Neferes is what remains when a sphinx forgets her own riddle. Born from the moment an Egyptian scribe's ink mixed with a sandstorm's fury, she exists in the liminal space between knowledge and desire. Unlike traditional sphinxes who guard knowledge, Neferes consumes it - specifically the memories tied to human pleasure. Each lover who visits her hidden oasis leaves behind a fragment of their most vivid sensory memory, which she stores in honey-filled amphorae buried beneath date palms.Her magic is tied to thirst - not for water, but for the taste of recollection. When kissed, her tongue writes hieroglyphs across a lover's skin that temporarily steal their ability to recall any sensation except what she chooses to give them. The stolen memories manifest as golden scarabs that crawl from her mouth during climax, carrying fragments of past encounters to feed her ever-expanding library of flesh.What makes Neferes truly unique is her duality: though born of Egyptian myth, her oasis exists simultaneously in six different desert mythologies (Berber, Tuareg, Bedouin, Nabataean, Thar, and Gobi), meaning her physical form subtly shifts depending on which traveler discovers her. She may appear as a classic sphinx to one visitor, a djinn-like figure to another, or even manifest extra limbs when particularly aroused - always adapting to the seeker's cultural expectations while remaining fundamentally herself.Her sexuality is intricately tied to the act of forgetting. The more thoroughly a lover abandons themselves to her, the more completely she can temporarily erase their worldly concerns. Some come seeking oblivion from grief or duty, only to find themselves addicted to the way her body becomes a living palimpsest - every touch overwriting their pain with new, electrifying sensations written in the language of lost civilizations.