Bennu

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

### Known Aliases

Chu Tước, Fenghuang, Firebird, Heron of the Sun, Jujak, Phoenix, Self-Forged, Suzaku, Vermilion Bird of the South (Aliases)
Asora, Caucasian Eagle, Flamebird (Possible Aliases)

### Relatives

Unknown Parents

**Possible Relatives:**
Typhon (Possible Father)
Echidna (Possible Mother)
Children of Lilith (Possible Siblings / Half-Siblings)

### Affiliation

Kemetites/Pesedjet (Member)
The Parliament of Flames (Member)
The Holy Beasts (Member)
The Ennead (Affiliated)
The Olympians (Affiliated)
The Stygian Court (Affiliated)
 The Rus (Affiliated)
Celestial Bureaucracy (Affiliated)

## Biographical Information

### Marital Status

Single
Kali (Friend, sometimes lover)

### Residence

Transient
(*See "Weaknesses" for more information*)

## Physical Description

### Race

Unidentified Cosmic Being
**Possible Races:**
Primordial
Cambion Demigod

### Introduction

Bennu is a figure that most people have never heard of, which is rather strange how often she turns in mythology — and not just from one region. You see, Bennu had many names — she is Bennu, the Egyptian goddess associated with the "bennu bird" that is said to have a hand in the creation of the world, she is both the legendary Phoenix of Greek mythology and was the eagle that oversaw the torture of the titan god Prometheus, and she also serves a role as a spiritual guide in several ancient religions of angel mythology. Hell, she even shows up to play a significant role in the history of Eastern Europa in the Homelands.

### Who is Bennu?

That is a great mystery. Most sources do not list her as having any parents, which on its own could point to her being a being that spawned from the Void. With her often described as a bird or winged creature. it's possible that she is an angel or some sort of angelic half-breed or daimonic equivalent, akin to the Valkyrie or the Throne Guards of Olympus. However, I personally believe she is a powerful Lilim, one of the many children of Typhon and Echidna (Lilith).

My reasons for this deduction is that some occult sources list the Caucasian Eagle that served as the torturer of Prometheus as being the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. As best as I can determine, Prometheus relayed this information to the hero Hercules who briefly freed the titan during his labors — telling the demigod that he and his torturer had long periods of time to converse. When Prometheus had asked her how she could be so cruel, the "Eagle" told him that it was in her nature, having been labeled a "monster" by the gods simply due to her parentage. When the chained titan asked who her parents were, she acknowledged she was the daughter of Echidna. However, this cannot be confirmed as the so-called Mother of Monsters has never acknowledged that Bennu and the Eagle as one and the same.

An alternative theory cites Bennu as being a primordial goddess, but that seems unlikely. Though casual legends describe her as having a part in helping Ra shape the world, these seem to be clumsy retcons to explain her role in the Egyptian myths when she lacks the familial connections of the rest of the Kemetites.

### History of Bennu

As best we can tell, Bennu first showed up in Egyptian mythology (which seems to be supported by her mainly using Bennu as her preferred name). As some sources claim that Echidna and Typhon mated in Egypt, so this could line up with that theory of her parentage. Wherever she came from, Bennu did play a part in the earliest efforts of the Kemetites to organize their cult. Though her help, she seems to have helped the Gods of Egypt form faster following the fall of the Titans than the Olympians across the sea could manage.

Not one to remain stationary, or perhaps upset that Ra did not see reason to give her any purviews of godhood, Bennu soon left to seek other lands. Living among the Kunlun Mountains of Western China, Bennu came associated with the Fenghuang, which seems to have been an ancient sect of angels living in exile in prehistorical times, following the War of Heaven.

Though the gods of Asia recognized Bennu as a powerful being, they also saw her as a dangerous thing. With her wings of fire, the gods associated her with warmth and growth, but also as someone who could easily cause ruin and destruction. So she did not linger in this area — and in fact, she did not linger anywhere that often. She seems to have made a recurring cycle of travel, similar to the migration of birds.

Along her path, Bennu established herself as a transient figure. She would nest in the Kunlun Mountains, visit the hot springs of Japan, crash the meetings of the Three Holy Beasts until they accepted her as one of their own, stop by India to spend time with her lover and friend Kali, and then would return to Egypt to check on her friends there before she would then stop by to check on Prometheus who she left chained inside a cave, so she could torture him to learn his secrets, in hope he knew something that prove useful for her.

At some point, Bennu did gain some insight. Whether this was from her dealings with the Holy Beasts, discovered among the ruins on the peaks of Kunlun, or plucked from Prometheus's ichor-filled screams, we'll likely never know. Where the wisdom came from does not matter, but it is important to note what Bennu did with it.

Leaving the mortal planes behind, Bennu accessed the intrinsic planes that were between the realities. Accessing the space between worlds, Bennu found a way to calibrate her excess magical energy, gained from centuries of gathered esoteric wisdom, to manipulate the unlimited intrinsic energy found therein. Never having been given a purview of godhood to channel her untapped potential, Bennu had tremendous rage to motivate her pursuit of mastering these energies.

In learning to master this power, Bennu discovered a reality in the Second Murum that had yet to be utilized. When Bennu's curiosity got the better of her, she found her way into this forbidden place. Upon her entrance, the energies found therein responded to her presence, seeking to unmake her and break her down into her base components — however, with her mastered powers, Bennu was able to resist this and, in turn, partially tame the energies that sought to unmake her.

The end result of this, at least according to Bennu's interactions with some Fables, seems to suggest that Bennu created a complex universe similar to our own but shaped by Bennu's own preferences and knowledge. This resulted in a world like our own, including having similar history, but without the same alien life and other such otherworldly influences likely different due to Bennu being unfamiliar with things outside of Earth. Of course, in so doing, Bennu became a cosmic fugitive and has since been on the run from whatever cosmic beings see to cosmological security.

### Resources

* **Cosmic Physiology:** No one really knows what Bennu is. It seems likely she is some sort of ephemeral being, but it's impossible to say exactly what she is.
	+ ***Gift of Tongues:*** Language is instinctive for most ephemeral beings. Bennu has the ability to speak, understand, read, and write in any language used my mortal beings.
	+ ***Intrinsic Manipulation:*** Bennu can manipulate all intrinsic fields to achieve effects similar to sorcery. She can achieve great effects using this ability, similar to the powers of Dr. Manhattan. In particular, she seems most proficient in the use of three distinct frequencies of intrinsic energy (those being The Red, The Burn, and The Od)
	+ ***Mythical Physicality:*** Bennu is much stronger, faster, and more resilient than most mortal creatures. Also, she does not age or suffer from most illness, and can usually.
	+ ***Winged Flight:*** Bennu can summon wings of magical fiery feathers. She can fly at great speed using these wings. Use of these wings also allows her to travel through the esoteric cracks in reality, allowing her to travel from one dimension to another, similar to the teleportation deployed by angels.
* **Omnipotence:** Supposedly, Bennu is the shaper of one of the Murum Locus' subsidiary realities. Her energy is forever tied to the energies of that universe, meaning she should be practically all-powerful within that realm.

### Weaknesses

* **Destructive:** Bennu is a believer in the philosophy that things must be destroyed to rebuilt better. If she does not see things as perfect, she will likely destroy them after she has thoroughly studied them so that their matter can be repurposed.
* **Detached:** Though Bennu does not regard this as a weakness in any way, she can come off as a little impersonal and lacking emotion.
* **Sequestered:** Due to being a fugitive from cosmic forces, Bennu has gone into hiding. She mostly uses powerful proxy hosts to enact her will, rarely seeing a need to personally leave her pocket dimension known only as the White Hot Room.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
* **Occult:** 8 — Paragon
* **Weaponry:** 8 — Paragon
* **Expertise:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
* **Range:** 8 — Paragon
* **Strategy:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
	+ **TOTAL:** 345
	+ **RANKING:** Ultimate Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* She created Subsidiary Reality M.
* There is a prophecy regarding her arrival there.

### Notes

* Bennu is a mythological figure from ancient Egypt.
* Subsidiary Reality M is the location of characters from the Marvel Comics.
* They're composited with the Phoenix Force from *Marvel Comics*.
* Her aliases are based on bird-like figures in other mythologies:
	+ The Vermilion Bird of the South is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is described as a red bird that resembles a pheasant with a five-colored plumage and is perpetually covered in flames. It is known as Suzaku in Japanese, Jujak in Korean and Chu Tước in Vietnamese.
	+ The Caucasian Eagle was a gigantic eagle sent by Zeus to feed upon the ever-regenerating liver of the Titan Prometheus after he was chained to a peak of the Kaukasos Mountains as punishment.
* Her lover Kali is the goddess of time, change, creation, power, destruction and death in Shaktism in the Hinduism.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Bennu

1. ↑ Network Files: Bennu