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| Title: Guardian of the Tomb | |
| Alignment: Lawful Neutral | |
| Areas of Concern: Burial, death, funeral rites, tombs | |
| Cleric Alignments: LG, LN, LE, N | |
| Domains: Death, Earth, Law, Protection, Repose | |
| Subdomains: Ancestors, Defense, Inevitable, Metal, Purity, Souls | |
| Favored Weapon: Flail | |
| Symbol: Black jackal head | |
| Sacred Animal: Jackal | |
| Pantheon: Shorafi |
Appearance
Anubis appears either as a jackal or a jackal-headed, black-skinned human.
Followers
Nearly all Shorafi tombs contains images of Anubis. The patron of embalmers, his followers (including paladins) usually wear jackal masks and are dedicated to the destruction of undead.
Relationships
Anubis is the son of Hesharu and Nephthys, born out of wedlock and he assisted Ariseti in the mummification of his father. He frequently works with Ariseti, Neith, Nephthys, and Selket in the protection of the dead, and is an enemy of Set due to his association with undead.
Lore
The ancient Shorafi believed that the heart recorded all of the good and bad deeds of a person’s life, and was needed for judgment in the afterlife. After a person died, the heart was weighed against the feather of Maat (goddess of truth and justice). The scales were watched by Anubis and the results recorded by Thoth (the ibis-headed god of writing). If a person had led a decent life, the heart balanced with the feather and the person was rendered worthy to live forever in paradise with Hesharu.
