Name: Khnemu
Title/Alias: Sand Beast
Powers/Abilities:-Breath of Amun: Khnemu can create heavy winds using his breath, he can also use this ability to fly.
-Organic Sand: Khnemu has the ability to create sand from his own physiology and manipulate it to his whim.
-Beast Transformation: Allows Khnemu to transform into a massive beast composed of sand.
Gear:-Wraps of Osirus: Khnemu's arms are wrapped with magical linen. Khnemu can throw this linen at opponents with ease and send them flying with a single blow despite the linen's seemingly low weight. Khnemu is also able to wrap an opponent in the linen with little effort, and despite a lack of supernatural strength, toss them overhead as easily as a ragdoll.
-Robes of Nekhbet: Khnemu wears a cloak covered in stones with dedications to vulture god Nekhbet written on them, this cloak seals Khnemu's beast form, only when removed can Khnemu enter his more powerful form. These robes regenerate from any damage taken, but do not grant that ability to Khnemu himself.
Personality: Khnemu is an odd being, his voice never going over a monotone. Khnemu is blunt and unconcerned with social convention, he cares not for conversation and shows no attraction to either gender. Khnemu never utilizes body language, and both facial decay and the mask used to hide it prevent his face from being seen, what's left is his voice, which, as previously described, does not allow him to demonstrate emotion. Khnemu is steadfast in his defense of Earth, even if he has to fight his fellow man to defend it. He hates oath-breakers and will always fulfill a promise, even if it isn't in his best interest to do so.
Bio: Khnemu was once a sorcerer living in Egypt in the Middle Kingdom under Senusret I. Khnemu was a member of a secret cult of sorcerers dedicated to Osiris, all of whom swore to defend Egypt and the land it stood upon from outside threats. According to cult writings during the Late Kingdom, Khnemu was a legendary leader of the cult, ascending to the position after a journey in the land of the dead. Wrapping himself in bandages and closing himself in a sarcophagus, Khnemu entered the land of the dead, first Khnemu walked through Duat's many gates, slaying each of the demons guarding them, granting himself multiple artifacts stolen by them from the gods above.
Coming next to Anubis and Ammit, realizing he had been alive, Anubis decryed his involvement in the land of the dead, siccing Ammit on him. Taking four blows from the demon, Khnemu cast himself at one of Anubis' scales, his whole body was lighter than the feather that sat upon the other scale. Judging him a benevolent soul by his wounds and his weight, Anubis called back his beast and allowed Khnemu entrance into the land of the dead, on the condition he leave and never return, it is through this condition that Khnemu was granted immortality.
Next, Khnemu was set upon by Apep, who wrapped him in his coils and asked if the mortal wished to join the dead who walked the halls of Duat, or be consumed by him, and be forced into the realm of chaos. Not struggling, Khnemu stated that he wished for the snake to eat him and bring him into its belly. Due to the order of Khnemu's actions and words, the chaotic beast was unable to consume him, filling him with his poison with every bite, causing his skin to turn into sand. It was through this that Khnemu was granted his command over the sands.
Khnemu, having just met Apep, was found by Ra, who approached Apep's form and challenged the beast to a battle as he had many times before. Heavily weakened by Khnemu's resistance, Apep was easily slain, unable to understand why this had happened, Ra turned to Khnemu and asked if it had been him who had damaged the mighty snake. Khnemu admitted it, and as punishment, was turned into one of the very demons that wandered the halls of Duat.
Continuing through Duat, Khnemu came upon Horus and Set fighting, intervening, Khnemu sustained blows from both until he was unable to stand any longer, and then he stood again. Faced with unnatural resilience, Horus fled, leaving Khnemu and Set alone, in thanks, Set granted Khnemu power over the winds.
Khnemu entered the paradise of Aaru, but soon after entering, he was again judged by Thoth, who challenged Khnemu to a challenge of knowledge. Back and forth, the two answered each-other's questions, until Khnemu had no answers left to give. Knowing that he couldn't take another of Thoth's questions, Khnemu asked Thoth what the answer to his riddle was. Thoth, amused, asked Khnemu for his riddle. Khnemu, coming up with a riddle never heard before, asked Thoth what has no arms and yet climbs, no wings, and yet flies, no life, and yet dies. Thoth, unable to answer, asked Khnemu for an answer. Khnemu answered that the subject of the riddle was in fact the sun, which climbed over the horizon, flew through the skies, and died at the beginning of the night. Thoth, with a roar of laughter, conceded defeat, and as a reward, granted Khnemu knowledge of man through the times, though not of their fate, as not even the gods knew of such things.
Finally, Khnemu came to Osiris, kneeling before the god, he asked for the ability to protect his land from anything that means to harm it. Osiris, touched by the mortal's tenacity, granted Khnemu back his human form, sealing him in his own wrappings and, from Nakhbet, gifted him robes to protect him. Sending Khnemu back to the mortal realm, he awakened the man to protect Egypt.
After his job had been done, Osiris placed Khnemu into a deep sleep, waiting for a time when he would be needed.
Many long centuries later, after the death of Teth-Adam, the gods lost their last champion in the mortal realm, weakened, the gods used the last of their strength to awaken Khnemu, who, with his endless belief, granted the gods back their power, and with the knowledge of Thoth, returned to the mortal realm to protect the world from outside threats.
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