Anubis: Evolution of a God (GAP)

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==Anubis: Evolution of a God==
Anubis was once known as the guardian of the dead, part of the pantheon often referred to as the Egyptian gods. He watched over the dead spirits of the worshipers of his pantheon, keeping them from harm and making sure that they got to their proper place.
Because of this duty, Anubis was familiar with the Astral Plane, the place that dead primes traveled through to get to their proper plane. As he carried out his duties, he noticed the increasing number of dead gods that floated lifelessly through the Silver Void. After being exposed to this sobering — even frightening — sight, it is said that Anubis began to think thoughts that do not readily come to the mind of a god. Thoughts of his own death, and the deaths of those powers he valued, filled his awareness.
When Anubis saw mortal travelers attempting to tear apart the corpse of a fallen power, he took action. 
Anubis cast off his divinity. He, or rather, it became something entirely different - something unique in all the multiverse. Destroying the mortal offenders, Anubis became a steward over the inert powers, neither mortal nor power itself. It resides on the Astral all the time now, watching over the dead god isles. When it must be named, it is called the Guardian of Dead Gods, or sometimes even Chac Mool, by those few that know the dark of Anubis' change.
The Guardian still has worshipers, and even priests, on certain worlds. In effect, these priests gain their power from the entire Egyptian pantheon (making them clerics rather than specialty priests), although they may not even realize this.
In its current role, the Guardian has no realm. A body never encounters it by chance - only when one of the dead gods is threatened in some way. What constitutes a threat is still dark, even among the most wizened graybeards. The githyanki build their fortresses upon the rocky isles, and the Guardian does not seem to mind.
The former power retains its appearance as a sleek, jackal-headed man with dark, probing eyes and a muscular frame. The Guardian is said to have a thronelike chair upon which it sits, taking copious notes on the nature of divine death. This, of course, is conjecture. No one has ever actually seen the chair or the book (although the Athar and the Godslayers — see the chapter called "Locations in Nowhere: Specific Astral Encounters" — would certainly like to).