Yosira (Books)

**Yosira** is the Pharaoh of the Nile Galaxy. Being the leader, she makes many decisions about the safety of everyone who lives there. She seems to live on Mayet. Much of her past is unknown.

## Personality

Yosira seems fairly introverted and quiet towards the beginning of the series. Due to her status as a ruler, she is diplomatic and regal. Towards the end of the series, she opens up more, especially to Cleopatra.

Despite her quiet personality, Yosira is very brave and willing to sacrifice herself for others, as shown in *Queen of the Nile.*

## Appearance

Yosira has violet eyes similar to Cleo's. Her dark purple hair is long and flowing, but she keeps it tied up and hidden under her headdress.

As a pharaoh, Yosira wears purple robes adorned with ornate gold patterns on the edges. Her head covering matches her robe, purple with lavender and gold edges, and darker embroidered designs. After she is attacked on Thonis, her headdress falls off, revealing her hair, which was not previously visible.

## Family

Yosira is a direct descendant of Cleopatra, and therefore a descendant of Kebechet, the daughter of Anubis. Because of that, she shares Cleo's power to travel through time using the time tablets. Her grandfather, Yasiro, founded P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. and Yasiro Academy.

## In *Target Practice*

Yosira only appears in *Target Practice* very briefly, meeting Cleo once after she arrives in the Nile Galaxy, and then at the end has a short conversation with Cleo about her place at the academy.

## In *Queen of the Nile*

At the beginning of the book, Pharaoh Yosira is in a ship stationed above Cada'duun. After Cleopatra comes back to the ship, Yosira gives the order to leave the planet.

Later, the fleet lands on Thonis, where Yosira watches sadly as Cleo is overwhelmed by the people treating her as the savior of the galaxy. The pharaoh knows that the prophecy also refers to her, but she doesn't let on.

Msamaki addresses the crowd on Thonis, even though he is a poor public speaker, and Yosira watches, covering for him when Cleo fails to show up to speak her part. Yosira finds Cleo, turned invisible, in the corner of the room. She tells Cleo that the people want to hear from her, but Cleo insists that all she's done is mess things up, and that Yosira should be the one to speak instead. Cleo creates a flame in the palm of her hand, and at the same moment, a similar flame appears on Yosira's shoulder, foreshadowing the fact that the two share this ability.

The pharaoh is interrupted by a report that a ship is arriving from Hykosis, and she lets them enter the planet.

Soon after, with help from several outlaws and people working for Octavian, Kek breaks into a room that Yosira is in and attacks her, knocking her unconscious and nearly killing her. Akila and several other cadets arrive to save her. Still protecting Yosira, Akila manages to take out most of the Xerx soldiers still there.

When Yosira comes to, she gives an order not to give up the fight against Octavian. She uses her remaining strength to create a shield around her soldiers, using the same pink fire that Cleo has, causing Cleo to realize that Yosira is her direct descendant. Eventually the pharaoh meets up with Antony, who joins forces with her to distract Octavian so that Cleopatra can kill him. The sword falls into Cleo's hands, and now she is subject to the sword's curse.

Yosira realizes this, and knows that the only way to help Cleo is to send her back home. Using her ability, she helps Cleo time travel once again, and when she opens her eyes, Cleo is gone.

It is unknown to Yosira and Khensu whether or not Cleopatra survived the event until Khensu discovers her name in an ancient text. Yosira activates the time tablets in order to send Antony to find Cleo again.