Ten Immortalities of Egypt
Egyptian Immortality
Rooted in culture and tradition, the immortality aspect in Egypt was a divine importance to everyday life before the collapse.
There are ten immortalities:
- Sekhmet = Fire
- Sobek = Water
- Khonsu = Moon
- Ptah and Sekhmet = Sun
- Shu = Air
- Osiris, Kheperu = Earth/Rebirth
- Bastet, Wadjet, Horus = Mind and Protection
All have a place in the Kingdom of Egypt, and all were equally valued.
Osirian-Form (Indication of Royalty)
Osirian-Form (Resurrected Kings)
Domain: Fertility, death, judgment.
Form: Regal beings (Often Royalty) of green-tinged flesh and linen, with eyes like emerald flame.
Power: They command the cycle of death and rebirth in each Shemu (Harvest) — each step brings bloom or decay.
Symbol: Lotus flowers have been known to open in their presence
Bastet-Form
Bastet-Form (Feline Immortals)
Domain: Guardianship, sensuality, lunar grace.
Form: Lithe beings with obsidian fur and golden eyes; some who are more powerful resemble human defined features in immortality.
Power: They sort chaos spirits and keep order within cities. Some are trade specific, their magic manifests in precision, such as thread spinners, seamstress, artist, scribes, etc.
Symbol: Perfumed smoke — immortals leave a faint scent of myrrh and lotus when passing.
Ptah-Form
Ptah-Form (Forge-Born Immortals)
Domain: Creation through craft, sacred architecture.
Form: Stone-skinned beings with veins of molten gold beneath their surface.
Power: They shape divine matter; their hammer-song can alter the fate of a blade.
Symbol: Sparks in the air that hang suspended, glowing like stars.
Horus-Form
Horus-Form (Avian Immortals)
Domain: Sky, kingship, vigilance.
Form: Winged beings with falcon eyes and metallic feathers.
Power: Sight — can perceive truth and deception in any soul. Most become great warriors who manifest the sight of patterns in any regard.
Symbol: When angered, their wings shimmer like bronze mirrors
Sobek-Form
Sobek-Form (Reaper Guardians)
Domain: The river’s power and wrath.
Form: Massive, half-crocodilian warriors plated in wet bronze.
Power: They assist the Akhet (Floods), their magic is water based. Manipulation, guidance and temperature of the river. These immortals are protectors of the river life. Often they have been know to be more animalistic than human.
Symbol: Water rises and stills before them — the Nile itself obeys.
Wadjet-Form
Wadjet-Form (Serpentine Immortals)
Domain: Protection, divine fire, rebirth.
Form: Coiled-bodied entities with glowing scales and a cobra’s hood that unfurls into veils of flame in time of cleansing.
Power: The venom in their fire purifies — it burns corruption from the soul rather than killing. They are fierce fighters and specialise in preserving life by quickening the blood temperature of their rivals, slowly them down to cleanse them of corruption.
Symbol: A whispering hiss echoes before they appear
Khonsu-Form
Khonsu-Form (Lunar Wanderers)
Domain: Time, healing, and night journeys.
Form: Pale figures wrapped in moonlit cloth to protect their bleached skin. Their eyes reflecting constellations have knowledge of time and space.
Power: They invade dreams and can show or create memories. Their magic is enhanced by lunar light. They are extremely rare and are often only spoken in myths. With containing such knowledge, they are said to walk the plains in solitude.
Symbol: Silver sand falls from their footprints, vanishing at dawn. Their scent is of myrrh and frankincense.
Shu-Form
Shu-Form (Air-Bound Spirits)
Domain: Breath, balance, unseen forces.
Form: Nearly invisible, bodies made of wind and dust illuminated by sunlight and invisible in darkness. The Shu are a legend told through ancient tales—rarer than Khonsu, they are told to drift into the desert and act as druids of the eternal sands.
Power: They control the unseen — words, memory, emotion. Can dream walk and send messages from anywhere on the plains.
Symbol: The sudden stillness of air before a revelation. The scent of Lotus and earthy undertones.
Sekhmet-Form
Sekhmet-Form (Solar Fury)
Domain: Vengeance, divine punishment, protection.
Form: Towering leonine immortals wreathed in flame and gold armor.
Power: Their roar can ignite the air, stunning their intended target; their blood burns like sunlight and when in combat, can burn the flesh from a single touch
Symbol: The scent of iron and cedar as they pass.
Kheperu-Form
Kheperu-Form (Scarab Ascendants)
Domain: Transformation, the dawn, rebirth of the sun.
Form: Carapaced beings of black-blue crystal and gold lines.
Power: They have healing capabilities, can regenerate life into nature by bringing back dead crops. Some are celestially enhanced, being masters of navigation and predicting the changing constellations. Often they are found in temples and spiritual places. After the conflict with the Sphinx, only a few remained alive.
Symbol: A soft clicking hum, like rolling dunes at sunrise.
