Character · from book 7
Khepri
The beetle-headed god of the endless temple in Club Vanquisher, level 250, retainer of Adrasteia since Khnum died, whose death cult breaks the game in the tenth floor's L'Engle Building, turning its scarabs on the racers and costing the AI the gate boss it meant to build from them. Carl names him Geyrun's killer to Emberus's face and summons him with the quest prize for ninety seconds of invulnerability — 'Poor bug-headed Khepri. He had nothing to do with this' — and he leaves the arena pointing at Carl and Donut when Taranis says 'Begone!'
First appears: Book 7
Series arc
As of book 8. The beetle-headed god of an endless temple in book 7; in book 8 the god Carl frames. His death cult breaks the game in the L'Engle Building and the AI cancels the floor boss; Carl names him Geyrun's killer to Emberus's face and summons him with the quest prize so that the Scavenger's Daughter will hand out his ninety seconds of invulnerability — 'Poor bug-headed Khepri. He had nothing to do with this' — and Emberus's death blows him down like a building; Taranis sends him off with 'Go home' and 'Begone!' while he points at Carl and Donut as he leaves.
Through book 7
Not a cleric: the beetle-headed figure in the screenshot is the god himself, God of Rebirth and the Sunrise, level 250, a retainer of Adrasteia since Khnum dropped dead, ignored by the big players 'because he's a goddamned weirdo', at an endless table of 433 kinds of bug (B7 ch. 52, B7 ch. 53). Vinata summoned him into his own temple as a trap (B7 ch. 53); his temporary effect is ninety seconds of immortality, which holds Carl's atoms together through a thermobaric blast (B7 ch. 52, B7 ch. 54). Banished at the temple portal in Club Vanquisher, outside his own temple, by Hellik's voice (B7 ch. 54).
Through book 8
The beetle-headed god of Club Vanquisher's endless temple. A nasty message from him about a death cult in Donut's name arrives at the floor's start (B8 ch. 1). When his death cult breaks the game in the L'Engle Building, the scarabs from his feast table wreck the building and the AI cancels the tenth floor's boss (B8 ch. 75). In Club Scolopendra Carl names him Geyrun's killer and then summons him himself with the quest prize — 'For my second summon to the arena, I choose Khepri!' — because the Scavenger's Daughter patch gives Khepri's ninety seconds of invulnerability — 'Poor bug-headed Khepri. He had nothing to do with this' (B8 ch. 95, B8 ch. 96). Emberus's death blows him down like a building (B8 ch. 96); Taranis tells him 'Go home' and 'Begone!' while he points at Carl and Donut and chitters, and he leaves the realm (B8 ch. 97).
In the pantheon
Khepri — rebirth and the sunrise; pantheon. Listed with the rest of the pantheon on the pantheon page.
Family and enemies
| Relation | With | Source |
|---|---|---|
| retainer-of | Adrasteia | B7 ch. 53 |
| retainer-of | Khnum | B7 ch. 53 |
| worshipped-by | Princess Vinata | B7 ch. 53 |
| banished-by | Hellik | B7 ch. 57 |
| accused-by | Carl, falsely, to summon him | B8 ch. 95 |
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 7 — This Inevitable Ruin | 9/89 | 49–55, 57–58 · the book's own page |
| 8 — A Parade of Horribles | 5/99 | Ch. 1, Ch. 75, Ch. 95, Ch. 96, Ch. 97 · the book's own page |
By book
Khepri in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin
Not a cleric: the beetle-headed figure in the screenshot is the god himself, God of Rebirth and the Sunrise, level 250, a retainer of Adrasteia since Khnum dropped dead, ignored by the big players 'because he's a goddamned weirdo', at an endless table of 433 kinds of bug (ch. 52, ch. 53). Vinata summoned him into his own temple as a trap (ch. 53); his temporary effect is ninety seconds of immortality, which holds Carl's atoms together through a thermobaric blast (ch. 52, ch. 54). Banished at the temple portal in Club Vanquisher, outside his own temple, by Hellik's voice (ch. 54).
Khepri in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles
The beetle-headed god of Club Vanquisher's endless temple. A nasty message from him about a death cult in Donut's name arrives at the floor's start (ch. 1). When his death cult breaks the game in the L'Engle Building, the scarabs from his feast table wreck the building and the AI cancels the tenth floor's boss (ch. 75). In Club Scolopendra Carl names him Geyrun's killer and then summons him himself with the quest prize — 'For my second summon to the arena, I choose Khepri!' — because the Scavenger's Daughter patch gives Khepri's ninety seconds of invulnerability — 'Poor bug-headed Khepri. He had nothing to do with this' (ch. 95, ch. 96). Emberus's death blows him down like a building (ch. 96); Taranis tells him 'Go home' and 'Begone!' while he points at Carl and Donut and chitters, and he leaves the realm (ch. 97).