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Khepri

the fake sun god · the bug-headed god

The giant bug-headed sun god, innocently summoned to the arena by Carl as a decoy 'killer' of Emberus's son.

Story so far

Khepri, the giant, weird-looking bug-headed sun god and old rival of Emberus (who calls him 'that fake sun god'), is dragged into Carl's con on the eleventh floor. Building a decoy narrative for the grieving fire god, Carl names Khepri as the first of two who killed Emberus's son Geyrun and spends his second arena 'choice' to summon him. Khepri teleports correctly to the arena (not the club) — Donut, watching, confirms 'he's outside... that guy really is weird-looking, he's giant.' Carl privately admits 'poor bug-headed Khepri had nothing to do with this'; the accusation is a lie meant to enrage Emberus.

Khepri arrives as an unwitting pawn in Carl's endgame, a giant scapegoat summoned to a fight he had no part in starting.

Appearance

A giant, distinctly insectoid sun god — bug-headed and strange even by the gods' standards, towering over the arena.

Role

An innocent, giant bug-headed sun god summoned by Carl as a false 'killer' to bait Emberus.

Relationships

Carl — Who summons him to the arena and falsely names him a killer of Emberus's son.
Emberus — His old rival, whom Carl enrages by fingering Khepri for Geyrun's death.
Geyrun — Emberus's son, whose murder Khepri is falsely accused of.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 4
  • A scarab bug-god, fought on floor eight, now forming a menacing 'death cult' in Donut's name.
Chapter 78
  • The scarab bug-god whose never-ending feast temple supplies the race's invulnerable bugs — a god who unnerves even the AI and the floor-twelve conqueror.
Chapter 99
  • The giant bug-headed sun god, innocently summoned to the arena by Carl as a decoy 'killer' of Emberus's son.
Character sheet
LitRPG stats — unique to this series. Other books surface a different panel here.
Bug-headed sun god LVL unknown
Skills & spells
  • divine invulnerability
  • sun divinity
  • giant manifestation
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