Sehenesmet is a Liche Priest of the Tomb Kings and the ruling vizier of the necropolis of Quatar in the Land of the Dead.
The tomb city of Quatar is famed for its towering statues, many of which are colossal representations of the ancient Nehekharan gods and mighty priest-kings of the past. Sehenesmet, the vizier of Quatar, has worked for nearly a score of centuries creating, rebuilding and caring for these monoliths.[1a][2a]
Unmatched in this field, Sehenesmet has refined his incantations so that he can animate and control a great many of these constructs at any given time. It is he who inscribed the powerful incantations of awakening and binding upon the towering monoliths that guard the entrance to the famed Charnel Valley, and his realm of walking statues is talked of in the lands of Araby in hushed tones.[1a]
It has been said that Sehenesmet has even animated the great stone guardian of Quatar, shaped in a hybrid form of lion and eagle. Now it is even rumoured that he has interred himself within the animated body of a giant magical construct to lend him the strength needed to undertake more ambitious and grander projects.[1a]
History[]
Before the curse of Nagash swept across ancient Nehekhara like a plague, the city of Quatar was renowned as the centre of worship for the ancient Nehekharan gods. Sometimes called the "White City," Quatar stood at the entrance to a wide pass across the Worlds Edge Mountains, called the Valley of the Kings. Here great statues stood guard over the pass, and any wishing to travel east or west across the mountains had to travel through Quatar and pay homage at the many temples that filled the city. No king ever reigned in Quatar, for it was the only city-state of the Great Land to be ruled by the priesthood, and the head of their order was known as the "vizier".[3]
Now Quatar lies in ruins, brought low by the treachery of Nagash. The once beautiful city is a desolate place, haunted by wailing spirits. As the necromantic winds of death unleashed by Nagash swept over the city, the priests and worshippers were infected by a horrid plague that bloated their bodies, burned their skin and choked them to death on their own blood. The streets were littered with the dead until finally nothing truly alive stirred within the high walls. Now Quatar is known as the "Palace of Corpses," and only a single creature exists within its boundaries.[3]
He is Sehenesmet, the last and greatest of the viziers of Quatar, a Liche Priest who is a master of magic and the artifice of the necrotects. He alone of the priests of Quatar survived the onslaught of Nagash and has spent the long millennia since the fall of the old kingdoms of Nehekhara rebuilding the might of Quatar.[3]
Since the priests did not have whole armies entombed with them when they died, as the Tomb Kings did, there are few Undead soldiers for Sehenesmet to command. Instead, he has constructed a vast legion of Ushabti, including Bone Giants and Tomb Scorpions to serve him. With this unnatural force of magical constructs he continues to guard the passage across the mountains, long since renamed the Charnel Valley.[3]
Now at the pinnacle of his power, Sehenesmet has perfected his arcane art and melded his own body with that of a Bone Giant. He strides the mortal world on massive legs, and unbelievable strength flows through his immortal body. Combined with his powerful incantations, there are few who can stand against the ancient Vizier and live to tell the tale.[3]
Wargear[]
- Sacred Crook of Shapesh - Sehenesmet took all of the religious symbols and statues from the great temple of Shapesh, god of the underworld, and melted them down to make this staff. It is shaped in the image of the crook Shapesh uses to herd the souls of the dead to their resting places and holds the power of life and death.[3]
Miniatures[]
