Seth Ammon Bes

[Seth Ammon Bes]

Name: Seth Ammon Bes
Age: 29
Race (Lineage Origin): Menekhetan
Gender: Male
Height: 6’2”
Home Province/Country: The Valley of the Kings

Appearance: Black of hair and eye, there is little to distinguish Seth from any other Menekhetan commoner. Upon closer inspection one can see the spark of intelligence and cunning in those eyes. He is well built and muscled from years of military service and moves with the grace of one accustomed to feats of physical endurance.

History: Battle shaped Seth’s life before he was even born. His father Ammon Bes Ptah was a soldier in the Pharaoh’s army and was killed in a skirmish with a neighboring land. Seth’s mother Cena had been Ammon’s concubine and as such as not entitled to any of the compensation given to Ammon’s wife for her husband dying in service. Poor, alone, and pregnant, Cena was banished to the streets to make her way. She took up begging while she was pregnant, and Seth was born in an alley on a moonless night.

Cena named him for the god of destruction, hoping he would grow to destroy the lives of those who had destroyed her, and then gave him over to the orphanage. That was the last Cena ever saw of her boy.

Seth grew up nearly feral in the overcrowded orphanage and by the time he was five he was spending more time out on the streets than under its roof. He was clever and quick, the bane of all the street vendors who lost goods to him. His future changed when he was eight and made the mistake of picking the pocket of one of the Pharaoh’s guard. Amused by his boldness, the guard allowed Seth to work off his penance instead of cutting off his hand. Seth became the guard’s squire and so his life in the military began.

Seth took to the life as if he had truly been born into it. His devotion and intelligence caught the eye of many in the upper ranks and he was passed from one officer to another, slowly moving up until he was the assistant to the Commander in General. At fourteen, Seth entered the service himself and his progression within the ranks was almost as quick. He was adept at any weapon given him and his skill in the war chariot was unmatched. At twenty he was made officer in charge of a platoon, this was the year that Bast’s first husband was murdered.
Seth was given charge of Bast’s guard, and once again his life would change. He loved her in a way that he had never known before. At first sight of the Princess, Seth knew he would gladly lay down his life for her. A commitment that was soon tested as Seth threw himself in front of an assassin’s poison dart. His devotion caught Bast’s attention and she charged her personal healers to care for him and save his life. After a near death battle with the poison, Seth awoke to find Bast sitting at his bedside. She thanked him for his bravery and gave him a token of her gratitude, a chain with a pendant bearing her seal, which he has never removed since that day.

After he was healed, Bast took him into her bed and into her confidence, making him the head of her rebellion army. His devotion has never wavered and his mind works constantly on plans to raise his Princess to the throne.