Keop, Lord of Darkness

[Boknice275 1196]

Keop, lesser spirit of the fear of darkness and eldritch horrors under Ikuras.

“For too long has the usurper the glowing idol called Ra’tuhmet stood in the way of my image. I, Keop, hold the key to TRUE power. Fear in the embrace of blackest nights and boundless voids is the true path to dominance. Love is an illusion. Hope is an albatross. Freedom is a curse. In darkness there is power. And in power there is control. And in control there is MY image!”

 

Keop is a dreaded entity within the ancient religion of Ka’tau. His name is synonymous with evil, dread, destruction, and is sometimes used as an epithet by the faithful. According to Ka’tau creation lore, Keop arose from the edges of the Ra’tuhmet’s Creation which had not yet received the light, and went across the world to corrupt the minds and souls of descendants. Keop taught descendants that Ka’tau, the principle of cosmic harmony and justice, was not the true source of power, and afflicted them with visions of horrific events. Rah’mun lore describes Keop’s emergence as a result of disorder that arose during the Creation era when the first humans disobeyed the Ra’tuhmet’s demands. Shortly after he emerged the first instances of insanity, sickness, and fear afflicted all descendants, especially the orderly Rah’muns. Priests and consorts of Keop arose and sought to claim the minds of descendants to feed the power of their Lord. 

 

The first Pharaoh of the Rah’mun peoples, Naseret, arose and cried out to the Ra’tuhmet for help in dealing with these malign circumstances caused by Keop’s magic. The Ra’tuhmet then manifested in physical form and gave him a flaming staff, symbolizing the Ra’tuhmet’s Light and its authority over the denizens of Creation. Naseret took this staff and drove out the power of Keop from the Rah’mun lands and sent it to the edges of the world. The Ra’tuhmet, riding atop a chariot accompanied by Kalthet and other lesser known Ka’tau entities, ventured to the far reaches of the world and confronted Keop directly. The two engaged in a long fight which ultimately resulted in the Ra’tuhmet’s victory and Keop himself being driven from the world. 

 

Rah’mun lore dictates that the rising sun symbolizes the Ra’tuhmet’s daily triumph over Keop. During an eclipse or a time where the sun is blotted out by unnatural means, the Ra’tuhmet is said to be enveloped in total battle with Keop. Rah’muns conduct a set of rituals where they draw images of Keop and craft clay figurines in his likeness and then proceed to destroy them. Stomping, spitting, cutting up and throwing these graven images into raging fires are all methods the Rah’muns use to assist the Ra’tuhmet in his campaign against Keop and, additionally, aid Pharaoh to triumph over his enemies. 

 

The rivalry of the Ra'tuhmet and Keop persisted even after the days of Naseret, as Keop had planted seeds of disobedience in the hearts of the descendants and whispered deceitful temptations of fear and wickedness in their ears. Tales of roving bandits of Keop pillaging small villages abound in the lands, and shrines of the Dark One are occasionally discovered throughout the forests of any given continent. 

 

 

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[Azukazi Khuzai 138]

"And even now the dread serpent is made manifest in idols of flesh and scale. Down with the dragon, may the pure light shine and may they be pruned by flames of righteous purity!"