The Dagger of Set was a dagger used by Ahmanet in her attempt to find a mortal man for Set, the Egyptian god of death, storms, and chaos, to inhabit. However, after Ahmanet was forcibly mummified following the Assassination of Menehptre, the Dagger was taken to England during the Second Crusade, with the Dagger and its ruby becoming separated. In 2017, Ahmanet was reawakened and recollected both the Dagger and the ruby. Ahmanet attempted to stab Nick Morton with the Dagger, but Morton stabbed himself instead, and used Set's powers to kill Ahmanet. Afterwards, the Dagger was placed into the custody of Prodigium.
History[]
Assassination of Menehptre[]
In 2983 B.C., after Princess Ahmanet's father King Menehptre had a son with his second wife, leaving Ahmanet ineligible to claim her father's throne, Ahmanet summoned the Egyptian god of death, storms, and chaos, Set. Set gave Ahmanet the Dagger of Set to implant him into the body of a mortal man.[1]
The Dagger of Set is used to assassinate Menehptre.
Ahmanet assassinated her father, her stepmother, and her stepbrother by slitting their throats with the Dagger. Later, Ahmanet intended to use her lover as a human sacrifice to Set, but the temple priests discovered Ahmanet's actions, killed her lover, and forcibly mummified Ahmanet alive. What happened to the Dagger of Set in the immediate aftermath is unknown.[1]
Crusade[]
The Dagger of Set was taken to England when Egypt was invaded by crusader knights during the Second Crusade. In the year 1127, the ruby that was used to power the Dagger of Set was separated from the blade and buried with the body of a crusader knight who had recently died. Meanwhile, the Dagger itself ended up in a reliquary inside a church in Oxford.[1]
Capture of Ahmanet[]
In 2017, after Ahmanet was awakened by Nick Morton (who was chosen as her new Chosen One), she found the dagger inside Oxford Church. But as she was about to stab Morton, she noticed that the ruby was missing from the pommel, essentially rendering the dagger useless.
Ahmanet was later captured by gunmen from the Prodigium organization, who confiscated the dagger.
Attack on London[]
After freeing herself from the Prodigium's chains, Ahmanet retrieved the dagger and summoned a sandstorm across London, turning the wombs in Prodigium Headquarters and the Natural History Museum into sand.
Ahmanet headed to the tomb of the Second Crusade, where Prodigium scientists had discovered the ruby. With her powers, she animated the corpses in the tomb that massacred the Prodigium scientists and soldiers. Once there, she retrieved the ruby and reunited it with the dagger's pommel.
Duel in the Crossrail[]
To be added.
Capabilities[]
- Ruby: The dagger is powered by a ruby that is located in the pommel. However, Nick Morton damaged the ruby before stabbing himself, and the ruby broke after the dagger was used, thereby making the dagger useless.[1]
Appearances[]
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