Editing Queen Neferata (section)

===Creation of Vampires===
When Lamashizzar and his cabal members (Ushoran, W'soran, Ankhat, Abhorash, Zhuras, Adio, Khenti, Ubaid) found out Nefereta's plans, she convinced them to join her using knowledge Arkhan had shared on each cabal member, her charisma and a demonstration what her elixir could do (using her superhuman strength to throw her brother with a slight shove). Most of the cabal immediately jumped ship and followed Nefereta, except for the king's vizier Ubaid as well as the spoiled nobles Adio and Khenti. As reward, Arkhan was freed at Neferata's command.

But Lamashizzar arranged for Ubaid to assassinate Neferata with the magical sphinx venom and Adio and Khenti to kill Arkhan in revenge. While Arkhan slew his would-be killers, but by the time he found Neferata, she was already poisoned. He quickly carried Neferata to the female palace seeking help to save her, but only a servant girl named Aiyah was willing to help him. Aiyah guided Arkhan to the queen's room, and was strong-armed into assisting Arkhan's attempts to save Neferata with Nagash's rituals and magic. After five days, Neferata seemed to die, and a distraught Arkhan killed Lamashizzar. Blinded by his grief, Arkhan had left Aiyah as a loose end, who fled to Lybaras after Neferata's apparent death.

However, the ritual had saved Neferata and made her the first vampire. When she returned, she learned that in her absence Arkhan had killed her brother and that Abhorash had killed Arkhan. This also meant that since her brother died childless she was in charge of Lahmia, now the most important Nehekharan city given how Nagash had ruined Khemri. After secretly having Arkhan buried in a cairn, she strong-armed Prince Xian into making a new deal with Cathay - no more dragon powder, but the debt would be called off and they would still trade in other ways. She also convinced Prince Xian to give her his courtesan Naamia. Then she organized Lamashizzar's funeral; though many attended, Lamashizzar wasn't well-loved so most where there to discuss politics... except for Khalida, who Neferata hadn't seen in years.

Neferata hoped to use the opportunity to reconcile with cousin Khalida, who she dearly loved (possibly to obsessive and incestuous levels). After a feast of Cathayan Malatang (seafood boiled using various chili spices from Cathay, so close enough) at the Lahmian garden, Neferata tried to solidify her rule with the promise to rebuild the destroyed cities and temples by offering yearly payments of gold. She also offered the Rasetran King Shepret the ruined city of Khemri because their bloodline has connection to Amenophis - a son of Settra whom was disowned by the latter - plus the gold needed to rebuilt it.

While the others were busy drooling over Neferata's wonderful promises, Khalida suddenly called her out for bullshitting and for embracing Nagash's dark power; Aiyah had made it back to Khalida and spilled the beans. Neferata, of course, rejected the accusation as outrageous and went "no, you", so an incensed Khalida challenged her to an honor duel. Neferata ended up killing Khalida with her surprising vampire strength during the duel, and tried to Khalida into a vampire using the blood on her lips, but Khalida was either too far gone to be turned into one or was saved from that fate by the goddess Asaph.

As time went on, people around Neferata started to notice she wasn't aging and was going through more servants than most. Neferata realized she'd need some meatshields that weren't mooks, so she picked eleven notable individuals to be given the elixir; captain of the guard and all around badass [[Abhorash]] (whom Neferata tricked to becoming a vampire because he was too honorbound and stubborn to accept it; he self exiled in shame after a killing spree brought on by his transformation), former vizier Ubaid, her high priest [[W'soran/Melkhior and Zacharias the Everliving|W'soran]], her younger brother [[Ushoran]], Maatmeses (unknown, went to Ind or retcon?), Naamia (a former Cathay noble courtesan given to her by [[Cathay|Prince Xian Ha Feng as mentioned above]]) and Ankhat (Neferata's husband Vashanesh or her political assistant). She educated them on their new strengths and dietary requirement. She also planted puppet rulers in the Lahmia court named King Sothis and Queen Ammanura in order to rule behind the scenes and keep her immortality out of the public eye.

[[Cathay|Prince Xian Ha Feng]] took some vials of the Elixir to [[Cathay]] as payment ([[fail|then rebelled against his dragon father and probably died]]). [[Jade-Blooded|The vampire bloodline in Cathay remain alive still]].

Neferata later founded the Lahmian cult under W'soran's suggestion, as a clever way to acquire more blood unnoticed and recruit more vampire underlings (especially female), indoctrinated to believe Neferata is the incarnation of the goddess Asaph. The cult even served a good purpose as a political tool that made the Lahmian ruler look divine, in an age where the Nehekhara kings are no longer protected by the gods blessings.