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When Kemette Selina Osundi went to Egypt to accompany her Archaeologist father, she had no idea that this Spring break from college would change her life and put her on a special path. |
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While the world at large remain oblivious to the ominous fate, the silver and gold sword of Pharaohs begins her one-woman crusade to enlighten and awaken the scattered children of the Gods, who have yet to realize their part in the impending battle. |
KEMETTE: Sword of Pharaohs Synopsis, Main character bios & Issue outline overview By Sky Owens kemette@hotmail.com kemette@gritzandgravymag.com All concepts, scripts, and artwork under the KEMETTE brand are © Copyright 2005, Sky Owens |
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Kemette Selina Osundi had tried so hard to believe she was normal, like everyone else.
Despite the fact that she was practically a child genius, despite the fact that she lost partial use of her legs in a childhood accident that proved fatal to her mother and retreated into the world of books, she was sheltered from the real world by her over-protective father.
By the time she was sixteen, Kemette had excelled in academia enough to be prematurely admitted into a prestigious college of her choice.
She decided to major in Archaeology and to follow in her father’s footsteps.
Her father was a famous African-American historian/Archaeologist, known for his contributions in the re-writing of Egyptology and the advanced knowledge of the land called Kemet.
Professor Degba Osundi was a native of Africa, dispelling the myth of a Euro-centric Egypt. He received much acclaim for his papers denouncing the belief that Egypt was under the sole propriety of an Arabic origin, revealing beyond a shadow of a doubt that Egypt was originally Kemet and its rulers and inhabitants were of African descent.
Kemet was Black until the end of the 27th Dynasty when the Roman invaders replaced its people by their appointed caretakers, the Arabs.
This fact caused much contention among the Arabic and European people,
Some believed it to be the impetus for the attacks on Osundi and his family, which resulted in the death of his wife and crippling of his youngest daughter, Kemette, although officials deemed the bombing an ‘accident’.
After years of seclusion, Kemette sought to reclaim her father’s prestigious standing, by continuing his profession.
The elder sister Sharika grew apart from her family. She was three years Kemette’s senior when the accident happened, and as a six year old, she blamed her father for the death and injury, although she was nowhere near the incident. Sharika’s resentment grew as she came to realize that Kemette did not hold the old man at fault, as well as the doting attention heaped upon the young girl. The final straw for her was when the baby sister decided to follow the professor’s vocation.
Sharika, though African born, fell quickly into the darker side of the American dream, becoming self-indulgent and hanging around the seedier elements. At age fifteen, Sharika ran away from home, believed to become embroiled into drugs and criminality. She lost touch with her family, despite their efforts to locate and bring her back.
Kemette, however, was American born and enjoyed the benefits of both countries, including her choice of college.
At her first break during her freshman year, she received a message from her father. He bade her to join him on an Egyptian dig.
Four months ago, Professor Osundi was persuaded by a large corporation to participate in a revolutionary find. This expedition ran concurrently with a study he had been conducting in private for the past ten years.
Upon reviewing old notes and hieroglyphs he had stumbled upon mention of the ‘Sons of Apep’ a secret cult, which followed the doctrines of the order of the serpent worshippers. Outlawed and believed extinct in many countries, largely due to the practice of human sacrifice and arcane dealings, the cult had risen in stories, legends and signs throughout the world at various times.
The culminated notes also spoke of a divine weapon to be used against them called ‘The Sword of Pharaohs’.
This sword proved to be the bane of their existence, which caused the cult to limit their activities into the dark night, slowing their plans of dominance and destruction to a crawl.
The reptile race feared the sword and hoped to find and destroy it before it was unsheathed.
For over a decade, Professor Osundi searched for this sword of legend, following leads which led to more questions or dead ends. The latest clue spoke of a mystic temple, which would hold all the answers.
…Yet this temple was not of Earthly origin…
By some quirk of fate, the archaeology dig was held near the area indicated by his notes. By no stretch of the imagination, was Prof. Osundi going to miss out on this opportunity.
So when Kemette received word that her father needed her help, she jumped at the chance. Not only did she see this as an opportunity to enhance her studies with extra credit, but also to reunite with her father, whom she missed for four months.
Her jubilation was cut short as she arrived at the encampment with her faithful Doberman Pinchers, Brutus and Titus, and found that she had been duped.
Egyptian rebels had overtaken the camp. Osundi’s refusal to lead them to the sacred temple prompted them to lure the young girl into their trap, thus giving the rebels the leverage they desired.
Although stressed, the professor insisted that the new tablet recently discovered was in a text of unknown origin, and despite their best efforts, nothing could be discerned. Even under the threat of impending death, the mystery could not be unraveled.
The entire party failed, yet, through a dream, young Kemette received inspiration enough, which allowed her to decipher the hieroglyphs.
Once she gave the co-ordinates, a team was sent, while Kemette and a few remained in the camp under heavy guard. While examining the tablet, the girl discovered a secret compartment, which hid an additional piece of the puzzle.
This was a warning and a key, that if not administered at the right time, the Temple would unleash unspeakable horrors upon the defilers.
She was able to finally convince the suspicious second-in-command of the urgency of the situation, and was hastened to the gathering point.
When all were together, she explained that the sliver of metal was in truth, a key that would activate the dimensional portal, bringing the mystic temple into our plane of existence.
The supernatural structure appeared, and all entered cautiously, unaware of the perils which lurked within. What started as a treasure hunt ended in blind panic. Creatures of legend struck without mercy. Professor Osundi and his daughter were left to their own devices, weaponless and terrified.
The most horrible sight that befell the old man was when he saw his infirmed daughter disappear in a flash of light. His heart fell. All was lost. His daughter was dead.
But she was not dead.
When Kemette stumbled into a special chamber, she had unwittingly activated a mystic spell, which changed her life.
Kemette was teleported to a parallel world.
She had also gone through a miraculous transformation. Where she was once frail and crippled, she now was in peak physical form, displaying superhuman abilities. Her skin was covered in silver, and she was naked except for the golden crown and adornments.
Yet, her traumatic arrival triggered a disjointed amnesia, leaving her memories fractured and distorted.
The Silvery girl had landed amid a fierce battle between armored assailants and two lone warriors of metallic origins. There, she joined them, introducing herself to Tyros Lodius and Vestra Mikael, which seemed to be the most obvious of choices.
The two provided refuge from this strange new world and helped her to piece together what she could of her past.
While on that world, she was named ‘Aegyptos’, the Roman name given to the land of Kemet, which had later been changed to Egypt.
For five years, she aided in the struggle, gaining victories and allies, as they fought what was believed to be a losing battle against the Ophidian Empire. She had found that the true enemy of mankind was a dreaded race of reptile people who were sent on conquest.
Kemette’s arrival had sparked a flame of resistance, which eventually spread throughout that world.
The final conflict became her baptism of fire. The reward for the end skirmish, which resulted in the Ophidian downfall, was her return to the world of her birth.
Kemette’s return was quite unusual.
Still retaining her silvery incarnation and five years of memory of an alien struggle, she found that she had only been missing from this plane of existence for only one half hour.
The situation she had left began to reach its climax as the rebels and Egyptian Army clashed. With her new abilities, Kemette quickly quelled the conflict. She had brought terror to the terrorists, while the Army hastily left, disavowing the incident.
Unfortunately, when the smoke cleared, the young girl had discovered that her father, Professor Osundi was injured in the ordeal, and had to be taken to a hospital.
While in intensive care, they talked. She told him of her disappearance, her transformation and her divine mission.
Kemette was tasked with the duty of seeking out and destroying the Ophidian threat. She was told she would locate dormant Gods of various cultures and activate them as allies. It would be up to her to spearhead a pantheon of New Gods. The impending conflict would cause dark times and that would be the time mankind needed divine champions.
But now, it was crucial for young Kemette to recover precious artifacts, which were necessary in her fight.
Professor Osundi bade his daughter to go through his note, which would give her clues to the whereabouts of the missing items. Some were sold to private collectors, others were stolen.
Kemette was also to remain vigilant, for the signs of the serpent race were all around. They would reveal themselves only to strike her and those she loved.
She had witnessed their brutality first hand and sought to end their threat.
The Ophidian Empire had influenced world affairs for centuries, causing distress amongst the human race.
It was her mission to cleave the head off, like a razor-sharp sword of Pharaohs.
She was forged on the battlefield of an alien world, now she is a divine weapon.
She is Kemette: Sword of Pharaohs.
