The Face of Hemsaru
Far to the south, among the hot sands of the desert, thousands of years ago, the great empire of Men-Nefer stood. It was ruled by the pharaoh Userkhep, who had four heirs. The youngest of them was Hemsaru. He knew that he would never see the throne, and so from childhood he devoted himself to the study of magic and shamanism.
When Userkhep died, the empire was plunged into darkness: the three elder brothers began a bloody war for the throne. In the end, Totep, the eldest and most ruthless of them, won. But in the civil strife, he lost all his children, and he himself received serious wounds and died after only two years of rule. So the throne went to Hemsaru.
The new pharaoh began to revive the empire, resorting to forbidden arts. He called upon the spirits of fallen warriors and with the power of the Abyss turned them into his servants. But the dark magic did not go in vain - it crippled Hemsar's body. To hide his appearance, the pharaoh ordered a golden mask to be forged, in which he appeared as a subject. They say that somewhere in the depths of the desert his tomb is still hidden, and in it rests that very golden mask...
