Biography of Lanitra

“I was born mortal, but the river remade me. My voice is silence, my blade is thunder.”

Lanitra is the adopted daughter and chosen protégé of Sebek Nekhet (Sobek), the crocodile-lord of rivers and seas. Once mortal, her life changed when she drank of his blood, crossing the threshold into divinity. Her name, in Malagasy, means “sky” or “heaven,” and her eyes—pale and shifting like the horizon—seem to carry that meaning with unspoken weight.

Mute since childhood, Lanitra does not need words to command attention. Her silence is a language in itself, a gravity that shapes those around her. In the company of NileLux—the high-tech naval security empire Sebek rules—she is both shield and spear, a sea warrior of unmatched ferocity. Ships and men alike break before her resolve. To many, she is the silent sentinel of the waterways; to Sebek, she is heir and right hand.

Yet beneath her loyalty lies complexity. Though bound to Sebek, she also walks in shadowed alliance with Bastielle Nekhet (Bastet). Their meetings are not secrets—Sebek knows—but the ambiguity of her allegiance makes her more dangerous, more enigmatic. She exists as a bridge between two forces of the Nekhet dynasty: the crocodile’s dominion of rivers and the lioness’ dominion of pride.

Her presence is unmistakable. She dresses in dark naval attire trimmed with silver and deep green, often bearing scars of battle across her arms like marks of devotion. Her weapons, forged with divine metallurgy, move with the precision of tides. In black market harbors across the Mediterranean, she is the silent overseer of Sebek’s ports, her silence promising judgment far swifter than speech.

Her family ties anchor her in blood and choice:

• Adopted daughter of Sebek Nekhet (Sobek).
• Protégé and chosen successor to his empire of rivers and seas.
• Ally and confidant of Bastielle Nekhet (Bastet), though her loyalties weave between them.

To mortals, she is the mute commander of NileLux, feared across ports and seas. To the gods, she is a paradox: sky-born in name, river-bound in fate. To herself, Lanitra is both silence and storm, carrying within her the tension of one who belongs to two legacies and yet may become greater than either.

Positions held

Sea warrior

Aliases of Lanitra

Titles of Lanitra