The Pantheon: Difference between revisions

Known as the “god of games”, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) [[the Toymaker]] described himself as a “vastness that would never cease”, that was neither good nor evil but only focused on winning or losing. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}) His exact origins were shrouded in mystery as he liked to play "games" with his origins and blur his tracks. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Nightmare Fair (audio story)}}, etc.) [[Maestro]], the “god of music”, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) was a child of the Toymaker. Describing their youth, Maestro said, "Daddy was so bad to me. Daddy was so mean. Daddy was so tough". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)}})  

[[The Mara]], the “god of beasts”, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) was a gestalt entity created from the evil of the people of [[Manussa (planet)|Manussa]] and given independence by the [[Great Crystal]]. It founded and ruled the [[Sumaran Empire]] until being overthrown by the first [[Federator]] who banished it to the [[Dark Places of the Inside]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Snakedance (TV story)}}) Taking the form of a giant snake, the Mara was repelled by the sight of its own reflection. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kinda (TV story)}})

Before coming to be acknowledged as leader of this extra-universal pantheon, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) Sutekh was born as a member of the [[Osirian Court]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Ship of a Billion Years (audio story)}}) and acknowledged as such by the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TV story)}}) According to one account, Sutekh, believing that he deserved to take over the throne of the Osirian Court, since it owed its survival to him, made himself far more powerful than his fellow Osirians by taming the forces of the [[Outer Desert]], of which even Ra was afraid. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Ship of a Billion Years (audio story)|The Ship of a Billion Years}}) According to [[River Song]], in the [[Dark Times]] he made a bargain with the [[Kotturuh]], who allowed him to carry their "Gift of [[Death]]" himself. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times}}) After orchestrating the death of [[Osiris]] to seize the Osirian throne, Sutekh was defeated by [[Horus]] and imprisoned in Egypt, held in place by a signal transmitted from the [[Eye of Horus]] on [[Mars]]. In [[1911]] his prison was disturbed by [[Marcus Scarman]], enabling Sutekh to scheme his escape. His plans were disrupted by the [[Fourth Doctor]], who sabotaged the time corridor he was using to leave his prison. Though the Doctor believed him destroyed, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TV story)}}) Sutekh survived being cast into the [[Time Vortex]] by latching onto the Doctor’s TARDIS where he remained in secret for centuries. In doing so he grew stronger, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) with the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] describing him as having become a “titan”. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TotT TV story)}}) When he finally returned on Earth in 2020s, Sutekh was hailed by his [[Harbinger]] as the God of Death and the "mother and father and other of them all". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}})