Seth

Seth in Season 1, Episode 6, art by Mojito.

**Seth** is the Egyptian God of War, husband of Nephthys, and adoptive father of Anubis, and serves as the main protagonist in *ENNEAD*. He loses the trial to Horus for the throne of Egypt, and currently travels as a demigod in an attempt to break the curse he made.

## Appearance

Seth is a lithe but muscular man of above-average height with pale skin. In his god form he wears a short black shendyt or sheath skirt. He wears golden bands on each of his triceps, wrists, and ankles. He doesn't wear shoes. He wears a multi-layered golden usekh or wesekh around his neck. He typically wears a large black Set Mask in the shape of a Sha or Set animal, with tall ears and bright red eyes, connected to a white khat that falls over his back, with two long pieces falling over his chest, and the ends fringed in gold.

Without his headdress, he has red and black markings around his bright red eyes, and long red hair. He has plump lips. He wears one long rectangular golden earring in each ear.

After being changed into a demigod, he wears kohl with eyeshadow to replace the divinity marks around his eyes. He also wears the curse mark/bracelet on his left wrist, which typically appears in the form of a bracelet with large black oval beads. When the curse spreads, it typically forms black line patterns starting from his wrist and hand.

His first travel costume as a demigod consists of a white shendyt and a long white travel cloak and head covering, with a translucent face and mouth covering fringed in gold. He still wears his usekh. He also carries a long wooden walking stick, and still wears the golden bands over his triceps. He gives one of the bands away to a human child.

After joining the caravans, he is given a recreation of his mask and khat, which he typically wears for official meetings, but also avoids because it gets in his way, as it's not made of sand and he can't modify it as needed while moving and fighting. Eventually, he is given a new black shendyt, and five more golden bands to replace the ones he lost.

He has Hanekate dye his hair, eyebrows, and eyes black.

After being captured by slavers, his usekh and golden bands are replaced with beaded and frilly necklaces, armlets, and and leglets. After being recaptured by them, he wears a golden crown with blue gems or beads at the front, and a golden mask over his lower face. He wears a golden collar tied to a line of gold, with translucent arm wraps. He wears golden string armlets on both his upper arms. He wears a golden belt/string wrap holding up a thin translucent cloth that falls between his legs, and golden strings wrapped around his thighs.

## Personality

Seth is strategic in his thinking, and notes that intelligence is the key to why he's such a good war god. He feels a lot of his emotions very strongly, sometimes to the point of letting them get away with him: when he learns of Nephthys' adultery, rather than sitting and talking with Nephthys about it for a bit longer, he confronts Osiris. He also cares deeply for his family, and would sacrifice anything for their happiness, even his body, such as when he allowed Osiris to assault him in order to protect Anubis.

After Osiris' assault and Isis' abandonment, Seth grows doubtful and afraid, and slaughters humans en masse to form a weapon to protect himself from Osiris. He relentlessly hunts Isis down, killing those in his path, and often drowns himself in alcohol and drugs. He becomes suicidal. Outwardly, he is apparently sadistic and cruel, and quick to taunt others. He becomes physically abusive to Anubis, while hiding his terror and sorrow about Anubis' fate and being forgotten or abandoned, and still loving him deeply.

Osiris makes him doubt his own strength, which cuts at the heart of his own self-awareness, so whenever he is shown as weak, he is quick to boast about his own power, often making grand shows of it, such as turning into giant sand copies of himself, and/or attacking other gods or people.

Seth is also terrified of others, particularly Nephthys, learning about Osiris' assault, as he doesn't want her to see him as less than a man: at his sentencing, he begs for death over explaining what happened that night.

After the trial, Seth sets off on his journey to help the cursed souls, in the hope of saving Anubis and perhaps living with him and Nephthys again. He is more open to helping humans, and grows desperate in his attempts to figure out how to get rid of the cursed bracelet. He can still be quite brutal, particularly to humans who cross gods, and is disgusted by the actions of his followers, particularly when he learns they have been disrespecting the dead.

## Life

### Birth to the Death of Osiris

Seth is one of the four children of Nut and Geb, alongside Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys. He marries Nephthys, and wants a child. Osiris, who is obsessed with Seth, takes Seth's seed, so that Seth and Nephthys cannot have children. Nephthys wants to give Seth a child, and is possibly in love with Osiris, and so goes to Osiris for help, explaining that she and Seth had come to an agreement. Osiris gives her his seed, in exchange for the power of creation only granted to goddesses. Nephthys gives birth to Anubis, but claims to Seth that he is Seth's biological son.

Seth raises Anubis as his own until the night Sekhmet tells him the truth: that Anubis is the child of Osiris. Nephthys confirms it, and Seth confronts Osiris, furious. Osiris drugs him, and explains what he did with Nephthys, and that he stole Seth's seed, and that he intends to use the power of creation to give Seth the ability to have children, because, according to Nephthys, Seth considers a child as proof of one's love, with the ultimate plan of Seth having Osiris' child. Seth fights back, but Osiris manages to place some of the power of creation (in the form of a powder) into Seth's body. When Osiris explains he plans to use Anubis' soul as the starter for their child, Seth begs Osiris to not hurt Anubis, and uses his body as a bargaining chip to protect Anubis, allowing Osiris to assault him. At some point, Sekhmet enters the room and knocks Osiris out. When Seth moves to kill Osiris, Sekhmet tells him to dump Osiris' body in the river, so that Isis will see it.

Osiris wakes up, and keeps reforming his body after Seth attacks him. Out of desperation, Seth kills himself repeatedly, to see how long it takes to make Osiris give up, or to at least get away from Osiris by going to Duat. Eventually, Seth uses the power of creation and tricks Osiris into entering Duat himself after sacrificing his own immortality. Osiris tells him that Nephthys only loves Seth because Osiris made Seth powerful, and Nephthys only cares for the most powerful god.

### Reign as Pharaoh

Seth goes to Isis, and asks her to join him against Osiris and Nephthys. Isis rejects him. Seth traps her in a labyrinth, which Nephthys helps her escape. Seth leaves Nephthys to her own devices.

Seth begins a campaign of hunting Isis down, attacking temples to look for her, encouraging the growth of slaver caravans, planning gladiatorial combat, and gathers souls to form a weapon to fight back against Osiris.

At some point, Seth goes to Khemmis on the rumor that a woman with magic healing powers - potentially Isis - will be there. He kills many boys there, and becomes drunk and drugged on incense. Horus finds him, and Seth mistakes him for Anubis, and unknowingly curses him to remain young.

After hundreds of years, Horus and Isis confront Seth to reclaim Isis and Horus' sovereignty, with the help of Anubis and the Ennead. Maat declares a trial for Seth's crimes. When Seth realizes Anubis' participation, he brutally attacks Anubis in front of Nephthys' cell. When he attends the trial of the Ennead, he mocks the idea that Horus is Osiris' son, as well as Isis' ability to revive Osiris. Osiris appears, infuriating Seth. When Seth moves to attack him, Ra intervenes, and Osiris agrees to testify about the night he died. Seth is furious as Osiris testifies, and eventually turns into a giant sand version of himself to attack the other gods. Maat and Horus propose a trial between them for the throne, to which Seth agrees.

Afterward, Osiris assaults Seth in private, knocking Seth's headdress off in the doing.

Despite Isis attempting to cheat on Horus' behalf, Seth wins the first trial. He later runs across Hathor, and briefly takes away her hand mirror. He is surprised to see her attack him with fire.

During the second match, Seth creates a stone boat, but attacks Horus and Horus' boat, and discovers that the boat isn't made of stone. Isis uses Osiris' powers to destroy Seth's boat, distracting him, which Horus uses to pick up Seth and carry him into the sky. Horus throws Seth back to the starting shore, and wins the match. Seth attacks Horus, and breaks open "Horus' boat" on the assumption it will be revealed as wood. But since Horus replaced it after landing, it is revealed to be stone.

Alone, Seth seethes, and is confronted by Sekhmet, who taunts him into assaulting Horus.

### Post-Sentencing

Around two months after Horus takes over Egypt, Kuentamen's forces loot the village Seth is traveling through, and Seth confronts them, ordering them to stop gathering sacrifices. Kuentamen's forces largely recognize Seth and bow to him. Seth orders them to let the slaves go, which raises the doubts of Seth's followers that Seth is who he says he is. Foreign God ("FG") appears and touches Seth's brow with Isis' medicine, then makes a show as if Seth's injuries miraculously healed on their own, demonstrating Seth's godliness. Kuentamen acknowledges Seth as the God of War, but some of the other followers still have doubts, particularly when Seth forbids them from trading in slaves. They also give him their records to review, and a tent to stay in.

Kuentamen suggests a test for Seth. A member of the caravans steals the eggs of crocodiles, which causes them to swarm over the roads. Kuentamen presents a human-made version of Seth's khat and sha mask in exchange for Seth's help dealing with the problem. After Seth speaks to the high priest of Sebek and learns that the humans stole the eggs, Seth attacks the humans. Afterward, Kuentamen announces that Seth is the God of War. Seth orders the perpetrators' bodies thrown into the river.

Kuentamen's caravan plans to take Seth to their hideout. As they travel, they come across a village with sick and starving people left outside to suffer and die. Seth orders the caravan to pause and share their goods with the locals. Later, Kuentamen's people take back the supplies and hide them in the sand. Horus' bird finds the goods, but is discovered by FG, who claims the discovery as his own to Seth, who is angry. Seth unknowingly confronts Anubis, and is distracted by the idea that it *could* be Anubis, and is knocked out.

FG tells Seth about a rumor that Kuentamen is gathering mercenaries from outside Egypt to start a war and take back the throne for Seth. Seth confronts Kuentamen and other members of the caravan, telling them to send spies to Isis' temple, and be on the lookout for information. Seth then orders them to head to the hideout. Some of the followers try to kidnap the high priestess of Isis, but are unable to take her alive, so they kill her. Once they arrive at the hideout, Kuentamen presents the dead priestess of Isis to Seth, and Seth is furious and leaves the gathering. He asks why they brought him a dead body. Kuentamen explains that Seth's followers exist to help Seth consume souls. Seth is horrified and leaves.

Kuentamen has the caravan members assault Seth, during which Seth experiences horrific visions of the many things he inflicted on the people of Egypt, and his soul begins to dissolve. Nephthys restores his soul. When Seth awakens, he is covered in injures, and all but Kuentamen have been killed, seemingly by Osiris' vines, while Seth and FG's mercenaries kill the other caravan members. Kuentamen explains how he is a revived pawn of Osiris, on orders to kill Seth.

Horus takes Seth to Hanekate to rest and heal, in part because Hanekate can't see who Seth is, and tells her that Seth is Horus' "special someone". Although men aren't allowed into the temple, Hanekate lets Horus in, as Isis' son, and Seth in, as Horus' special someone.

Seth goes to investigate attacks on the temple, and Hanekate explains that the women and children are being protected elsewhere, and the attacks are a regular occurrence. When Seth suggests she use her magic to kill the attackers, Hanekate explains about her belief in Isis and how that simply isn't something they do.

Over the course of the next few days, Seth sneaks out at night to attack the caravan members who attack the temple, leaving the temple more at peace. Hanekate discovers his actions and is grateful, and even calls Seth a "good person".

After Seth has a fit, Hanekate tells Horus that they keep adjusting the medicine and Seth keeps rejecting it, which will make it harder for him to recover. Horus asks her to use her magic on Seth to help him heal.

Horus ties Seth up to keep him from escaping to fight the caravan members, and after he leaves, Hanekate comes to visit. When Seth tells her to untie him, she tells him she's blind and laughs at the idea of using her magic to do it. She explains that her magic likely can't heal him, and its effectiveness depends on how well Seth listens to her. When Seth doubts her healing abilities, given her blindness, Hanekate explains they are a special wound, and asks what she can do to make him trust her. Seth suggests she change his eye and hair color. As Hanekate prepares the spell, she explains that Seth will pick the color, and will have to tell her if he senses anything wrong.

When Hanekate explains how she got the stigmata in her eyes, and thanks Seth for protecting the temple from attackers, Seth insists she has nothing to thank him for. After the spell is complete, he tells her it is successful, and she mistakenly thinks the color changed to red. She worriedly offers to change it, and Seth explains that no, it is black, but that Seth had "the cursed red hue" and he is in fact Seth. Hanekate falls over in fear, and thinks Seth is trying to trick her, particularly when he explains that Horus tricked her by abusing her blindness. Seth suggests she use a truth spell on him.

While using the truth spell on Seth, Hanekate asks him what his relationship with Horus is. Seth explains that he's Horus' uncle. When Hanekate asks if Seth placed a curse on Horus, Seth replies, "Hm... It might be." Hanekate believes that Seth cursed Horus, and grows enraged, and explodes with her magic. As Seth observes, he mocks her, asking if it's okay to kill him, based on her promise to Isis. Hanekate's magic turns into a tornado, destroying much of the temple and sending Seth flying away.

## Powers

### Control of Sand

Seth is the God of the Desert and can control sand. He can:

* Call sand to himself
* Possibly conjure sand from nowhere (though there is a potential limit to how much he can conjure, and it's possible he's using sand from his own body or elsewhere)
* Turn himself into sand and even travel as sand
* Conjure recognizable items out of sand, including weapons (such as spikes), chariots, and animals
* Conjure sand copies of himself
* Materialize himself into a gigantic sand version of himself
* Create sandstorms and tornadoes
* Control cursed sand

### Claws

Seth can grow his fingernails at will into extremely sharp, durable claws. He can still do this after becoming a demigod. After their use, his fingernails revert to normal.

#### Cursed khopesh/bow

During his reign as pharaoh, Seth gathers the souls of humans into an all-black khopesh, to use against Osiris. It is his main weapon, which he can also turn into a bow.

### Enhanced features

* As a god, Seth has advanced agility, recovery and strength. He was one of the most powerful gods, and even as a demigod he retains some of his agility, as shown by when he easily dodges the crocodiles.
* Seth can move and fight easily underwater, but it's difficult for him to leave it swiftly. It's his primary weakness in combat.

## Relationships

### Anubis

Earlier in Season 1, Seth acts cold to Anubis, and even physically abuses him, but Seth also cherishes and cares for him the most of all his family. Even after Seth learns that Anubis is not his biological son, Seth still claims Anubis as his son. Seth is extremely protective of Anubis, going so far as to sacrifice his body to Osiris in exchange for Anubis's *Ka,* defending Anubis even after Anubis's disdain of him is made clear, and upon assuming the Identity of a strange god is Anubis, Seth is distracted long enough for Anubis to land what would have been a fatal blow to Seth.

### "Foreign God"/"FG"

Initially, Seth is very wary of FG, even after FG brought Seth the medicine of Isis. Seth rejects FG's advances, and generally disdains FG. Seth is shown to at least trust and tolerate FG on some level, depending on the situation, such as gathering mercenaries to attack the caravan. While Seth is unaware of FG's true nature, Seth tolerates him enough to have casual conversations with him and allow FG to clean Seth personally, and even direct the attacks on the caravan.

### Horus

Horus forgave Seth when Seth repeatedly asked for it, and seems to wish only to be with him and support him, though he enjoys teasing Seth. During the trial, Seth takes every opportunity to either belittle or attempt to kill Horus. At times where Horus shows compassion, such as saving or showing concern for Seth, Seth rejects it. In general, Seth, until the later episodes, typically shows disdain towards Horus. Seth sees him as both competition and the son of his adversaries, Isis and Osiris. Seth is deeply confused why Horus is so besotted with him, and is even annoyed when Horus attempts to help him, and does all he can to escape Horus' imprisonment, including pissing off Hanekete. Seth is hostile when Horus attacks Anubis. Over the course of season 2, Seth becomes more open to being around Horus, making use of his help, and being physically close with him. Horus becomes more frustrated that Seth is so focused on Anubis.

### Isis

Isis and Seth were close friends prior to the revelation of Nephthys' and Osiris adultery and lies. While they are both victims of Osiris, they are also enemies, whether it's in the battle for the throne or for revenge. After Osiris was killed, Seth went to Isis demanding join him against Osiris. Isis rejected this proposition and fled. She then briefly resurrects Osiris and conceives Horus. Seth is said to have killed many women 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.

### Nephthys

As the wife and sister of Seth, as well as the mother of Anubis, Seth once and still holds great love for Nephthys. He states he "loved her with all his heart". After he learns the truth about Nephthys' and Osiris' deception, Seth is grief-stricken, which eventually leads to the altercation between Seth and Osiris. Despite this, Seth considers Nephthys a victim. In the aftermath, Nephthys, feeling guilty, begs Seth to imprison her for her deception. Nephthys does not appear to love him, and attempted but failed to convince herself that she stayed in the prison by Seth's side out of love.

### Osiris

Initially, Seth held his brother to in high regard. Seth both respected and acknowledged Osiris' power and abilities. After Seth finds out that Osiris deceived him and holds Anubis's life in his hands, Seth offers up his body in exchange for Anubis's life, and for his Ka to be returned. Even after Osiris goes into Duat, Seth is afraid of and furious at Osiris. Osiris is obsessed with Seth, and spends most of the story manipulating Seth, assaulting him, and attempting to drag Seth down to Duat so that they can be together.

### Kuentamen

Kuentamen is obsessed with Seth, to the point that he sacrifices his place in Duat to see him again.

## Quotations

* [To Osiris]: "Do you know how I remained undefeated despite fighting in all those wars? It's because wars are meant to be fought using your head."

## Trivia

* Seth appears to be completely infertile due to Osiris stealing his seed.
* Seth may or may not have the ability to give birth like a goddess. It most likely leans to the latter, as Isis cursed both herself and Osiris from getting what they truly desired before Osiris could complete his plan.
* Seth has conjured giant sand snakes and giant sand crocodiles, and giant winged sand crocodiles.

## Mythology

"Set (Seth, Setekh, Sut, Sutekh, Sety) was one of the most ancient of the Egyptian gods and the focus of worship since the Predynastic Period. As part of the Ennead of Heliopolis he was the son of Nut and Geb and the brother of Osiris, Horus the elder, Isis, and Nephthys. Set was a storm god associated with strange and frightening events such as eclipses, thunderstorms, and earthquakes. He also represented the desert and, by extension, the foreign lands beyond the desert. His glyph appears in the Egyptian words for “turmoil”, “confusion”, “illness”, “storm”, and “rage”.

Set was considered to be very strong but dangerous, and strange. Even as an infant Set was unpredictable and destructive. According to the pyramid texts he ripped himself violently from his mother’s womb instead of being born normally like his siblings.However, he was not always considered to be an evil being. Set was a friend of the dead, helping them to ascend to heaven on his ladder, and he protected the life giving oases of the desert, and was at times a powerful ally to the pharaoh and even the sun god Ra.

. . . The standard for the 11th Nome is topped by a Set animal, and the name of the main town, Sha-shtp, means “The pig (Set) is pacified”, and Set was worshipped in his form as a fish in the capital of the 19th Nome. At this point in history, Set was clearly associated with Upper Egypt and was a popular and esteemed god. However, by the Second Intermediate Period he was associated with the Hyksos (who probably saw a similarity between Set and Baal) and so he became seen as a force for evil. He was then “rehabilitated” by the Nineteenth Dynasty pharaohs (notably Seti I whose name means “man of Set”) only to be recast as an evil deity by Greek, Roman, and Christian theologians."

## Image Gallery

Seth in Season 1, Episode 6 by MojitoSeth without his mask in Season 2, Episode 13 by MojitoSeth turning into a giant sand statue of himself from Season 1, Episode 4 by MojitoSeth's body turning into to sand to nullify physical attacks from Season 1, Episode 4 by MojitoSeth with both his hands as claws from Season 2, Episode 11 by MojitoA close-up of Seth's clawed hands from Season 2, Episode 11 by Mojito
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