☥ KANE CHRONICLES' EGYPTIAN GODS AND THEIR MAGICIAN'S HEADCANONS: 𓅃 HORUS: GOD OF WAR, THE SKY, KINGSHIP, OF FALCONS AND HUNTING 𓅃
A/N: Y’know with how important and powerful Horus is technically, there isn’t actually a lot for him to write on based on attributes wise. Horus was really hard for me to write but that could be just that Horus was never a god that I vibed with even when reading the Kane Chronicles, despite how prominent he is in the books. Hopefully I did him some justice to the Horus lovers out there.
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Ah Horus, another popular choice in terms of gods. Definitely leans towards those who strive for leadership and have a more forward attitude. If you have a more bold, headstrong personality, then you’ll find yourself attracted to the Path of Horus….which is a good thing, considering when communicating to Horus who has been known to be arrogant, annoying (at times), self-centered, while also being brave and honorable.
He's straight to the point and firm in his decisions, so if you have an alternative idea, you need to present your case and stick with it.
The guy doesn’t understand sarcasm and at best, you can say light metaphors. This means be careful on what you say and what you decide because Horus will take it at face-value because as the god of war and King of Gods, he has to be firm in his decision as a leader lest he misleads his people. So if you’re going to commit, you have to commit.
Horus’ path of the gods isn’t much but they are certainly powerful and you can focus and pour all of your energy into learning and perfecting it. His path contains Combat Magic, Animal Charming; preferably falcons but any (predator) winged bird is also the next best thing. You can still learn other magics, of course.
I’d imagine you might have a great affinity for Water and Air elemental magic if you are pursuing the Path of Horus. As Horus is the God of the Sky, air and water elemental magic fits this case, more so with Air magic, and Water secondary. I’d imagine with enough training and sympathetic magic with Horus, you might be able to achieve minor Storm magic, however how successful your chances are unknown.
While you only have to learn Combat Magic with the Path of Horus, it is going to be both the most powerful and most difficult to master as Horus is the most powerful deity in terms of Combat, aside from Set. Channeling his magic into a Combat Avatar will be difficult because Horus is a powerful god and if you’re not sufficiently trained in Combat Magic or as a magician with experience in the field, it will take time to summon his whole avatar.
It is most common to summon Horus’ fist to be an enhanced arm or another hand in battle.
Your next best option for combat magic with Horus is to use it for Weapon summoning if you don’t have a Khopesh or any other metal blade on your person. You can be a little creative in weapon choice that comes most naturally to you. The Khopesh as is standard and iconic amongst Egyptians but as Horus is a war deity, he has sufficient knowledge of all kinds of blades and even if you go outside of Egyptian weapons, they all function the same.
If you do have weapons on hand and are familiar with them already, Horus will praise you for your choice of weapons and demand a demonstration of your skills. If it's a weapon outside of the Egyptian spear, like a Katana, he would be very interested (though he would always suggest a khopesh). He may not be too warm to the idea of weapons like bows and arrows but he won’t disagree on its usefulness.
Just as long as you don’t use a greek or roman weapon, you’re all good (cough if you know what I mean cough cough wink wink cough wheeze)
I feel like if you know some war tactics or knowledge (like the Art of War by Sun Tzu) or are keen to learn (more), Horus will be very favourable to you. He’ll guide you and give you insights of battles he witnessed or was a part of, teaching you both how to move individuals in a fight or how to command others. Though some of his advice may be a bit too hardcore at times but times and the stakes were different.
The good thing with Horus’ Animal Charming is you can take up on Falconry legitimately; as in you can walk around with a falcon in public without much problem so you’re always ready for whatever happens. Though you best get a falconry license to be extra sure, though I wonder if the House of Life can get you it. Surely they could.
Another option for Animal Charming under Horus is the pigeon. You’re not entirely sure why Horus says the Pigeon is a noble bird and when you go to ask Carter, you don’t get much of an explanation except for his face turning like a cat who looked at a banana wrong.
Though you showed Horus some of the fancier pigeons. Though its going to make it awkward when you need to use your falconry to manage the pigeon population-
Note: Please do not attempt to deliberately seek and tame a griffin on your own. It is discouraged as Griffins are generally dangerous and Carter Kane was able to tame a griffin because he used the Eye of Horus. He is the exception and is not the norm for users of the Path of Horus. Freak the Griffin is also an exception and griffin care is to be approached carefully.
Speaking of Carter, as the former host of Horus and Eye of Horus, he’s going to be your mentor as much as he can with his current duties. He’s a very good mentor and general person to look up to whenever you have a problem or question about anything, providing you a lot of context and content to go off with both historical information and personal experiences.
You two, along with Julian, end up figuring out how to make future pursuers of the Path of Horus easier and share your own experiences with each other.
Talking to Horus and Carter, you start to realize they are two sides of the same coin- so you’re constantly having both Horus and Carter talking to you, but one is more prideful and the other more lecturing at times.
“Excellent, another magician who desires to seek in my power and greatness! I am Horus, King of the Gods; God of War, the Sky, of Falcons, and Hunting! I will lead you to greatness and power with my guidance and you will achieve great greatness under my leadership! Now show me your bravery and honour!”
“He’s rather… loud” you noted.
Carter nodded. “Well he is better than what he seems. He has his moments for sure so give him some time.”
Talking about summoning Horus’s arms is it like Bayonettta summoning Madama Butterfly’s arms?
as far as we've seen in the books, its mostly shown depicted like an metaphysical extension of your pre-existing limbs. So it's 1:1.
However, I can imagine with enough time and skill, it would be very much like Bayonettea summoning Madam's Butterfly's arms, or just in general having multiple arms and doing the anime multiple punches sort of kind thing- since all we've seen the possible use are still in the hands of children and they're re-discovering the Path of the Gods so its capabilities haven't either been fully explored nor utilized.
