Raumos

Raumos was born thousands of years ago somewhere in ancient Egypt. However, when he was only a few months old, a group of barbarians called The Scarab Clan destroyed his town and killed his parents, leaving him to be alone in the desert. He would have died if it wasn't for Khaal, the second in

command of the Scarab Clan. At first, the other members of the Scarab Clan thought the young child would be weak and not fit to be a member of the tribe. However, over the coming years, Raumos would grow to be stronger than most of the other members of the tribe.

It was when he was 15 when Khaal overthrew the previous leader of The Scarab Clan, using Raumos to crush any rebellion from the other members. For the next few years, Khaal would lead the tribe with Raumos and his right hand man and advisor. However, after a few years, Raumos began to realise that Khaal was only using him to gain power and then keep it. It was then, when Raumos challenged Khaal to a battle to the death for leadership of the tribe. Despite his immense strength, Raumos was defeated in combat. Instead of killing him upon his defeat, Khaal used his sword to scar Raumos's chest and face, leaving two large marks on his chest and one over his right eye—a permanent reminder of Raumos's dishonour in battle. Following Khaal's command, the tribesmen placed Raumos in shackles and threw him down a large pit before leaving him there.

Raumos remained in the pit for several weeks, surviving only on the occasional bug or animal that landed in it. Eventually, a group of slavers discovered Raumos and took him, turning him into a slave. Raumos went along with the group until they reached a city they called Nebthetum, where Raumos would be a slave for a number of years until he began a slave uprising that took over the entire city. In a matter of days, thousands of slaves in Nebthetum killed their masters and took over large parts of the city. Once the slaves had control over the city, Raumos used his incredible strength to become the ruler of the city.

Over the next few decades, Raumos became the absolute leader of Nebthetum. When he was around 60 years old, reaching the end of his life, Raumos and a group of his most loyal followers descended into a chamber of the large pyramid that sat in the centre of Nebthetum. Here, they laid Raumos out on a large stone table; next to him was another table. On the table beside him, they placed a strong warrior. What followed was a magical procedure that stripped the soldier of his youth and made Raumos young once again. Following this, Raumos would repeat the process every 100 years with a new group of soldiers and loyal followers who he named ‘Wardens’.

In an unknown year, one of Raumos’s Wardens, named Theronax, discovered from old scrolls that the previous procedure was pointless. He realised that by using a spell along with a group of soldiers, they could grant Raumos life for another two or three thousand years. In secret, without the knowledge of the rest of The Wardens, Raumos and Theronax gathered with a group of 150 soldiers in the crypt where they performed the ritual. Following the ritual, Raumos was granted practically immortality, as well as telepathy, force-fields, energy absorption, and matter manipulation. These powers were also given to Theronax, who was then appointed Raumos’s second in command and given the title Timekeeper. For the next thousand years, Theronax stood by Raumos’s side as they ruled Nebthetum, which had greatly expanded over the past centuries.

After ruling Nebthetum for centuries, Raumos one day decided that he no longer sought to rule the great city. He destroyed his temple and palace before leaving. He also sealed Theronax away in a tomb to prevent any possible rebellion. Due to these actions, Nebthetum quickly fell.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* Superhuman Strength
* Superhuman Durability
* Superhuman Stamina and Endurance
* Superhuman Reflexes

#### **Granted Through Magical Rituals:**

* Immortality: Raumos has been granted immortality due to rituals that occur every 2000 years that sacrifice hundreds of soldiers for him to absorb life force from.
* Telepathy
* Force-Fields
* Energy Absorption
* Matter Manipulation

### Abilities

* Super-Genius Intelligence
* Omnilingual
* Expert Combatant