Battle of the First Nome

The Battle of the First Nome was the final battle in the War With Apophis.

Prelude
After getting Apophis' sheut and Zia Rashid becoming the host of Ra, Carter, Sadie, Ra, Bes and Sobek arrived in Egypt to find that Bast was single-handedly fighting Apophis who had risen. Ra took Bes and Sobek into battle with him while instructing Carter and Sadie to help their friends defeat the rebels who were attacking the First Nome. He also told Carter that he, as the Eye of Horus was now the Pharaoh and he had only come back to fight Apophis. Once the rebels were defeated, Carter was to gather the gods under his leadership to fight Apophis.

After defeating Sarah Jacobi and Kwai, the rebels and the House of Life unite once more and agree to fight Apophis together with the House now accepting Carter as their Pharaoh and leader. Emerging from inside the First Nome, they find the four gods continuing their battle against Apophis, but with only Ra having any luck in hurting the Serpent who kept growing stronger while the gods were getting weaker. Carter orders the others to wait for his signal then sends his ba to the throne room of the gods where dozens show up including Serqet, Khonsu, Nekhbet, Babi, Shu, Nut, Hapi and Neith. Despite having hoped for more of the gods friendly to them, Carter realizes that they are unable to come and more are under attack by the forces of Chaos and decides to make due with what he has. Carter informs the gods that Ra made him their leader and asks them to follow him into battle. When Serqet challenges him, saying they only follow the strong, Carter hits her with his flail, briefly turning her into a pile of burned scorpions. The gods then accept him as their leader and charge into battle. Once he returns to his body and sees the gods arrive, Carter orders his fellow magicians into battle.