The Nine Enneads (Patreon)

Maybe don't get too attached to any of the characters yet because I'm redoing some of them to make the story stronger.  For example like Nephthys use to the Maned Wolf and I'm also in the process of fixing Shu and Tefnut right now. (she's supposed to be in a wheelchair that's why she kind of squatting there LOLLL)  

ANYWAYS! MORE INTO THE STORY! 

Ancient Egyptian conceptions of time were different from what we perceived them as now. They believe that in the "Primordial past" where ancient deities use to rule on Earth was part of a linear timeline until the "present time" where we now live in repeated cycles. I'm guessing the phrase "history repeats itself" comes from this idea.   

Keep in mind that Egyptian mythology is supposed to be taken more symbolically, not literally. But the key themes in Egyptian Mythology I want to focus on are; The deities are responsible for creating orderliness and sustaining it, and the world is never completely safe from Chaos (Apep).

The personality of an individual was highly valued in Egyptian culture. All the gods were depicted with their own distinct personalities. The autobiographies inscribed on stelae and tombs was to ensure that the person buried there, that specific individual and their accomplishments, would never be forgotten. Apep represented everything the Egyptians feared: darkness, oblivion, and the loss of one's identity and it wants to reform the universe to its original undifferentiated state of total chaos.

The Ennead or Great Ennead was a group of nine deities that were worshiped at Heliopolis: the sun god Atum-Ra; his children Shu and Tefnut; their children Geb and Nut; and their children Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys. 

I wanted to use the Nine deities and the Nine lives as a way to show how the past can still have a direct effect on us no matter long ago it's been.  We are responsible for “our” past and we have a responsibly to “the” past if we want to continue living the present and be able to build our future. We are what we remember, we are nothing other than the stories we can tell about ourselves and our past. And I want to repeat those stories from the Egyptian myth symbolically onto each character. 

The deities choose their vessels and the only way for another vessel to be chosen is if the previous vessel is dead. Only an Ennead can sense another Ennead. These vessels only hold the Ka (the essence) of the god/goddess but in order to be a full God/goddess, all the vessels must go through the Trial to see if they are worthy of accepting their other half Ba (the personality) and combined become an Akh (the immortal self). If these vessels fail the trial then their souls will be eaten by Ammit (the eater of wicker souls) and a new vessel will be chosen. The only way to pass the Trial is if the vessels are able to create order out of chaos within themselves (self-individualize). All nine vessels must pass in order to defeat Apep.