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| “ | The Bishops... my family. Have they not suffered enough? Have I not suffered enough? We fought, pathetic vessel. We bled. We grieved. And yet the Red Crown wants more. No more. | „ |
| ~ Heket's first encounter with the Lamb if Leshy's still alive. |
| “ | Heket, please accept our sacrifice and bless us with fertile soils and bountiful harvest. Keep the famine at bay! | „ |
| ~ A follower of Heket as they prepare to sacrifice someone to her. |
| “ | Another Bishop struck down; Heket ruled for an aeon, afeard by none. Her dominion being of famine, her peons, now freed, are ravenous in their appetites. Tread warily, lest thou be predated upon. | „ |
| ~ Haro to the Lamb if they return to Anura after Heket has been killed. |
| “ | I am not inclined to emotion, the way your kind are. Though if I were, Heket would certainly inspire amusement. She was perhaps the most vicious of them. Wicked beast. | „ |
| ~ The Mystic Seller after the Lamb defeats Heket a second time. |
Heket is one of the main antagonists of the 2022 roguelike action-adventure game Cult of the Lamb. She's one of the Bishops of the Old Faith, the ruler of Anura and the Deity of Famine.
Personality[]
Heket comes off as the Bishop who is the most directly hostile towards the Lamb, continuously insulting them and being the first Bishop to directly act against their followers. The fact that people sacrificed to Heket also go through a fate worse than death (as in, fused with giant mushrooms, still alive) seems to imply that's she overall the most cruel of the Bishops.
Much like the other Bishops, she doesn't seem to care too much about her followers, being ready to have them sacrifice themselves for her and accidentally killing many others during her transformation. She does however care for her siblings, being furious when Leshy is killed and not wanting to bother Shamura too much due to their head injury.
She despises The One Who Waits for his treachery.
As a follower of the Lamb, Heket is barely able to speak at all, but she seems to have maintained at least some of her disliking for the Lamb.
Biography[]
Sometime in the past, Heket bargained with the Mystic Seller and became a goddess.
Alongside her siblings, Heket ruled over the Lands of the Old Faith as one of the last remaining gods. When her brother Narinder grew ambitious and power-hungry, she and the other Bishops sealed him away, which resulted in Heket's throat being slit.
When Narinder (now known as The One Who Waits) started sending vessels against them, Heket and the others killed them one by one (except for Ratau, who was unsuccessful in his task) and killed all the lambs in the Lands to prevent a prophecy foretelling The One Who Waits' return. However, killing the last lamb has them end up directly to The One Who Waits, who revives them and grants them incredible powers.
When the Lamb enters Darkwood, Heket and Kallamar are eventually warned of this by Leshy. Heket decides to not bother Shamura about this and orders Leshy to deal with the Lamb. Leshy however ends up being killed, much to Heket's anger, who casts famine upon the Lamb's followers before she and Kallamar ask advice to Shamura, who however isn't of much help due to their damaged brain.
After casting famine upon the Lamb's followers once more, Heket decides to fight the Lamb herself, but succumbs like her brother.
As revealed by the Mystic Seller, however, Heket and the other Bishops got stuck in a state where they have to relive their last moments of agony. As the Lamb ventures to allow all of them to pass on, Heket speaks to the Lamb through a statue of herself before sending minions against them and then attempts once more to kill them herself.
Defeated, Heket turns into a mortal and is converted to the Lamb's cult. At some point she will ask the Lamb to look for her throat in Anura, which will allow the player to use it as a relic for the rest of the game.
Quotes[]
| “ | Before us stands the last of its kind. All others we have hunted down and put to the blade. | „ |
| ~ Heket at the beginning of the game. |
| “ | Heket: So it is true. The Red Crown sits upon the brow of another. Kallamar: But how? We did everything we could to— Heket: It matters not. We need not bother Shamura with this. Deal with it, brother. Leshy: As you command, my sister. |
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| ~ Heket after Valefar has been defeated. |
| “ | Pathetic, snivelling, vile puppet to the Red Crown. You have felled the youngest of us. We are the Bishops of the Old Faith. We protect against heresies such as yours. We are the guardians of the true word, and we will not tolerate such blasphemy. Your sins are many, and for that your loyal Followers must SUFFER! They shall starve! | „ |
| ~ Heket's first encounter with the Lamb. |
| “ | Shamura: Five points to a pentagram, five portents of doom, five siblings stood abreast, five gods and one tomb... Heket: Shamura! We did not wish to bother you, but- Kallamar: Shamura, the Red Crown grows stronger by the day. Already it has succeeded where he has failed before. Leshy has been slain! Shamura: Five becomes four becomes three becomes two becomes one becomes nothing. Heket: ...Shamura, rest. We will deal with this. Won't we, Kallamar? Kallamar: Yes, sister! Of course, sister! Heket: You there, vessel of the Red Crown! Bow to me, or you will regret it! |
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| ~ Heket's second encounter with the Lamb. |
| “ | You will bow, or I will make you! | „ |
| ~ Heket if the Lamb refuses to bow to her. |
| “ | Ha! Cowardly vermin. You disgust me. | „ |
| ~ Heket if the Lamb bows to her. |
| “ | It was not so long ago that we cast out the Red Crown. A mere thousand or so years. The heresy it preached could not be tolerated. Such noxious ideals... it could not be allowed. For this most damning of sins, the retribution must be slow and painful. I cast a famine upon your Cult! And with greed and ambition unchecked, it drew Godly blood. | „ |
| ~ Heket's third encounter with the Lamb. |
| “ | The one you serve, that monster we have put in chains, will not be satisfied until you have killed all four of us. You may have killed my brother Leshy, but you will not kill me, and you will not get close to the other Bishops of the Old Faith. We are far older and more powerful than dear brother Leshy was. | „ |
| ~ Heket's third encounter with the Lamb. |
| “ | I will not suffer the same fate as Leshy... Find me in my temple. You will join your kin in slaughter! | „ |
| ~ Heket once the zone of her temple is reached. |
| “ | Finally. I have been looking forward to this. Make your peace, creature. You will not be leaving this temple. | „ |
| ~ Heket just before her boss battle. |
| “ | Foul beast! You dare trap thus? If you insist I suffer, so shall you. | „ |
| ~ Heket speaking through one of her statues in the post-game. |
| “ | Vile, sniveling puppet... I will destroy you again... and again... | „ |
| ~ Heket just before her boss battle in the post-game. |
| “ | .........feed me........ | „ |
| ~ Heket as she's recruited as a follower. |
| “ | .....Lamb....... Anura.....hides....what I......lost... yours.....for......now....... | „ |
| ~ Heket's relic quest. |
| “ | ... | „ |
| ~ Heket once her quest is completed. |
| “ | ........Lamb............... You dare.......... | „ |
| ~ Heket if she's given a mushroom. |
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Trivia[]
- Heket's slit throat represents the phrase "Speak No Evil".
- Heket represents the Horseman of Famine.
- Heket's name is a reference to the Egyptian goddess of the same name, who was also represented as a frog. Ironically though, said goddess represented fertility, while Heket represents famine.
- Heket is the only Bishop to be female.
- Heket and Midas are similar in that they both give people a fate worse than death, with Heket fusing them with giant mushrooms and Midas turning them into golden statues.
- Heket is the second youngest Bishop.[1]
External Links[]
- Heket on the Cult of the Lamb Wiki
References[]
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