• Royal Decree to the Fan-Bearer on the King’s Right, the Royal Scribe, the City Prefect, and Grand Vizier, Paser:

    My Majesty has reviewed your plan to manage Peramessu and secure my mother’s feast during my absence. I will begin my march to Kadesh in three days, knowing that you will be most effective at upholding the plan you sent me, which I have approved. My Majesty will be expecting you to begin your journey to join my troops after my mother’s feast, for she has wished for your presence during the night of the blood moon. I will expect you to join us soon after, for I am marching with a mighty force, while you are wandering with a small force of my men.

    My Majesty knows that you are more skilled than any vizier who has ever been in the Two Lands. You have indeed achieved distinction innumerable times, and upon my victorious return from Kadesh, I shall allow the woman you choose as your successor to be in my presence.

    O Paser, you have acted innumerable times so that My Majesty should love you, and you should know full well that I love you.

  • It is Meret-Nut who communicates with Isis, who walks the eastern horizon, Great One Tuya.

    This is a missive to inform the Great One that the scorpions are all in place. We can hear Set’s growling, and Frenzy will soon be unleashed. Soon, the ones who are hidden shall be seen.

  • The wab-priest Khafset communicates to his lord, the High Priest of Ra: In life, prosperity, and health.

    This letter is to convey to my lord, the High Priest of Ra, the wish of my lord, the High Priest of Set. He inquires about the condition of the divine spear of Set, which was moved from the temple of Set in Avaris to the eastern tower of the temple of Ra on the Egyptian side of Peramessu.

  • The High Priest of Ra communicates to the wab-priest of Set, Khafset,

    What is the meaning of this? Why does your lord, Sethos, the High Priest of Set, inquire about the divine spear of Set, which resides in the highest tower of the Temple of Ra—the western tower, not the eastern? Why does he not write to me himself? Inform your High Priest that, should he wish to speak with me, he must send someone of higher standing than a wab-priest.

  • It is Meret-Nut who communicates with Isis, who walks the eastern horizon, Great One Tuya.

    This missive is to inform the Great One that the memories of the High Priest of Ra have been adjusted. He does not remember the letter, just as the Great One has instructed. The High Priest’s letter of complaint has been intercepted by our scorpions before it could reach the grand vizier.

    The fake Wab-Priest of Avaris, Khafset, now knows the location of Set's divine spear, as my lady, the Great One, has commanded.

    Everything is ready for the Great One’s feast. The scorpions are all in place. We can hear Set’s growling, and Frenzy will soon be unleashed. Soon, the ones who are hidden shall be seen.

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