Ankhtepot
In an ancient country the inhabitants called the
Land of Reeds and Lotuses, Ankhtepot served three
generations of pharaohs as high priest. When the
second pharaoh died, her unworthy son ascended
to the throne. The new pharaoh quickly became
unpopular among the people and priests. Seeking a
remedy for this, Ankhtepot came to believe that the
gods wanted another to take the pharaoh's place,
one with knowledge of rule and the deities' blessing.
On the day of the ritual that would consecrate
the pharaoh's connection with the gods, Ankhtepot
rallied his loyal priests and murdered their liege. He
had misjudged the peoples' loyalty, though, and they
rose up and executed the traitorous priests.
Moreover, Ankhtepot had misjudged the will of
his gods. As he stood before them in death, the im-
mortals forsook him, cursing him and denying him
entry to the afterlife. Instead, they returned him to
the world, but stripped away a piece of his soul, his
ka the vital essence that inspires all living beings.
Ankhtepot reawakened, trapped and paralyzed
within his corpse as he was mummified along with
his treacherous followers. The murderous priest felt
the pain of every cut and every organ removed as if
he were alive. Then, within an unmarked crypt, he
suffered and starved for what felt like an eternity.
Untold years passed, but on the day the last mem-
ory of Ankhtepot's name faded from his homeland,
a voice intruded on the priest's prison, asking if he
still felt he was worthy to rule. Through the ages,
Ankhtepot's arrogance hadn't waned, and he an-
swered with certainty. Granted new freedom by the
Dark Powers, Ankhtepot emerged from his crypt
into the domain of Har'Akir.
In this new land, Ankhtepot found a pious people
devoted to the same gods he once served.
Immediately he set to wiping out that religion, replacing it
with new gods of his own imagining, false divinities
for whom he alone spoke. Using blasphemous rites,
Ankhtepot resurrected the priests once buried
alongside him as powerful mummies, replacing
their heads with those of beasts holy to his new
faith. These Children of Ankhtepot served him as
they did in life, and together the dead conquered the
souls of Har'Akir.
The ages have marched ever on. Ankhtepot has
known treachery and conquest. He has known di-
vinity and rule. But now he knows only boredom
and despair. His sole remaining desire is to recover
his lost ka, which he knows remains somewhere in
Har'Akir. With it, he hopes to become mortal again,
die, and face his original gods' judgment once more.
Whether this means peace or oblivion is meaning-
less to him. Ankhtepot seeks only an end.
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