Heru immediately gathers his army and begins his plot to capture Seti. “I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH TERRIBLE NEWS!” Heru roars to his massive army of over 50,000 hand-picked soldiers. “TODAY, THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF MY FATHER HAS RETURNED! I CANNOT ALLOW HIM TO WALK THE GROUND THAT MY FATHER ONCE RULED! I CALL UPON YOU ALL TO HELP ME AVENGE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, THROUGH ALL OBSTACLES! DO YOU INDERSTAND?” “SHAURA!” the army of soldiers all reply in unison. “NOW I MUST INFORM YOU THAT HE IS A VERY DECEITFUL SOUL, VERY CUNNING! HE CAN DISGUISE HIMSELF TO BE ALL SORTS OF THINGS. BUT WE WILL GO AFTER HIM AND HIS FOLLOWERS WITH GREAT MIGHT! WE WILL SEARCH HIGH AND LOW, FAR AND WIDE! AND WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL OUR MISSION IS COMPLETE! DO YOU INDERSTAND?” He calls out to his army. “SHAURA! SHAURA! SHAURA!” the army of soldiers roar repeatedly.
Heru and his followers then begins their pursuit of Seti and Seti being the war God that he is, never retreats. The battles between the two become epic! Heru slays thousands upon thousands of Seti’s troops. In one account, Heru catches Seti, slays him and drags him to The Temple of Tisa, to show his victory over Seti.
“I, Heru come before you to prove my victory over Seti.” The great souls of The Temple of Tisa consist of Ma’at, Aura, Kebeb, Ksy, Aset, Ra, Tahauti, Amun and Imhotep. All souls of the land must answer to the great souls of Tisa, even King Heru.
“I, Heru come before you to prove my victory over Seti.” The great souls of The Temple of Tisa consist of Ma’at, Aura, Kebeb, Ksy, Aset, Ra, Tahauti, Amun and Imhotep. All souls of the land must answer to the great souls of Tisa, even King Heru.
“Heru!” Ra calls out. “What is that you have?” “I have brought thy Seti. I have avenged my father’s death!” Heru replies as he releases Setis hand and the lifeless arm drops to the ground. The great souls all examine Seti from afar and Aset realizes that it’s not Seti. “Son, this is not Seti.” she calls out. Heru completely shocked, replies to his mother. “What do you mean that this is not Seti? It’s clearly him.” “No son, this is not Seti. This is not my brother.” Heru couldn’t believe his mother would question his victory over Seti and was becoming very angry at her. “How can you be so sure?” He asked. “I’m sure because when I called for his soul, it did not answer from this man but from a place far away.” Heru, still in disbelief demanded his mother to prove it and so she did. She called for her brothers soul to come from the body and there was no response from the dead body but suddenly came in a very strong wind with the spirit of Seti. Heru instantly plunges at the spirit, grabs it and starts to stab it with his long spear. Seti’s spirit then calls out to his sister, “OH! ASET, WHY DID THY CALL UPON ME? AM I NOT THE SPIRIT OF YOUR BROTHER? STOP HIM!” Aset begins to feel sorry for her brother’s spirit, so she uses her magical powers to make Seti’s soul disappear and returns it to her brothers’ body. Heru realizes what his mother has done and lunges at her. He grabs her by the arms and starts hollering, “WHY DID YOU DO THAT? WHY WOULD YOU LET HIM GO?” Ra, Aura and Tahauti immediately comes to the rescue of Aset by grabbing Heru off of his mother and inform him that he must leave Tisa instantly; they all were very angry at him. He, just as angry shoots off into the sky, bursting through the glass ceiling.
Finding out that it was not Seti who he had slayed, sends Heru into a full outrage and he goes after Seti even more relentlessly. One night Heru catches Seti and a few of his followers off guard. Heru cuts off Seti’s right arm but Seti and his clan are able to escape due to disguising themselves as alligators and hiding under water. The war between Heru and Seti continue and eventually draws a dark cloud over the land of Afruika, which calls for Ma’at (the personification of truth, balance, order, law and morality) to step in and call for order. Ma’at calls for Heru to stop his pursuit of Seti as it has become a detriment to society but Heru declines and calls for her to order Seti to leave the land; so Ma’at respecting the Kings wish, sets for Seti.
Ma’at is informed that Seti is hiding out in West Afruika and that’s he’s heavily guarded, so she brings Ra along with her. When they reach Seti’s hiding place, they were met by guards who were strapped with spears and shields. The guards escort them through a series of mazes that end in an underground dungeon. Here, Seti is nursing his recently severed right arm but still holding a very sharp, long spear in his left hand and he is heavily surrounded by guards. “WHAT DO YOU WANT?” Seti called out as soon as Ra and Ma’at stepped into the dungeon. “Greetings there Seti” Ma’at spoke. “Greetings brother Seti, it’s been a mighty long time.” Ra added. By now Seti has stood up and is facing the two, looking at them with a scowl of pure anger. Ra, never nervous or afraid but always aware of the situation speaks up. “Seti, we come to end this quarrel between you and Heru. What is it going to take?” “WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE?” Seti ask rhetorically. “WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE?” he asks again as he starts walking towards Ra. “DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THE BATTLES I FOUGHT DEFENDING YOUR HONOR? DAY AND NIGHT. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE? IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE A LONG TIME AGO! YOU TRAITOR!” “TRAITOR?” Ra replies forcefully as the two come closer, meeting face to face. “HOW CAN YOU CALL ME A TRAITOR? I’M NOT THE ONE WHO MURDRED MY BROTHER!” he continues. “I TOLD YOU IT WAS NOT ME. I TOLD YOU IT WAS APEP!” Seti roars back. “SETI! RA! STOP!” Ma’at screams as she steps in between the two, separating them; they continue to stare at each other furiously. “Now Seti, what is it going to take for you to leave Afruika?” She asked. “Ma’at, I am to be appointed a Great Legend of the Land and to be no longer the blame of my brother’s death.” “YOU WILL ALWAYS BE BLAMED FOR THAT!” Ra says as he raises his finger and steps face to face with Seti. “STOP! STOP!” Ma’at screamed as she separated the two again. “OKAY SETI! You will be appointed as a Legend of the Land but you can’t be expunged of your brother’s murder. You can’t prove it! You never have!” She says hoping he agrees. Seti remains silent for a moment in deep thought but he eventually obliges; Ra walks out immediately. Ma’at stays a little while longer to talk with Seti, then leaves and begins planning his ceremony.
Heru is informed on the decision and he plans to destroy the ceremony. Ma’at and the great souls of the Tisa are informed that Heru was planning to destroy the ceremony and they cannot allow this to happen, for the simple sake of the land. So they make a decision to call for the help of Heru’s father, Ausar.
One day Ra (Sun God) calls for Heru to meet him in the sky and once Heru arrives, he’s suprisingly met by his father. Although Ausar isn’t disappointed in his son’s actions in going after Seti, he understands the importance of maintaining Ma’at and this is what he explains to Heru. Heru already understood the important of maintaining Ma’at but hearing it from his father at that moment was exactly what he needed to hear, in order to be persuaded in not destroying the ceremony. Ausar even talks Heru into taking place in the ceremony, which is apart of the ritual, where the King of the time, takes place in any ceremony of appointed someone a Legend of the Land. He also has a very long talk about him attacking his mother, as that is one of the greatest sins one can commit and something that made him very angry and disappointed in his son. Heru ensures his father that would never happen again and that he felt deep sorrow and regret over his actions.
The next morning, Seti is crowned a Legend of the Land, with the assistance but not support of Heru. After the ceremony, Seti begins his exist of Afruika. Just as he’s leaving Heru calls out for Seti and stops him. A great silence comes over the crowd, as they are all giving their full attention to Heru and Seti. Heru then walks up to Seti and without saying a word, extends out his left hand. Seti, completely shocked and confused, extends out his hand. Everyone is in complete silence at this moment. The two shake hands and the crowd of people let out a huge roar, delighted at the sight of the two reconciling their differences. Heru then tells Seti that although he could never forget nor forgive what he’s done or accused of, he assured him that if he was to ever return to Afruika, he would not have to worry about Heru nor his troops hunting him down and that he was welcome stay in lower Afruika. Seti is delighted, he thanks Heru and promises that he did not murder his father and accepts his offer to stay in lower Afruika. The two talked for a little while longer and then Seti then heads to lower Afruika; disappearing off into the sunset.
Aset then comes up to Heru and asks half-jokingly, “what’s the reason for this sudden change of heart, huh?” He smiles and replies, “like my father always told me, there aint nothing more important than maintaining Ma’at!” She nodded her head in agreement but then put her head down, in disappointment. “You know mother i’m sorry for…” and before he could finish Aset interrupts him, “Don’t worry about it son. I’m just glad that you came back and did the right thing.” “Yea I know.” He replies as he goes in to hug his mother for the first time since their altercation. “I’m also glad that you got to talk with your father.” Which stops a confused Horus in his tracks and leaves him dumbfounded as his mother starts to smile and continues to walk off. “What? Wait.. How did you know I talked to my father?” He asked curiously. She turns and says, “Don’t worry about it” and immediately shoots off into the sky. “Oh no! You get back here!!” Heru says as he shoots off into the sky after her.
The End
Maintaining Ma’at
Terrance Hill
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