la tristesse durera toujours

you should have been a system lord → ma’at

Her judgement is stern and true, her words infallible. Ma’at is the arbiter, the judge, the listener. Ma’at sits silently upon her throne while warring Goa’uld and disputed System Lords stand in front of her, speaking their case. She writes laws, ends wars, shapes history.

The sentence for disobeying Ma’at is exile without lands or ships or soldiers. No one has ever returned from exile, and wherever the exile planet lies, it is full of skeletons. Even the greatest and most destructive of the System Lords, Ra and Apophis and Anubis, dared not disobey her rulings. To attack Ma’at is a mistake of the highest order; she does not fight, but many are willing to fight on her behalf.

Once desperate to leave the Goa’uld and the System Lords, finding no interest in their petty fights and unending wars, Ma’at has made herself essential to the function and stability of the galaxy. Not all arguments need take physical form, and not all fights can be solved on the battlefield. A need for justice exists even amongst the Goa’uld, especially for those without armies.

Her sigil is a feather, and Ma’at’s Jaffa are trained not in war, but in arbitration and truth. Her first prime is Ammit, standing behind the throne in all judgement ceremonies. Ammit wears a gold mask, for while Ma’at is safe from retribution - Ammit is the executioner.