Mai The Nine Lives of Chloe King

1 mai

1.1 history
1.2 present day
1.3 characteristics

mai

the mai ancient race of supernatural beings, mortal descendants of ancient egyptian cat goddess, bastet. chloe learns member of them on sixteenth birthday.

history

the mai once acted defenders , companions of human race, first guardians egyptian pharaohs. descendants of egyptian cat-goddess bastet, part-god, part-human mai used cat-like attributes serve , advise humans. mai s role protectors lasted until 16th century bc when defeated ramesses. daughter of ramesses iii fell in love mai, pharaoh banned nuptials, eloped. when humans , mai learned of union, mai boy apprehended , killed egyptians, causing divide between 2 races grow deeper. third intermediate period of egypt began, mai shunned society , organization called order emerged. order, group of human assassins, began hunting half-god race until extinct. fight between mai , order forced mai hiding , said have been violent, supposedly cause of of world s famous , bloodiest wars.

the mai mortal enemies of jackals, race descended egyptian jackal-god anubis. jackals described being filthy , savage, dregs of society. ironically, mai display same racist attitudes towards jackals order display towards mai themselves. according alek, every ancient god has offspring 2 introduced.

present day

the mai have spread out worldwide, mai settlements in such places new york city, ukraine, san francisco, são paulo, russia, , hong kong. folklore predicts uniter , mai born 9 lives, 1 able end mai-human war , restore balance between 2 races. when chloe pushed coit tower , killed, returns life, mai peers alek , jasmine conclude uniter 8 remaining lives.

characteristics

because of cat-like abilities, mai natural protectors of egyptians , possess several abilities , gifts, , several weaknesses. traits include:

enhanced strength, speed, , stamina
magnified reflexes , agility (allowing mai land on feet after falling great distances)
increased healing , resistance poison
heightened senses including hearing , smell
improved night vision
retractable claws

any intimate actions between mai , human harmful human, resulting in human s paralysis or death within few hours. uniter can resurrected, although each death more painful time goes on. in addition 9 lives, uniter empath, able detect , experience emotions of humans. chloe can feel other species emotions, jackals, not work on mai. according valentina, mai once had ability.