Hazoret

Hazoret is the Jackal-headed Amonkheti god of zeal. She was responsible for the final trial and slaughtered the winner with her spear, rewarding them with the God-Pharaoh's presence. After the Hour of Devastation she became known as the God-Survivor.Greg Weisman (November 2019). "War of the Spark: Forsaken". Del Rey. 
==Description==
Hazoret's ideal of zeal encompasses powerful emotions as well as religious intensity. It is not enough to merely want a place in the afterlife, initiates must channel that drive into a furious battle that will determine their final place in the afterlife.Wizards of the Coast. Explore the planes: Amonkhet
Under Nicol Bolas's thrall Hazoret believed herself to be the daughter of the God-Pharaoh, made of the same magic as the Second Sun and the fire of the God-Pharaoh’s breath.Ethan Fleischer (2017). Amonkhet Player's Guide. Wizards of the Coast. In turn, she saw the initiates who passed the first four trials as her children. She celebrated with these glorified initiates before the final trial, and it fell to her to grant them a Glorified Death.
In the time before Bolas corrupted Amonkhet, however, she represented compassion and inspiration.
==History==
===Hour of Devastation===
During the Hour of Devastation, Hazoret fought to protect the citizens of Naktamun, hoping that the God-Pharaoh would come and end the destruction. However, after Nicol Bolas's arrival, Bontu revealed that she had helped the dragon planeswalker conquer Amonkhet long ago, due to her ambition. Bolas ordered Bontu to defeat Hazoret. But after she brought the god of zeal before the God-Pharaoh, Bolas betrayed and killed Bontu. Hazoret now remains the only living god of Amonkhet. After engaging the Scorpion God and being severely wounded, Hazoret managed to weaken its armor enough for Samut and the others to finish it off. Her thanking Samut caused the latter enough joy to ignite her spark. After Samut planeswalked away from Amonkhet and then returned, Hazoret took the remaining survivors of Naktamun and went with them into the desert, swearing to protect them as long as she drew breath. For this, she became known as Hazoret, the God-Survivor and mother of the mortals of Amonkhet.
===War of the Spark===
During the War of the Spark Hazoret had established a camp for the survivors near the ruins of Naktamun, which was protected from the Locust and Scarab Gods and their servants with a barrier similar to nature to the Hekma. She was visited by a group of planeswalkers seeking her help in the fight against Bolas. She spoke to Dack Fayden and told him that he was a better person than he thought and told him to face his destiny back on Ravnica. Hazoret lent her spear as a weapon to take down Bolas, which was immense and required multiple planeswalkers to wield. Karn was able to grasp the weapon and transport it to Ravnica where he and Angrath used it against Bolas's Dreadhorde. Later, the spear was used by Niv-Mizzet in the climactic battle with Nicol Bolas.Greg Weisman (April 2019). "War of the Spark: Ravnica". Del Rey.
With the Eternals out of the city, Hazoret and the other survivors reclaimed Naktamun, raised the Hekma, and began to rebuild.Jay Annelli (2022). Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide, DK. ISBN-13 978-0744061055. At some point, Hazoret coated or replaced her injured arm with Lazotep. It is unknown if she did this before or during the invasion.
===Fighting the Phyrexians===
Upon hearing of the news of the Phyrexian threat to the Multiverse, Samut went into hiding with Hazoret and the survivors of Naktamun, hoping to evade Phyrexian notice, but it turned out to be futile. Those who had survived Nicol Bolas's ravaging of their plane, however, were tough and resourceful, and as soon as they gathered their bearings, they struck back with a vicious plan that relied heavily on Hazoret, their protector god, with Djeru as her loyal lieutenant.
To their surprise, when they arrived at Naktamun, they found the Scarab God and Locust God already there, engaged with the invaders. With the insect gods' undead hordes distracting the Phyrexians, Hazoret used her flaming spear to ignite the glistening oil within the Phyrexians' veins. As they writhed in agony, Djeru led a crop of elite fighters to dismember them, making sure they were out of the picture for good. In the aftermath, the inscrutable insect gods departed for the deep desert without a word.
===Scouring the Broken Lands===
Even after the end of the invasion, Hazoret maintains her austere distance from the people of Amonkhet, taking only small cadres of elite warriors to scout the Broken Lands, stalking the Locust God and the Scarab God and their Chitin Court. They send word back to Naktamun for reinforcements, depositing recovered artifacts of pre-Bolas Amonkhet and new charts of the Broken Lands. The people call her "Godseeker" and keep her and her cohort in their prayers.
==Inspiration==
Hazoret's canine form is likely inspired by Anubis, the Egyptian god of mummification and the afterlife; one of his epithets is tepy-dju-ef, "He who is upon his mountain". Her role in ending the life of the worthy draws parallels to Set, the Egyptian god of storms and the desert, who killed Osiris and thus allowed him to enter the afterlife. Her association with the sun and zeal for the God-Pharaoh might also invoke Sekhmet.
As the last untainted survivor of Amonkhet's original gods and a solar deity, she might also resemble the Aten, a henotheistic/monotheistic solar deity worshiped as Egypt's sole god in Akhenaten's time.
==Gallery==
File:AmonkhetDuels11.png|Hazoret declares Neheb worthy after he completed the Trials of the Five Gods.
==Story appearances==
Title 	Author 	Publishing date	Set 	Setting (plane) 	Featuring
 	Michael Yichao 	2017-03-29 	Amonkhet 	Kaladesh, Amonkhet 	The Gatewatch, Rhonas, Hazoret
 	Doug Beyer and Alison Luhrs	2017-05-17 	Amonkhet 	Amonkhet 	Samut, Djeru, Hazoret, the Gatewatch, Oketra, Bontu, Rhonas, Kefnet, Nassor, Neit, Basetha
 	Alison Luhrs 	2017-06-07 	Hour of Devastation	Amonkhet 	Nicol Bolas, Kefnet, Oketra, Hazoret, Rhonas, Bontu, the Scorpion God, the Scarab God, the Locust God, Djeru, Samut, Razaketh
 	Michael Yichao 	2017-06-21 	Hour of Devastation	Amonkhet 	Rhonas, Oketra, Kefnet, Hazoret, Bontu, the Scorpion God, the Locust God, the Scarab God
 	Michael Yichao 	2017-07-05 	Hour of Devastation	Amonkhet 	Hazoret, Samut, Djeru, Nicol Bolas, Bontu
 	Michael Yichao 	2017-07-19 	Hour of Devastation	Amonkhet, Theros 	Samut, Djeru, Masikah, Nicol Bolas, Hapatra, Neheb, the Gatewatch, Haqikah, Hazoret, the Scorpion God
War of the Spark: Ravnica	Greg Weisman 	April 2019 	War of the Spark 	Gobakhan, Ravnica, Amonkhet, Meditation Plane	Ugin, Niv-Mizzet, Teyo, Chandra, Jace, Gideon, Ral, Kaya, Lavinia, Hekara, Liliana, Nicol Bolas, Tezzeret, Rat, Ajani, Karn, Jaya, Dack, Tibalt, Vraska, Breeches, Huatli, Angrath, Kiora, Tamiyo, Vivien, Aurelia, Nissa, Tomik, Gan Shokta, Domri, Samut, Dovin, Yanggu, Mowu, Nixilis, Rhonas, Bontu, Oketra, Kefnet, Boruvo, Emmara Tandris, Trostani, Varryvort, Ari Shokta, Borborygmos, Izoni, Varolz, Mazirek, Hazoret, Davriel, the Wanderer, Lazav, Neheb, Rakdos, Exava, Narset
 	Hadeer Elsbai 	2025-01-13 	Aetherdrift 	Amonkhet 	Mahitab, Niharet, Basri Ket, Hazoret (mentioned), Temmet, Oketra (mentioned), Merinaten, Munhatep, Nicol Bolas (referred), The Scorpion God (mentioned), The Scarab God, The Locust God, Marunaten, Ketramose
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