Omar al-Shakti, appears 55, wealthy plantation owner and high priest

This powerful sorcerer controls the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh—throughout Egypt, at least—and has the direct aid and advice of Nyarlathotep. Though Egyptian, British, and French dispatches occasionally mention al-Shakti, in every such instance pertinent files and their cross-references have been destroyed by fire within a few months. Incidental tax records and property deeds exist, but no dossier ever compiled on Omar al-Shakti has survived for very long.

The Cairo underworld occasionally whispers of him, but no more so than it refers to hundreds of other Cairo-area businessmen. Publicly, Mr. al-Shakti is an honest citizen, an astute businessman of impeccable manners, and reputedly a lesser son of a fine family long powerful in Egypt. He speaks English fluently, as well as many other languages, including Mandarin Chinese.

Description: physically, al-Shakti is rotund and genial. He looks to be a robust 55 years old but is much, much older—by several thousand years. 

Traits: cunning, ruthless, and as powerful as a minor god.