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Seth

• Absurdly Sharp Claws: Occasionally uses cat-like claws in combat.
• Abusive Parents: Strikes Anubis and beats him bloody on at least two separate instances. He also cuts off Anubis' arm and curses him, albeit accidentally
• The Ace: Despite the seed of doubt and insecurity Osiris had planted in his mind, it still remains that Seth is a very powerful god, and is currently the most powerful of the pantheon. He says so himself before the Ennead - none of the gods had even bothered to challenge him on his rule over Egypt until Horus, a brighter and shinier opponent, had come around.
• Animal Motifs: His headdress is shaped in the head of his sacred animal, the Sha.
• Authority Equals Asskicking: Justifies his place as the king of Egypt with his currently being the most powerful god. Something he has internalized from Osiris’ last words before the latter’s ‘death’.
• Badass Boast: Gives one to Horus during their third fight:
  Seth: Do you really think you can escape me by flying away? I may not be allowed to attack you with sand, but I certainly can use it for anything else. The desert is my playground, after all.
• Batman Gambit: He managed to lead Osiris to his death by figuring out that Osiris can't resurrect gods. Seth faked his death, and Osiris, believing him to be dead, committed suicide to follow him to Duat.
• Broken Ace: The seed Osiris planted in Seth's mind is very close to making Seth this. In fact, that is the seed's entire goal.
• Brother–Sister Incest: He is married to Nephthys, his sister. Later, after Osiris's betrayal he offers Isis a chance for them to get revenge against Osiris together by offering to marry her, although he is refused by Isis. His brother, Osiris, also is obsessed with him and violated him.
• Cain and Abel: Per usual between him and Osiris, although the reasons behind are much more complicated.
• Cry for the Devil: As loathsome as he is upon introduction, his awful past makes him increasingly sympathetic.
• Death Seeker: Is generally miserable with his existence and tries to force the Ennead to shatter his soul during his trial. While carrying out his sentence in season 2, he nearly gives in several times, when the curse of those he murdered threatens to destroy him.
• Depraved Bisexual: Seth genuinely does love Nephthys, though he does all too willingly crawl into Horus's bed of his own accord.
• Driven by Envy: It is believed that Seth killed Osiris due to being jealous of him. This initially appears true, as Nephthys cheated on him with his brother. However, while Osiris' supposed superiority has been pointed out to him multiple times, Seth's hatred of Osiris is compounded by something more sinister.
• Driven to Suicide: Zig-zagged, and eventually averted. Seth attempts to kill himself to be free from Osiris' physical and mental abuse, but when Osiris tries to die with him as well, Seth figures out a loophole and murders Osiris.
• Dude Magnet: Horus, Osiris, and the foreign god are all either attracted to or in love with him in some way. Anubis, upon losing his memories after ascending to godhood, kisses him after mistaking Seth for a past lover.
• Emasculated Cuckold: Nephthys cheated on him with Osiris in order to conceive Anubis because Seth is sterile thanks to Osiris. This appears to be what motivated Seth's killing of Osiris and subsequent bloody reign until it's revealed that Seth killed Osiris for raping him, and that many of his atrocities were motivated by his fear of the latter.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Even after the news that Anubis isn't actually his son, Seth still tries to keep him out of harm's way during the competitions. He also can't bear to throw away Anubis' childhood sword.
• Evil Is Hammy: Acts in a brash, overdramatic manner during his trial before the Ennead. Prone to villainous laughter.
• Evil Redhead: Seth is depicted in the comic as having long red hair (which Osiris lovingly compliments).
• Evil Uncle: The entire plot of the comic centres around him battling his nephew for the right to rule over Egypt, and he's willing to stoop to tricking Horus, wounding him lethally, and even attempting to rape him in an effort to keep the throne.
• Face–Heel Turn: Seth was once a benevolent god, sworn to protecting the lands of Egypt. Then Osiris raped him, impregnated Nephthys, and stole Seth's ability to have a child, eventually leading to Seth becoming a cruel tyrant after murdering Osiris.
• Fiery Redhead: Has long blood-red hair, is impulsive and aggressive.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Is quick to anger and easily annoyed. His short temper lead him into a confrontation with Osiris, which ended disastrously.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Ends up being afflicted with the curse he created from the souls of the humans he killed. Part of his sentence and atonement is to lay the souls to rest.
• Inferiority Superiority Complex: Despite his loud and overconfident persona, he occasionally shows signs of feeling inferior to Horus and Osiris. Seth's insecurities about own power precipitate his being overpowered and raped on multiple occasions. According to Sekhmet, this is in fact a jinx cast on him by Osiris.
• In Vino Veritas: In a flashback, a completely inebriated Seth confuses Horus for his son and laments on how horrible of a father he's been.
• Jerkass Woobie: Has done some truly heinous things, but his backstory makes him pitiful all the same.
• Lust Object: For Horus, the foreign god, multitudes of human men, and Osiris, to Seth's dismay.
• Might Makes Right: Wholly believes that his power gives him the authority to do whatever he wants, including genocide and promoting human trafficking. Except he really doesn’t, and becomes increasingly wracked with guilt as he’s forced to face the consequences of his actions in the second season.
• Natural Weapon: His claws.
• Off with His Head!: Twice Decapitates himself while attempting to commit suicide to escape Osiris and has his head cut off while hallucinating the experiences of his victims.
• Papa Wolf: Despite being estranged from Anubis, Seth absolutely loses his shit whenever anyone threatens his not-actual son. When Horus tries to take Anubis hostage, Seth responds by attacking him with a whirlwind.
• Pretty Boy: Appears as a young man with fine facial features.
• Rape Leads to Insanity: His rape at the hands of Osiris kickstarts his descent into the murderous tyrant he is at the start of the series.
• The Resenter: Resents Nephthys and Anubis for cheating on him with Osiris and being Osiris' biological child, respectively. The cursed souls accuse him of wanting to kill or hurt them because of his resentment and hatred, which is implied to be true to an extent. He is also unable to refute Anubis when he questions whether Seth killed boys and women at Kemis as substitutes for himself and his mother.
• Revenge Before Reason: Kills and overthrows Osiris, massacres women and children, locks up his wife, beats his son, hunts his sister and nephew due to his jealousy towards his older brother. Jealousy was not actually the primary motive, and Nephthys locked herself up.
• Sand Blaster: As the god of deserts, Seth primarily uses copious amounts of sand as a battle tactic.
• Sanity Slippage: His trauma and anything that reminds him of it tend to drive him more off the deep end than he already is. He positively freaks out at his trial when Ra attempts to force him to testify about the events of the night he killed Osiris
• Sinister Scimitar: While he transforms his sand into a variety of weapons, Seth notably prefers the khopesh (a long sickle-sword), which emphasizes both his cruelty and skill.
• Smug Snake: Almost exclusively in the first season.
• So Beautiful, It's a Curse: His life would probably be easier if less men were attracted to him.
• The Strategist: Surprisingly intelligent and observant, given his impulsiveness. Being the god of war, he is a skilled tactician and is able to make plans on the fly.
• The Trickster: Seth employs several underhanded tricks to try and win his battles against Horus during the three challenges given to them by the Ennead.
• Villain Protagonist: Plays the role of the cruel and merciless usurper well, and is implied to be doing so on purpose. As more of his story is revealed, it becomes clear that not everything is quite as it seems.

Horus

• Abhorrent Admirer: His overtures to Seth have not been well-recieved.
• Animal Motifs: The falcon. He even has falcon wings that he flies around with.
• Animorphism: Can transform into a falcon.
• Berserk Button: Will lose it when Seth is threatened. He even chokes out Anubis in a fit of anger, warning the latter against endangering Seth.
• Blow You Away: He's able to manipulate the wind. Later, it's shown he's able to dissolve into air as well.
• Cannot Spit It Out: Dances around his true feelings for Seth, avoiding answering outright when pressed.
• Conflicting Loyalties: Horus is conflicted between his loyalty to Seth and his loyalty to his mother. As Sekhmet stated so bluntly herself: "Your mother almost killed herself raising you, only to have you betray her after sleeping with the enemy!"
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Does not like it when other men get close to Seth. Best shown by his dislike of the foreign god who flirts with and has sex with Seth. Also extends to Anubis, for being the recipient of Seth's unconditional love, and his own father.
• Creepy Uncle: Inverted. Despite Seth coming onto Horus first, Horus is already very interested in his uncle.
• Courtly Love: Horus is interested in Seth and is loyal to him, despite his and Isis's plan for revenge against him. He refuses to corner Seth when given the opportunity and even excuses it away, and Sekhmet also accurately states that he would be loyal to Seth and serve him for the rest of his days to pay for his sins. His sins being his violation of Seth.
• Dogged Nice Guy: Is increasingly and constantly frustrated by both Seth's disregard for his feelings and concern for Anubis.
• Green-Eyed Monster: He confesses to Anubis that he's jealous of the latter for receiving Seth's devoted love and affection. This continues on into the second season, where he again loses his temper due to this.
• Hidden Depths: Beyond his role as the righteous challenger, his quietness and passiveness don't reveal a lot about him. However, he has his moments of pettiness and jealousy, notably when he reveals to Anubis that he was jealous of the latter's position as Seth's son. He also appears to be increasingly torn between his devotion to Isis and Seth.
• I Just Want to Be Loved: Having been on the run for his entire childhood, this is one of the main reasons why Horus falls in love with his uncle.
• Incest-ant Admirer: Horus is romantically interested in Seth, but the fact remains that he's the son of Seth's worst enemy.
• Not So Above It All: As stoic as he is, he has his moments of petty jealousy, anger, and shamelessness.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue (literally) to Seth's red.
• Single-Target Sexuality: While never explicitly mentioned, it's clear from Horus' actions that he is completely besotted with Seth, and is willing to threaten and even attempt to murder Anubis to keep his uncle safe. Horus also shows no interest in Hathor's advances.
• The Stoic: Rarely shows emotions, save for the time he absolutely crumples in guilt after realizing he had raped Seth.
• Thousand-Yard Stare: Displays this when confronted by Sekhmet after he raped Seth.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Even as a young child, Horus shows absolutely no fear at walking right up to his uncle in their first meeting, given that Seth is surrounded by the corpses of young boys that he had just slaughtered. Later, in order to keep up the facade of being his son, Horus continously gives Seth wine to receive more of his affection.
• Warrior Prince: The son of Osiris and Isis, returning to fight his uncle for the throne.
• Winged Humanoid: Falcon wings sprout from his back, although they're not actually part of his body.
• You Killed My Father: Isis and Horus returned specifically to get their revenge against Seth and reclaim the throne Seth took from Osiris.

Isis

• All Love Is Unrequited: Isis still loves her husband Osiris, who is obsessed with Seth.
• Blood Magic: She uses her own blood to create powerful curses.
• The Chessmaster: Orchestrated the 3 bouts between Seth and Horus to give her son the advantage, in addition to the backup plan to flood the Nile and contracting a foreign army, to defeat Seth.
• Death Glare: Quite adept at giving these. Most of them are aimed at Seth.
• A Father to His Men: Or a Mother to her Women. Cares deeply for her worshippers and does her best to help them under Seth's tyranny. The women that she protected are similarly devoted to her.
• Green-Eyed Monster: A large part of her hatred for Seth comes from Osiris' desire for him.
• Making a Splash: She is able to control the flooding of the Nile River and was responsible for its annual overturns on the human population.
• The Insomniac: Was unable to sleep for days due to her memories from the night Osiris died.
• Iron Lady: Her strong will and ruthless determination to win back the throne eventually lead to her triumph over Seth.
• Mama Bear: Very protective of Horus.
• Manipulative Bastard: Her backup revenge plan against the gods hinges on multiple events throughout the competition.
• Mother Makes You King: Lead her son to reclaiming his birthright as the king of Egypt.
• Open-Minded Parent: Is receptive and encouraging to the idea of Horus having a crush on someone, even a mortal. Of course, she isn't aware that the crush is actually Seth.
• Pet the Dog: She doesn't hesitate to heal Anubis after Seth severely injures him.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Especially in contrast to Seth. Is respected amongst her followers and is not as violent and impulsive as Seth.
• Recurring Dreams: Of the night her husband raped her brother
• Revenge Before Reason: She curses herself and all her siblings on the night of their betrayal - only really applies to Seth, as she cursed him despite knowing his involvement with Osiris was non-consensual
• The Resenter: Resents and blames Seth for her current circumstances. Especially because her husband cheated on her with him.
• Shock and Awe: Can use lightning to attack. the foreign god seems quite taken by this
• Tarnishing Their Own Beauty: Makes herself into an ugly old woman when on the run with Horus from Seth. She gets better.
• Tranquil Fury: On some occasions; switches between this and explosive rage. Most notably displayed in her conversation with Seth in which she reveals her reasons for rejecting Seth's proposal.
• Woman Scorned: She curses Osiris (along with Nephthys, Seth, and herself) after discovering his infidelity.

Osiris

• Abhorrent Admirer: Loves Seth. Whether he likes it or not.
• Affably Evil: Despite doing some very cruel and nefarious things in his effort to get Seth to come to Duat with him, Osiris is always polite, well-spoken, and benevolent enough that people just instinctively trust him.
• All Love Is Unrequited: Osiris is obsessed with Seth, noting that Seth would never look at him as anything more as his brother and his king.
• Beneath the Mask: Osiris is an incredibly powerful god, the previous king of Egypt, and even held power over life itself. Beneath it all, he was internally tearing himself apart as to whether or not he would ever be anything more to Seth, and resorts to blackmail, sexual abuse, and taking Anubis' soul hostage to make Seth return his feelings.
• Broken Ace: Once the most powerful of the gods, unchallenged even by Ra, he is now limited to Duat after his death and has to use Anubis' body to be able to move around freely.
• Brother–Sister Incest: He is married to Isis, his sister. He also impregnated Nephthys, although whether he did so the old-fashioned way or by just giving her some of his seed is unclear. Lastly, he is in love with Seth to the point of violent obsession.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: He grants Seth's and Nephthys' marriage... but then steals Seth's seed so that they would be unable to conceive, and impregnates Nephthys himself all because Seth didn't love Osiris instead.
• Destination Host Unreachable: Now as the ruler over Duat and the god of Death, Osiris cannot stay around for too long and has to possess Anubis's body just to be able to move around longer and do the things he wants.
• Dissonant Serenity: Is utterly calm at inappropriate moments, such as when revealing his plan to force Seth to bear his child.
• Entitled to Have You: Shows shades of this in regards to his brother.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: A very dark version. He's not above using blackmail and sexual coercion to get Seth to stay with him, and chooses to kill himself when he mistakenly believes that Seth is dead.
• Evil Is Petty: He incessantly mocks Seth for believing that Nephthys actually loved him.
• The Good King: Osiris was much beloved by the gods and people alike when he was the king of Egypt, to the point that the Ennead now wishes for Horus, his son, to take over from Seth despite Horus not even being a god yet.
• Good Powers, Bad People: He's able to resurrect and heal people, and has committed a number of atrocities throughout the story.
• Green Thumb: Literally. Has the power to make plants grow and manipulate them at will.
• Incest-ant Admirer: Osiris desires Seth, and will stop at nothing to get him to come to Duat with him. Seth doesn't feel the same way.
• It's All About Me: Doesn't seem to care who he hurts to achieve his goals. His actions completely screwed up his family and their relationships to each other as well as lead to the deaths of countless Egyptians mortals.
• Life/Death Juxtaposition: The god of life, and after Seth murdered him, became the god of death and ruler over Duat.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Osiris is usually calm and self-assured, but he absolutely freaks out after Seth attempts to kill himself to get away from him. This clues Seth in that Osiris is unable to resurrect other gods.
• Plant Person: Is green, and regenerates in a way akin to plant growth. He was also able to take over a human body by growing out of a seed.
• Stalker with a Crush: He has been watching Seth from Duat since before the first season, sending various henchmen to act on his behalf for his machinations. In season 2, he watched the caravan rape Seth before intervening

Nephthys

• All Love Is Unrequited: She loves Osiris (or at least the 'fake Nephthys' professed to at the trial), who loves Seth
• And I Must Scream: The real Nephthys has been trapped in a featureless void in Hathor's mirror for several centuries.
• Awful Wedded Life: After her infidelity is revealed, her marriage to Seth goes down the drain. They haven't spoken in years, with Nephthys living out her days in a dungeon cell.
• Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Still beautiful even after being hit by Isis and setting herself on fire.
• Crying a River: A serious application of this trope. Nephthys is never not crying during Season 2, to the point where her tears have turned the floor of a temple into a wading pool.
• Dramatic Irony: Nephthys confesses to adultery at Seth's trial to take the heat off him because she believes he killed Osiris and became evil because of her feelings for Osiris. Little does she know that it's Osiris' feelings for Seth that lead to the latter's spiral
• Driven to Suicide: When Isis refuses to forgive her infidelity, Nephthys attempts suicide by fire out of guilt. Unfortunately, she is thwarted by Isis' curse, which bars her from the death she desires.
• Elective Mute: Takes a vow of silence in penance after exposing her infidelity at Seth's trial.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: The goddess of peace and harmony has long blonde hair.
• Happily Married: Sekhmet describes her, Seth, and Anubis as being one of the happiest families in Egypt for a time.
• Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: The light to Isis' dark.
• Morality Pet: For Seth. Reprimands him for his violent actions and lack of regard for human life. She also guides him through his path of repentance, talking him down from falling into despair.
• Prone to Tears: Has cried in almost every single one of her appearances.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Nephthys and Seth look a lot like each other.

Sekhmet

• Animal Motifs: Her headdress is modeled off a lion's head.
• For the Evulz: Sekhmet takes great joy from watching the Egyptian gods tear apart from the inside.
• Jerkass Has a Point: When Horus admits to wanting to let Seth keep the throne, Sekhmet reminds him of the sacrifices his mother had made.
• Manipulative Bastard
• More than Mind Control: How she phrases the suggestion of raping Horus to Seth. She points out that he was never under any mind control and fully decided to go along with it, even knowing that he would regret it afterwards, and that her words had no influence on his actions at all.
• Slasher Smile: Sports a lot of these.

Anubis

• An Arm and a Leg: His left arm is severed by Seth, who had confused him for Osiris.
• Animal Motifs: Jackals, of course, and dogs.
• Bastard Angst: Mostly subverted, because he isn't aware of it for a long time. When he finds out, he is visibly shook and becomes conflicted enough to reject Seth as his father.
• Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Has pale skin and black hair. more pronounced after he ascended to godhood, with him appearing deathly pale to reflect his status as a god of the dead.
• Forceful Kiss: Plants one on Seth, post-ascension, after mistaking him for a past lover.
• Identity Amnesia: Is dealing with this in season 2 after becoming a full god. It's strongly implied Osiris had something to do with it, as he doesn't remember being raised by Seth at all and even briefly confuses Seth for a former lover.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: His hair grows out into long wavy locks after his ascension to godhood.
• One Head Taller: Was on the receiving end of this by his father and virtually every other character at some point, but becomes this to Seth post-ascension.
• Pintsized Powerhouse: He's even physically smaller than his younger cousin, Horus, but goes toe-to-toe against him in their fight.
• Rapid Aging: Is subject to this at times, depending on his feelings towards his father. when he ascends, due to Osiris' intervention, his form transforms into that of an adult man.
• Surprise Incest: Subverted. He kisses Seth under the assumption that they were lovers in the past, hoping to trigger lost memories. Seth is the only one aghast at this, as he still remembers Anubis as his son.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome: After his ascension, in his adult body.
• Wife Husbandry: Inverted. He appears to have developed some feelings for Seth, post-ascension.
• Walking Spoiler: Not many things can be said about him without spoiling the major twists and plot points of the story.

Ra

• Above Good and Evil: She is this in the conflict between Isis and Seth. Her views on the laws and culture governing gods, particularly marriage, are also markedly different from that of the current generation of gods.
• Amazonian Beauty: Ra appears as a very tall and very muscular woman.
• Armor-Piercing Question: During Seth's trial, Ra pointedly asks how the former was able to kill Osiris, an immortal god.
• Gender Flip: Ra is typically depicted as male in mythology, but here the god is female.
• The Gadfly: Seems to draw amusement from the inter-god conflict.
• Statuesque Stunner: One of the tallest gods.
• Top God: Despite Seth techically being the ruler, most of the gods defer to Ra for the final word.

Hathor

• All Love Is Unrequited: She's infatuated with Horus, but he doesn't return her feelings.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Is all too eager to sacrifice some men in order to gain Isis' favor. She also takes advantage of Isis' unconscious state to imprison Nephthys and declare herself Horus' future wife and queen
• Chekhov's Gun: The mirror she gifts Horus later enables Horus to subdue his uncle.
• Hot God: Stands out in a cast of attractive, skimpily dressed deities for her beauty.
• Playing with Fire: She's able to conjure flames out of thin air.
• Silk Hiding Steel: Seemingly harmless, Hathor fended off Seth with fire when he tried to break her mirror.
• World's Most Beautiful Woman: The goddess of love and beauty.

Maat

• Living Lie Detector: Is able to tell whether someone is lying by weighing their hearts against the ostrich feather she wears in her hair. Not that it's completely foolproof: Osiris manages to circumvent her abilities by telling half-truths without directly lying
• Nerves of Steel: Rarely loses her cool. Most noticeably in her interactions with her mother, Ra, whom virtually everyone else is intimidated by.
• Not So Above It All: Apparently ripped out Thoth's heart when interrogating him about his relationship with Nut.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: That said, even she panics when Seth decides to attack the gods in attendance at his trial.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: She presides over the three contests and tries to balance the power difference between Horus and Seth.
• The Stoic: Unexpressive and logical.

Thoth

• Animal Motifs: In the hieroglyphic style, Thoth is depicted as having the head of an ibis. He also wears a small circlet bearing an ibis.
• Guyliner: He has the most dramatic eye makeup in the entire cast.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Slender with delicate, feminine facial features.
• Mistaken for Romance: Many of the other gods believe Thoth had a romance with his female best friend Nut in the past, something he fervently denies whenever it comes up. He eventually clarifies that Nut gave him relationship advice and let him practice love confessions with her, since he was too nervous to talk to Maat yet.
• Mystical White Hair: He has long white hair and is the god of wisdom.