Naktamun

Naktamun
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Plane	Amonkhet

Naktamun was once the central city of Amonkhet and home to its gods. A once glorious city, it is now mostly gutted buildings and sand.

Description

Naktamun was located at the banks of the river Luxa and protected from the horrors of the surrounding deserts by the Hekma, a magical barrier maintained by the god Kefnet. During Nicol Bolas's initial attack on Amonkhet, Naktamun was the last city that stood against him and was to serve as the nucleus of the re-emerging civilization centered around him.

Officially, the city was ruled by the five gods, who acted as stewards of the God-Pharaoh. The living population was rigidly divided into three groups:

• Acolytes, children who were focused on honing their skills and prepared for the coming trials
• Viziers, servants of the gods who underwent the Glorified Death when they finished their service.
• Initiates, warriors organized in Crops that underwent the Trials of the Five Gods.

Mummified dead did most of the manual labor of the city, building monuments and harvesting foodstock.

History

After the Hour of Devastation had come, the city was destroyed by the Eternal army of Nicol Bolas and most of its gods slain. The survivors, led by Hazoret, fled the city whose ruins were reclaimed by the local fauna.

Amonkhet was a target in New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse. Warned of the incoming invasion, the survivors of Amonkhet went into hiding, hoping to evade Phyrexian notice, but it turned out to be futile. To their surprise, when they arrived at Naktamun, they found the Scarab God and Locust God already there, engaged with the invaders. With the insect gods' undead hordes distracting the Phyrexians, Hazoret used her flaming spear to ignite the glistening oil within the Phyrexians' veins. As they writhed in agony, Djeru led a crop of elite fighters to dismember them, making sure they were out of the picture for good. In the aftermath, the inscrutable insect gods departed for the deep desert without a word.

Locations

• • The Hekma, a magical water-made barrier that protects the city from the dangers of the deserts. Destroyed by the Locust God, but resurrected by Hazoret and Sarkhan Vol.
  • The Children's Quarters
  • Sef district
  • Nitin district / Desert of the Indomitable
    • Rhonas's Monument
      • The Holding, a carefully curated wildlife preserve
  • Desert of the Glorified
    • Bontu's Monument
  • Desert of the Fervent
    • Hazoret's Monument
  • Desert of the Mindful
    • Kefnet's Monument
  • Desert of the True
    • Oketra's Monument
  • Throne of the God-Pharaoh
  • The Obelisk Path
  • The Gauntlet, the training grounds
  • The Display of Doubt, where sarcophagi containing dissenters are presented
  • The forgotten district.
  • Gate to the Afterlife, a massive river gate on the Luxa near the end of the city through which the bodies of the worthy are shipped.

In-game references

Represented in:

• Naktamun

External links

• Plane Shift: Amonkhet