House Rosetau

**House Rosetau of Zawty** is one of the oldest and still active Nomarch Houses of Saturania and the principal House of the Sepat of Anubis, being in power since the reign of Sekhemperamun I's reign. Their seat is at Zawty, in the Rosetau Castle (also known as "The Black Keep"). The sigil of House Rosetau is a seated black jackal in front of two golden obelisks behind a gray keep in a white field. The patriarch or matriarch of the family receive the title "Heritep Rosetau of the Sepat of Anubis" as well as their consorts.

They descend from Anpusir The Navigator, younger brother of Sekhemperamun, who traveled north of Khalem to build a city for Anubis after he presented himself in a dream and told him to find the Vale of Cinammon. When he reached land, he founded Zawty and established himself and his family there, where his descendants eventually became the Rosetau.

## History

### Foundation of Anubis

After eleven years of his reign, Sekhemperamun I finally had children, so Anpusir was not longer his primal Heir. Anpusir had the goal to travel throughout the continent and discover what was beyond the walls of Khalem. Years after he grew older, the priests told him that it was dangerous to go outside of Khalem because the land beyond it was still full of beasts from the Age of Gods and it was better if he waited until it was safe. However, one night he got a dream from Anubis himself telling him the priests were wrong and that he should travel north, find the lands of Cinammon and build new cities.

Then Anpusir decided to explore the north and Sekhemperamun gifted him ships and men to fulfill his divine task. He navigated north following the Iteru with his wife and children, until it became a crossroad, later becoming the Nemes. When he saw a jackal raising in the shore of the river and going to the right, he knew it was a sign from the god.

The travel did not end until he found the Cinammon Vale, where its scent was noticed for kilometers. There, he founded Zawty with his men in the name of Anubis, and built the Black Keep for his family as a home and the Temple of the Jackal in Hardai, as well as other cities in tribute to Anubis.

His descendants reigned in Zawty for decades as an extension of the House of Amun until Heritep Isheru, grand-grandson of Anpusir, decided to differenciate themselves and renamed its branch to Rosetau, a mythical city of the Duat, agreeing with the Pharaoh that they were a different family now. Thus, they were not legitimate to the Egyptian Throne.

### Roman Invasion

When Alexander The Great arrived in Saturania, he warned the royal family what was coming and along with the Court Families, they planned the future for the House of Amun line to not perish, hiding themselves in the Caves of Nubt in the Sepat of Ra until the Romans left, and leaving the Ptolemaios family (who came with Alexander) in power after him. However, the Romans defeated the Ptolemaios forces and conquered Saturania. The Rosetau helped the House of Amun move to the Onix Caves in Anubis, west of Hardai, where they lived for decades.

The Rosetau bent the knee to the Romans, but planned the Independence for a century, where their forces were crucial in the Battle of the Red Rain, leading to freedom.

### Great Secession

In the grandest Saturanian civil war of its time, the Sepat of Anubis was the first Sepat to stay loyal to the Pharaoh and created the Peacekeeper side to not let the Rebel Sepaut destroy the royal and Nomarch dynasties.

In the Battle of the Rebels in Khalem, the Rosetau brought their armies to defend the city and ended victor, gaining the respect and praise of Pharaoh Sesostris XVI, even though they thought it was better for him to abdicate, as the Houses of the Court thought.

### Modern Years

House Rosetau is still in power, even after most of the Sepaut of Eastern Saturania ended their hereditary forms of government after the Syenish War II.

## Traits

The Rosetau are well know for their raven black hair and dark honey eyes, losing the golden hair and eyes from the House of Amun. They are very tall, slim and have a darker skin tone.

The most known trait from the Rosetau is their loyalty to their nation and to themselves. In battle, they have always remained on the side they are loyal to and have sacrificed themselves for the safety of others, as history proofs. Until today, the Rosetau have always stood in the side of peace and defending Ma'at, being always depicted as the "good guys", leading the Sepat of Anubis to great honor.

## Trivia

* House Rosetau is a branch of the House of Amun due to their blood relation. However, their line is not legitimate to rule Saturania.