Lion Head Mesa royal fledgling

A final procession moved at the flank of Semer-wati, all manner of fragrances, parched bones, honeycomb, lotus flowers and young meats born by the fellahin to the altar of Amun-ra. For the last, a dried jackal-skin platter upon which sat the still steaming heart of a mare, quartered, and placed at the side of Erpa-ha and before the royal assemblage.

The pleasure of a thousand suns swam before the King’s eyes as he met the imperial gaze of Pharaoh, how she gleamed in new maternal lustiness that had only served to augment her seraphic vision.

The divine look turned upon each of the regal children then, lined before their mother. His daughters were prized for their elegant and awesome beauty, with gemstone eyes and Toula’s queenship which would grow in the feminine courtliness of their mothers' kingdom.

But it was his sons whom Rashepses favored for their imperious natures, the sharp dominion of tempers so utterly defined by the blessings of the tempestuous Gods. It was to these deities the children would be presented, and endowed with Their divine protections.

To the firstborn the king acknowledged now, the crocodilian son with Sobek's pharaonic power who wore the gold of valor upon his crown. In a resonant voice the child was bid to rise towards father and priest to stand within the infinite light of Amun-ra.

“Behold, first prince of Pharaoh, Amiir @Den of Akashingo, ‘He Who Brings the Water’, the ‘Lord of the Two Lands’  Nebtawy, Sobeksetep ‘Chosen by Sobek’.

"May He trample foreign lands and nourish upper and lower kingdoms, usher Akashingo in a state of reverence that his own arm maintains!

"Great Protector of the Old Ways, captor of wealth and destroyer of walls!

"He Who will Bring Water to Egypt and beyond, expander of kingdoms, creator of rain!

"Let your water flow over the world!

"Long may He live to walk in the light of Ra!”

A rattling of sistraa sealed the king’s words, but Rashepses perceived nothing aside the fearsome face of the boy in abundant health and precocious strength who would become king. A regal kiss to the crown of Den and then Semer-wati looked grandly on Pharaoh to name their next.