Ran

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Pan: Right, well, I've written a very complicated story, that requires some explaining. I have this huge, thick book on Ancient Egypt. I was reading it, and I came up with the idea for this fic. However, there is some very important things I need to explain before you read the story, because it's very confusing if I don't.

Egyptian Pharaohs frequently had five names. These were, the Horus name, the Nebty name, the Golden Horus name, the Prenomen name and the Nomen name. However, there was one more, the Ran name, and this is the one that is most important.

On birth, all Egyptians were given two names, the Ran or the True Name and a nickname (the 'good little name'). The naming ceremony was conducted in secret. The child would be given both names, but from that moment on, they were always called by their nickname. This was the Egyptians believed that to know someone's true name was to have complete power over the person. The Ran was never disclosed to anyone, and was not even recorded on gravestones or the like, because it could control the person even after death. The Prenomen was the name that most people would call the Pharaoh by.

In the first chapter, there is the name 'Nfr Kkwy Ib Dt Anx Atemu'. In this 'Atemu' is the Ran. The rest means 'Good, Dark Heart, Eternal Life'. Kkwy means Dark, and is the 'good, little name'.

All of the start of the first chapter is taken from a bit in my book about the Judgement of Souls.

Also, 'Bakura' is Yami Bakura, and 'Ryou' is the Hikari.

The storyline of Yu-Gi-Oh! has been changed slightly, but not too much.

Despite all this complicated stuff, I hope you enjoy 'Ran'!