The Egyptian Adventure: Ramses and Nefret Emerson

Ramses is Amelia's and Prof. Emerson's son. His real name is Walter Peabody Emerson; but he is called Ramses by his family because he is, as his father said named for his father’s younger brother, he received the nickname "Ramses" from his father, who said of his baby, "in its belligerent appearance and imperious disposition it strongly resembled the Egyptian pharaoh, the second of that name, who had scattered enormous statues of himself all along the Nile." Ramses is Amelia and Radcliffe's only biological child, first described as "catastrophically precocious" and later dubbed "Akhu el-Efreet" ("Brother of Demons"). Extremely well-educated even from early childhood, he is also always getting into trouble.

"At the age of three Ramses had informed us that he did not need a nanny and would not have one…. I did not agree with him. He needed something—a stout healthy woman who had trained as a prison wardress, perhaps—but it had become more and more difficult to find nannies for Ramses. Presumably word had spread."

Ramses’s closest friend is David Todros, the grandson of the Emersons' "reis" Abdullah. Even though they are of different backgrounds, they are remarkably similar looking, a fact they use to their advantage. As teenagers he and David spend several months in the desert under the tutelage of a sheikh friend of the Emersons, learning the traditional skills of manhood: fighting, horseback riding, desert survival, and tracking. Ramses is excellent at languages, with tremendous emotional self-control. From a young age, he actively participates in his parents' archaeological activities as well as their involvement in detecting and bringing criminals to justice. During World War I, he reluctantly acts as a secret intelligence agent, with his best friend and blood brother, David Todros, a natural artist and Ramses' partner in mischief from an early age.

 Ramses and David off to investigate: Of course they have told no one where they are going.

His precocity, and skill at languages, mimicry, and disguise, lead some older and more superstitious Egyptians to credit him with supernatural abilities, leading to his nickname, "Akhu el-Efreet", "Brother of Demons". The mischief he was involved in as a child; his ability to blend into crowds using native dress and disguises; his emotional self-control that scares the dickens out of bad guys and makes them wet their pants; his lack of fear and his affinity for cats all lead to this title Ramses will play on this reputation to thwart evil in this world. Though a self-proclaimed pacifist, Ramses is highly proficient in fighting and weapon's skills - though as a last resort. His true love has always been Nefret Forth, who captured him the moment they first met, when he was only ten which evolves into a mature love over the course of years. After an extremely long wait, she falls just as passionately in love with him, and after several monumental misunderstandings, they are married. 

 Ramses in disguise.

Name: Walter "Ramses" Emerson the "Brother of Demons" (if he says it, he means it)
Move: 6"

Pluck: 2+

Speed: +2

Fighting Value: +4

Shooting Value: +3 

Talents: Fearless, Intuitive, Iron Will, Leadership +2, Lightning Draw (Fighting knife), Martial Artist, Stealthy, Terrifying, Tough, Skirmisher, Night Eyes

Basic Equipment: Pistol, Fighting Knife, Magneto Static Waistcoat
Note on Basic Equipment: Ramses can also purchase any Fighting (ordinary) or Shooting (ordinary), except a machine gun, if the costs are paid. He may also purchase a Horse (Arabian of course).

Armor: 9

Cost: 88

Ramses can also use the Talents Master of Disguise, Part of the Crowd, Cavalryman, and Trick Riding, if the appropriate points are paid. Ramses can be a force of nature against evil doers if his gander is up; especially if native Egyptians, the poor, children, and other peoples that are oppressed.

Nefret provided insight to real Egyptologists instead of (according to Professor Emerson) %##@ dang journalists.

Nefret Emerson (nee Forth) is a British girl who was abducted in early childhood by a "lost tribe" of Africans living in the Sudan desert. The Emersons discovered her when they went to investigate the lost tribe. The settlement seems to have developed from a lost tribe of Cush and preserves many of the customs and lore that Amelia and Emerson have only read about. During a royal power struggle, they rescued and adopted her, and later Ramses and she get married. Because of her beauty and kindness (she has followed in Amelia's footsteps and become a doctor for the Egyptians), she is called by their Egyptian friends "Light of Egypt." This is probably in tribute to her hair and her vibrancy. Her favorite topic is mummies, which chimes well with her medical degree. Her edge is a psychic link with Ramses that lets her know when he is in imminent danger; it also spills out into a general sympathy that lets her tame horses, dogs, and cats, feed sparrows from her hand at a cafe table, and may be another reason for her widespread popularity with the Egyptian poor. As a young woman, she was often involved in the escapades of Ramses and David.

Name: Nefret Emerson the "Light of Egypt"

Move: 6"
Pluck: 3+

Speed: 0

Fighting Value: +1

Shooting Value: +3 

Talents: Fearless, Medic, Intuitive, Unearthly Beauty.
Basic Equipment: Magneto Static Waistcoat, Pistol, Knife

Armor: 9

Cost:49

 Nefret helping Amelia on a dig.