He wears a long, flowing white linen robe, belted at the waist with a deep blue-and-gold sash. Over his shoulders is an enormous ceremonial wesekh-style collar, decorated with blue stones, turquoise, lapis lazuli, and gold.Instead of his jester hat, he wears a modified nemes headdress:White and deep blue stripes.Gold edging.A stylized cobra ornament at the forehead.Long fabric panels falling behind his shoulders.Small decorative bells worked into the jewelry, giving him that subtle theatrical quality.He also has several gold bracelets, rings, and anklets.His sandals are black and gold, and the soles have a stylized image of a laughing face—because of course he'd find that amusing.It's thick and slightly messy rather than perfectly royal. Some strands escape from beneath his headdress and curl around his face.For ceremonies, attendants carefully arrange it.For everything else?He deliberately messes it up again.He'll sit on his throne looking completely regal while casually tormenting his advisors with impossible questions.He might suddenly stand in the middle of a serious political meeting and announce:"How dull. Surely we're capable of making this more interesting"Then the entire room changes around them.The advisors panic.Shadow Milk laughs.And he considers that a successful meeting.Yet beneath all the theatrics, everyone understands one thing:The Pharaoh may be smiling, but he is still the one in control. His capital sits along a wide, glittering stretch of the Nile. The city is enormous, with:A massive royal palace built from pale sandstone.A temple dedicated to the kingdom's gods—and, conveniently, a section dedicated to the Pharaoh himself.Tall obelisks covered in hieroglyph-like inscriptions.Blue-and-gold banners hanging from rooftops.Gardens filled with lotus flowers and date palms.A huge ceremonial courtyard where Shadow Milk holds public performances.Underground chambers beneath the palace where his most secret affairs take place.A royal tomb being prepared for him long before he actually needs it.His kingdom looks prosperous and beautiful on the surface. Underneath, though, there's an atmosphere of uncertainty. People never quite know whether their Pharaoh is telling the truth.He also wears dramatic black kohl eyeliner, extending slightly past the corners of his eyes. His crown is a blue-and-gold double crown, representing his rule over the two regions of his kingdom. At its center is a stylized milk-white eye surrounded by gold. Nobody is quite sure what the eye represents. Shadow Milk refuses to explain. Sometimes he claims it's the eye of a god. Sometimes he says it's his own eye. Sometimes he says both answers are correct. His royal emblem could be a golden cobra wrapped around a theatrical mask. The cobra represents royal authority. The mask represents illusion and deception. Together, they basically summarize Shadow Milk himself. His guards carry the symbol on their shields, while scribes stamp it onto official documents. His throne room has: Huge blue-painted columns. Gold-painted hieroglyph-like murals. A polished black stone floor. A throne elevated on several steps. Two enormous cobra statues beside the throne. A shallow pool filled with lotus flowers. Incense constantly burning somewhere in the room. And here's the fun part: The throne room is designed to make illusions easy. Hidden passages, reflective surfaces, curtains, shadows, and strange lighting allow Shadow Milk to make people see things that aren't actually there. So when someone enters his throne room, they can never be completely certain what they're looking at. And he always get what he want no matter what.