Nebet

**Nebet** was a quasi-suspect in Triumphed Over (Case #25 of Graecita), An Orgy To Kill (Case #28 of Graecita) and Can’t Be Tamed (Case #29 of Graecita), before getting killed in A Bride’s Pride (Case #30 of Graecita).

## Profile

Nefertiti is a 22-years-old slave who has dark skin, brown eyes and long brown hair with a gold streak.

In her first two quasi-appearances, she is seen wearing a simple white kalasiri tied at her left side.

In her third suspect appearance, Nebet ditches her kalasiri for a dress made of orange and beige fabric, and she wears a wooden belt around her waist.

At the time of her death, Nebet wore a white satin dress and an orange veil on her head.

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## Murder details

During Livius’ coronation, a city guard gatecrashed the party and he announced that there was a lion-sighting at the forum and that it had taken a victim. Hearing this announcement, Norah and Marionette rushed to the forum to find Hippomenes, but there was no sign of him there. The two kept looking and eventually they stumbled upon the dead body of a woman in a white dress, tied and viciously killed on the fountain. The duo recognized the woman as Nebet. From the wound on her head, it was very obvious that Nebet was killed by Hippomenes, however because she was tied up, Norah and Marionette could tell he didn’t act alone and that someone set her up to die, meaning they were dealing with a murder.

## Killer and motives

In the end, Nebet’s killer turned out to be high priestess Vesma. Vesma got furious when she was accused of the murder, but after Norah and Marionette pressed her with evidence, she snapped claiming she wasn’t going to let Nebet taint the imperial family. Vesma revealed that she hated being a Vestal virgin and ever since her parents put her into Vesta’s service, she’s been counting the years until her freedom and hoped that once her service ends, noblemen would line up to take her hand in marriage. Unfortunately, due to her undesirable physical appearance, she failed to find a husband and since none of her relatives agreed to take her in, she had no choice but to turn back to the temple for shelter and security. So when she learned about the emperor’s engagement to Nebet, she was enraged that a slave managed to land such a match while she, who spend almost 7 decades serving the goddess the Temple of Vesta failed to receive a decent engagement as she had been promised. This made her feel humiliated and she was determined to stop the marriage from happening using any means possible. Vesma found Nebet waiting at the fountain and it filled her with rage, but then she saw the lion from a distance and it gave her an idea. Vesma knocked out Nebet and tied her up to the fountain with shackles. She then grabbed a rock that was on the ground and threw it at the lion to gain his attention, quickly entering the temple as he turned around to see who hit him. Since no human was present but Nebet, she was mauled by the lion who mistook her as the person who threw the rock at her. After hearing her confession, Norah and Marionette brought her to the Colosseum where the whole of Rome were gathered to see her punishment. For the murder of Nebet, Vesma’s punishment was getting mauled by the same lion she used to kill her victim.

## Case appearances

* Triumphed Over (Case #25 of Graecita).
* Who Holds The Whip (Case #26 of Graecita).
* The Virgin Homicide(Case #27 of Graecita).
* An Orgy To Kill (Case #28 of Graecita).
* Can’t Be Tamed (Case #29 of Graecita).
* A Bride’s Pride (Case #30 of Graecita).

## Gallery

Nefertiti, Nebet’s sister.Gaius Livius, Nebet’s fiancé.Vesma, the late mastermind behind Nebet’s murder.Hippomenes, Nebet’s killer.