Ascendency deity, Khepri's former patron, who mysteriously dropped dead days before the temple battle.
Khnum was the god Khepri served as a retainer until he mysteriously dropped dead a few days back — one of several deities in that particular sub-pantheon to die under suspicious circumstances during the same stretch. His death left the weak, mocked Khepri unprotected and forced him into the service of Adrasteia instead.
The cluster of sub-pantheon deaths is a quiet backdrop to the Ascendency Pantheon's scramble for the Ascendent throne, and it is the direct reason Khepri was available to be leveraged into Princess Vinata's trap.
Dead patron god whose sudden demise pushed Khepri into a new deity's service.