| “ | You're not fit to be the king, it's my turn now! | „ |
| ~ Set to his nephew Horus, before gouging his eyes out. |
| “ | Gods, bow before me... or die! Mortals, worship me or be enslaved! | „ |
| ~ Set to the gods of Egypt and the crowd of civilians. |
Set is the main antagonist of the 2016 fantasy action film Gods of Egypt.
He is the god of desert, storms and chaos, who takes over the throne of the Egyptian Empire after murdering his brother Osiris and defeating his nephew Horus in a battle, also gouging his eyes out.
He was portrayed by Gerard Butler.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- Killing and usurp his brother Osiris to get the throne of the Egyptian Empire, despite the fact his brother loved him, with Set fatally stabbing him with a dagger as soon as he drops his guard to try to embrace him instead of fight him after Set challenges him.
- Defeating Horus with an underhanded method when fighting him for the throne, namely by having his soldiers blind him with sunlight from their shields, then gouging his eyes out, and finally, banishing him.
- Enslaving most mortals to do almost constant physical labor.
- Plus, he creates a new law where they have to buy their way into the afterlife with gold and other riches, therefore all but ensuring that most of them, particularly those who are poor and doing said labor, won't be able to make it, condemning them to eternal suffering after death as a result.
- Waged war against any gods who rebelled against his tyrannical rule, killing many of them over time. In the present day, he even personally leads his forces in violently conquering the fortress of his former wife, Nephthys, which is the last rebel stronghold, and despite their history, with him even mentioning they had some good experiences together, he murders her with no remorse to steal her wings.
- When the leader of the minotaur soldiers that he sent to kill Horus and Bek comes back to him badly wounded and unsuccessful to report that Horus managed to kill the others and get away despite only having one eye and part of his power, he acts forgiving and even tells him to get his wounds tended to only to quickly and violently decapitate him for his failure.
- When he finds out Hathor still has lingering feelings for Horus, he quickly tries to murder her too despite making her his mistress and queen.
- It's revealed that after he killed Osiris, he desecrated/defiled his body by cutting it into 14 pieces and took his heart, which was never found, which was so terrible it drove the goddess Isis, who was his wife and Horus' mother, to suicide.
- He kills Thoth by pulling his brain right out of his head and leaves Horus, Bek and Hathor to die in his pyramid/home by leaving them in a trap they walked into.
- When he finally confronts Ra and is told his destiny is to succeed him in watching over the Earth from space and fighting off Apophis to prevent the creature from destroying it, instead, Set decides he wants real immortality so he can personally rule over the lands he's conquered forever.
- To this end, he overthrows Ra, takes his scepter and uses it to instead lure Apophis down the Nile so he can devour/destroy all creation, including the land of the dead and the afterlife, so he can remake it to his liking afterward and become immortal.
- Despite begging Horus not to kill him after being defeated, it was clearly an attempt to deceive Horus into sparing him so that he could kill him and continue his reign of terror afterwards.
- His brutal death wasn't really played for any sympathy as he completely deserved it for his unforgivable actions against his family and Egypt.
- While he was a somewhat understandable reason for feeling like Ra gave Osiris preferential treatment since he got to rule Egypt, have a family and be admired everyone while he was stuck ruling a desert in isolation, then expected to defend the planet against Apophis up in space for all eternity, it doesn't justify a lot of the things he does.
- He still initially fell in love with Nephthys and could have started a family with her, and both Osiris and Horus genuinely either loved or looked up to him, meaning others likely did as well. However, he eventually got so power-hungry that nothing less than ruling over Egypt would satisfy him, he remorselessly betrays and subsequently kills (or tries to kill) everyone that ever cared about him, and immediately imposes an oppressive, tyrannical rule that bodes badly for all but those who are wealthy and willing to worship him on account of viewing Osiris' peaceful and prosperous reign as too soft.
- Then, he takes it even further trying to destroy and recreate everything so he can be completely immortal, something even other gods don't have, at the expense of everyone else.
- He still initially fell in love with Nephthys and could have started a family with her, and both Osiris and Horus genuinely either loved or looked up to him, meaning others likely did as well. However, he eventually got so power-hungry that nothing less than ruling over Egypt would satisfy him, he remorselessly betrays and subsequently kills (or tries to kill) everyone that ever cared about him, and immediately imposes an oppressive, tyrannical rule that bodes badly for all but those who are wealthy and willing to worship him on account of viewing Osiris' peaceful and prosperous reign as too soft.
Trivia[]
- He was originally not considered Pure Evil for having some possible redeeming qualities, such as sparing Horus and seemingly caring for certain individuals, but it was later clarified that these moments were all subverted or weren't genuine to begin with, making him officially Pure Evil.
- He is the only version of Set to be Pure Evil.
- He is one of two Pure Evils in Egyptian Mythology, alongside the mythical version of Apep.
External Links[]
- Set on the Villains Wiki
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