In order to achieve this goal, he possessed Set's lieutenant Face of Horror to manipulate him into destroying North America with the greatest storm ever created. Apophis, whose prison was weakened but not broken, began plotting to escape by creating enough Chaos to give him the power he needed. When Julius freed five gods from the Rosetta Stone, he set off a chain reaction that freed all of the gods from their prison. Early on, Set was his chief defender but was later replaced by Bast, Horus, and/or Sekhmet according to tradition.

Often, Ra was depicted with other gods protecting him from Apophis. When Apophis did win, there would be an eclipse or a Storm that blocked the sun which was seen as Apophis eating the sun and when the eclipse ended, it would mark Ra's escape. Each night, the two would battle but Ra was usually victorious. Before that could happen, however, Ruby and Julius Kane freed Bast from the Duat via Cleopatra's Needle so she would be able to heal, resulting in Ruby's death when the magician used her life force to seal the gate so Apophis would not escape as well.Īpophis was a water serpent and the enemy of Ra.

However, Bast began to weaken and Apophis' victory came closer. When Ra was forced to retreat to the heavens, Bast and Apophis were sealed within the Duat and destined to fight until they both died. Sekhmet was originally Ra's champion, but when she proved to be too difficult to control, she was replaced by Bast. Set fought as Ra's lieutenant, defending his sun boat.

The Prophecy had it that the world would end when Apophis ate the sun, Ra. And because he was Isfet, the first spirit in times, that is the manifestation of Isfet, and Ra was born from the Creation, that was the devastation of the Serpent's chaotic plane. When the Creation started, his sheut was trapped beneath The First Land, giving him an enduring hatred for Ma'at (this particular detail is an addition to the legend by Rick Riordan for use as a plot device). As the embodiment of chaos, Apophis was a great threat to Ma'at and even chaotic deities, such as Set fought against him.

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