Gate of Memoirs/Family Bonds

In spite of the Gods' efforts, the God-King's plans come to fruition.
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Music: "Battle Spirit"	Music: "Battle Spirit"
 	
*Osiris: Rrraahhh!
 	
*Every swing of Osiris' flail brought forth a cacophony of howls, as if the souls of the damned were trapped within.
 	
*At his side, Aesys struck with equal fury, fire searing rotten flesh from withered bone as she assaulted the God-King again and again.
 	
*The whip and crack of every stream of magic left its wake upon the shimmering air,
 	
*and though Harakhte had remained silent throughout the chaos, Neferet felt his phantom claws tear into her enemy with each invocation.
 	
*A dexterous swing of Hetepheres' chakram brought the God-King to a knee,
 	
*and finally Rahotep cleaved through bone and flesh, leaping upon his quarry.
 	
*Their ages-old nemesis was finally struck to the ground, and the soldier stood over him with an executioner's poise.
 	
*Rahotep: It's over for you. Again.
 	
*God-King: Hmph. You were desperate enough to risk your own being, just for this one trick?
*God-King: I don't need this spent husk to destroy you all.
 	
*Set: Oh, it was worth it to see you on your knees before me.
*Set: Believe me, as much as I like to see my...brethren in an uproar, it is ultimately a game for us. Not you.
 	
*Set: Did you think you could get away with that little stunt in some forsaken library?
*Set: You're just another pawn. Another pithy fool.
 	
*Aesys' eyes flickered just for a second at her husband's sister.
*Aesys: You were...watching him. All this time.
*Aesys: You sought out the Arbiter for this...
 	
*Set: ...Yes.
*Set: No matter what the whole pantheon thinks, I have no love for usurpers.
*Set: Defiance is in my blood, but treachery isn't.
 	
*Set: Did you really think I wouldn't be upset killing my own brother...?
*Set: I did what I had to. What the world needed.
*Set: I will never forgive this fiend.
 	
*Set: Aesys pauses, recounting the noble reign of Osiris in the netherworld.
*Set: The Afterlife, once a wild realm of vicious spirits and vengeful souls,
*Set: had become paradise for the just and good when their mortal lives expired.
*Aesys: Why do you intentionally make everything so...difficult?
*Aesys: You could have told us—
 	
*Set: And you would have believed my intentions?
*Set: I recall you wanting to kill me, Sister.
*Set: ...Look. Just get rid of him.
*Set: We've suffered enough as it is.
 	
*Aesys motions to Rahotep, who steeled his resolve and brought the blade down upon their foe's neck—
*but a brilliant flash of light split his body apart in that instant.
 	
*Thoth was the first to fall to her knees in denial, bathed in that hauntingly cold, yet familiar, light.
*Thoth: Architect...?!
*Thoth: No...NO!
 	
*Set: It can't be.
Music: "Dragon's Roar"	Music: "Dragon's Roar"
 	
*The winding form of an enormous, human-faced serpent erupted from the man's body.
 	
*The great beast smirked at his prey, a globe of light balanced upon his twin horns.
*God-King: That "Creator" of yours, little more than a dying candle in a gale...but I relish that victory all the same.
*God-King: At long last I have been freed of my weak mortal flesh, and ascended!
 	
*With a feral snarl, Rahotep swung his blade with all his might, but scarce did metal touch scale did the weapon rebound with a dull ring.
 	
*Rahotep: Khh...!
 	
*Neferet: Harakhte, strike!
 	
*Phantom talons seemed to faze the serpent none, and in an instant, the falcon swooped away to avoid retaliation.
 	
*God-King: Grahahaha! Puny mortals, to raise your blades against ME!
*God-King: The GREAT SERPENT!
 	
*God-King: And now, for your insolence...
*God-King: DEATH!!
 	
*The Serpent reared up, his false sun crackling with fell energy, prepared to annihilate all within his realm in one fell swoop.
 	
*In that final moment, time seemed to slow to a trickle through a narrow hourglass.
 	
*Aesys: My Lord.
 	
*Osiris: Beloved. It is time.
*Osiris: This, only we can do.
 	
*Aesys: For this world.
*Aesys: For our son.
 	
*Both turned to Neferet, the priestess's bewildered stare melting into a look of pure sorrow as Harakhte spoke in her stead.
 	
*Harakhte: Hail to you, O Father, he who dwelleth in the netherworld Duat;
*Harakhte: Hail to you, O Mother, she who riseth as the Sun of the Horizons;
*Harakhte: I, thy son Horus, lament for thee...
Portrait	Dialogue
 	
*"Lo, tyrant, Serpent of Chaos!"
*"Thy villainy ends here!"