Editing Nehekhara (section)

===Devil's Backbone===
* '''[[Lahmia]]'''
Also known as The City of the Dawn and later The Cursed City.

Little of the history of its kings is known before Lamasheptra, Lamashizzar and Neferata. Hatsushepra was an ancient Lahmian princess, as well as the high priestess of Ptra who weds the descendant if Settra in order to sustain the ancient treaty between the Nehekarhans and their gods.

In the Nagash novel, Lahmia is portrayed as an incredibly wealthy trade center due to its geographic location, with a port and sea routes to Cathay. Because of their dealings with the Cathayans, many of the priest-kings and nobles wear Cathayan silk and use many products from the East.

The royal bloodline is descended from Ptra himself, and upholds the divine treaty by marrying Settra's blood heir...[[grimdark|until Nagash came and ruined everything]]. Neferem, Thutep's bride, was forcefully taken by Nagash the usurper. In order to acheive his goals, he desecrates her and murders her and her child, voiding the divine treaty and ending the many blessings, enchantments, and wards that protected and prospered Nehekara.

Nagash's insolence bought forth many key events to Lahmia that results in its destruction.

The first is Lamasheptra's dealing with the Cathayan, which he desperately tried to save his sister Neferem that he signed a risky trade agreement where he would offer many gold per year or his city (if he has no gold) in exchange of Cathayan's [[Gunpowder (Warhammer Fantasy)|gunpowder]] weaponry.

The second, and the most well known one would be Lamashizzar's obsession with Nagash's dark art. One book of Nagash and an immobilized Nagash's lieutenant: [[Arkhan the Black]] were bought to Lahmia following the battle against Nagash at Mahrak.

Long story short: Neferata, Lamashizzar's sister wife was overwhelmed with Cathayan's debt and the incompetence of the men around her that she went straight for Arkhan's help to study magic, which she excel at due to her previous experience with potion making, Arkhan's sympathy to her as well as having common animosity towards Lamashizzar. Lamashizzar was abandoned after Neferata had won over his cabal and he act like a jealous jackass and tried to kill both Arkhan and Neferata, but ends up with Arkhan killed him then killed by Abhorash in return and Neferata becomes the first vampire after Arkhan's desperate ritual. With the new found knowledge, Neferata created new vials and gave them to the Cathayan as payment but ended up with Cathayan cancelled trading with them because undead corruption, but then trade again after a new emperor was enthroned. Neferata later was forced to duel her old love Khalida to prove she is not taint by Nagash's dark art and ended up killing Khalida, left a trauma on her mind that will never fade. The trauma caused her to question Nehekhara's future under Nagash's fear that she decided become the queen of Khemri by grooming a future king of Khemri for her. That didn't went too well of course and it led the the future king Alcadizzar escape and then went back to raze Lahmia afterwards. Since Neferata was too busy finding her fuck boy, Lahmia was poor as fuck with shitty military by the time Alcadizzar invaded and is only barely hanging on in the battle due to the vampire's inhuman fighting ability and their zombie summons.

After Lahmia was razed, it became a bandit infested ruin. The bandits there were then killed by Nagash's new invasion forces led by Arkhan and W'soran, which it was filled with skeletons for a while until Alcadizzar and many other armies of priest kings kick their asses back to Nagashizzar.

After Nagash fucked Nehekhara dry, Lahmia remained untouched as a forgotten ruined and a cursed city, a shadow to its former self.

* '''[[Lybaras]]'''

Also known as the City of Scholars

Its patron god is '''Tahoth''', an Ibis headed god of knowledge and learning. Ironically, he wasn't worshiped by Khalida despite being the Queen of Lybaras, probably has to do with her bloodline being originated from Lahmia, whose patron god is Asaph.

According to the Nagash novel, the city's economy thrive on its academies (collegiums) and craftsman rather than conquest and raiding. It's nobles are more interesting in buying scrolls and strange tools rather than jewels and fine clothing. Between their nobles and slaves, it is difficult to tell them apart since they wore the same clothing (kilt, cape and leather sandals) with the difference being the nobles always carrying metal or glass bauble trinkets wherever they went. Their god blessed warriors (Ushabti) has the least "blessed changes" in physical appearance compared to other cities', except their eyes which are luminous grey that could observe and catch anything within its sights.

Although the Lybaran were not known for their fighting prowess, they makes it up by creating lots and lots of siege engine and war machines using their well known knowledge. They also use they knowledge to create a functioning steampunk airship, so take that [[Dwarf (Warhammer Fantasy)|Dwarf]]! whose creation is umgak now?

They were also close allies with Rasetra.

'''Beka''' is the name of the most famous local Necrotect due to his work on Khalida's tomb.

'''King Hassep''' was one of the first rulers of Lybaras, and was a vassal of Settra during the first unification of the First Dynasty. After waking as a Tomb King he swore allegiance to Khalida instead, serving as her top general.

Hilariously in '''''[[Gotrek & Felix]] - The Serpent Queen''''', there is a Dwarfen Tomb King by the name '''Rhupesh VII''', aka '''Ox of the Mountain and Tiger of the High Walls, Bearded Scion of Serpent and Ox, Adpoted son of Asaph'''. According to his background, he was adopted by a nameless Queen of Lybaras (hints about him being a Dwarf was a tablet accompanied him that was written in Dwarfen rune, which the Nehekharan could not read, obviously) who found him by the reed (Moses style!). Since the Queen wasn't able to give birth, he was adopted and eventually become a king. Although he is short due to being a Dwarf, Nehekharan thought of it but a trade off with his incredible strength, and thus never suspected him being other species (or perhaps not wanted to speak out against the king and risk against his "grudging" wraith?). Under his reign, Rhupesh demonstrated his usual Dwarfen trademark abilities of being a craftsman (the wall he had constructed stood even to this day, his pyramid were the largest in Lybara (definitely not Settra's, of course)), hating Greenskins (in life, he mainly wage war against Greenskins in Southland, proving that Greenskin hatred is a Dwarf's genetically predisposed trait) and being a master of defensive warfare (he could never lose if he is fighting on his wall). On top of it all, he sports a tightly curled and splayer beard (which remained even after his death), as well as Dwarfen ascent (he pronounced Orcs as "Urks"). He was eventually felled in '''the War of Two Thousand Arrows''' and was entombed like the rest of Tomb Kings. Also like the Tomb Kings, he was awakened after Nagash's necromancy fuckery. Unlike other Tomb Kings however, he remained cool headed and did not fight other dynasties (since kin slaying and in fighting is Umgi thing.) but rejects to be Khalida's servant and went to sleep in his pyramid. He was eventually called upon again by Khalida to kill some Vampire fucks, which he did with a style using his chariot, which is something a Dwarf would never do, but is not like he was raised to be a proper Dawi, right?