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Born in Egypt as part of the prestigious Mafdet family Khepri grew up in luxury. Surrounded by the cult-like following their family gathered they naturally grew up believing themself capable of doing no wrong and have suffered little consequences no matter what they did. Something that has exasperated some of their worst tendencies but overall has caused few problems thus far.

Optimistic and friendly they have noticed little of the discrimination thrown their way or the scorn with which their parents are treated. Their family relies heavily on their self-proclaimed divinely bestowed traits to increase their standing so when Khepri's mother fell for a mutation quirk user with insectoid traits it did not take long for the rest of the Mafdet family to disapprove of their union. Claiming it was an affront for the descendants of the goddess of justice and protection to mix with one that so clearly had an appearance linked to destructive locust swarms or disease carrying bugs the pair was kept away from official events and met with ridicule behind closed doors. When their daughter was born they feared the worst and named them after the scarab god Khepri, most often associated with change and rebirth, to minimize the hardship they would have to face.

While not completely successful it at least resulted in the rest of the family tolerating their existence and permitting them and their parents to stay within the almost village sized compound occupied by the Mafdet and their following. Whether this is because they truly accepted Khepri or to keep their public relations scandal-free is not something their parents are sure of nor something that Khepri themself has ever even thought of. Whatever the reason Khepri had access to the wealth of the family and their sunny personality resulted in their requests being difficult to turn down, causing them to grow up extremely spoiled, whimsical and with little appreciation for hard work, much preferring to nap the days away instead.

When they were influenced by what they saw on TV to become a hero Khepri received encouragement from everyone around them, albeit for different reasons. Their parents hoped it would improve their morals while many among the rest of the family hoped the 'four-fingered freak' would die in action and allow them to be rid of them. To the disappointment of both even when they took part in unlicensed activities under the name 'Sphinx' neither ended up happening, their character changed little albeit they became much more energetic now that they'd found their passion and they rarely came back with so much as a scratch.

Eventually however their actions became too much to ignore and the benefits the Mafdet family gained from one of their own actively dishing out justice began to be outweighed by the fact that they were doing so without any proper authority behind them. Seeing the chance to hit three birds with one stone the Mafdets sent Khepri off to the country of one of their biggest trade partners -Japan- to both gain an official license and keep them out of their sight, simultaneously also using them for diplomatic purposes and curbing the harm done by their vigilante behavior on home ground.

-The Mafdet Family:

With the advent of quirks came societal upheaval, leaving many off worse and a select few off better. Khepri's grandfather was amongst the lucky few that managed to improve their standing due to their quirk instead of succumbing to the negative consequences of it. Born in Egypt and more importantly with a quirk that bestowed him with feline features he proclaimed himself a 'child of Mafdet', the ancient goddess of justice and protection. Due to a combination of his nation's ancient myths being looked to for comfort with the advent of quirks, the fascination held by the internet and the man's own charisma he quickly built up a cult-like following in those uncertain times and eventually a rather large family by the time Khepri was born.

While not a truly major player the family has used their connections to secure lucrative jobs in both political and private fields, ensuring the Mafdet family's wealth has vastly increased over the last half a century, slowly but surely increasing their influence alongside it.