You gotta measure twice, cut once
That's the way to get the perfect cut
That's the way to get things done
Keep on the straight line
Arrow straight, my son
Keep your eye on the brass ring
But have a little fun

Name: Ptah
Pronunciation: Petah
Also Called: Pteh, Peteh
Epithets: Mighty Creator, The Great Craftsman, The Master Architect, The Great Carpenter, He Who Builds, Lord of Ankh-Tawy, The Ear Who Hears, Merciful of Face, The Demiurge
Gender: Male
Age: Ancient/Immortal
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Occupation: God of Creation, Crafts, Artists, Builders, Designers, Metal Workers, Stone Workers, Engraving, Carving, Sculpting, Handcrafts, Architects, Masons, Gentleness, Miracles
Orientation: Bisexual
Status: Married to Sakhmet, and in love with Khnum - it's complicated




Immediate Family:
Atum Ra - Father/mother/maker/parent
Sakhmet - Wife, daughter of Atum Ra
Nefertem - Son by Sakhmet
Mafdet - Daughter by Sakhmet
Maahes - Son by Bast
Maat - Older sister
Shu - Older brother
Tefnut - Older sister
Khnum - Younger brother, lover
Thoth - Younger brother
Serqet - Younger sister
Bast - Younger sister
Hethert - Younger sister, split personality of Sakhmet

Extended Family:
Geb - Nephew, son of Shu and Tefnut
Nuit - Niece, daughter of Shu and Tefnut
Maahes - Nephew, son of Ptah and Bast
Sobek - Nephew, son of Khnum and Serqet
Seshat - Niece, daughter of Thoth and Maat
Satet - Niece, daughter of Thoth and Maat
Nekhbet - Niece, daughter of Thoth and Maat(twin of Wadjet)
Wadjet - Niece, daughter of Thoth and Maat(twin of Nekhbet)
Wesir - Grandnephew, son of Geb and Nuit
Sutekh - Grandnephew, son of Geb and Nuit
Heru the Elder - Grandnephew, son of Geb and Nuit, (deceased)
Auset - Grandniece, daughter of Geb and Nuit
Nebthet - Grandniece, daughter of Geb and Nuit
Hatmehit - '(Grand)niece', daughter of Geb and Hethert
Nepri - (Grand)nephew, son of Geb and Bast
Shezmu - Grandnephew/Grandson, son of Geb and Mafdet
Bes - Grandnephew, son of Geb and some Nubian Goddess
Min - Grandnephew, son of Geb and some Nubian Goddess
Meret - Grandniece, daughter of Geb and some Nubian Goddess
Serapis - Grandnephew, son of Geb and some Greek Goddess
Khonsu - '(Grand)nephew', son of Sobek and Hethert
Anqet - (Grand)niece, daughter of Khnum and Satet
Heqet - (Grand)niece, daughter of Khnum and Satet
Ihy - '(Great grand)nephew', son of Heru the Elder and Hethert
Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef - Great Grandnephews, The Four Sons of Heru
Yinepu - Great Grandnephew, son of Nebthet
Heru the Younger - Great Grandnephew, son of Wesir and Auset
Kebechet - Great Great Grandniece, daughter of Yinepu and Anput

(Note: If you would like to be a part of this family, please let me know! In addition to accepting non-canon, there are plenty of canon characters still available. Just mail me to plot it out and talk about it!)


Ptah was 'born' for lack of a better word, from one of Atum Ra's ribs after Shu and Tefnut bore Geb and Nuit. It was a turbulent time, as his uncle, Apep was continuously trying to corrupt the people and kill Atum Ra. As a result, Ptah had no childhood, he was born as a fully grown man. He set to work, immediately, fashioning a great barque, so that Atum Ra and the rest of his family would be protected from Apep. More siblings followed shortly after Ptah as Apep's power rose, the youngest of which were the beautiful twins Bast and Sakhmet.

Continuously, Apep and demons attacked the barque, so Ptah was always at work fixing the damage to the boat, and constantly striving to improve upon it. One day, he found Sakhmet alone at one of his construction areas. She seemed distant and distraught, and so with great concern Ptah went to her. It took a while before she opened up to him and confessed that she felt as though something was wrong with her. Unaware that Apep had used his hypnotic gaze upon her in battle, Ptah figured it was just a minor insecurity, and gave her words of comfort. But as time went on, he could see that there was, indeed, something more to it. The brave, independent, fierce woman was still all those things, but she seemed unbalanced. Her anger was quick to rise, and was explosive, and it seemed as though Ptah was the only one who could calm her down. Atum Ra saw this, and bound the two together in marriage, hoping that would ease his troubled daughter.

Ptah had not even considered marriage before, however, he did care about Sakhmet sincerely and enjoyed her passion, and so he did not object. Still, despite all of this, Sakhmet grew worse and worse, and not even Ptah could influence her any longer. She began to spend more time away from him, taking her insatiable anger out on any evil-doer she came across. At first, he found it a blessing, as it gave him much desired free time to pursue his art. But eventually, he found himself rather lonely with a cold bed every night.

Sweet, beautiful Bast, Sakhmet's twin sister, was highly perceptive, and strove to mend the relationship that Ptah and Sakhmet had. During a festival in her temple in Bubastis, she managed to get the fiery Sakhmet to attend, a great feat in itself. More than that, Bast managed to get her prickly sister to loosen up, and the three of them had an amazing night together. As a result, both Bast and Sakhmet got with child. Ptah couldn't have been happier. But it was a fleeting happiness. He had hoped that having children would fill a void in his life, and while his sons, Nefertem and Maahes, certainly gave him great happiness, he still felt as though he was missing something.

It grew worse after Sakhmet left him for several weeks to slaughter entire villages... and worse yet when Sakhmet developed split personality. It was bad enough that his wife often left him to unleash her anger in battle for weeks at a time, but now she was vanishing all together as another woman took over her body. He hated seeing some other woman in his wife's body. He hated seeing that woman use his wife's body to pursue pleasures of the flesh. He hated when that other woman married another man, and gave to him a son.

He had a dislike to Heru that he did not enjoy having. It was not Heru's fault, but Ptah could not help but to be envious of him. Still, he did not wish for the younger God to die. And especially not at the hands of his wife. He felt a strange bit of guilt, and went to Hethert to comfort her after Heru's death... but she showed no signs of depression. In fact, she took Ptah to her bed. Ptah, who had been so starved for this form of connection willingly went. In the midst of it, his wife returned, and she begot their second child together: Mafdet.

Ptah was still missing something, however. It wasn't until the mortal chancellor to the pharaoh, Imhotep, came to Ptah that he truly realized what. Imhotep was bold and daring, and had been the one to start the relationship betwixt the two. Eventually, mortals began to see that Ptah and Imhotep were spending so much time together, and began to say that Ptah had adopted Imhotep as a son. Neither one of them decided to refute that, so as not to draw up suspicion of their true relationship. They also began to say that the gods granted Imhotep immortality and godhood... however, Imhotep was a mortal, and he died when a large pyramid brick fell on him. He was granted a tomb(though no one but Ptah knew where).

Several hundred years later, when at a lavish party at Hethert's temple, whether emboldened by his relationship with Imhotep or the wine they were drinking, Ptah invited Khnum to come see the newest barque that he was working on. The two had much in common: they were both craftsmen and artists, they both had three children(one of which by another woman other than their wife), and they both had very intense and rather distant wives. They ended up exploring each other in more depth than they did the barque. Thus started their secret love affair.

Roleplay is: Open/Closed