Khati (Original/TEF)

About the Prince of Thieves

With his bloodlust comes a heavy price. Every so often, when he gets restless enough, Khati is prone to losing his prized control. When under the control of his bloodlust, he becomes aggressive, bloodthirsty, violent, and occasionally psychotic. During these periods, he will lash out blindly at anyone or anything in his path. His morals forbid him from attacking women and children, but in the midst of a serious breakdown, even this rule may disappear. The violence he exhibits during a breakdown is directly tied to how long he has resisted the call of the bloodlust that haunts him. The longer he resists, the more severe and violent the break.

Anai’s constant presence at his side serves as a stabilizer for Khati’s rapidly shifting moods. She also possesses the ability to keep the bloodlust that haunts him in check. Closer friends and more familiar acquaintances are treated to glimpses behind the thief prince’s fronts. He is intensely protective of the ones he cares about and will not hesitate to take blows for them. He would lay down his life for his closest companions, though this is not a well-known fact. He has a hidden soft spot for children. Khati is also a surprisingly good teacher.

The Prince's Story

Khati has always been drawn to death. He was born in the small city of Ta-Senet in Ancient Egypt to a farmer and his wife, during the festival of Osiris, the god of death. He was the oldest of four children, he had twin sisters and a younger brother. It was not a happy life. His father had a temper and frequently turned to drink, often taking out his frustrations on his disobedient oldest son. His mother was too afraid of her husband to stop him. Khati was basically on his own from a young age. When he was around nine, he snuck away from the fields and met a young thief boy named Ammon. The two quickly became friends, though Khati would have to risk his father's anger each time they met. Close to his twelfth birthday, Ammon, fearing what would happen to his friend if he remained with his family, suggested that they run away and become great thieves. Needless to say, Khati accepted. They left the village that night, and Khati would never return.

They rapidly became infamous among the many thieves that called the deserts of Egypt their home. Nothing was off limits, no tomb too difficult to raid. It was during that time that they gained their titles, Ammon becoming known as the king of thieves and Khati as the prince of thieves. Really, the titles could have gone either way, the two were equally skilled, but Khati chose to defer to his friend because Ammon had taught him everything he knew at first. It was also at this time where Khati first lost control of his bloodlust and took his first lives. Ammon established firm rules and helped teach Khati control, things that he still uses today.

The thief prince met a small time prostitute named Anai when he was seventeen. She was fifteen at the time, from a poor family, and had turned to prostitution to help survive. They began a business relationship, Khati calling on her services when he was in the area. Slowly, over the span of two years, they began to fall in love.

When Khati and Ammon were nineteen, they executed one of their most daring raids, on the tomb of the Pharaoh Khafre, who had only been deceased for a few years. No other thieves had dared to go anywhere near his tomb yet. They would be the first, and it would prove to be a terrible mistake. Ammon lost his life in that raid, and Khati would never be the same after. The two were like brothers. It was also during that failed raid that Khati gained the scar that crosses his eye, making his already infamous face even more memorable. In the aftermath, Khati confessed to Anai, and she returned his feelings, joining him on the run. They would live happily for nearly five years, Khati continuing to lead a life of thievery, though he never took over the title his dear friend had used. Then, when Khati was twenty-four, he made another terrible mistake. Since the failed raid on the previous Pharaoh's tomb five years prior where Ammon lost his life, no other thieves had dared to approach it. After several close calls with guards of other tombs, the thief prince finally became desperate enough to return, alone, to the site of his only failure to date. He made it into the tomb easily, taking his time and stealing as much as he could carry before leaving, intent on heading back to his lover. Anai had recently become pregnant with their first child, and Khati wanted to take some time off from stealing to be with her, making this raid the most important of his by then twelve year long career. The thief prince was ambushed by ten guards as he left the tomb. He was able to fight most of them off, though he sustained a deep wound on his side. Leaving some of his loot behind, he managed to reach his horse and return to his hideout where Anai was waiting for him. But his wound would prove fatal, and shortly after arriving home, Khati died in his lover's arms.

The deeds of the thief prince were such that after his death, Khati would become immortalized as a legend in the eyes of future thieves and tomb robbers, though he was not aware of this himself until recently.

Among his legendary accomplishments are the successful raids of all the pyramids at and near Giza that existed in his time, save for that of Khafre. Khati and Ammon were the first to successfully raid what would later be called the Great Pyramid, that built by Khufu. He was also remembered for his deference to Ammon, as even after the king of thieves died, Khati never took over his title.

His name and the tales of the bloodlust that haunted him were lost to history.