>>5883984>Action 1: Ta-Kefi expands north. The Penews goes to uplift their feral brethren and teach them the ways of taming the land.As the supply flows to the Pharaoh's army up north, the Penews get to hear of the discoveries there. While the north eventually gives way to desert, there is still a significant stretch of green, though the Penews there seem not able to tame it, the fact Penews live there shows the land has few threats. Thus, Penew settlers move upriver, setting up their farms, though Kefi are not far behind, seeing fit to make all Ta become Ta-Kefi.
>Action 2: The Western Odyssey, featuring Meri Depet-Wadj. New lands hold new possibilities, and discoveries to be made.After the heist of Per-Qenit, Meri had earned the ire of Kefis. Her agility is impressive, but Kefi strength often gets the better of her. After frequent rescue by her crew, she decides to seek adventure outside of Ta. Meri's fortune and fame lets her buy a ship and join in an expedition, to unknown lands, westward. She had hoped for east, where Miew came from, but adventure is adventure.
>Action 3: The Cult of Abu-Ta. As harvests grow bountiful, the Miew river cult expands to capitalize.When the Kefis conquered Ta, the Miews moved their cults underground, thinking they'd be suppressed like Penew gods were. This was considered a mistake as not only was the Cult of Zenmetjenu tolerant, but after it was able to make itself the state religion, the underground cults wanted to also be the state religion, fighting lesser cults. From this the Cult of Abu-Ta rose, the goddess of rivers and harvest gives legitimacy to Miew taxes upon the Penew farmers, attracting many powerful patrons.
>Action 4: Pharaoh Nykhet Per-Desher makes his play. To show that steel is stronger than muscle, and to request the Kefi-Gebebs bury his father.The Kefi-Gebebs are muscle-brained morons. But Nykhet respects his father, and so he shall meet them. With a meeting place, he brings his army, setting up their tent site near the fire circle, and the Pharaoh brings his guard and a dozen fat oxen. The Pharaoh in his golden armour, adresses the gathered chieftains: "I am Nykhet Per-Desher, I am not a chieftain of a Gebeb tribe, but Pharaoh of a Ta kingdom, where cattle grow fat and juicy like these. We conquered Ta, not through muscle, but through steel." With this, the Pharaoh draws his Khopesh, and chops one of the oxen into pieces. The steel blade rending through the thick flesh with ease. "While your bodies are strong, steel is stronger. So do not mistake us for weak. My father was Pharaoh before I, and he spoke highly of our past, who we were before we conquered Ta, and he wishes his body buried in our ancestral home. I shall see to it he gets a burial mound worthy of his glory, and I want you to aid in its construction." He points his bloody Khopesh at each of the chieftains as he finishes his speech.
