Horus (5e Deity)
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Horus[edit]
Alignment. Lawful Good
Domains. Light, War
Divine Rank. Greater Deity
The king and queen of the gods, Osiris and Isis were expecting a baby. Their child would grow up to be the avenger, the one that would eventually take the throne and rule Egypt. But it was only wishful thinking. Osiris’s brother, Set, wanted the throne for himself. On his birthday, Set convinced Osiris to enter a magical coffin. Legend held that whoever fit the coffin perfectly and slept inside for the night would see his power increase tenfold. All of the gods tried, but none fit quite right. Set tried to convinced Osiris to enter, and after a while he reluctantly agreed. It fit him perfectly. Before he could sit up, Set snapped his fingers and the coffin sealed. Set then attempted to kill Isis, but she managed to escape thanks to Nephthys, Set’s wife. Later, she gave birth to her son, and she named him Horus, which means “The Avenger”. The two managed to track down the coffin, but Set intercepted them and blew up the coffin into 14 pieces that scattered across Egypt. They eventually found all the pieces, and with the help of Anubis, Horus’s cousin/god of the dead, they pieced him back together. But he was never the same, becoming the god of the underworld. Horus then rose to the challenge and engaged Set in combat. Living up to his namesake, the Avenger fought Set until he finally won and ruled as the king of Egypt.
As a human, Horus normally looks like a soldier ready for combat, dressed in studded leather armor and sandals. His main weapon is a Kopesh, a type of curved sword that’s used to disarm enemies. Clerics that follow him can use their divine intervention to summon his power. They summon a glowing combat avatar around their physical form, which they float in the middle of. Their sizes increases to huge, increasing the output of the Cleric’s damage from weapon attacks. This combat avatar also gives them temporary hit point equal to their level x 2. When the temporary hit points are gone or a minute passes the form disapears and the caster falls to the ground.
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