Amos Kane

Ruby Kane (sister-in law)

 Sadie Kane (niece) & Carter Kane (nephew)

**Amos Kane** is Carter and Sadie's uncle, the younger brother of Julius Kane, and the current Chief Lector, being one of the most powerful magicians in the world.

## Personality

Though a powerful magician, Amos is kind, easy-going, and gentle. He is very loving towards his niece and nephew and truly wants what's best for them. Amos cares deeply for his brother as well, though in previous years he seemed distant due to Julius' banishment. He also welcomed Julius' wife, Ruby, into the family without any antagonism or bad feelings, unlike the Fausts. Amos is also extremely intelligent and knowledgeable, having great knowledge of Egyptian Mythology, and even some Greek, since he knows that Manhattan has "other gods" (the Olympians) and that Mount Olympus is located over the Empire State Building.

After devoting himself completely to Set, Amos becomes colder and more violent towards others. He was even seen taking pleasure in torturing his niece and nephew, to the point of nearly killing them.

## Appearance

Amos is described as being tall, barrel-shaped with skin the color of roasted coffee. When the Kanes first see him he is wearing a trench coat and a fedora. He wears pinstriped suits, coats, and hats; he also tends to braid his hair with gems to match. Carter considers him to have 'style', and adds that Amos reminds him of a jazz musician. Sadie describes him as smelling of 'old-timey' spices, like an incense shop, and looking like an African American version of Al Pacino. Both Carter and Sadie say he has a twinkle in his eyes, but they're always full of sadness. In The Throne of Fire, Amos becomes Chief Lector and starts wearing the traditional long leopard-skin cape. When he finally coronates Carter after Apophis' defeat, Amos changes into a crimson suit, red-tinted sunglasses, and braids his hair with garnets. Carter thinks he did this to play up his connection to Set.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Egyptian Magic**: Amos Kane is an immensely skilled practitioner of Egyptian-based magic and the second most powerful magician within the House of Life. After Desjardins, the most powerful magician and Chief Lector, sacrificed himself execrating Apophis, Amos became the House of Life's strongest magician.
	+ **Divine Words**: He can speak Divine Words such as *A'max* to summon a fire, *hi-nehm* to re-create objects, *llen En-mar* to make the target approach you, and *Med-wah* to communicate with a foreign magician. Since he is the Chief Lector, it is presumed that he can at least speak the second most divine words, either equal or slightly less than Sadie Kane.
	+ **Duat Travel**: Amos displays the ability to travel through the Duat from London to Brooklyn in a magical boat, even with Sadie and Carter. After talking with Carter and Sadie and jumping from his mansion's terrace, Amos uses this to reach the ground.
	+ **Hieroglyphic Spells**: Like almost every other magician, Amos can cast normal hieroglyphic spells. However, his level of skill is equivalent to that of Desjardins. He also has a good knowledge and understanding of the different glyphs and symbols. He can check and loosen traps as well, such as those at his own house when he was under Set's influence.
	+ **Magical Persuasion**: Amos can lace his words with magic, to use magical persuasion. He used this to calm down the initiates of Brooklyn House when they were panicking from the quest to revive Ra. Amos is quite famous with this skill as Kwai and Jacobi have stated in their speeches that Amos spoke 'with the voice of Chaos', which was ironic since Apophis was controlling them in the same way.
	+ **Storm Cloud Transformation**: This is a disguise transformation like Carter and Sadie's bird morphs. Set mentions that he came up with this by himself, and says this transformation is old. The cloud reflects the mood of the transformed person. Being the Chief Lector, it is possible that Amos can transform himself into other animals as well.
	+ **Storm Magic**: By channeling the power of Set, Amos can project red lightning, cast massive waves of sand, summon tornadoes and hurricanes. Despite only using this type of magic for a short amount of time, Amos is proficient enough to conquer almost every magician he fought with storm magic and was able to fight evenly with Michel Desjardins with it, despite the latter being more powerful. He displays this during the Battle of Brooklyn House and the final fight against Apophis, while hosting Set and using the Set avatar.
	+ **Telepathy**: Amos' mind is very concentrated and resilient. He managed to bend the mind of a security guard and made him blank. This is again shown when Set possessed him and even then, he controls some of his actions to an extent. Set mentions that Amos demanded a lot of energy from him despite the god being in control. He also tries to give hints to Carter and Sadie that he was being manipulated.
* **Path of the Gods**: Amos used to be the former host of Set. He was twisted against his will and his sanity became at risk after the hosting. Even though Amos despises Set, he admits that he needs his full powers to fight Apophis and becomes the Eye of Set once again.
	+ **Combat Magic**: In the final battle against Apophis, Amos hosted Set and used the Set avatar. His appearance is a mix between a sandstorm and fire, much like Apophis except less chaotic. When using the Set avatar, Amos has a high resistance to storm magic and can use his own whilst maintaining the combat avatar. This is displayed when he shrugged off Kwai's lightning and retaliated with his own red bolt. However, Amos can only use the Set avatar for a short time as he needs to restrain Set from destroying everything.
	+ **Fruit Bat Transformation**: When he was possessed by Set, Amos was able to transform into a fruit bat on a whim. It is possible that he could transform into other creatures while hosting Set.

## Trivia

* After being possessed, Amos' magic is tinted red permanently.