Anubis [/əˈnjuːbɪs/]
Lord of the abyss.
Harbinger of funerary rites.
Guardian of desolate graves.
His form, a grotesque fusion of man and beast, is a sight to behold.
In the murky depths of the underworld, where shadows reign and death holds sway, the deity emerges, a sinister figure, shrouded in darkness and mystery. In this grim reality, Anubis wears many faces, each more terrifying than the last. From the earliest days of antiquity, when the world was young and death's grip was tighter still, he prowled the earth as a vigilant sentinel, watching over the silent tombs with unblinking eyes.
But as the eons passed and civilizations crumbled into dust, Anubis's role evolved, twisted by the hands of fate into something darker still. No longer merely a guardian, he became an architect of terror, his bony fingers guiding the souls of the departed into the yawning jaws of the abyss.
In the cold embrace of the Middle Kingdom, where darkness reigned supreme, Anubis was usurped by the specter of Osiris, his power waning as the world plunged further into chaos. Yet still, his name echoes through the halls of the damned, a reminder of the horrors that lurk in the shadows.
Anubis, the phantom king of the underworld, is a figure shrouded in myth and fear. And though his origins may be lost to time, his legacy endures, a grim testament to the cruelty of fate and the inevitability of death!