
The Last Sphinx Queen
Before the rise of the elves in Nefret, the land was ruled by two, competing nations: The Sphinx Empire in the desert and plains, and the Great Kingdom of the Naga in the swamps and mountains. The "lesser," humanoid races were the servants of these greater beings. Though the nations were never explicitly at war one with another, the peace between them was rough at times. After the sphinx queen Ankharet had achieved a semblance of immortality, she took the golden naga Kozuragen as her consort. Peace between the sphinxes and he nagas seemed almost certain--a peace that would come to be symbolized by half-breed princess Meraph.