Pharaoh

Osirion.

Pharaoh, or god-king, is the title that has been given to the leader of Osirion for millennia. The people of Osirion have always believed, and continue to believe, that the pharaohs rule by divine right.¹ This article attempts to list the various pharaohs and pharaonic dynasties that have ruled Osirion through the ages. Unfortunately, much of the history is lost and there are many gaps in the history. Dates given are those of the period of the pharaoh's rule.²³⁴

First Age of Osirion (-3470 AR to -1498 AR)

Pharaoh Hakotep I.


First Pharaonic Dynasty Azghaad I, the First Pharaoh, Azghaad the All-Seeing, or Azghaad (-3470 AR to -3412 AR) Naga Pharaoh (-3412 AR to ??) ...gap in knowledge... Ahn ...gap in knowledge... Unnamed Dynasty Pharaoh of Forgotten Plagues (? to -3047 AR) Song Pharaoh (-3047 AR to -2999 AR) Jetrieti Dynasty Jetrieti I, the Masked Pharaoh (-2999 AR to -2957 AR) Jetrieti II Jetrieti III, Pharaoh of Sighing Sands Jetrieti IV Jetrieti V, the Insatiable Pharaoh (-2885 AR to -2866 AR) Jetrieti VI (-2866 AR to ??)	...gap in knowledge... Sekh-pa-Mefer I⁵ Sekh-pa-Mefer II Sekh-pa-Mefer III, the Pharaoh of Sphinxes (fl. c. -2800 AR)⁶ ...gap in knowledge... An Dynasty or An-Hepsu Dynasty An-Hepsu I, the Pharaoh of Seven Faces An-Hepsu II, the Conquering Pharaoh (fl. -2587 AR) An-Hepsu III An-Hepsu IV An-Hepsu V An-Hepsu VI An-Hepsu VII, the Pharaoh of Blades (?? to -2359 AR, but active in -2385 AR) An-Hepsu VIII An-Hepsu IX An-Hepsu X An-Hepsu XI, the Lich Pharaoh, the Pharaoh of No Rain or the Incorruptible Pharaoh (-2168 AR to -1768 AR when imprisoned)	Unnamed Dynasty Kemusar I (-1768 AR, as crown regent, to -1757 AR) ...No pharaoh seems to have reigned between Kemusar I's overthrow and Sekhemib I's accession a year later... Sekhemib I (-1756 AR to ??) ...gap in knowledge... Unnamed Dynasty Djederet I (?? to -1653 AR) Hakotep I, Sky Pharaoh⁷ (-1653 AR to -1611 AR) Djederet II (-1611 AR to ??) ...gap in knowledge...

Second Age of Osirion, or the Age of the Black Sphinx (-1498 AR to 1532 AR)

Pharaohs of Ascension (-1498 AR to -1431 AR)
- The Fiend Pharaoh (Hetshepsu)
- The Radiant Pharaoh (Ankana)
- The Cerulean Pharaoh (Anok Fero)
- The Pharaoh of Numbers
...gap in knowledge...
- Kenaton (fl. -1116 AR)
...gap in knowledge...
Apsu Dynasty ended -841 AR
Yafeha Dynasty
- Yafeha I (fl. -841 AR)
...gap in knowledge...
- Osezis I (??)
...gap in knowledge...
- Osezis II (fl. -644 AR, d. -652 AR)
...gap in knowledge...
- Ahabaris I, the Pharaoh of Long Shadows (?? to -447 AR)
...gap in knowledge...
Hirkoshek Dynasty
- Hirkoshek I (fl. -107 AR)
...gap in knowledge...
- Hirkoshek II (fl. -1st century AR)
...gap in knowledge...

Zahur Dynasty
- Zahur I
...gap in knowledge...
- Zahur II
...gap in knowledge...
...gap in knowledge...
- Kamaria the Brazen (-21 AR to 159 AR)
- Gebessek IX, the Healer (159 AR to 181 AR)
...gap in knowledge...
- Remeses I⁹
- Remeses II
- Remeses III
- Remeses IV
...gap in knowledge...

Menedes Dynasty¹⁰
- Menedes I, the Sky Pharaoh⁷ (??)
- Menedes II
- Menedes III
- Menedes IV
- Menedes V
- Menedes VI
- Menedes VII
- Menedes VIII
- Menedes IX
- Menedes X
- Menedes XI
- Menedes XII
- Menedes XIII
- Menedes XIV
- Menedes XV
- Menedes XVI
- Menedes XVII (?? to 1262 AR)
- Menedes XVIII
- Menedes XIX
- Menedes XX
- Menedes XXI
- Menedes XXII
- Menedes XXIII
- Menedes XXIV
- Menedes XXV
- Menedes XXVI, the Fallen Pharaoh (?? to deposed 1532 AR)

Within the Menedes Dynasty, there were Pharaohs with names other than Menedes, including:
- Rehenet II, the Verdant Pharaoh, followed immediately by
- Menedyeb IV

This also implies that there were other Pharaohs, maybe within the Menedes Dynasty, called:

Keleshite Interregnum (1532 AR to 4609 AR)

In 1532 AR, Pharaoh Menedes XXVI is deposed by forces of the Padishah Empire of Kelesh and is the last pharaoh of Osirion until Khemet I in 4609 AR.¹¹

Third Age of Osirion (4609 AR to Present Day)

Pharaoh Khemet III, the Ruby Prince.

The first pharaoh to rule Osirion since Menedes XXVI is Khemet I.

Forthbringer Dynasty
- Khemet I, the Forthbringer (4609 AR to 4649 AR)
- Khemet II, the Crocodile King (4649 AR to 4678 AR)
- Khemet III, the Ruby Prince, the Forthbringer (4678 AR to present day)

Undated Osirian Pharaohs

There are some pharaohs of Osirion whose details have been lost to time; perhaps a tomb has been found that references them but no information about when they ruled is currently known.


Unknown Dynasties Dog Pharaoh, or Jackal Pharaoh Dream Pharaoh Forgotten Pharaoh	Unknown Dynasties (cont.) Hehmket II¹² and thus, at least, Hehmket I Heptar-Un Illumined Pharaoh	Unknown Dynasties (cont.) Sharsqa I Sharsqa II Three Colossal Pharaohs

Other God Kings & Pharaohs

Although the terms 'pharaoh' and 'god king' are most associated with the rulers of Osirion, they are used in other contexts:

The term 'God-King' is often associated with Nethys, the All-Seeing Eye who was instrumental in the coming to power of Azghaad, the First Pharaoh, prior to Nethys' ascension as a god.²
The Outer God, Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos, takes a humanoid form known as the Black Pharaoh.¹³
The demon lord, Areshkagal, the Faceless Sphinx, adopts a faceless female pharaoh as her unholy symbol.¹⁴
Maybe, on other planets, the term Pharaoh is also used by those worshipping the Osirian pantheon, for instance in the Old Kingdom of Kemet on Earth.¹⁵
The gnoll Hlasho has appropriated the title 'Pharaoh of Fangs'; he has managed to unite enough gnolls in the Brazen Frontier region to set up a settlement at Fort Fang.¹⁶

References

For additional resources, see the Meta page.

↑ Matt Goodall et al. (2014). Champions of Balance, p. 13. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-603-4
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Alex Greenshields, Amanda Hamon, Jonathan H. Keith, Ron Lundeen, and David N. Ross. (2014). Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs, p. 4. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-595-2
↑ References regarding information below may be found on the Pharaoh's own page. The list of references here shows which sources have been incorporated into this list.
↑ Alex Greenshields, Amanda Hamon, Jonathan H. Keith, Ron Lundeen, and David N. Ross. (2014). Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs, p. 5ff. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-595-2
↑ Assumes the Sekh-pa-Mefer dynasty ruled at roughly the same time. There is no record of Sekh-pa-Mefer I or Sekh-pa-Mefer II in Paizo's publications yet.
↑ Rob McCreary. (2014). Risen from the Sands, p. 3. Paizo Inc.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Please note that there are two Sky Pharaohs in Osirion's history: Hakotep I and Menedes I
↑ Gebessek I to Gebessek VIII are inferred from our knowledge of Gebessek IX and nothing is known of their dates, so they are placed here in the chronology as an educated guess
↑ Remeses I to Remeses III are inferred from our knowledge of Remeses IV and nothing is known of their dates, so they are placed here in the chronology as an educated guess
↑ Assumes a line of Menedes from Menedes I to XXVI within the dynasty, though we know there were pharaohs of this dynasty that did not take the name Menedes
↑ Alex Greenshields, Amanda Hamon, Jonathan H. Keith, Ron Lundeen, and David N. Ross. (2014). Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs, p. 6. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-595-2
↑ Greg A. Vaughan & Kevin Wright. (2011). Where Dark Things Sleep, p. 13. Paizo Publishing, LLC. This could be the lost name of the Pharaoh of Forgotten Plagues (q.v.).
↑ Sean K Reynolds et al. (2014). "Appendix". Inner Sea Gods, p. 328. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-597-6
↑ Sean K Reynolds et al. (2014). "Appendix". Inner Sea Gods, p. 321. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-597-6
↑ Rob McCreary. (2014). Gods of Ancient Osirion. Empty Graves, p. 65. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-589-1
↑ Alex Greenshields, Amanda Hamon, Jonathan H. Keith, Ron Lundeen, and David N. Ross. (2014). Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs, p. 46. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-595-2

[CoB-13-1] Matt Goodall et al. (2014). Champions of Balance, p. 13. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-603-4

[OLOP4-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Alex Greenshields, Amanda Hamon, Jonathan H. Keith, Ron Lundeen, and David N. Ross. (2014). Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs, p. 4. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-595-2

[3] References regarding information below may be found on the Pharaoh's own page. The list of references here shows which sources have been incorporated into this list.

[4] Alex Greenshields, Amanda Hamon, Jonathan H. Keith, Ron Lundeen, and David N. Ross. (2014). Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs, p. 5ff. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-595-2

[5] Assumes the Sekh-pa-Mefer dynasty ruled at roughly the same time. There is no record of Sekh-pa-Mefer I or Sekh-pa-Mefer II in Paizo's publications yet.

[RftS3-6] Rob McCreary. (2014). Risen from the Sands, p. 3. Paizo Inc.

[SkyP-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Please note that there are two Sky Pharaohs in Osirion's history: Hakotep I and Menedes I

[8] Gebessek I to Gebessek VIII are inferred from our knowledge of Gebessek IX and nothing is known of their dates, so they are placed here in the chronology as an educated guess

[9] Remeses I to Remeses III are inferred from our knowledge of Remeses IV and nothing is known of their dates, so they are placed here in the chronology as an educated guess

[10] Assumes a line of Menedes from Menedes I to XXVI within the dynasty, though we know there were pharaohs of this dynasty that did not take the name Menedes

[11] Alex Greenshields, Amanda Hamon, Jonathan H. Keith, Ron Lundeen, and David N. Ross. (2014). Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs, p. 6. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-595-2

[12] Greg A. Vaughan & Kevin Wright. (2011). Where Dark Things Sleep, p. 13. Paizo Publishing, LLC. This could be the lost name of the Pharaoh of Forgotten Plagues (q.v.).

[13] Sean K Reynolds et al. (2014). "Appendix". Inner Sea Gods, p. 328. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-597-6

[14] Sean K Reynolds et al. (2014). "Appendix". Inner Sea Gods, p. 321. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-597-6

[15] Rob McCreary. (2014). Gods of Ancient Osirion. Empty Graves, p. 65. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-589-1

[16] Alex Greenshields, Amanda Hamon, Jonathan H. Keith, Ron Lundeen, and David N. Ross. (2014). Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs, p. 46. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-595-2

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