The face of Khemsaru

Far to the south, among the burning sands of the desert, thousands of years ago, the great empire of Men-Nefer towered. It was ruled by Pharaoh Userkhep, who had four heirs. The youngest of them was Khemsaru. He knew that he would never see the throne, and therefore, since childhood, he devoted himself to the study of magic and shamanism.
 
When Userkhep died, the empire plunged into darkness: three older brothers began a bloody war for the throne. In the end, the victory was won by Totep, the eldest and most merciless of them. But in the civil strife, he lost all his children, and he himself received severe wounds and died after only two years of rule. So Khemsar got the throne.
 
The new Pharaoh began to revive the empire, resorting to the forbidden arts. He summoned the spirits of the fallen warriors and turned them into his servants by the power of the Abyss. But the dark sorcery was not in vain — it crippled Khemsar's body. To hide his appearance, the pharaoh ordered to forge a golden mask, in which he was a subject. They say that somewhere in the depths of the desert his tomb is still hidden, and in it rests the same golden mask.…