![]() Glancing over his shoulder, he could see Meryre signaling the cavalry column to charge towards the approaching Seleucid army, their battle standards already peaking over the dunes. Without hesitation, the nameless rider broke off from the column, racing across the desert towards Alexandria, silently praying to Anubis that he should reach Heruben before the Seleucid horde. "Five years ago, you all took an oath to protect the Ptolemaic bloodline with your lives! If you wish to see that oath through, Heruben Ptolemy must get to safety! The rest of you, follow me!" "You there, stand fast!" he turned to his own royal guard escort, singling out one among the ranks, "Find the Pharaohs son! Get him to safety!" Raising his voice, Meryre turned turned to the rest of his guard. The sudden sandstorm and persistent haze had masked the full size of the invading army and the pharaoh hadn't realized until too late that the bulk of the Seleucid military had entered the Egyptian heartland. ![]() General Meryre Ptolemy cried out in disbelief, no more than a quarter-mile away. ![]() The Seleucids around him cheered as the remaining Egyptians bodyguards were pulled from their horses and unceremoniously put to death. The perforated and punctured body of Philadelphos Ptolemy, son of Alexander's greatest general and pharaoh of Egypt fell from his saddle and hit the desert sand with a wet thud, kicking up a cloud of the accursed desert dust.
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