Ethereal Forces: 2 Intelligence 5 Precision 3 Mind Hits: 10

Celestial Forces: 2 Will 3 Perception 5 Soul Hits: 6

Note: the above is typical; there are confirmed reports of Uraei with more than 6 Forces.

Vessel/6 (cobra); Vessel/4 (human)

Skills: Dreaming/3, Fighting/2, Knowledge/3 (individuals have different areas of expertise), Knowledge/2 ([How to be a] Uraeus), Move Silently/4, Running/3 (when in the Marches a Uraeus may use this skill for flying).

Songs: Truth (Corporeal)/5

Esoteric Abilities: Strands (News); Affinities (Divination: Moderate; Speed: Primal); Venom (identical to cobra venom; Corporeal form only) Dread/3: reporting falsely or too late (moderate)

Primary Attack: Bite (no Power or Accuracy modifiers)

Secondary Attack: Venom spit (Corporeal form only; Power n/a, Accuracy –2)

Appearance: while in the Marches a Uraeus looks like an Egyptian Cobra with the wings of an ibis.

Favored Habitat: the Ethereal Plane (usually Heliopolis) Number Typically Encountered: one, but a large number often presages the presence of a Heliopolitan god.

General Classification: (Ethereals) Friendly (Heliopolitans) or Neutral (all others); (Heaven) Hostile;

(Hell) Neutral (Samingans) or Hostile (all others); (Humanity) Neutral

Capsule Description: in ancient times the Uraeus was among the most minor spirits serving the gods of Egypt (usually as a messenger). Since the Purity Crusade they have taken on new importance. Many are now counselors to the surviving gods - several attend Isis herself - or diplomats who treat with other pantheons. The craftiest and most powerful deal with Hell. Despite the obvious ambition of many individuals no Uraeus has risen to godhood as of this writing. There is strong evidence that the Heliopolitans monitor upstarts very closely and kill those who show signs of succeeding too well.

Reported by: Sinuhe

Corporeally Researched by: Michael Walton

Corporeal Reference: Egyptian Mythology by Paul Hamlyn

Capsule Description of Reporter: Sinuhe was a noted physician who lived during the reign of Ahkenaten. By some accounts Sinuhe was a Soldier of Thoth. There are also rumors suggesting that he was the rightful heir to Ahkenaten’s predecessor. He spent the last years of his life in exile under the reign of Horemheb. It was during this time that he wrote his memoirs and his treatises on medicine and cosmology.

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