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• Postgrad Archaeology Student🏺(Portrayal of the past in media)
• Computer Scientist 👩‍💻
• Lesbian Poetess 👭
• Novelist - prehistory/antiquity
• EDXRF/Gamma/Xray Spectroscopy ☢️
• Astrophotography🔭
• ASD/ADHD/Tourette's/CPTSD😵‍💫
• Weaver🧵
もちろん、にゃあああ!
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I'm thinking that she comes from Qurayyah, in the northwestern part of Saudi Arabia. She travelled west to the met and joined a ship at The Pillars (Heliopolis), and continued from there.

That's my current incarnation lol
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Yeah I have an idea like that sort of but it continues to evolve as I make a few modifications here and there

The problem is that's really early, so a lot of those more established things are not as common at this point. Most folks right about palatial period lol
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Well I would know that she's evil because she would have a mustache
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I didn't just give in, I threw myself willingly into the gates of hell lol
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Oh I have piles of geiger counters. That's Melwyn. She's my victorine model 6A CDV700. She has a bnc connector upgrade and new parts. 🥰

I use more modern detectors if I actually need them for anything. She's just fun
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Happy Dino Day, Ashlee chan!
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If you ignore my selfies, which seemed kind of silly as a mechanism of being offed, then this actually is my 6th picture lol
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Okay...

Thinking Cycladic, maybe Keros-Syros culture. The timing is correct and the location works out great.

Now why is she doing the group as a different issue. It would also make more sense why her epic fight scene occurs in the water just east of Poros.

I think that'll work...
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
She could be Bell Beaker culture...
They had archers, which would be her specialty, and it would make for an interesting character.
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Saldy, she dies, But she makes it longer than most of the rest of the mercs.

Only 400 years earlier and I could have made her from cucuteni-tripillia culture 😭
I happen to like that one.
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The night sky is more pronounced for them. their skies are clear, unpolluted from light and chemicals, and look absolutely stunning everywhere. Star is a very important and how they navigate.

I make references to various things, though never precisely as they have no method of precision
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Potatot among us!
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Another thing I might do is create a bed and then say, her bed wasn't like most people she knew, But she preferred it this way. That way it can exist but I've already implanted the notion that might not be like everyone else's.

Ways to maintain the highest accuracy possible
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
For example, let's say I don't know what kind of bed they use and there's nothing out there anywhere. I would then look at beds from other contemporary cultures and then create one. Then in the author's notes explain that I did this so that the reader isn't misled.
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
With such ancient settings, and the need to add realism with detail, I find the best way to approach it is to stick to the facts and add the details based on the most likely scenarios. I use contemporaries for inspiration, but qualified this in the author's notes
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM