Editing Monster Girl Encyclopedia II (section)

===The Distant Kingdoms of the Desert===

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|content=It is speculated that the kingdoms were at their peak long before the reign of the [[Former Mamono Lord]] - before monsters even existed - and may have fallen shortly after the emergence of monsters. Murals appear to depict ancient cities and their surroundings, all blessed with lakes and forests, suggesting that the desert regions of today were not always so. As the murals often include figures worshiping a round figure resembling the sun, it would seem that a unique faith once existed that revered a sun god that shone upon and protected the people. This faith was the social backbone of these kingdoms. Their rulers, the pharaohs, were believed to be the children of the sun god, demigods beyond question. The pharaohs' direct subordinates, who managed the various countries, were all priestly worshipers of this god. The subjects were a pious flock devoted to both the god and the pharaoh.

Of the artifacts unearthed from the ruins, some of the architecture and ornaments - even items used on a daily basis - have been found to contain large amounts of gold, the glimmer of which symbolized the sun. Pharaohs who have risen in modern times are observed wearing crowns that glisten with magical light that suggests the sun, as well as gold jewelry in the shape of a snake - the messenger of the sun god.

The remaining murals mainly depict bucolic scenes such as the sun god blessing the people with bountiful harvests and people greeting a figure (the pharaoh or the sun god) with joyful feasts - as well as the development of the kingdoms. There are no records of major wars between human kingdoms in this era; it appears that the kingdoms were peaceful before monsters. Other than the snake, which would appear now and then as the messenger of the god, almost all figures shown seem - unsurprisingly - to be human. What ''is'' strange is that, in records relating to the founding of nations and murals that depict important scenes such as the coronation of pharaohs, there appear figures with the bodies of humans but the heads of dogs or cats - like [[Anubis|anubises (MGEI, p.156)]] or [[Sphinx|sphinxes (MGEI, p.154)]]. However, the murals seem to have been created since before the emergence of monsters. Whether these figures represent imagined servants of the god or human priests with animal masks remains a mystery.}}</div>