Osiris (The Martyr)
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Name
Osiris
Also Known As
Kemen Bahadur
on MUX as
KemenArchetype
The MartyrOccupation
Stage MagicianApparent Age
25Played By
Oscar IsaacFaction Membership
Stage Magician
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The Sisters Of Mercy - Flood I
And her hallway Moves Like the ocean Moves At the head of the river At the source of the sea Sitting here now, in this bar for hours Trying to write it down Fitting in hard, with harder to come Trying to fight it Down the river there's a ship will carry you Down river, down stream Down the river there's a ship will carry the Dream Dream of the flood Down the river there's a ship will carry the Dream of the flood And her hallway... As the water come rushing over As the water come rushing in As the water come rushing over Flood...Flood... Push the glass, stain the glass Push the writer to the wall It may come but it will pass Some say we will fall Dream of the flood... Flood... And her hallway... Oh, maybe, in terms of surrender On a backcloth of lashes and eyes In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth And ashes, and ashes, and ashes, and ashes And ashes, and ashes, and lies... And her hallway... Like... As the water come rushing in As the water come rushing over Sitting here now, in this bar for hours While these strange men rent strange flowers I'll be picking up your petals in another few hours In the metal and blood, in the scent and mascara On a backcloth of lashes and stars In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth And ashes, and ashes, and secondhand passion And stolen guitars And her hallway... As the water come rushing in (Like the sea) As the water come rushing over (Dream of the flood) In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth And ashes, and ashes And ashes, and ashes And ashes, and ashes And ashes, and ashes, and lies... As the water come rushing in, rushing in At the head of the river At the source of the sea And her hallway... Like... Flood...
Make My Cult!
Sacrifice is the highest calling and most noble endeavor. You give and give, and then you give some more. Others need things more than you do, anyway.
Role in Carnival
Coming to America
Little drips and drabs of belief followed various people and artifacts across the Ocean, but Osiris himself came to America during the massive Egyptian fad that started with the discovery of King Tutankhamen in 1922. Occultists and museum goers and school children and all sorts of people became fascinated with Egyptian religion, and some came to believe. The strong spiritualists and occult movement that grew particular strong because of the losses of WWI combined with the fascination in all things Egyptian to the point that people tried to create or recreate rituals and prayers.
And so Osiris came across the ocean in a boat with artifacts headed to museums and things were good for a while. America is a fine place for a god who dies and is pieced back together to become something new and strong and prosperous after. He criss crossed America with his Priest and Priestess, collecting cultists and making crops grow.
The Twenties were a boom time, but fads have a way of fading, and while the jewelry designs inspired by Egyptian art and museums still had devotees, and the Prairie started blowing away, the God found himself once again falling on hard times. Coming apart and building again from nothing is in the nature of this God, and so he finds himself here.
The travel has the benefit of letting him kieep his scattered network of followers together, at least, and the roar and admiration of the crowd helps keep a little something of him alive.
Kemen the Astonishing
Kemen joined the Carnival not long after the market crashed, in May of '30, bringing his trunk of dandified evening clothes and several other trunks full of equipment and notes with him. While he still has a sliver of his old power left, he focuses now on illusions and slight of hand. After all in the glory days the priests used to use all manner of tricks to earn the awe of worshipers even when the Gods and Goddesses themselves were at their strongest and miracles were more common.
When he was traveling in Occultist circles, he made a study of the many tricks and illusions charlatans used and he was fascinated by the human stage magicians and escapologists. He saw Harry Houdini perform a number of times when Houdini was alive, and enjoyed his brother The Great Hardeen anytime he had a chance along with other Magicians. He had made a hobbyist study of stage magician tricks and working out how they were done was an entertaining intellectual puzzle, and small performances for followers an evening's entertainment.
Now the hobby has become a matter of survival and he has thrown himself into the role completely, trying to build an image that suits his new role in life.
Kemen Bahadur
Performer
This is Osiris' current primary form.
Thomas Mayne
Dunk booth Operator/Clown. This is another face of Osiris. Between shows he sometimes takes a turn either as the dunk booth operator or the dunk booth clown. It's easier to wander amoung the locals and make quick getaways if one has another face.
Diego Fernandez
Full Incognito
Sheet
| Brawn: Normal | |
| Finesse: Good | + Flexible (Positive)
+ Sleight of Hand (Positive)
+ Graceful (Positive)
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| Brains: Normal | + Professional Expertise: Magician (Positive)
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| Spirit: Normal | + Stalwart (Positive)
- Morbid (Negative)
- Phobia: Dismemberment (Negative)
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Perks and Quirks
Gallery
Osiris is dead during the day and acts through his cult, which he built up during the boom time in the '20's. Several cult members, including his priest and priestess who came over from Egypt and Sudan with him work in the Carnival. Others come as visitors to watch the show when it travels through their area to worship in private rites.
Cult members take it in turn to protect and tend Osiris during the day when he is mostly defenseless.
Benaim Hakiem
Role: High Priest representing upper Egypt.Age: 32
Played by: Michael Clarke Duncan
His family kept worship alive in Upper Egypt, now Sudan. He came to America at the same time as Kemen and Aya in order to ensure the correct forms of worship are followed. He travels with Kemen to lead rites and rituals.
He currently serves as Oliver 'Oh' Nyoka's assistant. 'Benny" lifts things, handles props, and assists in two person feats.
Aya Chione
Role: Kemen's Magician Assistant and High Priestess of OsirisAge: 26
Played by: Lena Horne
Her family kept worship alive over generations in Lower Egypt. She came to America at the same time as Kemen and Benaim in order to ensure the correct forms of worship are followed. She travels with Kemen to lead rites and rituals.
She currently serves as Kemen's Magician's Assistant.
Rana Shani
Role: Worshipper.Age: 27
Played by: Essie Davis
She was a socialite who's family lost everything in the crash. Her interest in the occult led her to join the circle around Kemen Bahadur, and when the god had to reinvent himself, she followed him to the carnival along with the other cultists.
Aya Chione
(Carnival)Magician's Assistant
Her family kept worship alive over generations in Lower Egypt. She came to America at the same time as Kemen and Benaim in order to ensure the correct forms of worship are followed. She travels with Kemen to lead rites and rituals.
She currently serves as Kemen's Magician's Assistant.
Rana Shani
(Carnival)Fan Danceer
She was a socialite who's family lost everything in the crash. Her interest in the occult led her to join the circle around Kemen Bahadur, and when the god had to reinvent himself, she followed him to the carnival along with the other cultists.
Rana is currently doing a fan dance in the cooch tent.
Benaim Hakiem
(Carnival)Contortionist's Assistant
His family kept worship alive in Upper Egypt, now Sudan. He came to America at the same time as Kemen and Aya in order to ensure the correct forms of worship are followed. He travels with Kemen to lead rites and rituals.
He currently serves as Oliver 'Oh' Nyoka's assistant. 'Benny" lifts things, handles props, and assists in two person feats.
Kemen's people sleep in the tent always pitched next to the trailer. The trailer itself is a good one, purchased at the time of the crash along with the extra equipment needed to turn hobby into a career. Potted plants are everywhere light can reach through the windows, and line of pots have been set out along the exterior of the trailer as well, a mix of the North American and the North African. Some under glass and some open to the air. A lot of the trunks and cases have been moved into the tent, but others have been turned into chairs and sofas in the front of the trailer with the addition of many pillows and some rugs. Two of the taller cabinets and a beaded curtain mark out Kemen's sleeping area which is nearly all bed, where the dead Pharaoh lies in state every day, often covered in cats, and always guarded by one of his three most trusted.
