Ra

Name	Ra
Race	God
Type	Egyptian
Faction	Deity
Premiere	Desideratum: Blood Bonds
Relative(s)	N/A

Ra

"I bring light to the skies; I am the day eternal- I am Ra!"

Biography

Pre-Desideratum: Blood Bonds

In ancient Egypt as with other nations, as mankind created concepts in the Physical World, their brainwaves coalesced along the dimensional frequencies bringing beings into existence. One such being is the god Ra(/rɑː/; Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ or rˤ), known by various other transcriptions, is the god of the sun, order, kings, and the sky. Ra was portrayed as a falcon thus he, the sun, is ever watchful. It is because of this that Nuit’s children, the Nightbred, are unable to be in sunlight without perishing. As with most deities, he has made his way into the Physical World on a few occasions. Mostly these took place in the Age of Myths. Ra, the sun god, was the second to rule the world, according to the reign of the gods. Ra was a strong ruler but he feared anyone taking his throne. When he discovered that Nuit was to have children, he was furious. He decreed, “Nuit shall not give birth any day of the year.” At that time, the year was only 360 days. Nuit spoke to Thoth, god of wisdom, and he had a plan. Thoth gambled with Khonsu, god of the Moon, whose light rivaled that of Ra's. Every time Khonsu lost, he had to give Thoth some of his moonlight. Khonsu lost so many times that Thoth had enough moonlight to make five extra days. Since these days were not part of the year, Nuit could have her children. She had five children: Osiris, later to become ruler of the gods and then god of the dead; Horus the Elder, god of war; Set, god of chaos and the desert; Isis, goddess of magic; and Nephthys, goddess of water. When Ra found out, he again burned with righteous fury. Ra thought that her children would bring calamity to the mortal plane. He separated Nuit from her husband Geb for eternity. Her father, Shu, was to keep them apart. Nevertheless, Nuit did not regret her decision, however after centuries passed, she began to despise Ra.

He had imprisoned Nuit’s children, and the goddess had grown weary of the day and night cycle. Coming to the Physical World, she implored the current pharaoh, Hatshepsut, to make her the main god of all of Egypt and usher eternal night onto the Earth- offering to make Hatshepsut immortal as well. Hatshepsut desired eternal life- all the more if she could rule in the Physical World, forever. And, as such, she acquiesced to the goddess. The long fangs of Nuit pressed into her neck, and the next day, Hatshepsut’s corpse was found in her garden. Interred in her famous Mortuary Temple at Deir el-Bahari-the following night, she rose from the dead.

Mourners were still visiting her tomb before it would be sealed, and watched in fascination as her sarcophagus opened and she emerged. To her people, this was a sign, and they fell to their knees in reverence as Hatshepsut looked over them. Within Hatshepsut’s mind, Nuit’s voice spoke, for now they were entwined, spiritually. She discarded her crook and flail to the stone floor and the clattering caused the precession to pause in their prayers of joy and look up to their pharaoh. Casting her arms back, the flames of the temple vanished and an eerie blue darkness hung in the chamber. Hatshepsut told them that she had made a bargain with Nuit and that her people no longer needed to fear for anything. She told them that Ra, the sun, would forever hide and that the Egyptians would now claim the world as their own! She ordered the nearest person to her, beckoning them into her waiting arms, and then bit their neck. Being the first vampire, her bite was potent, and as the last drop of blood left the body, that person rose instantly as a vampire. The ignorant had no idea that Nuit was spreading her influence and power, and these people trusted in their pharaoh.

The next day, the sun did not rise. Night remained over Egypt. In the ancient world, this caused calamity as it could be witnessed by the nearby nations. Within a week, the Nightbred had spread rapidly without sunlight or anyone capable of stopping them. People in Egypt did not realize that this blessing meant the loss of their humanity. As the curse spread, the night over Egypt grew darker and Nuit’s power grew stronger. Nuit openly walked among the people, relishing her ever growing power as their souls fed her. As thousands became undead, finally, priests of the other gods resisted and some people revolted. The balance of life was undone.

Ra could no longer ignore the plight of his worshippers.  He also came into the world from the Inner Light, and found Nuit in the royal gardens where she had seduced Hatshepsut.  Ra told the goddess that balance must be maintained lest war erupt in other dimensions spilling over onto the Physical World.  The Physical World is required to exist in order to produce souls and power for the other planes of existence.  Nuit harbored anger at the sun-god for he had taken her children.  He explained this was done to maintain the balance of life on the world that her children brought chaos and had to be removed for life and souls to exist on the Earth.  She refused to give up her souls and power, and Ra called upon the Light.

The two gods fought with all their might as the very world around them ripped, burned, and tore apart with their fury. However, Ra’s Light shone fiercely upon Nuit, and her darkness fell before it. Banished, she returned to the Outer Darkness. The Nightbred that Hatshepsut created managed to survive and fled Egypt, forever hiding from the sun’s light. Nuit had been crafty this time. Before Ra’s intervention, at night, hidden from his sight, she had made a hidden chamber under the sands. There, she left some of her blood so that if Ra happened to banish her again, which he did accomplish, a part of her would still remain in the Physical World. The only way to access the chamber was by a magical portal and it would only activate with the spilling of blood. Millennia would pass before this very sequence of events happened.

After Nuit’s defeat, Ra purged the pharaoh of the corruption. He told the pharaoh of the sins that she committed in Nuit’s name, and that her selfishness had caused untold calamity. He told her that balance would be maintained and that she must atone. He cast his light upon her, but left her form intact. Free of Nuit’s influence, she filled with righteous light and hatred for the Nightbred. He charged her with ending the vampiric blight on Egypt- the very one that she created, and he bestowed an artifact to her, the Sunstone, and inlaid it upon her crown. Then, he ascended again to the higher planes, leaving her to solve the problems that she had created for mankind. Hatshepsut, once the queen of vampires, now became their bane as she again rose from her temple- this time to eradicate the very corruption that she had helped spread.

She managed to save Egypt from destruction and eliminated the Cult of the Night in Egypt, but the priests of the many gods had determined that Hatshepsut was too powerful with her artifact. They banded together, and using powerful magicks, forced her back into her mortuary temple and sealed her within her tomb. Handfuls of vampires survived and fled to other lands across the world avoiding the sun and death. Hatshepsut remained sealed inside her temple, still bestowed with eternal life so long as Ra’s Sunstone remained, crowning her forever in his holy light. However, almost two millennia later, the lilin demon, Dionyza, came into the tomb. Having enthralled an English archaeologist and Egyptologist named Howard Carter, the pair came into the tomb and there stood Hatshepsut. She and the succubus fought, and Dion was nearly destroyed, but she used Carter like a meat puppet and had him grab the Sunstone infused crown from Hatshepsut’s head. The pharaoh finally met her end, shriveling and becoming nothing more than a pile of dust. Dionyza then claimed the Sunstone, and with the help of the witch, Eleanora Blackwood, she would turn it into the Shadowstone embedded in a ring known as Lilith’s Love.

Desideratum: Blood Bonds

In Desideratum: Blood Bonds, Ra is referenced many times, particularly when discovering the lore of the Nightbred. He is not seen directly however in the modern times.

Appearance

Ra is an Egyptian god, stemming from the Inner Light. Their avatar has the face of a falcon, and they hold a symbol of the sun above their head.

Abilities

• Light Magic
• Cleanse Soul
• Heat Wave
• Godly Physical Attacks

Notes and Trivia

Ra is one of several tie ins from actual folklore and mythology with the Anaxverse. While he is one of the more recognized, many characters have real world cross-overs.