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1	[[Film/NightAtTheMuseum Every night at the Museum of Natural History, all the exhibits come to life. And the only one to witness this amazing event is the night guard who watches over them]].
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3	[[WellThisIsNotThatTrope This is not that story]].
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5	This story began [[{{Prequel}} long ago]]. Thousands of years before the museum, before the city of New York, and before ships carried Europeans across the ocean to a new continent, there were the pharaohs of Egypt.
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7	Essentially, by working out the various clues and hints from the three movies (so spoilers if you haven't watched all of them), Creator/BookwormGal tries to craft a {{Backstory}} for the ancient Egyptian characters, the magic tablet that causes the films in the first place, and even the gate to the underworld from the second film. And they do this while [[ShownTheirWork researching]] as much as possible to make everything sound believable.
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9	Links are [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10936444/1/Child-of-Moonlight here]] and [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3175308/chapters/6897122 here]]
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11	!!Tropes found in ''Child of Moonlight'' include:
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13	* AlliterativeTitle: Some of the chapter titles:
14	** "Fortunes Foretold"
15	** "Plans and Plotting"
16	** "Searching Through Scrolls"
17	%%* AncientEgypt: The setting.
18	* AnimalMotif: Kahmunrah is described vaguely like a snake a few times. He is compared to Apep (a snake-like entity in Myth/EgyptianMythology that tries to devour the sun each night) and prophecy foretells that "hubris, jealousy, and cruelty will drip from him like venom."
19	* {{Backstory}}: The origin of the tablet, the gate to the underworld from the [[Film/NightAtTheMuseum second film]], and the lives of Ahkmenrah and Kahmunrah are all explored.
20	* BerserkButton: Kahmunrah does not react well to anything that he thinks is the slightest threat to his future as pharaoh. And he definitely doesn't react well to suggestions that he is not far greater and more important than Ahkmenrah.
21	%%* BrotherSisterIncest: It was historically accurate for the royal family in Ancient Egypt.
22	%%* CainAndAbel: Kahmunrah and Ahkmenrah, respectively.
23	%%* CheerfulChild: Ahkmenrah
24	* TheChosenOne: Ahkmenrah is said to be "favored by [[{{Lunacy}} Khonsu]]"
25	%%* CoolSword: The Khopesh
26	%%* DeathByChildbirth: Inhapi, Kahmunrah's mother and one of Merenkahre's wives. Shepsheret views him as her son anyway.
27	%%* GreenEyedMonster: Kahmunrah
28	%%* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Hatshepsut
29	* {{Lunacy}}: Khonsu is the god of the moon and is very important in the story [[spoiler:due to his connection to the tablet]].
30	%%* {{Prequel}}: To ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum''
31	* ReligionIsMagic: Anything that is considered magic, from protective amulets to [[Film/NightAtTheMuseum the tablet]], involve invoking one of the gods or goddesses.
32	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Both played straight and averted in regards to how snakes were viewed in ancient Egypt. Some were useful for controlling mice and this was reflected with the goddess Wadjet, who was a protector of pharaohs. But many species could be deadly, which was reflected with the mythological entity Apep, who tried to plunge the world into eternal darkness by devouring the sun. Kahmunrah views snakes as mostly being dangerous to anyone who got in their way; it is a trait he [[AnimalMotif easily identifies with]].
33	* RoyalInbreeding: Marrying siblings, half-siblings, and cousins are all mentioned or shown, which is historically accurate.
34	* ShownTheirWork: Lots of research was done into the various gods and goddesses, a timeline of when the characters would have ruled, different aspects of daily life, and other interesting aspects that are either revealed in the text or the Author's Notes.
35	* SiblingYinYang: Kahmunrah and Ahkmenrah. One is ruthless, ambitions, and favors combat lessons. The other is thoughtful, friendly, and favors his more intellectual studies. Even the times of their births were drastically different, with Kahmunrah being born just before sunset during a new moon and Ahkmenrah at midnight during a full moon.
36	%%* SpareToTheThrone: Ahkmenrah, though Kahmunrah holds the belief that they didn't even ''need'' his younger brother.
37	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Kahmunrah beats his childhood companion bloody for making the mistake of saying that Ahkmenrah wasn't that bad.
38	* UltimateBlacksmith: The craftsmen who serve [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Sokar]] would be considered this. They are the ones responsible for creating the tablet, along with several priests from that and other temples.
39	%%* WarriorPrince: Kahmunrah
40	%%* WisePrince: Ahkmenrah

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