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As you turn to run, the slithering sound reaches your ears again, accompanied by what you can only assume is the creature’s perverse excuse for laughter.Īn expedition into the lands surrounding Dashur has unearthed that which should have remained forever entombed in Omens of the Pharaoh, an expansion for the cooperative dice game Elder Sign. Human mouths simply cannot stretch that way.

Whatever is walking toward you is doing a very good job of pretending to be human, except for the face. Relieved, you step out from behind the crates… and freeze. You’ve scarcely caught a breath before you hear the sound of footsteps coming from the direction the creature had gone. You freeze as the familiar scraping comes to you from the mouth of the alley, and you hear the monstrosity pause for a moment before it continues past your hiding spot. At least there were so many people around that you wouldn’t be alone in facing this grotesquery for long. Whatever creature drove you from the ruins at Dashur seems to have followed you to Cairo.

You can hear it slithering along the broken pavement, dragging itself along the dusty streets. Whatever else the thing following you may be, it isn’t stealthy. You listen carefully, huddled behind some shipping containers in a dark alley. Soon it grew fainter and the sand grew more and more still, till finally all was at rest again but a presence seemed stalking among the spectral stones of the city…” The moon was gleaming vividly over the primeval ruins, lighting a dense cloud of sand that seemed blown by a strong but decreasing wind from some point along the cliff ahead of me. They are not mutually exclusive.Elder Sign: Cairo, Dashur, and the Threat of Nephren-Kaįantasy Flight Games präsentieren Elder Sign Cairo, Dashur, and the Threat of Nephren-Ka. ​Please note that it is very common for an older adult to be subjected to more than one of the above forms of elder abuse at the same time. Self-Neglect – Involves the failure of an older adult to meet vital self-care needs, which puts them at risk of harm to their safety and/or health.

This may include not providing essential things the older adult needs, such as food, water, shelter, medicine, clothing, or personal hygiene. Neglect – Occurs when the caregiver fails to meet or try to respond to the needs of an older adult.Sexual Abuse – Having non-consensual sexual contact of any kind, including contact with an older adult unable to consent to such contact (for instance, if they suffer from dementia and are unable to understand.).Perpetrators intimidate, humiliate, or attempt to isolate their victims. Psychological Abuse – Causing emotional pain towards older adults through verbal assaults, threats, or harassment.(For more specific information on the exploitation of older adults, see our Financial Abuse/Exploitation – Happens when a person wrongfully takes or uses an older adult’s funds or property through theft, scams, fraud, or predatory lending.Other forms of physical abuse involve the inappropriate use of medication or physical restraints. Physical Abuse – The use of force causing harm or pain to an older adult, which includes (but is not limited to) hitting, kicking, pinching, slapping, shoving, shaking, and burning.