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Well, this is an unusual connection to have out of all the Path of the Gods. Set is considered a rather volatile god and many avoid him on principle due to his association; so someone pursuing the Path of Set must have their reasons and ambitions or they already have a compatibility towards Set. Perhaps it’s this reason, the Path of Set offers a lot more than the average Path of the Gods routes and they are all useful in terms of Egyptian-realm.

The Path of Set are Chaos/Storm magic, Sand magic, fire magic, and Combat Magic, with Transformation as Fruits bats and storm clouds. They are all very useful in terms of direct combat which fits Set perfectly. This route is probably best to those who want to get directly involved and aren’t afraid to do so.

Set doesn’t have a lot of magicians following his path and he knows why, so when you establish a connection with him, you better expect him to be very involved. He’s going to taunt you and ask you so many questions, but the fact you’re pursuing his path makes him interested and curious about what kind of magician you are.

Expect Amos to be there immediately by your side as a mentor, teacher, and guardian the moment he finds out you’re pursuing the Path of Amos. While he has a better understanding and relationship with Set, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t remember what it was like being possessed by Set. He asks you carefully why you chose this path and if you truly want to go down the Path of Set, and if you do, he will accept your answer. However, he will be a presence in your life as a magician, especially if you’re young, to make sure you are doing well, providing tips and lessons when required, and to make sure Set doesn’t overwhelm you in some shape or form.

That said, you can probably guess but once people hear you’re pursuing the Path of Set, expect a lot of discrimination and negative reactions. As much as Set is an important god and especially his role after the battle with Apophis, he’s still not looked upon that well. It will be only tested at every corner and you’ll be practicing a lot of self control. It does help when people find out Amos is basically your mentor but he can only be your shield for only so long.

Expect Set to always suggest more brutal and violent options to the point he is going to be intrusive thoughts. You will be practicing a lot of logical reasoning and reason with Set that as much as it might be the easiest choice, you cannot for [insert reason]. However, you should let Set out to fight every so often as a treat. Not because he may deserve it but it's the best way to not let the intrusive thoughts win and it just releases some of his energy that will keep him satisfied for a bit. Or not because it might encourage him. Who knows? You’re the one who is talking to Set so it's at your own discretion.

It's very easy to tap into the power of Set if you tap into the power of the emotion of malevolence but when you transform that malevolent emotion to something more noble, like protecting your fellow magicians and the innocent, that’s when Set’s power truly shines. This is because Set was and is one of Ra’s most powerful servants and was responsible for protecting him from Apophis; making him a benevolent god and protector; right before the Upper and Lower Egypt merged and followers of Horus began to demonize Set with Apophis. 

However, there is always that slight slip if you get too excited and you can feel Set’s power filling you and threatens on being drunk, and the line to do something extreme is always there.

I feel like that Path of Set requires tapping into your emotions more than the Duat, because with the nature of Storm and Fire Nature. However, one must have a steady focus, Storm and Fire magic becomes from uncontrollable power of destruction to powerful tools.

Pursuing the path of Set requires you to have an affinity with fire as Fire Magic is one of the paths, but whether you can perform Storm Magic will also depend if you have a talent/strength in Water elemental magic; which will be difficult if you follow the belief that elemental magic reflects the personality of the user. THat said, I believe magicians with an affinity or compatibility with air magic are very useful. Water magic is important as Storm magic includes hurricanes which are more water based then say Tornadoes; which are more Air + Fire based as air and fire are more compatible; thus making it much more easier to channel tornadoes, heavy winds, and later lightning. Given that Fire and Water are contradictory elements, it is hard to say whether you are able to naturally or have to learn both elemental magics will be a very difficult journey to perfect all Storm magic. So don’t be too disappointed if you can’t summon hurricanes; although you might have to endure Set’s comments.

Expanding on elemental magic affinities and pursuing the Path of Set, I believe there are not many who can do it not only because their affinity or personality compatibility towards Set, but it also requires you having a great balance of skill level in all elemental magic as not only you have to be compatible with Fire for fire magic and the heat of the desert, Air for the storms, tornadoes and heavy winds, and Water for hurricanes and to transform into storm clouds, you also have to be compatible with Earth magic to not only learn how to manipulate Sand magic, which requires finer control of Earth magic. I believe that’s how you are also able to tap into and control Chaos magic a.k.a. Lightning because you become an expert in learning the four basic elemental magical elements.

Maybe it's because you have the potential and skill to learn all the elemental magic proves you are strong enough in determination and character that you can communicate with Set properly as a magician to a god, and earn his favour because given your talents and strengths, he will acknowledge you as a magician and as a person. 

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No joke, I think the people pursuing this path are highly motivated cat people which is saying something like Egyptian magicians where the Egyptians really like cats. So having a connection and talking to the goddess of Cats? Bast herself? MEOW LETS GO.

Bast’s path is Combat Magic, Healing Magic, and Animal Charming of Cats. Self explanatory, plain and simple right? It pretty much is but for what makes it up for the lack of options is its strength and skill. Rather than having more skill sets under this path, you’re pretty much made to focus on these three aspects and you’re going to master it all.

With Bast’s Combat Magic, her version favours less for brutal strength and more for agility and speed; much like a cat would be. When using her combat magic, you become much like a cat, able to leap and turn in the air, allowing you greater flexibility with quick precision like acrobatics with knives. It is also useful for general maneuverability across complex structures, as you are able to more easily parkour your way around when needed.  Basically, now you are able to be like a cat! Without having to cough hairballs either!

Another form of Bast’s Combat Magic is producing deadly claws to tear into enemies, or using her mighty paws to bat away enemies when needed.

Healing Magic comes just as easily as an off-shoot of Sekhmet who is also goddess of healing. You are best as curing diseases and thus curses and evil spirits-bau as cats were credited for getting rid of vermin and keeping diseases away and comes much more easily with connecting with Bast. For general healing like wounds and actual physical damages to the body, you still need to practice and use it regularly to get the hang of it.

If you tap into Bast good enough, your healing magic has a cat purring effect that brings a lot of comfort and healing to your patients. 

While not mentioned much, due to Bast’s connection to Ra as the Eye of Ra, pursuing her path allows you greater affinity with Fire elemental magic, and perhaps Earth magic as she was a protector of crops and as a land mammal. Your weakest elemental affinity is water because its opposition to the moon and fire, and well…cats generally don’t like water. Especially since Bast is a desert cat deity and due to the nature of flowing magic, both you and Bast may not be especially not as keen with flowing water.

Talking with Bast and with her experience with the Kane siblings, this isn’t her first radio but is extremely curious why you decided to follow her path. It doesn’t really matter what reason you give her as she’ll be happy to teach you what she knows. Expect her to be like a ‘mama’ cat where she’ll teach you the ropes in both a gentle yet rough manner where she lets you try something first yourself as an experience, but is there to catch you or turn you away if it's out of your depth.

The younger you are, the more protective she’s going to be which is very on par as she’s the Goddess of Protection and protects the children of the pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. Depending how you are, she may or may not teach you things just yet or depending how dangerous your environment is; always telling you that you can always run away to live another day; especially if there are others who can take over.

Considering Bast typically hosts in cats, like her current host for the longest time was Muffins, Sadie Kane’s cat, don’t be disappointed if you’re not achieving the best as you can when channel large cat energy for sympathetic magic to work,

Animal Charming is going to bring so much joy if you love cats (which if you’re pursuing this path, you are a cat lover) and it’s going to be a step up from going pspspsp to the cats. Just cats, cats everywhere. Become the crazy cat lady™ and have your colony of cats as your army.

I feel like while you could use Bast’s Animal Charming for Large and Lesser cats, like tigers, cougars, panthers, and etc, I suggest getting a hand on regular cat animal charming before attempting. You might have a greater chance in animal charming a lion since Bast is also technically Sekhmet but there are risks around. Still it’s always best to research on all kind of cats just in case- oh who are we kidding? We’re cat lovers, we’ve definitely researched into other cats and know how similar they can be. 

Just imagine carrying all kinds of cat treats and toys on you because you never know. And catnip/Silvervine for…certain reasons. You regularly give catnip and other fine cat treats to Bast as an offering.

I can imagine you and Sadie Kane bonding over cats and Bast, and its not long until you both start bringing in stray cats and kittens over. You can literally feel Bast purring and chirping at all the kittens who are mewing for attention.

NOTE: It is unsure if you can charm a sphinx because of the cat animal charming skill, but it might not work because the Sphinx does have a human face and personality so it may not work in general. Do not attempt without thorough research and consultation. However, given that the Egyptian Sphinx was seen as a protector of pharaohs and Egypt, and as a magician with the blood of the Pharaohs, there is a good chance that you could get along with a Sphinx.

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This is going to be an odd connection to have considering that Thoth is regularly associated with the House of Life, and you can actually see him in person if you desire to. What’s going to be more awkward and maybe the most difficult is that Thoth was the one who convinced the House of Life to abandon the Path of the gods…which is what you’re doing. Between Thoth’s nature of his serious yet absent-minded nature, and his role in abandoning the Path of the Gods, pursuing a connection with Thoth might not be what you’re looking for if you’re not doing this solely because you want to learn from him.

When you first try to pursue the Path of Thoth, you have to make all the way to Memphis, Tennessee where you will be interviewed and questioned by Thoth why you want to pursue the Path of the Gods- not just his path, but in general. He’s going to dissuade you from everything and if you’re doing it for power of any sort, you’re going to be denied in some form- from just disregarded or being godly tested.

If you honestly reveal why you want to pursue the Path of the Gods, and why you want to choose his path, because you want to learn and be educated, you may have a better chance of Thoth allowing you the chance of pursuing the path of the gods. If you want to continue under his path and communicate with him, expect to be tested and questioned academically, logically, and so forth; ranging from more interviews and questioning, essays, to actual practical tests. I feel like if you have tons of info to dump on a certain subject, oh boy, he would be very keen and prepare to talk for hours.

I think those under his path, Thoth would be more favourable to those who strive for knowledge and purely for it; so those going under his path will generally or have to be a more neutral or fair stance. In terms of D&D Alignment chart; think of Neutral Good and Lawful Neutral.’

That said, by pursuing the Path of Thoth, you’re basically working for or alongside Thoth, then say being affiliated with the House of Life; a stipulation for being able to pursue his path. Think of being his intern basically.

Thoth’s Path of the Gods contains Divine Words, Elemental Magic, Animal Charming and Transformation (baboons & Ibises), Healing Magic. Thoth is the God of Knowledge and Magic, so I’d imagine following his path is most desirable for how much you can learn and connect with him and how much you can achieve. However, I’d imagine because of his stance on the Path of the Gods, and how much power that could be used unjustifiably, there aren’t that many thus many going to the Path of Isis.

I’d imagine with Thoth, he’s going to encourage you to try everything under his path but you might not be able to master them all. He’ll know which one are your weaknesses but he would make your pursue it even if you fail because he rather want you to learn about it and at least know the basics of it, then master it at all. For example with Elemental magic, even if there are some elements you can’t get the hang of, he still wants you to learn about the fundamentals and feeling of it, having as a basic skill set, and if it's your oppositional element, he’ll tell you that he wants you to know your weakness. Basically, he’s going to make you learn and experience all kinds of magic and possibilities, because he’s a Wisdom god, and has a passion for education.

Divine Words and Healing Magic are a must by communicating with but Thoth, he’ll teach you in the most educational format. With Divine Words, he’ll break it down by Hieroglyphics, teaching you how they were composed to make up the word and thus what brings the spell to life and its truest sense. For Healing magic, he’ll not only make you learn how to use magic to heal others, he’ll teach you and give biology and medicinology lessons; especially since how squishy and vulnerable human bodies are. Afterall, Thoth is credited by the Ancient Egyptians for revealing hieroglyphics and medicine, so of course he’ll go all in.

Having Thoth in your brain is going to be constant. Not because he’ll constantly try to control you but whenever he catches your brain thinking of some question, whenever you experience a new moment, and what have you, he’ll be there like an eager teacher and giving you explanations. Of course, sometimes due to his absent-mindedness, he might go off on long-winded tangents but if you like to listen to people talk about their special interests, then you’re all good. Thoth would also like to listen to you ramble and learn your own perspective of things, so it's sort of mutual.

The god loves Blue Clues, so I can only imagine he’ll love Bluey and other certain similar cartoon shows. The more educational and appealing they are the better.

Surprisingly, among the mass of learning and discovering, Thoth will take you out on clear nights to just watch the stars. He’ll have a telescope and star charts of course to make it a learning opportunity, but he’ll join you for star-gazing. He is god of the moon (well astronomy if you want to go Kane Chronicles lore), so he’ll teach you about the stars. You can enjoy the stars as he plays his guitar, while cooking up this new barbecue recipe he discovered.

Thoth will also make you take breaks and tell you to go out to enjoy your own personal time because I think he would say that life is an experience that cannot be taught, and how precious human lives are, he encourages you to live and experience your life since life is the best teacher of them all.

Honestly, I don’t think you even have to pursue the Path of the Gods to have a connection with Thoth. If approached right, this still could all happen regardless.

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“Hm, this is much of a conundrum” said Thoth as he analyzed all the writings of reports, essays, and homework he assigned to test you. “I will be very clear: I never supported the use of the Path of the Gods and I still am. Although, this generation of magicians have proven they are much more responsible than their predecessors, evidence of past actions suggest otherwise and I stand by my findings.” 

You felt disappointed at his words but it made sense. You were even warned by Carter that pursuing the Path of Thoth was nil because of Thoth’s stance on the Path of the Gods. 

“However, its clear you're unsuited for any other avenues of your fellow magicians and you have proven yourself to be a searcher for knowledge. So while I will not change my stance on the Path of the Gods, I feel like it's best in our interests if I invite you to study with me and I will guide you with my knowledge directly. How do you feel about this compromise?”

You gasped as you agreed as Thoth beamed.