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Anubis and his Set
Anubis is the Egyptian god of the dead. He is represented most commonly as a black jackal , black dog, or as a man with the head of a black jackal. He is the god of the funeral cult and the care of the dead. In the Book of the Dead, he was depicted as presiding over the weighing of the heart of the deceased in the Hall of the Two Truths. Additionally, he is known as chief of the westerners because of the Egyptian belief that his Necropolis and the surrounding land of the dead was located to west, beyond the setting sun.
Currently, his guise as an ancient mummy allows him to render judgement while on the Blood Bowl pitch. He has assembled an all-star cast from the pantheon of Egyptian gods for this purpose. When the corporeal aspect of a team member is rendered useless, another suitable receptacle is found. Thus, Anubis and his Set seek to punish the wicked who step on the field. As a player/coach/gm, Anubis has much to learn, though his insights as a deity need not nor should be questioned.
Anubis had been the leading star on the team in his first incarnation. This form is his third.
In his last two incarnations, he was laid low by foul Dwarves.
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The Egyptian god of chaos who embodied the principle of hostility if not of outright evil. Despite his reputation, he had an important sanctuary at Ombos in Upper Egypt, his reputed birthplace, and had his cult was also prominent in the north-eastern region of the Nile delta. Set is usually depicted in human form with a head of indeterminate origin, appropriate as he is associated with foreign lands and has a long running dispute with Osiris.
Despite his troubled past, Set was welcomed onto the Khemri team by Anubis, the player/coach and general manager.
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As the Egyptian sun god and creator god, it would have been highly rude of Anubis not to invite Ra to participate on the team. Often depicted in a human form with a falcons's head, Ra's entourage includes every worthy Egyptian pharoah that has made the transition from the corporeal plane to the nether world. His participation on the team has the added bonus of providing many fans and willing receptacles of the godly powers.
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As a rookie Osiris I did not last very long. The least skilled of his brethern, he was fouled out of existence by a pesky band of dwarves. It matters little, as in addition to his role as the great benefactor of humanity and the bringer of agriculture and civilization, he is the god of re-birth having himself been murdered and brought back from the land of the dead.
Osiris II, met a similar fate, this time to an uncivilized pack of orcs.
Osiris III is sure to wreak havoc on the pitch and fertilize the grass with the bodies of his fallen foes. Particulary orcs and dwarves.
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Egyptian crocodile god. Sobek symbolized the might of the Egyptian pharoahs.
Depicted as a crocodile or in human form with the head of a crocodile, crowned either by a pair of plumes or sometimes by a combination of the solar disk and the uraeus (cobra).
Left unappeassed for far too long, he has come back to wreak havoc on the Blood Bowl Pitch.
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Egyptian earth god. The goose was his sacred animal and his symbol in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Geb was also said to imprison the souls of the dead, preventing them from passing on to the afterlife. The laughter of Geb was said to cause earthquakes.
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Egyptian moon god. Over time, he developed as a god of wisdom, and came to be associated with magic, music, medicine, astronomy, geometry, surveying, drawing and writing. Thoth was generally depicted in human form with the head of an ibis, wearing a crown consisting of a crescent moon topped by a moon disk. He could also be depicted wholly as an ibis or a baboon. Both the ibis and the baboon were sacred to him.
Thoth serves as an arbiter among the gods and also as a god of the underworld, where he served as a clerk who recorded the judgments on the souls of the dead.
A lack in recent papyrus work has allowed him to take the pitch.
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"Opener of the Ways". Egyptian jackal god. Wepwawet had a dual role as a god of war and of the funerary cult, and could be said to "open the way" both for the armies of the pharaoh and for the spirits of the dead.
His close association with Anubis convinced him to take the pitch.
Egyptian goddess of the sky and of the heavens.
Nut was also a goddess of the dead, and the pharaoh was said to enter her body after death, from which he would later be resurrected.
Anubis considered her participation on the team essential.
This is the second incarnation of Nut.
This is the second incarnation of Hathor.
Egyptian cow goddess.
Hathor was often symbolized by the papyrus reed, the snake, and the Egyptian rattle known as the sistrum.
Her mothering care is sought by all pharoahs, and for this reason Anubis bade her to join the team
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A scorpion-goddess, shown as a beautiful woman with a scorpion poised on her head; her creature struck death to the wicked, but she was also petitioned to save the lives of innocent people stung by scorpions; she was also viewed as a helper of women in childbirth.
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Egyptian cat goddess. A goddess of the home and of the domestic cat, although she sometimes took on the war-like aspect of a lioness.
She persuaded her father Ra to allow her to play on the team at Anubis' request.
Her initial form quickly degenerated, so she has now assumed her second earthly vessel.
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Qetesh was a goddess of love and beauty. Qetesh was depicted as a beautiful nude woman, standing or riding upon a lion, holding flowers, a mirror, or serpents.
Her late appearance was timely as it allowed Anubis to complete his roster.
Her original form was destroyed on the pitch, and a new receptacle was found for her in short order.
Egyptian dwarf god believed to guard against evil spirits and misfortune.
Anubis considered his participation essential.
This is the second incarnation of Bes to take the pitch.
This is the Second incarnation of Mut.
The wife of Amen in Theban tradition; the word mut in Egyptian means "mother", and she was the mother of Khons, the moon god.