Ra

Ra (also called Amun-Ra) is the god of creation, rebirth, and the sun. The first and king of the gods, his being is divided into three different aspects with Khepri as the morning god, Ra as the day god, and Khnum as the evening god. Ra's greatest enemy and threat is the chaos serpent Apophis. He is an embodiment of Ma'at.

Biography
At the beginning there was only the Sea of Chaos, then the first land, the first obelisk, the symbol of Ma'at, came from Chaos, creation from destruction, and from it, Ra rose. Ra was powerful and took many forms, but he was alone and chaos surrounded him, so he summoned the other gods, he summoned Shu, who willed the winds, and Tefnut, who caused the rains to fall. And then came Shu and Tefnut's children: Nut, the sky and Geb, the earth. Following the creation of the other gods. With his Sun Boat, Ra transversed on the heavens to upheld the the triumph of Ma'at over Isfet, or chaos.

But also, as Order took manifestion in the form of Ra, Chaos also manifested into a giant serpent called Apophis, the god of Chaos who hated all of creation. As Chaos tried to overthrew and disrupt the delicate balance between Chaos and Order, Apophis tried to swallow the sun god as the ancient prophecy stated, which if the Serpent would suceed, the world would be destroyed and fall into Chaos. However the triumph of Chaos did not happen since the gods were there to protect Ra, the Lord of Order.

Then came the prophecy that a child of Nut and Geb would overthrew Ra as king. Paranoid, Ra became furious, ordering Nut to never give birth to any of her children on any day of the year. However, Ra was somehow defied and thwarted when Nut, desperate and wanting to be a mother, gambled with the moon and time god Khonsu and won enough moonlight to create five more days tagging them at the end of the year, which was later called Demon Days. Thus the gods Osiris, Set, Isis, Nephthys and Horus (in his first incarnation) were born. As punishment, Ra ordered the wind god Shu, father of both Nut and Geb, to keep the two separated.

Ra then grew old, and man no longer feared him or his laws. Angered by this, he summon Sekhmet, his first Eye and the fiercest of all goddesses to destroy the wicked. But then, the lion goddess Sekhmet proved uncontrollable as she began to kill anyone, and no mortal or god was strong enough to stop her. Ra, remorseful for what happened, helped the magicians and mortals and created a remedy. He ordered those at Heliopolis to brew thousands of beer, mix them crushed red ochre and pour them at the field. The huntress then stop upon seeing the plain flooded and began drinking the brew, thinking it was her enemies' blood. Intoxicated, Ra then was able to change her name in Hathor, a gentle cow goddess. He then chose the cat goddess Bast to become the new Eye of Ra.

After sometime, Ra who while ruling the gods and traveling in the sky with his Eye, Bast and his lieutenant, the chaotic deity Set, became forgetful and senile. Though the gods doubted Ra's capabilities to become their king, none were brave, or clever enough to take the position from him without falling into the influence of Chaos. Then came the goddess Isis, who, with her other sibling were reborn again, now couples. Isis, who was cleverer than a million men and knew almost all secrets of the Earth, was impatient of Ra voluntarily retiring, formulated of a way to make his husband, Osiris became king. As Ra descended during the night, Isis slipped the snake into his resting place that she had created by mixing clay and the sun god's drool, which in turn bit Ra in the ankle.

Ra cried in pain and the other gods naturally rushed to his side. No one of the, not even Thoth, can cure the poison which consuming his very being. Then the healer, Isis appeared and cried, saying that there is nothing she can do. Not unless Ra would tell her his secret name.

Ra, who was tired and weary of the poison, then told Isis his secret name which she used in her spell that successfully healed the sun god. Then Ra went into forced retirement as Isis demanded.

Ra then used the third part of his soul, the morning sun Khepri to bound the Eye of Ra, Bast and his enemy, the Chaos snake Apophis into the abyss. After that he slept and slowly faded into lasting twilight.

Personality
Before Ra's dethronement, he was described him as a compassionate, just and wise leader. Also in his rule, Ra was very protective of his throne as seen when he tried to prevent Geb and Nut from having children .However after eons of ageing like a mortal would Ra became senile with behavior closer to that of an infant. After hosting Zia Rashid and getting swallowed by Apophis he became more sane than before.

Powers and Abilities
Ra is the most powerful among all the other gods and is only contested by Apophis in power and might. As the god of creation and renewal, he is able to replenish energy and give vitality by just his presence as seen during the Brooklyn House Battle at The Throne of Fire, when the resident healer, Jaz, woke from her coma during dawn when exactly was brought back to the world. Ra can also sustain and shield people from the harmful effects of Chaos as seen during Carter, Zia and Setne's trip at the Sea of Chaos. Ra, as a god of sun and heat, has his image dance in hot vapor, causing his opponent to misjudge his location. Besides having other superior abilities and powers, Ra chooses to use fire magic. Ra can shoot enormous amount of fire as he pleases, of which explodes when it hits its target. It seems, as said in The Serpent's Shadow, that only Ra's attacks can effectiveluy disrupt Apophis' form.

Relationships
Bast : As his loyal cat and servant, Ra has full of trust of Bast and even shows to her his affections as a good master.

Apophis : Ra and his archenemy would try to kill each other since Apophis would want to devour Ra.

Set: Even if Set was a god of Chaos, Ra chose him to be his lieutenant. This is maybe because Ra can see loyalty in Set and his strength.

Isis : Isis and Ra have a very complicated relationship. This due to the fact that it was Isis who forced Ra into retirement and which made him lose the will to live.

Horus : Despite the rivalry between the two, Ra then needed Horus support and gave him his throne willingly.

Sadie Kane : Ra is of a great debt of gratitude to Sadie for it was and her brother Carter who restored and revived him.

Carter Kane : Ra sees Carter Kane as worthy as being the Pharaoh than he is. He admires Carter's leadership and asks him to take care of Zia.

Zia Rashid : Zia is Ra's latest former host. He chose her because she is strong. Her affection is similar to Iskandar for Zia.

In Mythology
The chief cult center of Ra was Heliopolis (called Iun or "Pillar", in Egyptian)[1], where he was identified with the local sun-god Atum. In mythology, Ra is the king of the gods and god of the sky. To the ancient Egyptians, he represented light, warmth, and growth making him an important god and ruling over all the other gods, humans, ect. Ra was thought to travel on two solar boats called the Mandjet (the Boat of a Million of Years), or morning boat and the Mesektet, or evening boat. These boats took him on his journey through the sky and the underworld. When Ra traveled in his sun boat he was accompanied by various other deities including Sia (perception) and Hu (command) as well as Heka (magic power). Sometimes members of the Ennead helped him on his journey, including Set who overcame the serpent Apep(a.k.a. Apophis) and Mehen who defended against the monsters of the underworld. Apep (a.k.a. Apophis), an enormous serpent Heka (magic spells) to stop the sun boat's journey every night by consuming it or by stopping it in its tracks with a hypnotic stare. In the evening the Egyptians believed that Ra set as Atum or in the form of a ram. The Mesektet or Night boat would carry Ra through the underworld back towards the east in preparation for his rebirth at sunrise. These myths of Ra represent the sunrise as the rebirth of the sun by the sky goddess Nut, thus attributing the concept of rebirth and renewal to Ra and strengthening his role as a creator god.

Trivia

 * In the Throne Of Fire, Ra kept talking about zebras and weasels. In the end it turned out that he was referring to Zia and Walt respectively. He also asked Menshikov for a weasel cookie, referring to Menshikov's heritage, and his knowledge on how to lift Walt's hereditary curse.
 * In Throne of Fire it is stated that Ra is far more important and irreplacable than any other god or king. As the first god aside from being more powerful than others he is the Lord of Ma'at and essential to the survival of the universe. Akin, to how a plant needs sunlight to live, with Ra as the Sun which feeds the plant, while Apophis is the deadly Darkness if Ra was to die then The Universe like a sunless plant will slowly wither and die.
 * Ra is stated to be the "heart" of the Egyptian gods and, by extension, the entire universe. Even if the others do not acknowledge it or possibly dont even know it as Isis presumely didnt know the consequences. Without Ra, the rest of the gods would eventually fade into nothingness.
 * After fusing with Zia in the Throne of Fire, Ra is decrbed as the worlds toughest Grampa. This is due to the fact that Zia renewed Ra's image.
 * In the Serpent's Shadow, Zia is Ra's favorite babysitter.
 * It is most likely that Ra's Greek equivalent is Zeus, as before he retreated into the heavens and when he returned, and even while he was in the heavens, Ra was still seen by Egyptians and the Gods, as the Lord of Ma'at and the Gods.
 * Ra's crook and flail are said to be blue and gold in the book, however, in his picture, they are green and gold, also at some part in the Serpent's Shadow, it was described as gold and red.