Medunamun
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- "Siwa is mine!"
- ―Medunamun to Bayek.
Medunamun (104 or 103 BCE – 48 BCE), also known as the Ibis, was a false oracle and a member of the Order of the Ancients.
Biography
He was appointed by Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII to serve as the Oracle of Amun in Siwa, Egypt in 49 BCE. Since the true purpose of his tenure was for Ptolemy to consolidate his hold over the remote, dissident town, Medunamun was derided as a false oracle by his enemies such as the Medjay Bayek.
Under his rule, the villagers of Siwa were subjected to extortion, arbitrary detention, and rampant atrocities. Protests were met by violent reprisals often against an entire family, with whole neighborhoods being razed to the ground. For his part, Medunamun was loyal not to his pharaoh but to his Order, which furiously sought to unlock the Isu vault that lay underneath the Temple of Amun.
Killing Khemu and Death
The Ibis thus played a key role in the death of Bayek's son Khemu in 49 BCE during a botched interrogation of the Medjay. For his complicity in Khemu's demise and his abuses of power in Siwa, Medunamun was targeted by Bayek in 48 BCE.
Bayek found him in the Temple of Amun and confronted him. Medunamun made multiple attempts at taunting Bayek for is failure to saving his own son. An angered Bayek took the Oracle's Relic and bludgeoned Medunamun to death.
Personality and traits
Not much is known about his true personality, however it is seen that he has a sadistic side, as he constantly and relentlessly taunted Bayek for his failure to save his own son. As the Oracle of the Temple of Amun in Siwa, the soldiers in Siwa regularly exported, abused and unjustly detained civilians as well as committed other atrocities on following his orders.
Equipment and Skills
During Bayek and his conversation in the afterlife, they engaged in battle, with Medunamun holding his own and even overpowering the extensively trained Medjay Bayek in a one-on-one sword fight. He also wielded the Oracle's Relic, even though he never used it's miraculous abilities against Bayek at all.
Trivia
- Medunamun's name contains the name Amun, the god he supposedly served. Amun, whose name roughly means "hidden one", personified the imperceptible elements of the universe; he later became the national god of Egypt, merging with Ra, under the New Kingdom.
Gallery
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Medunamun unmasked
Appearance
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