by garyvanhorn
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Circa 3,000 BC, Bast begins to appear in historical records. She is depicted as either a fierce lioness or a woman with the head of a lioness. Images of Bast were created from a local stone, named alabaster today. The lioness was the fiercest hunter among the animals in Africa, hunting in co-operative groups of related females.
Originally she was viewed as the protector goddess of Lower Egypt. As protector, she was seen as defender of the pharaoh, and consequently of the later chief male deity, Ra, who was also a solar deity, gaining her the titles Lady of Flame and Eye of Ra.
In the first millennium BC, when domesticated cats were popularly kept as pets, during the 18th dynasty Bast began to be represented as a woman with the head of a cat and ultimately, by the 22nd dynasty emerged as the quintessential Egyptian cat-goddess. In the Middle Kingdom, the domestic cat appeared as Bast’s sacred animal and after the New Kingdom she was depicted as a woman with the head of a cat or a lioness, carrying a sacred rattle and a box or basket.
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Bast
The Goddess
Ancient / Epic Heroes / Defender / Being
7 speed
4 health
6 wits
7 melee
2 power
2 damage
4 aim
3 point
4 throw
9 react
6 stealth
1 armor
5 strength
5 intellect
6 honor
7 respect
Cards
0 common, 0 secret, 0 elite, 0 henchmen
Bonuses
Pet
Special Abilities
Allied Lords in the same space as Bast cannot be attacked by enemies in melee. (25 melee)
Value Breakdown:
Survival: 149
Ranged: 57
Melee: 137.0
Adventure: 158
TOTAL: 501.0
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