Slaughterer of Souls, Fierce of Face — the lion-headed lord of the wine press, who crushes the heads of the wicked like grapes and fought Apep in the night barque beside the gods. Executioner, perfumer, press-master. The blood becomes wine. The wine is for the righteous.
Happening now
The press is running tonight, though no heads were delivered. The wine coming out smells of lotus, which has the priests frightened.
What may come
The press will run when it is needed. It is running now, and no one ordered it to.
“Shezmu's press ran all night, the great stones turning, though no heads were delivered to it. In the morning the jars were full, and the wine smelled of lotus — not blood, lotus. The priests poured it out on the sand. The sand drank it. Nothing grew there after.”
The press runs on its own. The wine smells of flowers.
because he crushes the heads of the wicked like grapes and the wine is for the righteous — you keep him for the justice
because executioner, perfumer, press-master in one is the most Egyptian résumé ever
because the blood becomes wine, and transformation is the point
The Unweighed
Four hearts the Forty-Third claimed in secret — Medjed the unseen, Shezmu of the wine press, Mafdet the executioner, Aker of the double horizon. A seasonal rite: only three of each may ever exist.
Four hearts the scales never saw. This one is claimed only when the season turns — no keeper may buy it yet.
At a glance — details & stats
Element
Sunfire
Order
The Unweighed — Hearts the Scales Never Saw
Rarity
Unweighed
Personality
Slaughterer of Souls, Fierce of Face — the lion-headed lord of the wine press, who crushes the heads of the wicked like grapes and fought Apep in the night barque. Executioner, perfumer, press-master. The blood becomes wine.