The CyberSybils Unroll Scroll Twelve ~ Sammuramat: "'All hail my new queen, Sammuramat,' the monarch seemed to mock, curtsy to the one who is your worthy mistress.'

'My mother is Derceto, an immortal,' she intoned, 'and you would be wise to heed these words of wisdom, lord Ninus: Alif, Ba, Lam!'

Whereupon her handmaidens each produced long whips from the folds of their gauzy, pleated skirts, Sammuramat privy to the longest, most deadly looking flail of all.