Lord of the Necropolis

A low hum, almost melodic, as he tends to his work. So many names was he known by: chaos, Yeshua--But in this land, he adopted the role of ‘Izft’, the overseer for the procedure of embalming as a whole. While visitors were not so unusual as a result of the reasons that had lead to this ritual, it was indeed a rare sight to see the Pharaoh himself entering the Ouabet. Pausing in his work, setting the viscera of the man who had been in his care atop a collection of tissues meant to wrap the organs--Izft bowed politely, doing his best to appear presentable as he could, despite the blood upon his hands.

Guardian of Souls. Chief Lector of the Duat.

The son of Nephthys and Osiris who was abandoned in fear of Set’s wrath, he was rescued by the merciful Iset who took him in and raised him. In time, he became her guardian, and would even assist in the resurrection of Osiris through the process that would now be referred to as embalming. He presides over the dead as their protector, and is charged with weighing the heart against the feather of Ma’at, to determine whether the subject will proceed to Aaru, or wander the Duat and living for eternity with no hope of rest.

His sacred animal is, of course, the jackal. It is he who is invoked often during the funerary rites, enough that priests will even don a mask in his image. In the Book of Going Forth by Day, he can often be found in the depictions, personally performing the ceremony of ‘opening the mouth’, which would allow the deceased to once again eat and drink in the afterlife. 

INSCRIPTION STARTER CALL FOR IZFT/CHAOS/YESHUA!