Army of Anubis
The Army of Anubis are an army that features in The Mummy.
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History
The Army of Anubis were a supernaturally created army of dog headed soldiers that were created by the Egyptian God of Death Anubis.
Many years, a mortal named Mathayus came to be transformed into a monstrous figure known as the Scorpion King. He led a great army across the deserts to conquer Thebes, but lost despite the battle that he and his warriors carried out. The Scorpion King and his armies were expelled out into the deserts of Ahm Shere, where one by one the warriors all died due to heatstroke, exhaustion, hunger and thirst, leaving the Scorpion King the sole survivor. In his dying moments, Mathayus prayed to Anubis; in exchange for his life and the chance to once again be a conqueror, the Scorpion King pledged his soul and a pyramid of gold. In response, the Scorpion King was presented with a large black scorpion which came crawling from the sands; Scorpion King promptly picked the arthropod up and chewed it down as food, accepting the favour that Anubis had bestowed. From the sands sprouted a great oasis which would come to be known as the oasis of Ahm Shere. With this, the Scorpion King was also given command of his new master's immortal army where his human troops once stood; he now proceeded to use them to lay waste to the city of Thebes. Anubis then forced the Scorpion King to become his eternal servant as part of the bargain, turning him into a monstrous scorpion beast and returning the Army of Anubis to the sands from whence they came.
The only way to kill an Anubis warrior was by taking off its head, however, the creatures resurrected instantly which eventually meant that they were capbale of overwhelming any enemies. However, the person who kills the Scorpion King gained control of this army. They were thus able to either use it to conquer the world or send them back to the underworld.
Overview
In appearance, the Army of Anubis were a force of supernaturally created humanoids composed of sand whose heads were those of jackals.
Notes
- The Army of Anubis were created by Stephen Sommers where they featured in the setting of The Mummy universe.
In other media
Video games
- In The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian, the Army of Anubis appeared in the setting of 2002 tie-in video game. The devious sorcerer known as Magus who had been a loyal student of Anubis' teachings gained control of Anubis' Army of jackal-headed humanoids thanks to his belief on sacrificing a human to bring about Set and crush the land of the living. Once Magus died at the hands of a warrior named Mathayus, the army disappeared.
Appearances
- The Mummy Returns:
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