Nitria
Nitria was an Egyptian village located in the middle of Saqqara Nome.
The village houseed workers for the natron quarry around which the village was built. the village was the main source of natron–used to dry out the bodies of the recently dead during the mummification process–for the entire kingdom.[1]
History
In 48 BCE, the Medjay, Bayek, was brought to the quarry by Nefertari, the chief healer of the village, who had found an injured Bayek outside the nearby Bent Pyramid, following his assassination of Rudjek, the Nomarch of Saqqare Nome and a member of the Order of the Ancients. When Bayek regained conscious, he left the village immediately, returning to Siwa without uttering a word to Nefertari.[2]
Several months later, Bayek returned the village, intending to give his thanks to Nefertari for her help. Upon his return, he was kicked in the crotch by the widow of Rudjek, before learning that the killing of Rudjek had giving him a bad reputation in the settlement. Bayek was then made aware of an omen that plagued the village; nearby shrines of Anubis were disrupted and several villagers had gone missing while attempting to restore them. The other workers had also started sustaining more serious injuries at a faser rate. Bayek then took on the task of restoring the shrines in and around Nitria, as a way of repaying Nefertari's favor and making recompense to the villagers.[2]
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