Bast

Bast is the Egyptian goddess of felines, sunlight, and moonlight. Her host is Muffin, Sadie's cat.

Background
When Ra found Sekhmet to be too unruly to be his champion, he replaced her with Bast. As Ra was forced to withdraw into the heavens, he bound Bast and Apophis together and banished them to the Duat so that she would eternally fight him, keeping Apophis from rising. Although Bast was proud to have this duty, she eventually began to realize that Ra had intended for them to kill one another repeatedly, thus weakening each other's essences, until they "ripped each other into nothingness", allowing the world to finally be safe.

Eventually, Bast grew weak and began to lose the battle. It was not in chaos's nature to be so easily kept in check. Chaos would be impossible to hold forever, for it is in its nature to conform and "worm itself into the edges of civilization." Ruby Kane, however, saw a horrifying vision of what would happen if Bast was defeated, so she, along with her husband, freed Bast from the Duat, using Cleopatra's Needle as a conduit. Desperate to make sure that Apophis would not escape, Ruby sealed him using her own life force, refusing Bast's and Isis's offers to lend her power. Ruby over-extended her power and died, something that Bast would later feel guilty for.

Owing the Kane family her freedom, Bast promised Julius Kane that she would protect Sadie and took a cat named Muffin as her host. She lived as Sadie's housecat for six years, until The Red Pyramid.

The Red Pyramid
After Julius releases Isis, Horus, Set, Nephthys, and Osiris from the Rosetta Stone, Bast, still in cat form, travels with Amos Kane, Sadie, and Carter to the Twenty First Nome, Brooklyn. After an attack by the longnecks, Bast revealed her true identity to Sadie and Carter; she was able to hold off Serqet long enough for the siblings to escape to the First Nome with Zia Rashid. She later rejoined them in Paris when the siblings went on the run from the House of Life and helped them travel to the Land of the Dead and later to Phoenix. She died while fighting Sobek at the Rio Grande River, but managed to keep her host, Muffin, from harm. Later, as a gift from the gods, Bast is brought back from the Duat to help Carter and Sadie.

Personality
Although loving and playful, Bast has a serious side to her that surfaces in the face of danger. Bast considers herself a coward for abandoning her duty to fight Apophis and because she will run when frightened. Despite this, Bast has made many self-sacrificing decisions to protect Sadie and Carter, belying her true nature as a brave warrior.

Appearance
Bast is small and agile, like a gymnast, with dark brown hair styled in a ponytail, lamplike yellow eyes, and wears a skin-tight leopard-print leotard. She, like all gods, can change her appearance at will, although magicians like Carter can see through it, with some inital difficulty.

Powers and Abilities
Bast is an extremely skilled fighter, both with and without magic. She is highly adept at using her two knives to fight and has many acrobatic abilities. One could say she has "catlike" reflexes. She is also skilled at both combat and non-combat magic and can create glamours as needed. She can summon many different types of cats to help her attack or to defend her. She also seems to host cats often, as she hosted Muffin for 6 years.

Relationships
Ra: Bast is deeply loyal to her master, even after she realizes that he had planned for her to die while destroying Apophis.

Apophis: Bast both loathes and fears her mortal enemy, not even willing to speak his name.

Sadie & Carter Kane: Bast holds a deep, motherly affection for her two charges, calling them her 'kittens'. She often places their welfare before her own and sacrifices herself in the battle against Sobek to protect them.

Trivia

 * It is unknown if she is still hosting Muffin.