Imhotep



"I am Imhotep. This is all you need to know."

Imhotep is the main protagonist and hero of the Hero of Egypt series. Born an Egyptian, Imhotep spent his whole life at the service of the Pharaoh and the Gods, before becoming a Pharaoh himself. Cursed while being still an infant, he was soon destined to become the one that would have saved Egypt.

Weapons and powers
Despite being a mortal, Imhotep possesses incredible superhuman strength and endurance beyond that of any mortal or beast, the exact limits of which are yet to be determined. His strength seems to fluctuate depending on the situation. He can subdue many large and powerful beasts and is capable of overpowering the Sphinx, and even toss it away when it tried to stomp him. Feats of durability include falling from great heights and walking away unharmed, getting crushed, stabbed, beaten, blasted, and burned by various enemies and traps. Imhotep also has useful skills that include climbing mountains and building, jumping great heights, and swinging on ropes to cross long gaps.

In his battle against the Forbidden, who is considered to be unrivaled in terms of sheer strength in all the Hero of Egypt series (up to the third chapter), Imhotep proved capable of stopping his charges, forcing him backwards and enduring even his Godkiller stage without any ill effects, even breaking free from them and defeating him. Also, Imhotep has shown being able to rip off heads, limbs, legs or even hearts of various enemies in certain occasions with onyl his bare hands. It was presumed Imhotep was born with his god-like strength and abilities, ultil he is revealed to being cursed by Seth after being born, which gave him an enhanced strenght that Horembeb's formation helped him control it. It is possible he had acquired a permanent level of power and ability beyond even that of demigod from his constant trials and contact with different powers and magic.

In addition to his vast physical strength, Imhotep also possesses superhuman agility, stamina, durability, endurance, reflexes and speed. He is capable of sensing danger and possesses great skills and accuracy with all forms of weapon and powerful magic. Imhotep can also keep up with opponents who possess vast speed. Due to these abilities, Imhotep is able to defeat monsters, magical beings, demons and even the Gods themselves. Imhotep also possesses powerful resistance to most forms of attack and magic (for example, time manipulation, illusion, and soul manipulation) that would easily kill most humans or magical beings; Imhotep is also immune to any mind control, hypnosis and brainwashing of any kind.

Before becoming a Pharaoh, he weilded the Egyptian Khopesh, a regular Egyptian sword similiar to the standard military khopesh. After becoming the Pharaoh, Imhotep's main weapon became the Khopesh of the Pharaoh, which revealed a gift from Osiris as a sign of friendship. Also, Imhotep, before and after becoming a Pharaoh, gained many powers, weapons and items, some of them from the Gods.

Imhotep also has a wisdom almost matching Thoth the God of Wisdom as he managed to solve many puzzles throughout his journey, including a Labyrinth created by Setna, and another created by Thoth himself in his Trial. As such, he not only survived all the traps and creatures within but he also become the only one to break those challenges. Imhotep also was wise enough to use the environment against his enemies, notable examples including weakening the Hand of Duat by collapsing buildings on it, leading the Hittite army defense and destroying the Assyrian army minimizing the Hittite losses, exploting Seth's mind control to attack his mind, his weak point, defeating a Babylonian army 400'000 soldiers while leading 43'000 Egyptian soldiers (a battle which only resulted in 150 Egyptian losses against the almost entirety of the Babylonian army), and greatly weakening a Babylonian elite general (by using the Axe of Kalash to shatter a stalagmite and provoking an earthquake that destroyed the general's whole equipment, and left him weakened).

Personality
Throughout most of the series, Imhotep has shown himself to being a strong, agile and intelligent individual, ruthless against all who wish to destroy Egypt. Ever since the first and original Hero of Egypt, he would willingly face anyone who threatens the safety of his country, even when all odds seem against him.

Despite his cold appearance, Imhotep is actually a friendly and respectful individual, who respects pratically every person regardless of their social ranks, be it a slave, a farmer, a priest, an artisan, or even the Pharaoh (whom himself respects Imhotep back). He is also very protective, an example of which being the time he once helped some workers from the yokes of their cruel stable masters. He is also shown to be quite expert in almost every field he is in, such as the art of war, writing, arts and fighting. An example of his world-class intellect is shown when Imhotep reveals his friends that he surpassed every scribal test with a perfect score when he was younger.

Imhotep is shown to care deeply for his wife (Tanit) and son (Amenhotep), as he saved his soon-to-be wife twice, once from Setna in Chains of Duat and once from her own parents and from Seth in the original Hero of Egypt. Also, when a redivive Ashurbanipal reveals Imhotep about Tanit's death, Imhotep's anger evolves to pure anger and hatred, which bring him to the brink of madness (transforming him in his Chaos form). He also cared for two of his friends, Ramses and Nefertari, whom deaths (Ramses' supposed death, in fact) further contributing to his growing hatred for Seth, the Egyptian God of Chaos and only responsible for his suffering. Throughout the entire series, Imhotep has also shown great friendships to the Gods, expecially ever since he saved Osiris (besides Tanit) from the grasp of Setna, the treacherous apprentice of Osiris himself.

Howerer, his friendship with the Gods actually started when he and his friends descended into Duat (the Egyptian Hell) along with Setna (before they discovered the latter's true colors); soon, Osorkon, a friend of Imhotep, would be impaled by a blade of an henchman of Ankhu (Imhotep's treacherous master) and being corrupted by the blade's poison as a consequence. Responsible of everything bad that happened to his friends, Imhotep had asked the help of the Gods, whom promptly started helped him by contributing curing Osorkon from the poison after Ankhu's henchman was killed, with Imhotep himself contributing the cure as well. Deeming himself responsible, he would lead a last attack with all of his friends against the army of Setna, only to proceed and end his mission alone, dimostrating his actual care for his friends when he ordered them to gather together outside Duat, along everyone that came with Imhotep himself in Duat.

Quote
"Tanit: No woman ever told you that you are handsome and seductive? Imhotep: Really? It must be my pharaohmones."

- Imhotep and Tanit, in Hero of Egypt

"I. Am. Imhotep. I. Am. Justice! YOU. ARE. NEXT!"

- Imhotep's warcry, addressed to Ashurbanipal, in Hero of Egypt

"Father... why have you forsaken me...?"

- Imhotep calls the help of Osiris, in Hero of Egypt

"Justice... has been done."

- Imhotep in Hero of Egypt 4

Dubbing

 * Italian: Patrizio Prata
 * English: Qaurie Marshall
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 * Japanese: Takuya Satou
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Trivia

 * Imhotep is basically inspired (and named) after the same Egyptian polymath who served under the Third Dynasty king Djoser as chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis. He also is considered by some to be the earliest known architect, engineer, and physician in history, though two other Egyptian figures identified as physicians, Hesy-Ra and Merit-Ptah, lived around the same time.
 * He was one of only a few commoners ever to be accorded divine status after death.