Set

The God of Evil (Art by Eternal Space)

### Aliases

Seth, Sheth, Setesh, Sutekh, Setan, Seth Merksamer, Seteh, Setekh, Suty, Seteh, God of War, God of Storms and Deserts, God of Disorder, God of Droughts, God of Foreigners, The Evil God, The Red Lord, Lord of the Red Desert, The Usurper, The Great and Terrible Seth

### Affiliation

The Ennead, Egypt, the Duat, Tuat (Mistakenly)

## Physical Description

### Spirit of

Deserts, Storms, Disasters, Evil, Chaos, Disorder, War, Strength, Violence, and Foreigners

## Relatives

### Offspring

Anubis, Wepwawet, Taweret

**Set** is the evil Egyptian god of war, chaos, storm, disorder, waste, drought, famine, destruction, hunger, and foreign invasion/influence. He is also the "Evil God" of the Ennead, and Ra's left-hand-man and leader of his personal army.

## Overview

He is the son of Geb and Nut, and is the brother of Osiris, Isis, Her-ur, and Nephthys. With his sister-wife Nephthys, he fathered the gods Anubis and Wepwawet.

He is part of the Ennead. He was believed to be the leader of the Tuat but was instead a simple scapegoat for Apep's schemes. During the Exodus, Set was one of the gods defeated by Moses and his siblings.

## Appearance

Set is often depicted as a muscular man with the head of a Sha, a strangely-looking beast composited of several animals, such as an aardvark, a donkey, a jackal, and a fennec fox. The animal has a curved snout and a long rectangular ears.

Often, people would depict him as a donkey or as having a donkey's head, much to Set's annoyance.

In his human form, Set is a handsome man with long crimson hair and blood-red eyes, wearing ancient Egyptian attire.

## History

### Birth of Set

The gods Geb and Nut, both of whom are children of Shu and Tefnut, were in love with each and wanted to make a family of their own. However, when Ra heard of a prophecy that said a child of Nut and Geb would become the new ruler of Egypt in his place, he forbid their child to be born by cursing them so that none of their child would be able to be born on any day on the three-hundred and sixty days of the year.

Desperate, Nut came to Thoth and asked him for guidance, and the god of wisdom quickly devised a plan. Thoth gambled with Khonsu, god of the Moon, whose light rivaled that of his father Ra's. Every time Khonsu lost, he had to give Thoth some of his moonlight. Khonsu lost so many times that Thoth had enough moonlight to make five extra days. Since these days were not part of the year, Nut could have her children.

She then gave birth to Osiris - god of agriculture and later god of the dead, Her-ur - god of war, Isis - goddess of magic, Set - god of deserts, and Nephthys - goddess of water. When Ra found out about their birth, he became furious and threw Nut up to the air and became the sky, after worth, he pulled Geb to the ground and turned him into the earth. Ra then ordered their father Shu - god of air - to keep them separated for eternity.

However, by then, the prophecy had come to fruition as the children of Geb and Nut had been born. Not wanting to create needless drama, Ra then passed down his title as pharaoh to Osiris, the oldest son.

### Exodus

During the Exodus, Set was one of the gods who opposed Horus' decision of letting the Jewish people go, knowing the possibility that God and his servants would bring destruction upon the land. However, due to his defeat under his nephew's hands in one of the most shameful manners imaginable, most gods lost their respects over him and his words, despite his status as one of the Ennead.

He was defeated by the prophet Aaron, who used his power to destroy his corporeal form and banished him back to the Duat alongside his wife and sons.

## Trivia

* Set's favorite food is lettuce.
	+ Following his final battle against Horus, he gained a fear/allergy toward salad dressings.
* Theologians have equated Set with Teshub and Typhoeus.