(Egypt #2-4) - The priest Soter wanted to foil the Fellaheen, a rebellious group who wanted access to immortality for all Egyptians. His agent Vin Centhotep lured the Fellaheen into the necropolis before summoning Seth, who slaughtered the Fellaheen. Seth possessed Vin, tainting his soul, and causing his body to explode. Vin was reborn as Khum Hetet, and attended a festivity of the gods replaying Seth's conquest over Egypt. Seth battled Osiris, and won once again, keeping Egypt in an age of darkness, and Khum witnessed the triumphant god rising above Egypt

(Egypt #5) - Khum Hetet, the reincarnation of Vin Centhotep, was brought to the land of the gods to act as their agent. Isis had resurrected Osiris, but Egypt was still in an age of darkness under Seth. Nephthys showed him a secret land she'd discovered and named the Valley of the Dead Gods, filled with mutilated Egyptian deities who still existed, including Seth, and she admitted she didn't understand the significance. Isis made love to Khum to initiate a ritual, and Osiris revealed to him some of the knowledge of the gods.

(Egypt #6, 7) - Khum investigated the underworld and was chased off by Seth and his high priest Soter. Isis opened a gate to save him, but when Osiris and Isis had a disagreement Osiris left, leaving their dwellign vulnerable to Seth. Seth created a sandstorm that killed Nephthys, and Isis' handmaiden opened the Eye of wedget to help them escape to a temple where Khum saw a colossal statue of Vincent Me in full pharaohnic garb. Khum and the handmaiden fell into a pit trap, and found them at the mercy of Soter, who revealed that he was the last disciple of the fathers, who used advanced technology to bring the Egyptian deities and the underworld to life. They used one of Khum's previous incarnations, who was mummified thousands of years ago, as a template, and the fathers intended for ancient Egypt to be completely static. Soter had tried to kill and recreate the gods with himself as a template, and had sown discord with them so they'd meet in a final battle, leveling the playing field for his new pantheon. With that Khum and the handmaiden were sent away from the temple. Khum reasoned that the gods were like him, in that they huffed and puffed, but rarely accomplished anything. He talked to Seth, Nephthys , Isis, and Osiris, and convinced them to work together for once to achieve something. He got drunk at a bar while the gods destroyed Soter's temple and destroyed him, freeing Egypt from its static nature.

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