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I have reviewed the text below and do not consider we now need any of it as the content has been superseded, the content is maintained on the page in different wording, or the references are placed elsewhere on the wiki in more appropriate pages. I'll leave it here for a bit in case anyone wants to disagree. --Fleanetha (talk) 17:20, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
Old material from superseded God-Kings page that needs a lot of checking
Ancient Osirion was ruled by a succession of pharoahs who were revered as gods by the population. Eventually the rule of divine kings faltered, and Osirion descended into an age of barbarism. 1
On at least one occasion, there was more than one God-King. For example, there were once four joint rulers known as the Pharaohs of Ascension. 2
One theory states that Ulunat, an early spawn of Rovagug, was defeated by a group of powerful people who each had the status of god-king, and that they then claimed the beast's territory as their domain, thereby setting the original boundaries of Ancient Osirion.3 The existence of a powerful group of heroes would explain how Ulunat was defeated, but goes against the accepted view that Osirion was established by a prophet of Nethys called Azghaad4
According to legend, the deity Nethys was once a God-King, eventually achieving true divinity at the cost of splitting his psyche into two opposing viewpoints.5
References
- ↑ . “Chapter 2: The Inner Sea” in Campaign Setting, 116. Paizo Inc., 2008
- ↑ . Entombed with the Pharaohs, 2. Paizo Inc., 2007
- ↑ . “The Spawn of Rovagug” in The Final Wish, 50. Paizo Inc., 2009
- ↑ . “Gazetteer of Nations” in Gazetteer, 47. Paizo Inc., 2008
- ↑ . “Nethys” in Gods and Magic, 26. Paizo Inc., 2008
Unincorporated sources
- Lost Kingdoms many important refs need adding --Fleanetha (talk) 18:16, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
King Xeros of Old Azlant 17: 'Ahnubar III...sometime before the dynasty of Rekh more than 5,000 years ago' -> Rekh Dynasty is earlier than -291 AR and Ahnubar III even earlier still + Ahnubar I & Ahnubar II --Fleanetha (talk) 19:02, 19 December 2023 (UTC)--Fleanetha (talk) 23:18, 19 December 2023 (UTC)