Updated: 8 January 1999

Khentamentiu
4th Generation Hat-Maat
Incarnation of Osiris in Busiris

	True Name:	Hat-Hemet-Ousire, Khoui-Oudjat (''First Servant of Osiris, Protector of the Eye of Horus'')
	Sire:	Set & Osiris (-5000)
	Nature:	Visionnary
	Demeanor:	Judge
	Humanity:	9
	Secrets:	**
	Status, Divine:	****
	Status, Civilian:	****

Background:

                    Khentamentiu had seen everything: How Osiris have become an Undead, and what's happened when Set and Osiris finally fought like the beast they harbored in their breasts. How Osiris was brought back from the Land of the Dead, and how he had asked Set to kill him. While horrified, Khentamentiu saw the wisdom of the choice. Osiris was badly prepared to fight the other Vampires, and Set wasn't prepared to die in peace. Osiris was prepared to die, and Set a powerful warrior who could well comunicate his passion and lead his armies should the need arise.

He was surprised, thought, when he learnt what fate Osiris had for him. He was already old, and prepared to die, but he couldn't refuse to live on, even as an Undead, to teach others of Maat. At first, the power of the Beast frightened him, but his own willpower and mental discipline was enough. Osiris claimed he was a God. In his wisdom, Khentamentiu refused to even ponder at the possibility. But as it was required, he soon took over the Beast, and soon after, started his research of Maat.

The other Founders, Wadjet and Nekhbet were already in Torpor and Horus was in the Duat when Set asked him the right to Embrace Ankh-Meres-Bast. While Khentamentiu have no contact with Osiris, who remained silent since the Pact of Maat. He observed Ankh-Meres-Bast, and doubted the wisdom of this Embrace. Still, Set had been right with Wadjet and Nekhbet, and he believed the Embrace of a Bast Priestess would insure them a voice within the Bubastis tribes. As Ankh-Meres-Bast accepted the Embrace, she became Bastet, the Female Principle of Bast, the spirit guiding the Bubastis.

But the Embrace of another Bastet Priestess should not have been: While not dark-skinned, and so marking her as not of the Bubastis blood, her only merit was her beauty that had no equal in Khentamentiu's memory. Her name was Nefer (Beauty) and no one could have been so rightly named. And she was as vain as she was beautiful, even if she had some artistic talent in both physical performance (dancing, singing, etc.) and mental ones (drawing, pottery, etc.).

But Set have been charmed by her, and Khentamentiu realized that every other Childer of Set had been chosen for her talent, and as Neith was chosen by Horus to become his mate, Nefer would become Set's wife. So despite the darkness Khentamentiu saw in her, he accepted. So was Embraced Nefer, who became known as Hathor. He then understood: Gods were indeed walking the earth, and Hathor seemed to be one of them... No: Two of them, in one physical, pristine body...

Lately, the Two-Lands are once more unified, and Khentamentiu believe it will awaken the other Childer of Set. The Discipline Maat is ready, and the creation of the Two-Land can begin...

Destiny

                    While avoiding Embracing Childer, Khentamentiu will still create a small Bloodline of philosophers that will participate in the spiritual enlightment of Egypt and his people, including the immortal ones.

Appearance:

                    Khentamentiu is a man in his fourties, with a slender frame but intense black eyes. He is completely shaved. A feeling of control emanate from his body, and he appears to move with a controlled slowness. His wisdom shows in every word he tells (or does not tell).

Khentamentiu usually wears priestly garb. He will more and more often dress as Osiris' supposed form, including the crown of Lower Egypt, and the Attributes of royalty.

Role Playing:

                    Khentamentiu is very calm, and always speak in hushed tones. He dislike to speak to tell nothing, and thus remain most of the time silent. But when he talks, everyone knowing him knows it is important.

While he does not revell in the awe he provokes, even among the other gods, he accept it as a normal tribute: After all, he is the wisest among them, having lived two thousand years, while the others spent most of their time in Torpor.

Notes:

                    Khentamentiu is now High-Priest of Osiris in Busiris.

Actual Aim:

                    To teach his fellow gods Maat. To find and remove corruption.

Rumours:

None.

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