Neferu

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**Neferu** is a main character in the visual novels Adastra, Adastra: Interea, and Khemia. The second son of the Khemian pharaoh, he arrives on Adastra hoping to broker an alliance between the two races.

## Appearance

Neferu is a jackal, primarily covered in black fur, albeit much shorter fur, with gold markings on his upper arms, under his eyes, and on the side of his nose. The inside of his ears and eyebrows are also gold in color. His body is much different from the rest of the cast, being more muscular and toned. Unlike the wolves, Neferu has a sheath and a knot.

Neferu is adorned wearing only a red shendyt, with a golden, decorative crotch plate. In *Khemia*, he wears a blue one instead.

## Personality

Neferu is charismatic, polite, and has solid ties with the Adastran palace's residents, though he is mistrusted by Amicus and less so by Cassius. His closest confidante in the palace is Virginia, who he regularly spends time with during the day in the first novel.

At times, Neferu can be condescending and provocative, traits that frequently bring him negative consequences; in the first novel he purposefully teased Amicus for his sexuality, embarrassing him, and knowingly stoked Cato's fury by insinuating that he knew the third trial was staged, causing Cato to violently assault him. The attack is filmed by a drone and the footage is sent to Khemia, triggering widespread public fury on the planet against Cato and worsening the relationship between the two planets.

Like Amicus, Neferu is homosexual, but does not give his sexuality much psychological weight and like many Adastran citizens views copulation as a pastime rather than a meaningful demonstration of love. In the second novel, he has sex in a dorm room with Scipio, who finds himself increasingly emotionally and physically attracted to Neferu.

Despite his outwardly pleasant demeanor and appearance of high self-confidence, Neferu is shown to actually be extremely lonely and possesses very low self-confidence; this is likely attributed to his perceived low status within his family and the negative stances taken by both Khemian and Adastran societies towards homosexuality. After being assaulted by Cato, Neferu drinks to a state of inebriance and after being castigated by Marco for his drunkenness, breaks down crying, which comes as a surprise to Marco, who comforts him with a back massage. Neferu soon returns to his old personality.

## Story

Neferu is the second of four children born to of the Pharoah of Khemia. Despite being the second-eldest, he lives in the shadow of both his older brother and his two younger sisters.

He was sent to Adastra in order to cultivate an alliance between the wolves and the jackals, and was stranded when the Stretch Drive depletion occurred. For the time being, Virginia had invited him to stay at the palace, where he encounters the rest of the main cast, including Marco who he takes a keen interest in. Throughout his time in the palace, Neferu is seen to be confident and even flirtatious, specifically towards Amicus.

## Trivia

* Neferu and Amicus are the only characters debuting in Adastra to receive new sets of sprites in Khemia.