Isis

A panel of Isis from the manhwa

**Isis** is the God of Magic, ruler of the Nile, and the current ruler of Egypt. She is the wife of Osiris, and his former queen, and mother of Horus.

## Appearance

Isis is relatively short in comparison to many of the other gods. She is lithe, with warm brown skin, and short, dark hair, which she usually wears a long dark wig with golden plaits over. She tends to wear a long red ribbon tied around her wig with a large bow on the back. She has blue, gold, and black marks around her eyes, and wears red lipstick.

She wears a double-layered golden usekh or wesekh, and a necklace with a large red stone or bead beneath it.

When she first appears in the story in color, she wears a long black, armless, low-cut sheath dress, with a golden chest wrap. She wears a double set of golden bracelets on both wrists, and a golden armlet on her left arm. She does not wear shoes. She carries a golden-hilted dagger.

## Personality

Isis is at times sympathetic to those around her, including those she cares about, like Horus and Anubis, but she often uses this as a mask for her true goals: taking revenge on Seth, Osiris, and the gods who abandoned her while she was on the run. She is deeply saddened by her lost family: the husband and sister who betrayed her, and the brother who hunted her and destroyed Egypt. She is haunted by her own guilt as well in regard to Seth. She is also furious at all the horrible things Seth did to Egypt, and wants his soul to be dissolved out of revenge and also an attempt to ensure Osiris never gets what he wants most: Seth. Despite her love for humans, she has done little to fully stop the slave trade during her time as ruler of Egypt, particularly when it comes to male slaves, due to her apparent hatred of them.

## Life

After Osiris takes Ra's throne by force, Isis becomes the queen of Egypt. As a gift to Osiris, she keeps the Nile from drying out, in part due to her command of the other river gods. She lives alongside her siblings, ruling Egypt.

Isis fills the Nile River with Osiris' spirit while he is alive.

The night Seth learns the truth of Anubis' parentage, Nephthys tells Isis as well. Isis is furious, and abandons Nephthys, going after Seth and/or Osiris. She comes across them while Osiris is threatening Seth with Anubis as collateral, and witnesses Osiris and Seth together. Horrified, she flees to her rooms, and casts a curse on all four siblings, so that they shall never have what they most desire, so long as her heart doesn't beat: Osiris will never have Seth, Seth will never have his family, Nephthys will never die, and Isis will never have Osiris. She then stabs herself, stopping her heart.

When Seth finds her later, he asks her to join him in ruling Egypt. Isis tearfully refuses. Enraged, she appears to flee the city, and revives Osiris using the spirit-filled Nile so that they can conceive Horus. She stays on the run from Seth, turning herself mortal to hide, and bearing Horus along the way. The other gods abandon and ignore her out of fear of Seth. For hundreds of years, she travels among the humans, witnessing the horrors Seth wreaks upon them, and fleeing Seth's underlings. Eventually, she is found by Nut and Geb, who are shocked at her shriveled form. She gives Horus to Nut so that he may receive her protection, and goes away for help. At some point, she makes a contract with Foreign God for him and his army to attack Seth in a last-ditch effort to kill him and get her revenge.

During the first match of the trial, when Isis glances at Hathor, thinking about the mirror Hathor gave Horus, Isis has a feeling of deja vu concerning mirrors. When Isis sees Nut worrying, and notes that Shu is protecting Horus and allowing him to breathe underwater, and that Isis has Nut's protection if Seth tries something, Nut notes there is no sky underwater, so her protection will not be there. Isis orders Khnum to join the Nile with the river, so that she can battle Seth undetected on Horus' behalf.

## Powers

Isis is one of the most knowledgeable and powerful gods in the Ennead. She is one of the few who seems to be able to perform genuine resurrection, as she briefly revived Osiris after his death. She is a powerful healer, as well, and can craft powerful medicines.

Isis can command the Nile River. Its fate is seemingly tied to hers: as it suffers, so does her body suffer physical damage, though she can heal it.

Isis has the power of foresight/the ability to see the future. This is different than Horus' power of insight or intuition.

She can craft curses. She can also use powerful lightning attacks.

She appears to be able to teleport.

She is commanding, and is able to control the Nile as well as lead the other river gods in her goals. One of her duties is to regularly flood the Nile.

She is not very good with physical weapons, even daggers, and she is not agile, like many of the other gods.

As a goddess, Isis has the power to create children.

## Relationships

#### Anubis

Isis cares deeply for Anubis, and tries to help him when she can. She is sympathetic for his difficulties.

#### "Foreign God"/"FG"

Isis appears to view FG as a necessary evil, and currently hates his continued presence in Egypt, particularly after learning he stole her medicine.

#### Geb

Isis is frustrated Geb sided with Thoth against her in her plans to raze Egypt to deal with Seth. She attempted to use Geb against Thoth in retaliation, but it backfired.

#### Hathor

Hathor is possibly close with Isis, and seems to care about her well-being.

#### Hanekate

Hanekate deeply cares for Isis, and serves her faithfully as a priestess. It made Isis' apparent "betrayal" all the worse.

#### Horus

Horus loves his mother and participated in the trial to reclaim the rights that were taken from her.

#### Khnum

Khnum is loyal to Isis, and follows her orders.

#### Maat

Maat seems supportive of Isis. Isis is frustrated when Maat doesn't support her as much as Isis wishes.

#### Nephthys

Nephthys is supportive of Isis, but also afraid of her, in part out of guilt for sleeping with Osiris.

#### Nut

Nut is supportive of Isis, and Isis relies on Nut, particularly to protect Horus.

#### Osiris

Osiris and Isis have a complicated relationship: Isis wants to avenge herself on Osiris, for cheating on her with Seth, and deny Osiris his greatest desire (Seth being with him in Duat), whereas Osiris seems to view Isis as a means to an end: controlling the throne of Egypt.

#### Ra

Ra often messes with Isis in little ways, but seems supportive in how she wishes to help show Osiris' true colors to the general public, in a way that would benefit Isis.

#### Sekhmet

Sekhmet seems to enjoy taunting Isis. Isis seems to detest her.

#### Seth

Isis and Seth have a very complicated relationship. While they are both victims of Osiris, they are also enemies, both in one way or another competing for the throne. After Osiris was killed, Seth went to Isis demanding that they share a bed so he could take the throne as an usurper. Isis rejected this proposition and fled. In a short time period she briefly resurrected Osiris and conceived Horus. Seth is said to have killed many woman that reminded him of Isis. After a confrontation with Isis, they seem to have briefly dropped their plans of personal revenge against each other and Isis encouraged him to do what he wanted. Isis later still wished to dissolve Seth's soul.

#### Thoth

While Isis finds Thoth useful, and Thoth seems to like being supportive of her, he limits his support, and at times seems intimidated by her when she gets mad at him.

## References

1. ↑ Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 2.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 6.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 45.
4. ↑ Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 13.
5. ↑ Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 14.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 57.
7. ↑ Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 59.
8. ↑ Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 1, Episode 70.
9. ↑ Mojito. *ENNEAD,* Tappytoon, English. Season 2, Episode 43.