Horus

Horus was an Egyptian deity -- the god of the sky and of kingship. Although he was the nephew of the deity Set, he was also his greatest rival.

Mythical Era
Horus was born of the deities Isis and Osiris, and raised in secret -- hidden from the other deities. When he was old enough he came before the other gods and declared that he should reign over Egypt. Ra was skeptical -- believing that Horus was too young and too weak to rule. Set encouraged this, claiming that only he had the strength to rule. And so a competition began.

Set challenged Horus to fight in the river, each taking the shape of a hippopotamus. Isis attempted to intercede -- hurling a spear at the creature she believed was Set. Mistakenly, she struck Horus -- however, she was able to retract the spear and then use it to injure Set. Horus fled into the mountains -- but Set tracked him and gouged out his eyes. Hathor found Horus, blind, and restored his sight.

Set laid forth another challenge: the two would duel in the river on stone boats. Horus agreed, but secretly built his boat of pine wood and covered it in plaster to look like stone. Set's boat sank immediately -- but Set was not through, he transformed into a hippopotamus again, and destroyed Horus' boat. As the competition continued to wage on with no end in sight, Osiris threatened to release the demons from the realm of the dead if Ra did not decide in Horus' favor. With little choice, Ra gave rulership of Egypt to Horus.

As a result of this decision, in 2900 BCE, Horus and his priests -- led by the high priest Semerkhet -- placed Set inside an iron maiden-like sarcophagus and sealed him there. Horus placed his amulet on the sarcophagus, locking him within -- and unwittingly beginning a prophecy that Set would one day return to wreak havoc upon the world.

Prophecy Fulfilled
In 2023 CE, Lara Croft accidentally freed Set from his imprisonment. Unwilling to allow Set to reign unchecked, she begins a race against the clock to summon Horus back to the Egypt. In order to accomplish this, she collected the pieces of the Armor of Horus and put it on the stone likeness of him at the Temple of Horus beneath the Great Pyramid. Unfortunately, by the time Lara completed this task, Set had grown too strong, and a swarm of locusts destroyed the statue interrupting the summoning process. Nevertheless, Lara was able to find another way to seal Set away -- this time within the Temple of Horus itself.