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Timeline: AU
Curse of the Living Pharaoh
By: Saya and Starstoryteller
Prologue
Three thousand years ago, legend tells of a Pharaoh Akunamukanon who created a way to control the powers of the gods. Under his reign, the kingdom flourished in a time of peace and prosperity. An order of priests grew jealous and challenged his authority saying that his power could not defeat death.
Out of bloodshed, they obtained a way to use the powers of the shadows. A survivor of this massacre, Bakura, embittered by this catastrophe and a tomb robber, he swore an oath to destroy the Pharaoh's line not knowing that it was the Order that committed the genocide. The Pharaoh Akunamukanon was caught between the two and he and his heir was killed leaving his youngest son Atem, Pharaoh. No one knew that it was the order of priests that killed the Pharaoh and his heir for they blamed Bakura the King of thieves. The prosperity under Atem's reign succeeded that of the former glory of his father, thus making the order of priests far more jealous.
The priests challenged Pharaoh Atem to a duel using the powers of the gods. The stakes were very high. Whoever lost would be buried alive. However, the priests cheated in the duel and defeated Atem, burring him alive. The people were outraged at the death of the pharaoh and blamed Bakura for his death sentencing him to death by being buried alive with scarab beetles. Bakura's last words bound his descendants to forever hunt down the line of the pharaoh.
But, a mysterious phenomenon happened. Some of the priests suddenly died in freak accidents and no proper burial was given, jackals consumed their bodies. Then the rest of the priests, in fear, destroyed all trace of the Pharaoh and his line and a new dynasty was created…
Author's Note: We know that in the original manga that it was supposedly five thousand years ago. We use three thousand for historical reasons; such as there were less technology and step pyramids, way less cool. NOT because we rely solely on the dub.