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• Rise of Power Amidst Actions of Devotion by 1f_this_be_madness

  Fandoms: Ancient Egyptian RPF, Ancient Egyptian Religion  

  • Mature
  • Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  04 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Hatshepsut of Egypt & Pharaoh Thutmose I
  • Hatshepsut of Egypt & original character
  • Hatshepsut of Egypt & Ahmes-Nefertari & Merytamen
  • Hatshepsut of Egypt
  • Thutmose I of Egypt
  • Thutmose II of Egypt
  • Merytamen
  • Ahmes
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Senenmut (fl. 18th Dynasty)
  • Amun (Ancient Egyptian)
  • Neferure of Egypt
  • Neferubity
  • Ahmose-Nerfertari (Ancient Egyptian)
  • Royalty
  • Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
  • Angst and Tragedy
  • Growing up as the eldest child of pharaoh
  • Loneliness
  • Introspection
  • servitude
  • Involuntary service
  • Family
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Illnesses
  • Character Death
  • Prisoners
  • Male-Female Friendship
  • Sister-Sister Relationship
  • Historical References
  • Attempted Historical Accuracy
  • Sexual Content
  • Sexuality
  • Women In Power
  • About ancient Egyptian pharaohs so there are references to incest
  • Author is utterly baffled by ancient history sometimes
  • Therefore I have written this
  • Badass Women
  • On the throne of ancient Egypt
  • Heavy lies the head that wears the (double) crown

  Summary

  Hatshepsut has known she is special from birth. King's first daughter, who becomes the God's Wife of Amun and will be the wife of her father's son, the next king. But she has limited experience with family, only close to her wet nurse, tutor, and sister for a time.

  Until she speaks to those who serve her, and begins to learn.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,782

  Chapters:

  4/4

  Kudos:

  2

  Hits:

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