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Madacombo

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BIO:

NAME(S): Ranehk’Elkrahum (Ranehk for short)

GENDER(S): Male.

AGE: Ranehk is an old god.

AFFILIATION(S)/PURPOSE(S): Ranehk would best be described as the god of trade, deviousness, deceit or cunning. Humans come to him, and at times he goes to them, offering a trade. To a human, supernatural aid from a god would seem most beneficial, being able to receive things they would never have gained by themselves; love from a rejecting soul, gold, murder, or even special favors. But as Ranehk’s Law states, “No Trade will go Unbalanced.” Although he may not always state his side of the trade, he will be sure to claim his price from his various customers. These prices can easily vary to whatever Ranehk finds most pleasing in his customer’s belongings, often times their soul being the highest price for the highest trades.

FORM(S): Ranehk is tall and stands up straight, tightly wrapped in grey bandages from mouth to feet and covered by a large shredded and torn dark grey cloak. His long and square shoulders can be seen under the curve of the cloak, giving him a truly superior and judging look. Under his hood, he has no hair on his bald and blotted head. His eyebrows are thick, shadowing his eye’s piercing glare as he continuously stares at anyone he encounters. A darker skin colour surrounds his eyes different than his white-pale skin, almost as if hatred was leaking from his eyes unto his skin. His nose, long and crooked, droops over the bandages that cover his mouth. His right arm is always firmly kept behind his back, leaving only his left hand at his disposition.

18-Jun-2015 06:48:20

Madacombo

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Only when he presents the price for his trade will he uncover his mouth to reveal chapped and torn lips guarding his aligned and sharp teeth. His mouth never fails to maintain a long smile stretched across his face, which makes most humans wonder how such a large mouth could have completely been covered by the few bandages on his face beforehand.
Once he has stated his price, his right arm slowly comes back to life only to be stretched in front of him palm-up, requesting for his part of the trade. With this hand, he takes what belongs to him before storing it behind his back, awaiting his next precious trade.
Ranehk can also be seen to take the form of a vulture, specifically one resembling a Cinere*us Vulture from the family of Old World Vultures. He can materialize in and out of this form as he pleases.

POWERS(S): Ranehk’s powers are plenty, and mostly resourceful. Although it isn’t considered a power, he is supremely intelligent and uses his wits to his advantage. Combining powers from his Father Apep and his Mother Nephthys, he can steal and consume souls, then later store and retrieve them from the Nephthys Deserts when he pleases, the same is applicable to objects. He uses the powers of deceit from his Father to seed a wide range of thoughts and emotions into one’s mind such as fear, love, hate and more. Physically, he is not mighty. He has no strength. That being said, he inherited vitality and resistance powers from his Mother, Protector of the Dead. Some say his ability to grant minor powers to humans such as speed, strength or wit, is due to the bits of Apep that lives in Ranehk. Others believe he stole something from Anubis during their young life that now allows him to offer such powers.

18-Jun-2015 06:48:49

Madacombo

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Like many other Egyptian gods, Ranehk can take the form of an animal. Specifically a vulture, one resembling the Cinere*us Vulture but a good amount larger. He soars the skies and perches high above what he observes with his dark eyes of deceit. He can materialize in and out of this form as he pleases.

REALM: To be able to make so many trades, Ranehk must have a place to store all of his belongings. His realm is an infinitely continuous desert with tall dunes and cloudless blue skies. A soft breeze floats the hot sand around, making the swooping dunes almost look alive. A day in Nephthys’ Deserts lasts 72 hours, and a night is 12 hours. With so much sun, walking around the desert feels as if walking in a large oven. The sand continuously heats up until it’s nearly as hot as coals near the end of a day.

Ranehk’s belongings are scattered all over the vast desert, buried deep under the sand. He knows the location of every object and can make any rise out of the sand into his hand at his will. They’re all buried too deep and the desert is too large for any sane person to find something under the sand.
Objects are not the only things buried under the hot sand, the souls taken by Ranehk float under and between the sand, forever burning in the heat and never being able to surface out of the sand. They live dead in the sand.

There does exist several small cities spread around the desert. People of Nephthys survive in these cities, constantly covered with clothing to hide from the sun. They have little water but gather every drop they can from their many sacred wells. Sacred wells, with the ability to fill up in the midst of a burning desert with just prayers. Ranehk promised everyone plentiful water for the cost of prayers. Every citizen comes to the sacred wells and prays every day in hopes to reach the amount needed every day to receive water.

18-Jun-2015 06:49:24

Madacombo

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SUBJECTS: Nephthys is an immensely large desert inhabiting many people and furthermore, the Sand Runners. They are Ranehk’s soldiers, given supernatural speed and cunning in exchange for their utmost loyalty. Handpicked and taken by Echalim as babies, they are raised in the temple of Horus to be fierce soldiers. Completely wrapped with different cloths, you never see the scars on their skin from the intense training they went through to be the best of Ranehk’s soldiers as they could be. They use their cunning and speed to outwit their foes, striking in multitudes and often times burrowing under the sand to get where they need to unnoticed. These foes are the many creatures and beasts that live in the sand and occasionally terrorize the cities of Nephthys and their inhabitants.
Another type of foe exists in Nephthys, the Unworshippers. A small tribe of Nephthyans that does not settle in one location, they are constantly on the run from Sand Runners. There aren’t many in Nephthys; their numbers die out faster than they grow. Rogues, infidels, rebels, unbelievers, anyone who does not worship Ranehk is shunned and classified as an Unworshipper. An Unworshipper’s only chance is to find another group of Unworshippers and hide from the Sand Runner’s slicing blades.
A Sand Runners that disobeys or doubts Ranehk is to instantly become one with the sand, joining the wandering souls that haunt the desert. To avoid losing all his armies at the slightest hint of doubt, Ranehk assured Echalim to be a Mother to the Sand Runners, giving each Sand Runner no desire whatsoever to betray their mother.

18-Jun-2015 06:49:51

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ACOLYTES: Ranehk has three acolytes; Echalim, Mordok, and The Treasurer.
Ranehk slept with an unnamed female human, who gave birth to his twins Echalim and Mordok. As a price for being the mother of and bearing demi-gods, Ranehk stole his mate’s soul and buried her deep in the sands of Nephthys. Ranehk then raised both Echalim and Mordok to fulfill specific roles he had planned for them.

Having her right arm cut off as a child, Echalim serves her Father as his scout and whisperer. She listens to every conversation, and keeps notes on the needs of everyone of importance. This way, she can constantly feed Ranehk with new knowledge on what people of value, such as human kings or gods, desire the most. Echalim gives Ranehk the ability to strategize his offers in order to obtain the most preferable deals.
She is dressed in brown-gray clothing wrapped around her body and head. She looks no different than a common Nephthyan until she removes the clothing around her head, revealing long black hair and eyes filled with determination. Her skin colour is similar to any Nephythyan, a bit tan (the same as any Egyptian or middle-eastern man or woman). Her beauty is idolized, her strong will is envied. Mother to the Sand Runners, Daughter of Ranehk, she visits Nephthys’ many cities frequently, but is at times not seen for months after entering the Temple of Horus.

Having his left arm cut off as a child, Mordok serves his Father as his assassin and reaper. He fulfills tasks that include death of any sort, and is blessed with a Gorgon’s eyes. He uses them to outweigh the loss of his left arm, although he has become as skilled in the art of murder with one arm as someone that would with two arms.

18-Jun-2015 06:50:12 - Last edited on 18-Jun-2015 06:52:50 by Madacombo

Madacombo

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Wrapped in loose dark black clothing, his eyes are the only part of him you can see clearly. Nephthyans treat him more like a myth than anything since no one has ever seen him, excluding the occasional story teller promising they saw him in the distance walking in the dunes. With his cloths and hood off, his medium-long black hair waves in the wind. A frown resides on his face, expressing his constant hatred for everything he sees. Son and Reaper for Ranehk, he executes Ranehk’s every command.

The Treasurer, an energy that covers the surface of the deserts of Nephthys, is considered to be Ranehk’s pet. Its duty is to protect his treasures buried deep in the sand of Nephthys. It is dispersed as a constant energy surfacing each grain of sand across the desert, but can materialize into an unspecified number of Guardian Dogs. Guardian Dogs, the embodiment of The Treasurer, are tall and large creatures that resemble Demon-Hyenas. There is only one tale that is told about them in Nephthys, a night where a small meteor fell from the heavens into the sand, not far away from one of the largest villages in Nephthys. Villagers rushed to see the commotion, but were instantly stopped in their track by a roaring noise that came from the sand. Instantly, a layer of sand all around the village rushed towards the meteor, then rose into the air where a dozen Demon-Hyenas materialized and tore the meteor in pieces. From a distance, villagers say they say blood and flesh being torn out from inside the meteor. The Guardian Dogs buried the meteor with them as they dug back into the sand where they dematerialized. To this day, this is the only sighting of the Guardian Dogs, or The Treasurer.

18-Jun-2015 06:50:37

Madacombo

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SOURCE OF WORSHIP: As previously stated, Ranehk promises wells filled with water to the people of Nephthys in exchange for daily prayers. This is the only reliable source of water in all of Nephthys, and has been a tradition for centuries. Nephthyans praise Ranehk as if it was breathing, many worshipping throughout the entire day, in unison with their breathing.

Although Ranehk may seem like an unforgiving god, he gave Nephthyans his daughter Echalim as a source of kindness and hope. She visits the people and brings them comfort, ensuring their loyalty to her Father. To the Nephthyans, not having to worry about water is a blessing, with the cost of praying being such a low price to pay. Without water, they would all wither away in the desert’s heat.

BACKSTORY: Ranehk, God of Cunning and Deceit is the Son of Apep, Demon-God of Snakes and Chaos, and Son of Nephthys, Goddess of Mourning and Protector of the Dead. He is a hybrid between a Demon-God and a God. His step brother; Anubis, God of the Dead.
Apep impregnated Nephthys while devouring a world she was living on. Nephthys had a bittersweet relationship with the accident-child that was Ranehk. He was born with his right arm limp and cold, and soon found out it would only reanimate when taking something. She assumed a part of the devourer Apep lived in her child.
Nonetheless, Nephthys raised both Anubis, son of Set and Ranehk, son of Apep equally. She tried to raise Ranehk away from Apep, but he always had a morbid curiosity towards his Father.

18-Jun-2015 06:50:49 - Last edited on 20-Jun-2015 19:51:38 by Madacombo

Madacombo

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Ranehk always respected his Mother, seeing how she would respect the dead and cared for the ones that had died too soon. He named his land after her to honor her, some believe her aura resides in the desert.
After sleeping with an unknown human, Ranehk had a son and a daughter, Mordok and Echalim. To balance the trade of being a mother to demi-gods, Ranehk took the soul of his mate and let trapped her in the sands of Nephthys. He had plans for his children, both would have a task and fulfill that duty to Ranehk’s desire.
Not long after they were born, Ranehk consumed the soul and flesh of Mordok’* left arm and replaced it with fragments of his own soul, then did the same to Echalim’s right arm. With this, Ranehk has constant consciousness of their whereabouts and thoughts. He can communicate with them through the fragments that dangle from their arm’s souls. They are now his right and left hands.
Now, Ranehk rules his own land. God of Cunning, Deceit and Trade, he is feared by most but needed by many. He’s a source of gain as well as a source of loss. Those who deal with Ranehk are either on their last straw or fools; although Ranehk’s ability to offer supernatural powers, objects of great value, favors, the life of another, love from another and many more makes trading with him tempting. People who do trade with Ranehk can be assured the deal will be equal and carried out all the way, as stated by Ranehk’s Law: No Trade will go Unbalanced.

18-Jun-2015 06:51:03

Madacombo

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OTHER: I’m just going to jot down facts that I feel like I did*’t get through well enough:
-Nephthys is an immense desert, and even though there are many cities and villages in it, wondering around the desert is not recommended since getting lost is very easy. To give you an idea of how large the desert is, I’d like to imagine it’s as if the Sahara desert covered all of Earth.
-The Unworshippers do exist and there’s a whole tribe of them dispersed around the desert, but they are very few compared to everyone who worships Ranehk in Nephthys. They are also hunted down by Sand Runners and killed daily, which drives Nephthyans away from disbelief.
-Ranehk’s trades sound bad to many, but a lot of people have traded with him before. He trades with humans for petty things on the daily, things like love or intelligence to get through school, and other deals. Those trades require small prices, perhaps just a task or an amount of gold suffices. Only the larger deals will require more dramatic prices.
-Ranehk is always fair, even when it displeases him. Trapping his mate’s soul in Nephthys was something he hated doing, and still feels regret for today. Ranehk’s Law comes before all else.

- After reading more into the story, I see Apep is an active character. I hope this does not affect my character's backstory since it could just be that- backstory. Everything related to Ranehk's parents and siblings happened so long ago, I'd hope it would not cause problems. Also, if Apep is Only a Demon-Snake in this story, animal-god 'relations' are not uncommon in Egyptian mythology. Also, this aspect of being Apep's son could give Ranehk an interesting role in the story. Let me know! :)

((Please let me know what you think! I'd also Love a recap of everything that's happened thus far if possible, please. Thanks!))

18-Jun-2015 06:52:12 - Last edited on 18-Jun-2015 17:10:23 by Madacombo

GrimMagister

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((Madacombo-

You’re bio looks very good and it’s clear you’ve put a lot of thought into it, which I admire. I tried to look up the name of your character and couldn’t find anything. Is this god you’ve created yourself? If so, you’ve done very well, but it does clash just slightly with some already established elements.

Apep IS already an established character, but that isn’t a deal breaker. Animal-god relations are common in more than just Egyptian mythology and I never intended on denying that.

In this story, Apep is a massive world eater serpent that was under the watch of Set. Set was supposed to be keeping Apep who is the embodiment of chaos and destruction, under control, but he lost that control and Apep has been running rampant.

There’s a story in Greek mythology in which the sky Uranus touches down to the earth Gaia, and this creates their children.
Something similar could work with Apep and Nephthys in which Apep inadvertently impregnated her somehow on one of his first destructive rampages in the time before Set became Apep’s gaurdian.
It doesn’t however make sense for Apep to have “raised” Ranehk in any way. Apep doesn’t think, it just destroys and eats. It would have eaten Ranehk whole before anything else.
So this needs some adjusting.

In most myths, Anubis the son of Set and Nephthys (which I would prefer to keep canon). You might consider having Ranehk be Set*s son instead, but if you’re set on him being the son of Apep, that’s fine too.
Either way, we’ll have to be a little careful as we advance because Set, Apep, and potentially Nephthys and Anubis all have story-relavant roles, which means you won’t be able to go into too much depth on those characters. Not without me at least.

Your character IS good though, and I’m more than happy to have you aboard. These elements just need some adjusting.))

20-Jun-2015 05:08:58

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