name of Akhenaten, too, to be struck from history. Nephren-Ka is said to live on in the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the Underworld]] (see [[Ancient Khem#Catacombs_of_Kish\|Catacombs of Kish]]) and within the [[Dreamlands\|Vale of Pnath]].		Years later, Queen [[Nitokris]] and her mummified husband [[Khephren]] had a son whom she named "[[Nophru-Ka]]"; the boy, a strange, wisened youth marked as having been fathered by the gods, was allegedly spirited away into the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the inner Earth]] to serve as the reincarnation Nephren-Ka, and Nyarlathotep's avatar on Earth. In the 18th Dynasty, centuries after his death, Nephren-Ka - apparently in this incarnation - appeared to Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] to propose that he resume the cult of Nyarlathotep, but Akhenaten refused and had Nephren-Ka banished from the surface of the Earth, his name struck out from all records and monuments to let no one remember the atrocities he had committed, but not before Nyarlathotep cursed Akhenaten with madness, causing the collapse of his empire and the name of Akhenaten, too, to be struck from history. Nephren-Ka is said to live on in the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the Underworld]] (see [[Ancient Khem#Catacombs_of_Kish\|Catacombs of Kish]]) and within the [[Dreamlands\|Vale of Pnath]].

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	* characters: [[Nitokris]] and [[~~Nephren~~-Ka]]		* characters: [[Nitokris]] and [[Kephren]]
			* character: [[Nophru-Ka]]

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 Years later, Queen [[Nitokris]] and her mummified husband [[Khephren]] had a son whom she named "Nophru-Ka"; the boy, a strange, wisened youth marked as having been fathered by the gods, was allegedly spirited away into the [[Hollow Earth|catacombs of the inner Earth]] to serve as the reincarnation Nephren-Ka, and Nyarlathotep's avatar on Earth.  In the 18th Dynasty, centuries after his death, Nephren-Ka - apparently in this incarnation - appeared to Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] to propose that he resume the cult of Nyarlathotep, but Akhenaten refused and had Nephren-Ka banished from the surface of the Earth, his name struck out from all records and monuments to let no one remember the atrocities he had committed, but not before Nyarlathotep cursed Akhenaten with madness, causing the collapse of his empire and the name of Akhenaten, too, to be struck from history.  Nephren-Ka is said to live on in the [[Hollow Earth|catacombs of the Underworld]] (see [[Ancient Khem#Catacombs_of_Kish|Catacombs of Kish]]) and within the [[Dreamlands|Vale of Pnath]].
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 * cult: [[Church of Starry Wisdom]] sect
 * cult: Cult of [[Khotep]]

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	<!-- Optional. This is a good place to include non-canon and controversial aspects of the Great Old One's mythos. Suggested Alternative Theories include: Derleth's elemental scheme; pseudo-science interpretation; "fanon" interpretations; unofficial humorous or eccentric takes on the mythos like Lovecraft's family tree; identification with "Real Life" mythological, religious, folklore, natural, and historical phenomena; rumor and speculation contribute some flexibility and ambiguity to the mythos.		<!-- Optional. This is a good place to include non-canon and controversial aspects of the Great Old One's mythos. Suggested Alternative Theories include: Derleth's elemental scheme; pseudo-science interpretation; "fanon" interpretations; unofficial humorous or eccentric takes on the mythos like Lovecraft's family tree; identification with "Real Life" mythological, religious, folklore, natural, and historical phenomena; rumor and speculation contribute some flexibility and ambiguity to the mythos.
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	* Lovecraft himself provided few details about Nephren-Ka; most of the description above - especially those referring to Nophru-Ka (apparently a typo) was ~~drawn~~ from or inspired by later sources, especially materials written for the ''[[Call of Cthulhu (RPG)]]''.		* Lovecraft himself provided few details about Nephren-Ka; most of the description above - especially those referring to Nophru-Ka (apparently a typo by the scenario author) was inspired from or inspired by later sources, especially materials written for the ''[[Call of Cthulhu (RPG)]]''.

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	The Black Pharaoh Nephren-Ka was supposedly the last pharaoh of the [[Ancient Khem\|Third Dynasty of Egypt]], a sorcerer alleged to have introduced the cult of the animal-headed gods to that nation, drawing the attention of Nyarlathotep who took interest in him and, summoning him to the city of Irem, proposed a bloody pact: Nephren-Ka would sacrifice ~~thousands of~~ victims in his honor and Nyarlathotep would give him the gift of prophecy. The pact was sealed, and Nyarlathotep granted the Sorcerer-Pharaoh the power to see the future by securing for him the cursed [[Shining Trapezohedron]] with which to divine the future. Due tot he requirements of the [[Haunter of the Dark]], a spirit trapped within the device, Nephren-Ka had a lightless temple created to hold the stone and contain the Haunter within, with the temple becoming the center of the Black Pharaoh's abominable cult, with the rites carried out there were so monstrous the temple was destroyed. Nephren-Ka, realizing that his life was coming to an end, took refuge in his own crypt beneath a twisted pyramid, and there he spent what little time he had left writing down on its walls everything that the future of the world held, but no remains of the pyramid or Nephren-Ka have been found.		The Black Pharaoh Nephren-Ka was supposedly the last pharaoh of the [[Ancient Khem\|Third Dynasty of Egypt]], a sorcerer alleged to have introduced the cult of the animal-headed gods to that nation, drawing the attention of Nyarlathotep who took interest in him and, summoning him to the city of Irem, proposed a bloody pact: Nephren-Ka would sacrifice one hundred victims in his honor and Nyarlathotep would give him the gift of prophecy. The pact was sealed, and Nyarlathotep granted the Sorcerer-Pharaoh the power to see the future by securing for him the cursed [[Shining Trapezohedron]] with which to divine the future. Due tot he requirements of the [[Haunter of the Dark]], a spirit trapped within the device, Nephren-Ka had a lightless temple created to hold the stone and contain the Haunter within, with the temple becoming the center of the Black Pharaoh's abominable cult, with the rites carried out there were so monstrous the temple was destroyed. Nephren-Ka, realizing that his life was coming to an end, took refuge in his own crypt beneath a twisted pyramid, and there he spent what little time he had left writing down on its walls everything that the future of the world held, but no remains of the pyramid or Nephren-Ka have been found.

	Years later, Queen [[Nitokris]] and her mummified husband [[Khephren]] had a son whom she named "Nophru-Ka"; the boy, a strange, wisened youth marked as having been fathered by the gods, was allegedly spirited away into the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the inner Earth]] to serve as the reincarnation Nephren-Ka, and Nyarlathotep's avatar on Earth. In the 18th Dynasty, centuries after his death, Nephren-Ka - apparently in this incarnation - appeared to Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] to propose that he resume the cult of Nyarlathotep, but Akhenaten refused and had Nephren-Ka banished from the surface of the Earth, his name struck out from all records and monuments to let no one remember the atrocities he had committed, but not before Nyarlathotep cursed Akhenaten with madness, causing the collapse of his empire and the name of Akhenaten, too, to be struck from history. Nephren-Ka is said to live on in the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the Underworld]] and within the [[Dreamlands\|Vale of Pnath]].		Years later, Queen [[Nitokris]] and her mummified husband [[Khephren]] had a son whom she named "Nophru-Ka"; the boy, a strange, wisened youth marked as having been fathered by the gods, was allegedly spirited away into the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the inner Earth]] to serve as the reincarnation Nephren-Ka, and Nyarlathotep's avatar on Earth. In the 18th Dynasty, centuries after his death, Nephren-Ka - apparently in this incarnation - appeared to Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] to propose that he resume the cult of Nyarlathotep, but Akhenaten refused and had Nephren-Ka banished from the surface of the Earth, his name struck out from all records and monuments to let no one remember the atrocities he had committed, but not before Nyarlathotep cursed Akhenaten with madness, causing the collapse of his empire and the name of Akhenaten, too, to be struck from history. Nephren-Ka is said to live on in the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the Underworld]] (see [[Ancient Khem#Catacombs_of_Kish\|Catacombs of Kish]]) and within the [[Dreamlands\|Vale of Pnath]].


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	==Cult==		==Cult==
	Nephren-Ka's cult appears to have originally been a violent, eccentric cult dedicated to animal-headed [[Gods of Egypt]], but quickly metamorphosed into a blood-soaked abomination after obtaining the ''[[Scroll of Thoth]]'': graduating to the creation of [[Child of the Sphinx\|Children of the Sphinx]] first as ghoulish mummies and then as nightmare reanimated corpses, and then merging with elements of Mythos cultism when the Pharaoh's experiments with [[Dreamlands\|Dreaming]] and [[Astral Projection]] drew the attention of [[Nyarlathotep]], with the Pharaoh's cult driven to human sacrifice and mass murder on the scale of thousands, ultimately turning to even more outre expressions with Nephren-Ka's acquisition of the [[Shining Trapezohedron]], granting the Pharaoh glimpses of the distant past and far-flung future, and to activities of Mythos cults on other worlds. The windowless Temple of Shadow, built by Nephren-Ka and his cult in the catacombs beneath the Sphinx to house the Trapezohedron, would become the center of the cult's activity at the height of its power and influence.		Nephren-Ka's cult appears to have originally been a violent, eccentric cult dedicated to animal-headed [[Gods of Egypt]], but quickly metamorphosed into a blood-soaked abomination after obtaining the ''[[Scroll of Thoth]]'': graduating to the creation of [[Child of the Sphinx\|Children of the Sphinx]] first as ghoulish mummies and then as nightmare reanimated corpses, and then merging with elements of Mythos cultism when the Pharaoh's experiments with [[Dreamlands\|Dreaming]] and [[Astral Projection]] drew the attention of [[Nyarlathotep]], with the Pharaoh's cult driven to human sacrifice and mass murder on the scale of hundreds (by some accounts thousands), ultimately turning to even more outre expressions with Nephren-Ka's acquisition of the [[Shining Trapezohedron]], granting the Pharaoh glimpses of the distant past and far-flung future, and to activities of Mythos cults on other worlds. The windowless Temple of Shadow, built by Nephren-Ka and his cult in the catacombs beneath the Sphinx to house the Trapezohedron, would become the center of the cult's activity at the height of its power and influence.

	The cult disintegrated after the people of [[Ancient Khem]] rose up against the abominations to slay the cult and destroy the Temple and strike the unspeakable original face off of the Sphinx, with the cult completely suppressed by the Black Pharaoh's successor [[Sneferu]] and only reviving years later under the influence of Queen [[Nitokris]] upon the birth of her son, Nophru-Ka, reincarnation of the Black Pharaoh and avatar of Nyarlathtep. The revived cult was quickly banned, and remained active in obscurity until finally destroyed by [[Akhenaten]], who banned the cult and all others after being contacted by the Black Pharaoh and resisting its proposal to revive the cult's official activities, and recoiling in horror and madness from the revelation, founding a new Sun-worship religion for Egypt to oppose Nyarlathotep and striking all references to Nyarlathotep's cults from history. Many of Akhenaten's most extreme reforms were short-lived - his Sun religion collapsing shortly after his death, traditional Egyptian cults revived, and Akhenaten's own name struck from Egyptian history - but the Black Pharaoh was banished from the Earth's surface, the entrances to the underworld beneath the Sphinx sealed, and the cult of the Black Pharaoh was effectively destroyed, never fully revived in the aeons to follow.		The cult disintegrated after the people of [[Ancient Khem]] rose up against the abominations to slay the cult and destroy the Temple and strike the unspeakable original face off of the Sphinx, with the cult completely suppressed by the Black Pharaoh's successor [[Sneferu]] and only reviving years later under the influence of Queen [[Nitokris]] upon the birth of her son, Nophru-Ka, reincarnation of the Black Pharaoh and avatar of Nyarlathtep. The revived cult was quickly banned, and remained active in obscurity until finally destroyed by [[Akhenaten]], who banned the cult and all others after being contacted by the Black Pharaoh and resisting its proposal to revive the cult's official activities, and recoiling in horror and madness from the revelation, founding a new Sun-worship religion for Egypt to oppose Nyarlathotep and striking all references to Nyarlathotep's cults from history. Many of Akhenaten's most extreme reforms were short-lived - his Sun religion collapsing shortly after his death, traditional Egyptian cults revived, and Akhenaten's own name struck from Egyptian history - but the Black Pharaoh was banished from the Earth's surface, the entrances to the underworld beneath the Sphinx sealed, and the cult of the Black Pharaoh was effectively destroyed, never fully revived in the aeons to follow.
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	* cult: [[Brotherhood of the Beast]]		* cult: [[Brotherhood of the Beast]]
	* cult: [[Church of Starry Wisdom]] sect		* cult: [[Church of Starry Wisdom]] sect
			* cult: Cult of [[Khotep]]


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	* tome: ''[[Unaussprechlichen Kulten]]'', referring to elements of the Pharaoh's cult and the Haunter of the Dark		* tome: ''[[Unaussprechlichen Kulten]]'', referring to elements of the Pharaoh's cult and the Haunter of the Dark
	* tome: ''[[Scroll of Thoth]]'', used as part of the foundation of the Pharaoh's cult		* tome: ''[[Scroll of Thoth]]'', used as part of the foundation of the Pharaoh's cult
	* location: [[Ancient Khem#~~Catacombs_of_Nephren-Ka~~\|Twisted Pyramid]]		* location: [[Ancient Khem#Twisted_Pyramid\|Twisted Pyramid]]
	* location: [[Ancient Khem#~~Catacombs_of_Nephren-Ka~~\|Catacombs of Nephren-Ka]]		* location: [[Ancient Khem#Catacombs_of_Kish\|Catacombs of Nephren-Ka]] (AKA Catacombs of Kish)
	* location: [[Ancient Khem#Sphinx\|The Great Sphinx]]		* location: [[Ancient Khem#Sphinx\|The Great Sphinx]]
	* Setting: [[Hollow Earth]]		* Setting: [[Hollow Earth]]
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	* race: [[Child of the Sphinx\|Children of the Sphinx]]		* race: [[Child of the Sphinx\|Children of the Sphinx]]
	* race: [[Ghoul]]s, [[Ghast]]s		* race: [[Ghoul]]s, [[Ghast]]s
			* race: [[Petesouchi]]
	* deity: [[Nyarlathotep]], [[Haunter of the Dark]]		* deity: [[Nyarlathotep]], [[Haunter of the Dark]]
	* cult: Cult of Nephren-Ka (see above)		* cult: Cult of Nephren-Ka (see above)
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	* cult: [[Church of Starry Wisdom]] sect		* cult: [[Church of Starry Wisdom]] sect
	* cult: [[Brotherhood of the Beast]]		* cult: [[Brotherhood of the Beast]]
			* characters: [[Nitokris]] and [[Nephren-Ka]]

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	The Black Pharaoh Nephren-Ka was supposedly the last pharaoh of the [[Ancient Khem\|Third Dynasty of Egypt]], a sorcerer alleged to have introduced the cult of the animal-headed gods to that nation, drawing the attention of Nyarlathotep who took interest in him and, summoning him to the city of Irem, proposed a bloody pact: Nephren-Ka would sacrifice thousands of victims in his honor and Nyarlathotep would give him the gift of prophecy. The pact was sealed, and Nyarlathotep granted the Sorcerer-Pharaoh the power to see the future by securing for him the cursed [[Shining Trapezohedron]] with which to divine the future. Due tot he requirements of the [[Haunter of the Dark]], a spirit trapped within the device, Nephren-Ka had a lightless temple created to hold the stone and contain the Haunter within, with the temple becoming the center of the Black Pharaoh's abominable cult, with the rites carried out there were so monstrous the temple was destroyed. Nephren-Ka, realizing that his life was coming to an end, took refuge in his own crypt beneath a twisted pyramid, and there he spent what little time he had left writing down on its walls everything that the future of the world held, but no remains of the pyramid or Nephren-Ka have been found.		The Black Pharaoh Nephren-Ka was supposedly the last pharaoh of the [[Ancient Khem\|Third Dynasty of Egypt]], a sorcerer alleged to have introduced the cult of the animal-headed gods to that nation, drawing the attention of Nyarlathotep who took interest in him and, summoning him to the city of Irem, proposed a bloody pact: Nephren-Ka would sacrifice thousands of victims in his honor and Nyarlathotep would give him the gift of prophecy. The pact was sealed, and Nyarlathotep granted the Sorcerer-Pharaoh the power to see the future by securing for him the cursed [[Shining Trapezohedron]] with which to divine the future. Due tot he requirements of the [[Haunter of the Dark]], a spirit trapped within the device, Nephren-Ka had a lightless temple created to hold the stone and contain the Haunter within, with the temple becoming the center of the Black Pharaoh's abominable cult, with the rites carried out there were so monstrous the temple was destroyed. Nephren-Ka, realizing that his life was coming to an end, took refuge in his own crypt beneath a twisted pyramid, and there he spent what little time he had left writing down on its walls everything that the future of the world held, but no remains of the pyramid or Nephren-Ka have been found.

	Years later, Queen [[Nitokris]] had a son whom she named "Nophru-Ka"; the boy, a strange, wisened youth marked as having been fathered by the gods, was allegedly spirited away into the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the inner Earth]] to serve as the reincarnation Nephren-Ka, and Nyarlathotep's avatar on Earth. In the 18th Dynasty, centuries after his death, Nephren-Ka - apparently in this incarnation - appeared to Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] to propose that he resume the cult of Nyarlathotep, but Akhenaten refused and had Nephren-Ka banished from the surface of the Earth, his name struck out from all records and monuments to let no one remember the atrocities he had committed, but not before Nyarlathotep cursed Akhenaten with madness, causing the collapse of his empire and the name of Akhenaten, too, to be struck from history. Nephren-Ka is said to live on in the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the Underworld]] and within the [[Dreamlands\|Vale of Pnath]].		Years later, Queen [[Nitokris]] and her mummified husband [[Khephren]] had a son whom she named "Nophru-Ka"; the boy, a strange, wisened youth marked as having been fathered by the gods, was allegedly spirited away into the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the inner Earth]] to serve as the reincarnation Nephren-Ka, and Nyarlathotep's avatar on Earth. In the 18th Dynasty, centuries after his death, Nephren-Ka - apparently in this incarnation - appeared to Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] to propose that he resume the cult of Nyarlathotep, but Akhenaten refused and had Nephren-Ka banished from the surface of the Earth, his name struck out from all records and monuments to let no one remember the atrocities he had committed, but not before Nyarlathotep cursed Akhenaten with madness, causing the collapse of his empire and the name of Akhenaten, too, to be struck from history. Nephren-Ka is said to live on in the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the Underworld]] and within the [[Dreamlands\|Vale of Pnath]].

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	Nephren-Ka's cult appears to have originally been a violent, eccentric cult dedicated to animal-headed [[Gods of Egypt]], but quickly metamorphosed into a blood-soaked abomination after obtaining the ''[[Scroll of Thoth]]'': graduating to the creation of [[Child of the Sphinx\|Children of the Sphinx]] first as ghoulish mummies and then as nightmare reanimated corpses, and then merging with elements of Mythos cultism when the Pharaoh's experiments with [[Dreamlands\|Dreaming]] and [[Astral Projection]] drew the attention of [[Nyarlathotep]], with the Pharaoh's cult driven to human sacrifice and mass murder on the scale of thousands, ultimately turning to even more outre expressions with Nephren-Ka's acquisition of the [[Shining Trapezohedron]], granting the Pharaoh glimpses of the distant past and far-flung future, and to activities of Mythos cults on other worlds. The windowless Temple of Shadow, built by Nephren-Ka and his cult in the catacombs beneath the Sphinx to house the Trapezohedron, would become the center of the cult's activity at the height of its power and influence.		Nephren-Ka's cult appears to have originally been a violent, eccentric cult dedicated to animal-headed [[Gods of Egypt]], but quickly metamorphosed into a blood-soaked abomination after obtaining the ''[[Scroll of Thoth]]'': graduating to the creation of [[Child of the Sphinx\|Children of the Sphinx]] first as ghoulish mummies and then as nightmare reanimated corpses, and then merging with elements of Mythos cultism when the Pharaoh's experiments with [[Dreamlands\|Dreaming]] and [[Astral Projection]] drew the attention of [[Nyarlathotep]], with the Pharaoh's cult driven to human sacrifice and mass murder on the scale of thousands, ultimately turning to even more outre expressions with Nephren-Ka's acquisition of the [[Shining Trapezohedron]], granting the Pharaoh glimpses of the distant past and far-flung future, and to activities of Mythos cults on other worlds. The windowless Temple of Shadow, built by Nephren-Ka and his cult in the catacombs beneath the Sphinx to house the Trapezohedron, would become the center of the cult's activity at the height of its power and influence.

	The cult disintegrated after the people of [[Ancient Khem]] rose up against the abominations to slay the cult and destroy the Temple and strike the unspeakable original face off of the Sphinx, with the cult completely suppressed by the Black Pharaoh's successor ~~Snefru~~ and only reviving years later under the influence of Queen [[Nitokris]] upon the birth of her son, Nophru-Ka, reincarnation of the Black Pharaoh and avatar of Nyarlathtep. The revived cult was quickly banned, and remained active in obscurity until finally destroyed by [[Akhenaten]], who banned the cult and all others after being contacted by the Black Pharaoh and resisting its proposal to revive the cult's official activities, and recoiling in horror and madness from the revelation, founding a new Sun-worship religion for Egypt to oppose Nyarlathotep and striking all references to Nyarlathotep's cults from history. Many of Akhenaten's most extreme reforms were short-lived - his Sun religion collapsing shortly after his death, traditional Egyptian cults revived, and Akhenaten's own name struck from Egyptian history - but the Black Pharaoh was banished from the Earth's surface, the entrances to the underworld beneath the Sphinx sealed, and the cult of the Black Pharaoh was effectively destroyed, never fully revived in the aeons to follow.		The cult disintegrated after the people of [[Ancient Khem]] rose up against the abominations to slay the cult and destroy the Temple and strike the unspeakable original face off of the Sphinx, with the cult completely suppressed by the Black Pharaoh's successor [[Sneferu]] and only reviving years later under the influence of Queen [[Nitokris]] upon the birth of her son, Nophru-Ka, reincarnation of the Black Pharaoh and avatar of Nyarlathtep. The revived cult was quickly banned, and remained active in obscurity until finally destroyed by [[Akhenaten]], who banned the cult and all others after being contacted by the Black Pharaoh and resisting its proposal to revive the cult's official activities, and recoiling in horror and madness from the revelation, founding a new Sun-worship religion for Egypt to oppose Nyarlathotep and striking all references to Nyarlathotep's cults from history. Many of Akhenaten's most extreme reforms were short-lived - his Sun religion collapsing shortly after his death, traditional Egyptian cults revived, and Akhenaten's own name struck from Egyptian history - but the Black Pharaoh was banished from the Earth's surface, the entrances to the underworld beneath the Sphinx sealed, and the cult of the Black Pharaoh was effectively destroyed, never fully revived in the aeons to follow.

	There have been short-lived attempts to rebuild the cult - see:		There have been short-lived attempts to rebuild the cult - see:

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	The Black Pharaoh Nephren-Ka was supposedly the last pharaoh of the [[Ancient Khem\|Third Dynasty of Egypt]], a sorcerer alleged to have introduced the cult of the animal-headed gods to that nation, drawing the attention of Nyarlathotep who took interest in him and, summoning him to the city of Irem, proposed a bloody pact: Nephren-Ka would sacrifice thousands of victims in his honor and Nyarlathotep would give him the gift of prophecy. The pact was sealed, and Nyarlathotep granted the Sorcerer-Pharaoh the power to see the future by securing for him the cursed [[Shining Trapezohedron]] with which to divine the future. Due tot he requirements of the [[Haunter of the Dark]], a spirit trapped within the device, Nephren-Ka had a lightless temple created to hold the stone and contain the Haunter within, with the temple becoming the center of the Black Pharaoh's abominable cult, with the rites carried out there were so monstrous the temple was destroyed. Nephren-Ka, realizing that his life was coming to an end, took refuge in his own crypt beneath a twisted pyramid, and there he spent what little time he had left writing down on its walls everything that the future of the world held, but no remains of the pyramid or Nephren-Ka have been found.		The Black Pharaoh Nephren-Ka was supposedly the last pharaoh of the [[Ancient Khem\|Third Dynasty of Egypt]], a sorcerer alleged to have introduced the cult of the animal-headed gods to that nation, drawing the attention of Nyarlathotep who took interest in him and, summoning him to the city of Irem, proposed a bloody pact: Nephren-Ka would sacrifice thousands of victims in his honor and Nyarlathotep would give him the gift of prophecy. The pact was sealed, and Nyarlathotep granted the Sorcerer-Pharaoh the power to see the future by securing for him the cursed [[Shining Trapezohedron]] with which to divine the future. Due tot he requirements of the [[Haunter of the Dark]], a spirit trapped within the device, Nephren-Ka had a lightless temple created to hold the stone and contain the Haunter within, with the temple becoming the center of the Black Pharaoh's abominable cult, with the rites carried out there were so monstrous the temple was destroyed. Nephren-Ka, realizing that his life was coming to an end, took refuge in his own crypt beneath a twisted pyramid, and there he spent what little time he had left writing down on its walls everything that the future of the world held, but no remains of the pyramid or Nephren-Ka have been found.

	Years later, Queen [[~~Nitocris~~]] had a son whom she named "Nophru-Ka"; the boy, a strange, wisened youth marked as having been fathered by the gods, was allegedly spirited away into the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the inner Earth]] to serve as the reincarnation Nephren-Ka, and Nyarlathotep's avatar on Earth. In the 18th Dynasty, centuries after his death, Nephren-Ka - apparently in this incarnation - appeared to Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] to propose that he resume the cult of Nyarlathotep, but Akhenaten refused and had Nephren-Ka banished from the surface of the Earth, his name struck out from all records and monuments to let no one remember the atrocities he had committed, but not before Nyarlathotep cursed Akhenaten with madness, causing the collapse of his empire and the name of Akhenaten, too, to be struck from history. Nephren-Ka is said to live on in the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the Underworld]] and within the [[Dreamlands\|Vale of Pnath]].		Years later, Queen [[Nitokris]] had a son whom she named "Nophru-Ka"; the boy, a strange, wisened youth marked as having been fathered by the gods, was allegedly spirited away into the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the inner Earth]] to serve as the reincarnation Nephren-Ka, and Nyarlathotep's avatar on Earth. In the 18th Dynasty, centuries after his death, Nephren-Ka - apparently in this incarnation - appeared to Pharaoh [[Akhenaten]] to propose that he resume the cult of Nyarlathotep, but Akhenaten refused and had Nephren-Ka banished from the surface of the Earth, his name struck out from all records and monuments to let no one remember the atrocities he had committed, but not before Nyarlathotep cursed Akhenaten with madness, causing the collapse of his empire and the name of Akhenaten, too, to be struck from history. Nephren-Ka is said to live on in the [[Hollow Earth\|catacombs of the Underworld]] and within the [[Dreamlands\|Vale of Pnath]].


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	Nephren-Ka's cult appears to have originally been a violent, eccentric cult dedicated to animal-headed [[Gods of Egypt]], but quickly metamorphosed into a blood-soaked abomination after obtaining the ''[[Scroll of Thoth]]'': graduating to the creation of [[Child of the Sphinx\|Children of the Sphinx]] first as ghoulish mummies and then as nightmare reanimated corpses, and then merging with elements of Mythos cultism when the Pharaoh's experiments with [[Dreamlands\|Dreaming]] and [[Astral Projection]] drew the attention of [[Nyarlathotep]], with the Pharaoh's cult driven to human sacrifice and mass murder on the scale of thousands, ultimately turning to even more outre expressions with Nephren-Ka's acquisition of the [[Shining Trapezohedron]], granting the Pharaoh glimpses of the distant past and far-flung future, and to activities of Mythos cults on other worlds. The windowless Temple of Shadow, built by Nephren-Ka and his cult in the catacombs beneath the Sphinx to house the Trapezohedron, would become the center of the cult's activity at the height of its power and influence.		Nephren-Ka's cult appears to have originally been a violent, eccentric cult dedicated to animal-headed [[Gods of Egypt]], but quickly metamorphosed into a blood-soaked abomination after obtaining the ''[[Scroll of Thoth]]'': graduating to the creation of [[Child of the Sphinx\|Children of the Sphinx]] first as ghoulish mummies and then as nightmare reanimated corpses, and then merging with elements of Mythos cultism when the Pharaoh's experiments with [[Dreamlands\|Dreaming]] and [[Astral Projection]] drew the attention of [[Nyarlathotep]], with the Pharaoh's cult driven to human sacrifice and mass murder on the scale of thousands, ultimately turning to even more outre expressions with Nephren-Ka's acquisition of the [[Shining Trapezohedron]], granting the Pharaoh glimpses of the distant past and far-flung future, and to activities of Mythos cults on other worlds. The windowless Temple of Shadow, built by Nephren-Ka and his cult in the catacombs beneath the Sphinx to house the Trapezohedron, would become the center of the cult's activity at the height of its power and influence.

	The cult disintegrated after the people of [[Ancient Khem]] rose up against the abominations to slay the cult and destroy the Temple and strike the unspeakable original face off of the Sphinx, with the cult completely suppressed by the Black Pharaoh's successor Snefru and only reviving years later under the influence of Queen [[~~Nitocris~~]] upon the birth of her son, Nophru-Ka, reincarnation of the Black Pharaoh and avatar of Nyarlathtep. The revived cult was quickly banned, and remained active in obscurity until finally destroyed by [[Akhenaten]], who banned the cult and all others after being contacted by the Black Pharaoh and resisting its proposal to revive the cult's official activities, and recoiling in horror and madness from the revelation, founding a new Sun-worship religion for Egypt to oppose Nyarlathotep and striking all references to Nyarlathotep's cults from history. Many of Akhenaten's most extreme reforms were short-lived - his Sun religion collapsing shortly after his death, traditional Egyptian cults revived, and Akhenaten's own name struck from Egyptian history - but the Black Pharaoh was banished from the Earth's surface, the entrances to the underworld beneath the Sphinx sealed, and the cult of the Black Pharaoh was effectively destroyed, never fully revived in the aeons to follow.		The cult disintegrated after the people of [[Ancient Khem]] rose up against the abominations to slay the cult and destroy the Temple and strike the unspeakable original face off of the Sphinx, with the cult completely suppressed by the Black Pharaoh's successor Snefru and only reviving years later under the influence of Queen [[Nitokris]] upon the birth of her son, Nophru-Ka, reincarnation of the Black Pharaoh and avatar of Nyarlathtep. The revived cult was quickly banned, and remained active in obscurity until finally destroyed by [[Akhenaten]], who banned the cult and all others after being contacted by the Black Pharaoh and resisting its proposal to revive the cult's official activities, and recoiling in horror and madness from the revelation, founding a new Sun-worship religion for Egypt to oppose Nyarlathotep and striking all references to Nyarlathotep's cults from history. Many of Akhenaten's most extreme reforms were short-lived - his Sun religion collapsing shortly after his death, traditional Egyptian cults revived, and Akhenaten's own name struck from Egyptian history - but the Black Pharaoh was banished from the Earth's surface, the entrances to the underworld beneath the Sphinx sealed, and the cult of the Black Pharaoh was effectively destroyed, never fully revived in the aeons to follow.

	There have been short-lived attempts to rebuild the cult - see:		There have been short-lived attempts to rebuild the cult - see:

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	==Cult==		==Cult==
	Nephren-Ka's cult appears to have originally been a violent, eccentric cult dedicated to animal-headed [[Gods of Egypt]], but quickly metamorphosed into a blood-soaked abomination after obtaining the ''[[Scroll of Thoth]]'': graduating to the creation of [[Child of the Sphinx\|Children of the Sphinx]] first as ghoulish mummies and then as nightmare reanimated corpses, and then merging with elements of Mythos cultism when the Pharaoh's experiments with [[Dreamlands\|Dreaming]] and [[Astral Projection]] drew the attention of [[Nyarlathotep]], with the Pharaoh's cult driven to human sacrifice and mass murder on the scale of thousands, ultimately turning to even more outre expressions with Nephren-Ka's acquisition of the [[Shining Trapezohedron]], granting the Pharaoh glimpses of the distant past and far-flung future, and to activities of Mythos cults on other worlds. The windowless Temple of Shadow built by Nephren-Ka and his cult to house the Trapezohedron would become the center of the cult's activity at the height of its power and influence.		Nephren-Ka's cult appears to have originally been a violent, eccentric cult dedicated to animal-headed [[Gods of Egypt]], but quickly metamorphosed into a blood-soaked abomination after obtaining the ''[[Scroll of Thoth]]'': graduating to the creation of [[Child of the Sphinx\|Children of the Sphinx]] first as ghoulish mummies and then as nightmare reanimated corpses, and then merging with elements of Mythos cultism when the Pharaoh's experiments with [[Dreamlands\|Dreaming]] and [[Astral Projection]] drew the attention of [[Nyarlathotep]], with the Pharaoh's cult driven to human sacrifice and mass murder on the scale of thousands, ultimately turning to even more outre expressions with Nephren-Ka's acquisition of the [[Shining Trapezohedron]], granting the Pharaoh glimpses of the distant past and far-flung future, and to activities of Mythos cults on other worlds. The windowless Temple of Shadow, built by Nephren-Ka and his cult in the catacombs beneath the Sphinx to house the Trapezohedron, would become the center of the cult's activity at the height of its power and influence.

	The cult disintegrated after the people of [[Ancient Khem]] rose up against the abominations to slay the cult and destroy the Temple, the cult completely suppressed by the Black Pharaoh's successor Snefru, only reviving years later under the influence of Queen [[Nitocris]] upon the birth of her son, Nophru-Ka, reincarnation of the Black Pharaoh and avatar of Nyarlathtep. The revived cult was quickly banned, and remained active in obscurity until finally destroyed by [[Akhenaten]], who banned the cult and all others after being contacted by the Black Pharaoh and resisting its proposal to revive the cult's official activities, and recoiling in horror and madness from the revelation, founding a new Sun-worship religion for Egypt to oppose Nyarlathotep and striking all references to Nyarlathotep's cults from history. Many of Akhenaten's most extreme reforms were short-lived - his Sun religion collapsing shortly after his death, traditional Egyptian cults revived, and Akhenaten's own name struck from Egyptian history - but the Black Pharaoh was banished from the Earth's surface, the entrances to the underworld beneath the Sphinx sealed, and the cult of the Black Pharaoh was effectively destroyed, never fully revived in the aeons to follow.		The cult disintegrated after the people of [[Ancient Khem]] rose up against the abominations to slay the cult and destroy the Temple and strike the unspeakable original face off of the Sphinx, with the cult completely suppressed by the Black Pharaoh's successor Snefru and only reviving years later under the influence of Queen [[Nitocris]] upon the birth of her son, Nophru-Ka, reincarnation of the Black Pharaoh and avatar of Nyarlathtep. The revived cult was quickly banned, and remained active in obscurity until finally destroyed by [[Akhenaten]], who banned the cult and all others after being contacted by the Black Pharaoh and resisting its proposal to revive the cult's official activities, and recoiling in horror and madness from the revelation, founding a new Sun-worship religion for Egypt to oppose Nyarlathotep and striking all references to Nyarlathotep's cults from history. Many of Akhenaten's most extreme reforms were short-lived - his Sun religion collapsing shortly after his death, traditional Egyptian cults revived, and Akhenaten's own name struck from Egyptian history - but the Black Pharaoh was banished from the Earth's surface, the entrances to the underworld beneath the Sphinx sealed, and the cult of the Black Pharaoh was effectively destroyed, never fully revived in the aeons to follow.

	There have been short-lived attempts to rebuild the cult - see:		There have been short-lived attempts to rebuild the cult - see: