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Schesmu the Beast of Yaahhggg
Shesmu
The
Bloodred VelosotorOwner: Sekhmet
Age: 4 months
Born: January 18th, 2026
Adopted: 4 months ago
Adopted: January 18th, 2026
Statistics
- Level: 1
- Strength: 11
- Defense: 10
- Speed: 10
- Health: 10
- HP: 10/10
- Intelligence: 78
- Books Read: 76
- Food Eaten: 0
- Job: Attendant
A fearsome Egyptian god of the underworld, he was the god of precious oils for embalming, and a god of the wine press. He was thought to be a helper of the justified dead, offering them wine to drink. Yet he was also seen to be a demon that would tear off the head of a wrongdoer, throwing the head into a wine press to squeeze out the blood as if it was juice.
The connection between wine and blood, and thus between helper god and punishing demon, came from the red wine that the Egyptians drank. It was this red wine - or blood - that Shesmu offers the pharaoh in the Pyramid Texts and the deceased in their travels through the underworld. He was also linked with the setting of the sun - because of its red color.
Shesmu also provided the sacred oils for the embalming process. It was believed that he prevented the putrefaction and decay of the flesh after death with his unguents and special oils. Rooms in his temples were used for the production and storage of oils and perfumes, presided over by Shesmu, “Master of the Perfumery.”
Throughout Egyptian history Shesmu was seen as a harsh executioner of the wicked and a great protector of the virtuous - it was said that "He casts wickedness on him that is wicked, and truth upon he who follows truth."
His mother was sometimes thought to be Sekhmet. Like most of her children, he was pictured as a lion.
Credits
❖ Story by Sekhmet with information from these sources
❖ Background photo from Hasmik Ghazaryan Olson
❖ Profile by Balloon
Pet Treasure
Lion Tooth
Goliath
Bloodred Velosotor Plushie
Red Wine
Sacred Jewel Perfume