Osiris

Osiris is the Egyptian god of the dead and the living. Originally the god of agriculture, Osiris is the son of Geb and Nut as well as the brother of Horus, Isis, Nephthys, and Set. He was later reborn as Horus' father and Isis' husband. Osiris succeeded Ra as king of the gods until his death by Set's hand. After his resurrection, Osiris was made king of the afterlife. His symbols are the crook and flail.

History


Originally, Osiris was born on the first of the Demon Days (December 27th on a modern calender) as the eldest child of Geb and Nut with Horus, Isis, Nephthys, and Set as his siblings. In a second life, Isis would become his wife with Horus as their son. When Ra was forced to abdicate the throne of Egypt, Osiris claimed it and ruled over the earth with Isis as his queen but he also became the object of Set's hatred and jealousy.

Osiris' reign came to an abrupt end when Set, aided by 26 followers, tricked his brother into lying inside an elaborate jeweled golden coffin and drowned him in molten lead. Though Osiris' body was recovered sometime after by Isis, Set shattered it to pieces and scattered them over all of Egypt. Isis would eventually recover the body pieces and at last revive Osiris, but it was a limited success. Osiris could not be fully resurrected, so he departed for the Land of the Dead in the Duat, where he would rule as king, and become a thousand times more powerful than before. His death would later be avenged when his son Horus won back the throne from Set.

The Red Pyramid
When Julius Kane summons him, Osiris is released along with Isis, Horus, Nephthys, and Set. He possesses Julius's body but is consequently kidnapped by Set. Despite the efforts of Sadie and Carter Kane, both Julius and Osiris die, restoring the latter to the throne of the dead with the former as his permanent host.

The Throne of Fire
Osiris appears to Carter and Sadie as they are in the seventh house of the Duat, still using their father as a host.

The Serpent's Shadow
Osiris, still using Julius Kane as a host has been cracking down on rebellious ghosts, trying them and destroying the evil ones rather than making deals with them as he would in the past. He appears to Carter and Sadie when they visit the Land of the Dead for Setne's trial to try to get him to help them with their plan to use a shadow execration to destroy Apophis. Osiris and Julius are furious that Anubis and Thoth told them about the secret nature of the sheuts, but decide to support them though they don't know the magic that they need. Osiris/Julius tries Setne and is prepared to destroy him before Carter and Sadie convince them to put Setne into their custody so they can get his help to destroy Apophis.

After Apophis is destroyed, Ra rules that the gods must retreat from the world from a time which means that due to Julius being Osiris' host, they won't be able to see him as much anymore. Osiris and Julius also bring in some of their old judgement gods from the House of Rest to aid with performing judgements on spirits again.

Personality
Little is actually known of Osiris' personality but he is described as a good and just ruler. From Plutarch's Isis and Osiris, we can tell, however, that he is quite gullible. With Julius' influence as his host, in The Serpent's Shadow, he starts to become harsher to rebellious ghosts, cracking down on them unlike previous times when he might make a deal with them as he had done with Setne in the past. He may also not be very assertive as he was previously willing to make deals with ghosts like Setne rather than destroying them as he should have and he seems to allow his host Julius to be in charge of their merger more than he is.

Appearance
Prior to death, Osiris was described as a dark-skinned muscular man in white royal robes, with hands that looked muscular enough to crush rocks. After his death, his skin took on a faintly distinct tone of blue. When Julius became his new host, Osiris assumed his appearance.

Powers and Abilities
Osiris is an extremely powerful god. After he died and became the ruler of the Land of the Dead, Osiris became more powerful, despite being a very powerful god already. As the god of the Underworld, Osiris' magic specialty is necromancy and death magic. It was stated by Amos that the Eye of Osiris could permanently bring back the dead if he/she so wished.

Relationships

 * Isis: The two, formerly brother and sister, were reborn as a married couple. Isis loves her husband very much and was committed to helping him gain power. For his part, Osiris reciprocates Isis' love and ruled equally with her during his lifetime.
 * Julius Kane: Osiris' permanent host who releases him from his imprisonment to allow Osiris to take him as a host and then die so that he can return to his rightful place in the Underworld as part of the first step to restoring Ma'at. Julius sacrifices himself to allow this to successfully happen and Osiris seems to be content with allowing Julius to be the one in control of their merge as during his appearances, even during the trials he presides over, Julius is in charge. Julius' influence also causes Osiris to crack down on rogue ghosts such as Setne rather than making deals with them as he would have done previously, although he allows Julius to make a deal with Setne to deal with Apophis.
 * Anubis: Anubis' adopted son and biological nephew. Despite the fact that he was given to Osiris and Isis to raise, Anubis is aware of his true parentage and says that he's "different" and not a warrior like a child of Osiris and Isis would be. However, Osiris makes him the god of funerals to give him a purpose. When Osiris is bound, Anubis takes over his duties as best as he can, but even so it gets extremely chaotic without Osiris until he returns in the body of Julius Kane. Julius/Osiris takes back over his duties, but Anubis continues to aid him and transports Sadie and Carter to him when he wants to see them. As he is hosted by Sadie's father, Osiris mostly seems to support Anubis' relationship with Sadie, or at least doesn't directly intervene to stop it. He seems to be aware of Anubis' plans with Walt as when asked where Anubis is while they are trying to help Ra be reborn, Julius/Osiris tells them that he's working on a "side project" which turns out to be taking Walt as a host. Both are furious however when they learn that Anubis revealed the true nature of the sheut to Sadie as that is completely forbidden to even talk about. However, after Sadie and Carter reveal that it wasn't just Anubis and that they only plan to use that information to destroy Apophis, the enemy to all, they calm down and support the plan as best they can.