Archetype Villain
If mythology ever spawned a bad guy, it was Seth, the Egyptian god of Chaos. A quick Google search and you’ll find that he killed Osiris, was said to be Satan and was jealous of his family.
Of course, it also mentions that he was the son of Geb and NUT.
Technically, you could make the argument that I, as Geb, gave birth to Satan and you could successfully argue that, though you would be wrong.
Satan, Lucifer, Baal, Beelzebub, etc, are Titles. Any demon can claim them if they can defeat the current holder, or the title itself can be passed on to another.
Demon Lord Titles
On this point, Satan and Lucifer are two very different beings. Lucifer (according to Omen, and he would know) is the official devil.
I should hasten to point out that The Devil of The Bible does not actually exist. There is no competition between The Source and Satan for who will gain control of this world. After all, if God is all, and there is nothing outside of Him/Her, then it makes little sense. However, in the Realm of the Relative, where everything has its polar opposite, these things can and do exist.
the realm of the relative, where everything has its polar opposite, these things can exist.
Satan
Yes, Seth was known as Satan, but that was way before I rebirthed him. More importantly, Satan isn’t so much a tempter, but a being who enforces contracts that have been made by people during their lifetimes. That’s the job and someone must do it.
But by those who know him, he was never seen as evil and corruptive.
I realize I’m sticking my neck out here by stating this, but it’s an important distinction. What you see is what you get and, personally, I prefer an “in your face” attitude to the deceit and honey-laden words of the one who carried the Title of Lucifer. (Who seriously wants me dead.)
Family Disagreements
The story of Seth states that he was jealous of Osiris. One day, Seth tricked him into trapping himself in a box. He then proceeded to cut him into pieces and hid those pieces. That part of the story is certainly true, though not the motivation.
The other point I need to add is that Seth cut up Osiris’s Lightbody, not a human flesh version of it.
The fact that Osiris allowed himself to be trapped in such a fashion beggars belief. What type of short-sightedness and overblown ego, did he have, to not see such an obvious trap?
It’s not as though he would not have known that boxes, such as Sarcophagi were used for these very things.
Along with Nephthys, Seth was the most loyal of my family. They were my protectors and they did an amazing job. The problem was that Seth (Set as he was known at that point) got the lion’s share of Phoenix energy when he was rebirthed.
Others resented him for it. They did not understand that I did not choose where that energy went to, it flowed to those who were worthy to have it.
He was also against the god’s agenda of being incarnated gods and rulers. It was something he supported me on. It made us both very unpopular.
He was always looked upon as an outsider and an interloper and others conspired to get rid of him. Being a phoenix, it wasn’t possible to kill him, though. The Triquerta wanted him either working for Them or gone.
Motivation
You might ask then; did he kill Osiris out of rage or revenge for how he was treated? The answer is neither. Osiris was actually a problem.
He was a real threat as he was under the thrall of ISIS and she intended to use him to gain rank and favour with The Triquerta.
The main problem here was that Osiris had been affected by the corruption and had split into two beings. The light side had been taken into protection and hidden. Very few were aware this had even occurred. What was left was the darker side of him.
What Seth killed was the corrupted version of Osiris and I am sure it was on my orders. (Though he would not have known that at the time.)
I knew that as a phoenix, he could not die, but I also knew I could forestall him being used, by taking him out of the picture for a bit.
Not Whole
Truth be told, if Osiris was who he should have been, and not split, Seth would not have been able to even come close to defeating him.
Does it suck that Seth got a bad rap because of his action? Totally. Yes, he was dangerous. Yes, you didn’t mess with him and yes, you did not want him as your enemy, but what you faced was someone who represented honor, truth and justice. That was way more than what you got from most of the others.
Even today, I hear lie after lie about him. Not just about the past, but also from this life.
I feel he has been persecuted unfairly and history has a very slanted view of who he really is.
So, I’m setting the record straight.
I think it’s about time.