Cleopatra's Cat's Paw

Cleopatra's power came from an ability to get people to do her bidding without realizing they were being manipulated. A queen must never dirty her hands with ugly taskss nor can a king appear in public with blood on his face, yet power cannot survive without the constant squashing of enemies. You need a cat's paw. This will usually be a person from outside your immediate circle, who will therefore be unlikely to realize how he or she is being used. The two men became her cat's paws. They entered the fire for her, did the ugly but necessary work, while shielding her from appearing as the destroyer of her siblings and fellow egyptians. In the end, both men