Custos Crypta Faction Starter Set

The story of the Custos Crypta begins in 700 BCE, at the height of the Kushite Empire, when the authority of Pharaoh Neferkare Shabaka was absolute. Shabaka was believed to be blessed by the Egyptian goddess Khepera, and it was in her name that he ruled from Nubia to the Nile Delta, sustained by daily blood sacrifices offered in his honour. In return, the Kushite Empire was granted the service of the Custos Crypta, a sentient insectoid species tasked with acting as both guardians and custodians of the Pharaoh and his people. Yet, as so often in history, betrayal followed power: Shabaka was murdered by his nephew Taharqa, and the remaining Custos Crypta were entombed within the pyramid of el-Kurru.