Cast
Horace Azif | Horus
Age: 15
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Subject: Sports & Music
Horace Azif was given the power of Horus. He shows no physical signs of his power, but as Har he can fly, throw fireballs, and turn into a hawk. He lives with his mother and younger sister Cindy. His father is fighting in Iraq.
About Har:
Also known as Horus, Har was the hawk-headed god of the sky. He was also associated with the sun and the ruler of Egypt, the pharaoh. In many myths, he is the son of Isis and Osiris. In art, he is represented either as a hawk-headed man or as a hawk, carrying the sun or the symbols of rulership.
Apep
Age: ??
Favorite Color: Despair
Favorite Subject: Pain
When Horus unleashed the power of Ra, he brought the attentions of Apep, the spirit of Chaos. In Ancient Egypt, Apep was the opponent of the spirit of order, Ma'at, and tried to devour Ra the sun god every night. Apep is represented in art as a large piebald snake, often while being slain by Set.
Matilda Applebaum | Ma'at
Age: 31
Favorite Color: Dark Blue
Majored In: Ancient History (BA); Education (MA)
Miss Matilda Applebaum is the homeroom teacher of the kemet kids. A history teacher at Ergot on Rye High School, Miss Applebaum is fiercely devoted to her students and won't allow them to play around with their latest mobile phone handsets or any other distractions during classes.
About Ma'at:
Ma'at is the goddes and representation of Order. She is both a goddess and concept in ancient Egyptian religion, the most important force in the universe since order was equated with goodness and righteousness. All ancient Egyptians strove to sustain Ma'at in their lives: order, balance, and correct living. After death, a person would be judged on how well they upheld Ma'at (lived righteously). Apep is the motal enemy of Ma'at, since his chaos wishes to destroy and corrupt her.
Thomas Ghalib | Zehuti
Age: 15
Favorite Color: Black
Favorite Subject: Trigonometry
Thomas Ghalib was given the power of Zehuti. He has golden triangles on his hands, but his transformed powers are unknown, although he remains rather short. He lives with his mother and father, and has a pet snake, Thithle.
About Zehuti:
The lunar god of mathematics, science, and law, Zehuti was considered the voice and counselor of Ra. He helps judge the dead with his feather of truth, and posesses vast and mysterious magical powers. He is commonly represented by a man with the head of an ibis, carrying a scroll and pen with the moon atop his head. The Greeks called him Thoth.
Hinoki "Red" Kumomoto | Set
Age: 15
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Subject: Drama & Music
Hinoki "Red" Kumomoto was given the power of Set. He grew horns under where his goggles lie, and as Set he can fly. Red has red eyes from birth, lacking most pigment; he needs shaded goggles to see in bright light.
About Set:
Desert god of storms and personal protector of the sun god Ra, Set was a powerful and positive god. The patron of Lower Egypt and the desert, Set is often pictured as a man with the head of a mythical beast, the "salawa." When Upper Egypt invaded Lower Egypt, Set became demonized in many legends, but yet remained lauded as the slayer of Apep.
Mary-Helen Goldstein | Sekhmet
Age: 15
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Subject: Shop Class
Mary Helen was given the power of Sekhmet. She has retractible claws, but her powers are unknown.
About Sekhmet:
Sekhmet is a powerful warrior goddess represented by a lion or lion-headed woman, often with a solar-disc. She was goddess of all warriors and soldiers, but also of surgeons. Although a ferocious an protective goddess, she was not motherly like Bast until she was trandformed into the cow-goddess Mehurt in later myths.
Betty Fraser | Bast
Age: 14
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Subject: Biology
Betty was given the power of Bast. She has cat ears and a tail. Her powers are unknown.
About Bast:
Once a fierce warrior goddess represented by a lioness, Bast became the cat-goddess of motherhood and protection. Like a mother cat fiercely protects her young, Bast protected the children of those who prayed to her against evil spirits and animals.
Patrick Ivanov | Ptah
Age: 14
Favorite Color: White & Black
Favorite Subject: Sports (Baseball)
Patrick was given the power of Ptah. His skin turned green, but his powers are unknown.
About Ptah:
According to myth, Ptah created the world on his potter's wheel, speaking his thoughts into creation. The god of creation, order, and stability, he rules over his crafted worlds of life and death. He is pictured as a green skinned man in mummy wrappings holding the ankh, djed, and was, Egyptian symbols of life, stability, and power.
Iris Gala Moore | Isis
Age: 15
Favorite Color: White
Favorite Subject: English Literature (Novels)
Iris was given the power of Isis. She has no physical signs of her power, and her transformed powers are unknown.
About Isis:
Wife of Osiris, Isis was a cunning goddess skilled in herbal healing and magic, the ideal wife and mother. She gained even more power after tricking Ra out of part of his power. As her name refers to the throne itself, Isis is often pictured with a small throne on her head, arms outstretched with the wings of a swallow.
Natalia Skoufas | Nebet-het
Age: 15
Favorite Color: Violet
Favorite Subject: Chemistry
Natalia was given the power of Nebet-het. She has no physical signs of her power, and her transformed powers are unknown.
About Nebet-het:
Nebet-het was a major goddess of magic and mysticism. Known to the Greeks as Nepthys, she nursed young Horus, defeated the pharaoh's foes, and helped bring the dead back to life. Chief amoung scorcerers, worshippers prayed for her help in many different situations.
Charlotte Upjohn | Seshat
Age: 14
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Subject: History
Charlotte Eanaigh was given the power of Seshat. Her hair turned bright green, but her powers are unknown.
About Seshat:
The goddess of knowledge and inventor of writing, Seshat was the scribe to the pharaoh, and the keeper of time. She is represented as a woman bearing a scroll, pen, and staff of time with a papyrus blossom on her head. Often she is shown wearing a leopard skin.
Sebastian Marsh Blanchard | Sobek
Age: 14
Favorite Color: Bright Blue
Favorite Subject: Sports (Swimming)
Sebastian was given the power of Sobek. His hair has turns to scales on his legs, arms, and head when transformed but his powers are unknown.
About Sobek:
Sobek was the crocodile-god associated with the Nile and its flood. He was both feared and revered since the crocodile is deadly but the flood of the Nile allows farming and harvest. Sobek was a military god and in some traditions a righter of wrongs.
Ulysses Coriander "U. C." Worthington | Osiris
Age: 15
Favorite Color: Dark Green
Favorite Subject: English Literature (Poetry)
Ulysses Coriander "U.C." Worthington was given the power of Osiris. His skin turned green but his powers are unknown.
About Osiris:
Osiris is the Greek name for the god known as Wesir or Usir. Symbol of royal power in life and death, Osiris became one god of the underworld after his death, alongside Anubis. From the underworld, he grants the land's fertility.
Anpu Gnarles | Anubis
Age: ~5000
Favorite Color: Blue
Favourite Subject: History
Anpu was originally an immortal god outside of the obelisk of Ra, but recently was transformed into a girl.
About Anubis:
Anubis is the Greek name for the god known as Anpu or Yinepu. Anubis is the god of the underworld, and the judge of the dead. When dead souls come to him in the underworld, he balances their hearts against a feather to see if they have lived righteously. Unrighteous deeds will make their soul's heart heavier than the feather, while a pure heart will balance out. If a soul's heart is heavy, the soul is fed to Anubis' pet, Ammut.
Mr. Igor & Mr. Gnarles | Y'golonac & Nyarlathotep
Age: ~1660 (born AD 350) & ~5000
Favorite Color: Black & Yellow
Majored In:
Alchemy, Mathematics, Military Tactics, Philosophy, Various Literature, Various Sciences, Engineering, Programming (BA and/or MA); Mathematics, Metaphysics, Physics, Various Histories (Doctorate)
Nyarlathotep and his servant Y'golonac have lived for many centuries, waiting for Apep to rise once again. Since they spent most of their time influencing intellectuals for fun and profit, they have amassed many degrees around the world. Nyarlathotep and Y'golonac are not Egyptian gods; they are fictional.