Naktamun

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Naktamun
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Plane Amonkhet

Naktamun was once the central city of Amonkhet and home to its gods. It was ravaged after the Hour of Devastation, but its former inhabitants have rebuilt the city to some extent.[1]

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. After the Eternals were summoned to Ravnica for Bolas's invasion, Hazoret and the other survivors reclaimed the city, raised the Hekma, and began to rebuild.[2]

Amonkhet was a target in New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse.[3] Warned of the incoming invasion, the survivors of Amonkhet went into hiding, hoping to evade Phyrexian notice, but it turned out to be futile.[4] 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.

In the aftermath of the Invasion, the former planeswalker Samut now serves as vizier of Naktamun.

After the emergence of the Omenpaths, spices from Naktamun were being peddled in Thunder Junction.

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References

  1. a b Greg Weisman (April 2019). "War of the Spark: Ravnica". Del Rey.
  2. Jay Annelli (2022). Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide, DK. ISBN-13 978-0744061055.
  3. First Look at March of the Machine (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (February 19, 2023).
  4. Emily Teng (April 13, 2023). "The Legendary Team-Ups of March of the Machine". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. Amonkhet Players Guide
  6. Michael Yichao (May 10, 2017). "Trespass". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  7. Michael Yichao (May 10, 2017). "Trespass". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  8. a b Ethan Fleischer (2017). Amonkhet Player's Guide. Wizards of the Coast.

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