Horus

During the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, a Pharoah known as Akhenaten replaced the polytheistic old religion of the creator god Amun and the other gods with the worship of the Aten, or sun disk. This, the world's first foray into monotheism was short-lived in our world, its harsh rejection of the old gods fueling an equally harsh return of the old ways with the death of the Pharoah.

In the world of Horus, Akhenaten did not replace Amun and the old gods with the Aten, but rather incorporated them in a manner similar to Hinduism. The old gods simply became other forms of the Aten. Monotheism took hold, stayed, and prospered, spreading throughout the world along with Egyptian culture and influence.

Now, the year is 2397 Aten. The Egyptian Empire stretches from Britain in the west to Malaysiain the east. The Ka are members of the court of the Horus, or Pharoah, or foreigners from the lands of T'ang, the Inca Empire, Aztec Empire, and Nippon. The Empire once again stands on the brink of chaos, with corrupt officials, possible rebellions in the provinces, and barbarian Mongols clamoring for a leader, as everyone awaits the rebirth of Tutankhaten, son of Akhnenaten, as he has every six centuries, from an Indian known as Siddharta, to an Israelite known as Yeshua ben-Joseph, to an Arab known as Mohammed. But no savior has come yet... leaving the Ka as the Empire's last, best hope for survival.