Character notes for "Among the Imperishable Ones"
Here are the character notes for " Among the Imperishable Ones."
Jaan -- Andisha Samangani is an Afghani superhera whose code name means Ghost. She has short wavy black hair, dark blue eyes, and light brown skin. Local press paints her as a whore and a slut because of how she dresses. Actually, she is both asexual and a virgin. Over the years, Jaan has killed many men for assaulting women, including soldiers attacking their fellow troops, which has aligned several governments against her.
Origin: As a foreign exchange student, Andisha spent a year in France, where she volunteered as a model. One day, a mystical brooch pricked her skin and left her with superpowers. She decided to go home and champion the cause of women.
Uniform: Cutting-edge French fashion with a jeweled brooch and expertly applied makeup. This enrages most Afghani men and embarrasses many women.
Qualities: Expert (+4) Feminist, Good (+2) Fashion Sense, Good (+2) Friends in France, Good (+2) Scholar, Good (+2) Weapon Skills
Poor (-2) Wanted by Afghani, American, and British governments
Powers: Expert (+4) Teleport, Good (+2) Phase, Average (0) Microwave Beam
Average (0) Mystical Brooch: Good (+2) Charisma, Good (+2) Invulnerability, Good (+2) Regeneration
Motivation: Protect women.
Capsule Wardrobe Business Casual Black and White
Capsule Wardrobe Cluster Leopard 6 Clothes and Accessories
Capsule Wardrobe French Wardrobe Summer Additions Bright Cherry Red
Capsule Wardrobe French Wardrobe Summer Additions Blue Mazarine
Capsule Wardrobe French Wardrobe Summer Additions Purple Jewel
Ta-Mau-Aa -- Her name literally means "Female-Cat-Great," so more colloquially, Great Lady Cat or Queen of Cats. Other titles include First Cat and She-Who-Taught-Humans-to-Be-Useful. She is small, her coat a soft grayish-brown dabbed with dots and streaks of black. She is an Egyptian cat, among the earliest to domesticate humans. Ta-Mau-Aa negotiated the Bargain in which humans provide a comfortable home with mice to eat, and cats kill vermin that would otherwise eat up the grain. She lives in the Temple of Bastet in Bubastis, Egypt now adjoining the suburbs of Zagazig. Many of the other sacred cats are her offspring.
Origin: Her abilities developed during her service at the Temple of Bastet.
Uniform: She often wears elaborate makeup and jewelry applied by human priests.
Qualities: Master (+6) Cat, Master (+6) Domesticating Humans, Expert (+4) Huntress
Poor (-2) Arrogant
Powers: Expert (+4) Shipcat, Good (+2) Immortality
She has the Egyptian version of immortality, in which she can appear to be slain, but will rise up whole at dawn; and even if her body is destroyed, she will walk through a gate at dawn, whole and sound. She can speak telepathically to humans when she feels like it.
Motivation: To serve Bastet.
It is possible that Meeyuty was the same deity as “Mauti” who is depicted in the Tomb of Seti II and believed to refer to Mau or Mau-Aa, the Great Cat, a form of Ra (Re).
Egyptian gemstones included red jasper and green malachite. Precious metals included silver and gold.
Ta-Mau-Aa's Kittens
Ta-Mau-Aa's Ticked Tabby Son
He is a black-based tabby who appears mostly a warm, heathered gray with black stripes at the points. He has yellow-green eyes and salmon nose leather. A ticked tabby has a faintly speckled body, but may have more dramatic tabby markings on the head, legs, and tail. This is a very common pattern among small wild cats, including the African wildcat (which may be ticked, spotted, or striped but tends toward faint markings). Dark lines and streaks around the eyes are still called "Bast's eyeliner."
Ta-Mau-Aa's White-Patched Daughter
She is a gray dotted tabby with faint stripes on her face and forelegs but darker stripes on her hindlegs and tail. She has green eyes and brick nose leather. The "whited" effect appears in many wild cats, in which the muzzle, chest, and belly are white and may have dark spots. It can be passed to domestic cats when the populations mix. However, white socks come from one of the "white spotting" genes common in domestic cats.