Sasenet

Sasenet was purchased at auction for a mere few silver beetles, a slave meant to satisy the mad king's needs. His rhodonite mane and piercing red eyes caught the king's attention, and determined to have him, Kailus bought him on the spot. Bold and desperate for freedom, Sasenet often sneaks out when his king is sleeping to explore the pride lands. He hopes to gain enough experience and bravery to escape one day.

In the 23rd century BC, Pharaoh Neferkare (the long-reigning Pepi II) made clandestine nocturnal visits to General Sasenet. A spy observed Neferkare going on his own from the royal palace to Sasenet’s house. Once there, ‘he threw a brick after stamping with his foot. Then a ladder was lowered to him (and) he climbed up.’ Neferkare spent four hours with Sasenet, leaving only ‘after his majesty had done that which he had wanted to do with him’. One fragment specifies that there was no woman, or wife, in Sasenet’s house, and the same incomplete sentence also contains the word ‘love’.