Seth

**Set** is the Egyptian God of Chaos.

## **Background**

Set is the son of Geb and Nut; his siblings are Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys. He married Nephthys and fathered Anubis and Wepwawet. He had relationships with the foreign Canaanite goddesses Anat and Astarte. From these relationships is said to be born a crocodile god called Maga.

In the Osiris myth, the most important Egyptian myth, Set is portrayed as the usurper who mutilated his own brother, Osiris. Osiris's wife, Isis, reassembled the body of her husband with the help of their sister, the goddess Nephthys. The resurrection lasted long enough to conceive his son and heir, Horus. Horus sought revenge upon Set and many of the ancient Egyptian myths describe their conflicts.

Despite this, Set had a positive role where he accompanies Ra on his barque to repel Apep, the god of darkness. Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant. He was lord of the red (desert) land, where he was the balance to Horus' role as lord of the black (soil) land.

An important element of Set's mythology was his conflict with his brother or nephew, Horus, for the throne of Egypt. The contest between them is often violent but is also described as a legal judgment before the Ennead, an assembled group of Egyptian gods, to decide who should inherit the kingship. The judge in this trial may be Geb, who, as the father of Osiris and Set, held the throne before they did, or it may be the gods Ra or Atum, the originators of kingship. Other gods also take important roles: Thoth frequently acts as a conciliator in the dispute or as an assistant to the divine judge, and in "Contendings", Isis uses her cunning and magical power to aid her son.

The divine struggle involves many episodes. "Contendings" describes the two gods appealing to various other deities to arbitrate the dispute and competing in different types of contests, such as racing in boats or fighting each other in the form of hippopotami, to determine a victor. In this account, Horus repeatedly defeats Set and is supported by many other gods. Yet the dispute drags on for eighty years, largely because the judge, the creator god, favors Set. In late ritual texts, the conflict is characterized as a great battle involving the two gods' assembled followers. The strife in the divine realm extends beyond the two combatants. At one point Isis attempts to harpoon Set as he is locked in combat with her son, but she strikes Horus instead, who then cuts off her head in a fit of rage. Thoth replaces Isis's head with that of a cow; the story gives a mythical origin for the cow-horn headdress that Isis commonly wears.

## **Personality**

Set is mentally unstable, arrogant, delusional, narcissistic, egotistical, and violent. He frequently abused his own family both physically and verbally. Seeing his pantheon slowly be consumed by weakness, he sought to stop this by usurping the throne of Osiris, seeing his rule as tyrannical. And so, he set out to dismember his brother, in hope that after he takes the throne, even which original critique, the people would praise his actions. Set was willing to dismember his own brother, and plunge Egypt into an age of darkness and chaos. And yet, in his delusions, Set either refuses, or cannot see all the suffering his actions caused.

## **Appearance**

Set's true form is that of a man possessing the head of an enigmatic creature referred to by Egyptologists as the *Set animal*, a beast resembling no known creature, although it could be seen as a composite of an aardvark, a donkey, a jackal, or a fennec fox.

## **Known Powers and Abilities**

Being a god of chaos, Set possesses incredible power, since he is also a trickster god, he possesses abilities common to trickster gods.

* **Super Strength** - Set is an extremely powerful god, his incredible fighting skills allow him to overpower his fellow gods even his nephew Horus, however, he had to resort to trickery and dishonour to best Horus, on even ground until he blinded his nephew. It is said his staff alone weighs around 4500 pounds.
* **Super Stamina** - Set fought Horus for 80 years and did not require rest or sustenance to maintain himself, as he can do indefinitely without it.
* **Super Senses** - Set possesses enhanced senses of sight, smell, and hearing greater than that of a jackal, aardvark, fox, donkey, and giraffe combined.
* **Super Speed** - During fits of rage, Set is known for moving at incredibly fast speeds, he often displayed this during the 80 year battle with Horus.
* **Immortality** - As a god, Set is naturally immortal and has been around for hundreds of thousands of years.
* ****Nigh Invulnerability** -** Set is immune to the effects of mortal weapons, however he could be injured by weapons of divine nature, even then he is able to take direct hits and shrug it off.
* ****Nigh Indestructibility** -** No mortal weapon is able to pierce Set's flesh, however godly weapons are able to cause serious damage to him.
* **Regeneration** - Set can also heal from any amount of damage he receives, however the more severe the injury the longer it will take for him to return to full power.
* **Weather Manipulation** - Set has the power to manipulate the weather to a terrifying extent, he is able to create catastrophic sandstorms when he is enraged.
* **Possession** - While Set is capable of possessing humans and imbuing them with supernatural abilities, however since being a god his vessel won't be able to withstand his power and will eventually breakdown mentally which will reduce them into an insane state.
* **Conjuration** - Being a trickster god, Set is able to mentally conjure up flawless life-like constructs, with his associations with sand, these constructs are made of sand.
* **Teleportation** - Set is able to teleport anywhere he wishes, often he does this through sandstorms.
* **Shapeshifting** - During his battles with Horus, Set occasionally took on the forms of animals, such as a hippopotamus.
* **Reality Warping** - As a god of chaos, Set has omnipotent control over reality, and can bend it to his will in anyway he pleases.
* **Pyrokinesis** - Set can generate and manipulate the element of fire through thought alone.
* **Biokinesis** - Since he resides in the deserts of Egypt, Set is able to cause humans to become dehydrated.

## **Weaknesses**

* **Other Deities** - Horus was able to defeat him in combat multiple times.
* **Divine Weaponry** - Horus was able to injure Set with one of his weapons.