King Scarab
Background
Dr. Athan Asim Maat was born into a dying dynasty—a once-noble Egyptian family fallen into obscurity after the oil economy shifted and international powers reshaped Africa’s economic landscape. But where others saw loss, Athan saw opportunity.
Trained in both ancient history and quantum engineering, he was a genius who fused heritage with innovation, obsessed with reclaiming Egypt’s legacy—not through politics, but through dominance of the global war economy.
His public rise came through Maat Defense Industries, an arms and tech conglomerate known for revolutionary design and ruthless efficiency. Behind the corporate veil, he served S.W.A.R.M., supplying black market prototypes, sabotage drones, power-armor blueprints, and rare isotopes to insurgencies worldwide.
Athan wore a golden mask modeled after scarab amulets worn by ancient pharaohs, a symbol of rebirth, resilience, and divine judgment. It became his emblem—and his identity.
When his weapons helped end the Siege of Cascadia, the Hive Master himself extended an invitation to ascend. Athan accepted without hesitation, shedding his public life and embracing the name King Scarab.
Now he sits upon the Hive Council, adorned in beetle-themed war-armor of his own design, orchestrating resource wars, manufacturing genocidal marvels, and ensuring S.W.A.R.M. never wants for power.
Personality
King Scarab is a man of vision, discipline, and unmatched pride. To him, war is not chaos—it is commerce, ritual, and cleansing fire. He does not love violence for its own sake, but for what it reveals: truth, strength, purity of design.
Though cultured and poetic in speech, he is ruthless in action. He respects worthy opponents, even as he dismembers them. He finds bureaucracy offensive and will often override lesser Hive functionaries with a wave and a whisper.
He is loyal to the Hive Master not because of dogma, but because the Hive is the only system worthy of his craft. He sees the Hive as the crucible from which a new civilization—forged in war and adorned in gold—will rise.
Dr. Athan Asim Maat was born into a dying dynasty—a once-noble Egyptian family fallen into obscurity after the oil economy shifted and international powers reshaped Africa’s economic landscape. But where others saw loss, Athan saw opportunity.
Trained in both ancient history and quantum engineering, he was a genius who fused heritage with innovation, obsessed with reclaiming Egypt’s legacy—not through politics, but through dominance of the global war economy.
His public rise came through Maat Defense Industries, an arms and tech conglomerate known for revolutionary design and ruthless efficiency. Behind the corporate veil, he served S.W.A.R.M., supplying black market prototypes, sabotage drones, power-armor blueprints, and rare isotopes to insurgencies worldwide.
Athan wore a golden mask modeled after scarab amulets worn by ancient pharaohs, a symbol of rebirth, resilience, and divine judgment. It became his emblem—and his identity.
When his weapons helped end the Siege of Cascadia, the Hive Master himself extended an invitation to ascend. Athan accepted without hesitation, shedding his public life and embracing the name King Scarab.
Now he sits upon the Hive Council, adorned in beetle-themed war-armor of his own design, orchestrating resource wars, manufacturing genocidal marvels, and ensuring S.W.A.R.M. never wants for power.
Personality
King Scarab is a man of vision, discipline, and unmatched pride. To him, war is not chaos—it is commerce, ritual, and cleansing fire. He does not love violence for its own sake, but for what it reveals: truth, strength, purity of design.
Though cultured and poetic in speech, he is ruthless in action. He respects worthy opponents, even as he dismembers them. He finds bureaucracy offensive and will often override lesser Hive functionaries with a wave and a whisper.
He is loyal to the Hive Master not because of dogma, but because the Hive is the only system worthy of his craft. He sees the Hive as the crucible from which a new civilization—forged in war and adorned in gold—will rise.
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