Khnumhotep, priest of Khnum
Priest of the potter god and Keeper of the Nilometer, clay to the elbows. He measures the river. Lately the river has been measuring him.
Where to find
Overheard
Kerma, far to the south past the Second Cataract. The Qore. Bring back the scarab, and the flood with it.
I made a pot shaped like a crocodile while you were away. It's terrible. I'm keeping it.
Eleven cubits, and falling. I've stopped writing it down. I haven't stopped measuring.
The nilometer's at the sixtieth mark and climbing. The farmers are praying again: the other kind of praying.
Khnum shaped you on his wheel. I'm beginning to think he did a reasonable job after all.
Sixteen cubits! I'll never complain about a dull year again.
Sixteen cubits! A perfect flood. The Nilometer has never looked so happy.
Sixteen cubits is a good year. Eighteen is a flood, twelve is famine. I've measured them all.
Quests
Where the Flood Begins, The Measure of the Nile, The Coil in the Cataract
