| “ | Setna is already a quest of ours… and now you are too. Take them to the prison! | „ |
| ~ Kemsyt ambushing and imprisoning the heroes except for Amanra in Abydos. |
Kemsyt is a major antagonist in the Fall of the Trident campaign of the video game Age of Mythology and its remaster, Age of Mythology: Retold. He is an Egyptian bandit leader and the main henchman of Gargarensis. He is also the archenemy of Amanra, one of the main heroes.
He was voiced by Danny Mann in the game's original version. Both he and Gargarensis are voiced by Omri Rose in the Retold version.
Biography[]
Background[]
Kemsyt was born in Karnak 32 years before the events of Fall of the Trident. He is a worshipper of the Egyptian god Set as well as a poisoner and assassin. While power-hungry, he is too cowardly to be an inspiring leader. However, he has built a vast network of information and resources that makes him a deadly enemy and useful ally. He is an old enemy of Amanra, a mercenary servant of Isis and Osiris. They have fought many times in the past, but Kemsyt has always managed to escape. By the time of the campaign, he has become one of the two main henchmen of the cyclops warlord Gargarensis, with the other being the pirate minotaur Kamos. They work together to release the Titan Kronos from Tartarus.
Assisting Gargarensis in Greece and Egypt[]
Kemsyt first appears alongside Gargarensis when he informs the latter that Kamos has returned without the trident he was supposed to steal from one of Atlantis' statues that depict Poseidon. The Atlantean admiral Arkantos has recovered it on his way to help end the Trojan War. When Kemsyt suggests that Zeus could interfere with their plans even if the Trojan War is over, Gargarensis quickly intimidates him into submission. He is then sent to fetch Kamos to speak with the cyclops.
It is revealed that after the army of Ioklos left to join the Trojan War, Kemsyt attacked the port city with his bandits. He had many of the citizens - including the centaur hero Chiron - imprisoned, while he marched the rest to a northern countryside to dig open the passage to Erebus, the Greek section of the Underworld. After Arkantos and the Greek prince Ajax free Chiron, they follow Kemsyt's trail into their first confrontation with Gargarensis.
After Gargarensis' effort to release Kronos through Erebus is foiled by Arkantos, the cyclops sets sail to Egypt where Kemsyt is already waiting. Osiris, the only Egyptian god who would oppose the villains' attempt to reach the Egyptian Underworld, has been killed and cut into four pieces by Set. Kemsyt seeks to destroy at least one of the pieces because Osiris cannot come back to life without all of his pieces.
Before Gargarensis can reach Egypt, Arkantos and his friends manage to escape from Erebus into Egypt where they quickly ally with Amanra against Kemsyt. They help her recover the sword of the currently inactive minor deity known as the Guardian. As a large army of Kemsyt threatens to rampage through innocent villagers, the heroes return the Guardian its sword, after which it awakens and destroys the army. Afterwards the heroes have to fight with Kemsyt over the first piece of Osiris.
When the heroes reach Abydos, Amanra leaves to meet the high priest Setna, and Kemsyt ambushes the rest of the heroes with his men. He then takes back the piece of Osiris and imprisons the heroes on a prison island where Setna is also being kept. Gargarensis interrogates Arkantos through bars while Kemsyt silently stands by his side. When the other heroes, freed by Amanra, break into Arkantos' cell, the two villains go to Osiris' pyramid. As the heroes flee the prison, Kemsyt works with Kamos to stop the escaped heroes from taking back the Osiris piece, but they are unable to prevent them from escaping the city with the piece.
After the heroes split up across Egypt to recover the rest of the three pieces of Osiris, Amanra tracks Kemsyt down. Finding Kemsyt in a heavily guarded stronghold with the second Osiris piece, Amanra invades the stronghold with the help of some local farmers of the Nile whom Kemsyt has been pillaging. She confronts Kemsyt who says he cannot waste time with her, even though he would love to kill her. He is then carried away by a Roc bird as he assures Amanra that her time will come soon.
After the heroes have recovered all the pieces of Osiris and Kamos is killed by Arkantos, Kemsyt returns to Abydos to inform Gargarensis of these setbacks. Meeting the cyclops in front of Osiris' pyramid where the passage to the Underworld is about to be opened, Kemsyt is angrily demanded the army he promised to provide. After he informs that the army is already traveling along the coast, Gargarensis rides out to make the army move faster. Kemsyt is assigned to keep the workers digging and told to hope he can hold off whatever comes out if the passage is opened before Gargarensis returns.
Kemsyt attempts to prevent the heroes from reuniting the four pieces of Osiris. After that fails and four priests begin the reviving ritual of Osiris in front of the pyramid, Kemsyt stands quietly by Gargarensis' side as the cyclops brings in Kemsyt's army. After Osiris is revived and starts destroying the army, Kemsyt flees with Gargarensis, boards one of Kamos' ships, and sets sail towards north for the next Tartarus gate.
Scheming in the Norselands and Death[]
Kemsyt oversees some giants destroying a village in Midgard when Gargarensis arrives after diverting Arkantos from their trail. Kemsyt informs that their ally, the Norse trickster god Loki, has destroyed Thor's hammer and rendered the god powerless to oppose them. Pleased with this knowledge, Gargarensis comments that he may not kill Kemsyt after all.
Kemsyt stands besides Gargarensis as the cyclops weakens the Tartarus gate of Niflheim, the Norse Underworld, enough for Kronos to open it. However, when the newly assembled hammer of Thor closes the gate, Kemsyt flees with Gargarensis as the resulting explosion sends everyone out of Niflheim and onto Midgard.
Kemsyt and Gargarensis meet up with the old man Skult who is actually Loki in disguise. Kemsyt reprimands Gargarensis for not killing Arkantos when there was a chance. The other two villains tell him that all is not lost because they have a plan in which Kemsyt has an important role to play. Gargarensis secretly sets sail to Atlantis where the last Tartarus gate is located. Skult in turn magically disguises Kemsyt as Gargarensis. They then lead a large army against the heroes, with Kemsyt letting Skult do the talking. After the large army of Odysseus arrives, Kemsyt is cornered and captured.
Still in the disguise of Gargarensis, Kemsyt gets his head cut off by Ajax as compensation for the life of Chiron who sacrificed himself in Niflheim. His head is then taken by Arkantos as well as Ajax and Amanra as they sail back to Atlantis. When they are close to Atlantis, Arkantos orders the head of "Gargarensis" to be lashed to the ship's bow. The container where the head is stored suddenly opens with a flash as ravens burst out it and Loki's laugh rings out. Kemsyt's head is revealed in its true form, and the real Gargarensis is revealed to have already attacked Atlantis.
Powers and Abilities[]
Kemsyt is a cunning and seasoned bandit, assassin and poisoner. He has vast resources and a network of information that more than makes up for his cowardice. He fights with a scimitar-like sword, but he is a relative weak hero unit with no special attacks. However, unlike most hero units, he benefits from infantry upgrades as well as hero upgrades, and is therefore counted as an infantry unit and a hero.
Quotes[]
| “ | Kemsyt: Kamos has returned, sir. He lost the trident. He says the Atlantean was headed for Troy. The battle there will not last much longer once he joins the Greeks. Gargarensis: The siege at Troy is already over. Kemsyt: Zeus could still interfere. (*Gargarensis points his trident at Kemsyt*) Gargarensis: Do you question me, Kemsyt? Kemsyt: N-no! Everything is exactly as you said it would be; the fortress, the tunnel, Troy. |
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| ~ Kemsyt speaking with Gargarensis in their first appearance. |
| “ | Amanra: I have something I've been meaning to give you since you first ran from me at the temple, Kemsyt. Kemsyt: I'd like nothing better than to drain your blood into the sand, Amanra. But I cannot waste time with you now. (*Kemsyt is carried away by a Roc bird*) Amanra: Coward! Kemsyt: Your time will come, Amanra. Soon. |
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| ~ Kemsyt escaping from Amanra once again. |
| “ | Kemsyt: I told you! We should have killed Arkantos when we had the chance! Gargarensis: Calm yourself, worm. All is not lost. Kemsyt: What! How can all not be lost? All of the gates have been closed! Skult: We have a plan, my friend. Gargarensis: Yes… Yes! And you get to play an important part in it. (*Gargarensis and Skult both take a step towards Kemsyt*) Kemsyt: What? What plan? |
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| ~ Kemsyt speaking onscreen for the last time. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the original game, Kemsyt appears only in the campaign's cut scenes, with the exception being the 29th scenario "Unlikely Heroes". He personally appears in-game as part of the enemy forces, but to locate him, the player has to fight their way towards the Giant Gate Ram where he is covered by the Fog of War. In the Retold version of the scenario, he is standing in plain sight next to Gargarensis.
- In the original version of the 16th scenario "Good Advice", Arkantos dreams of attacking an enemy empire on the side of Gargarensis. While Gargarensis, Kamos and several of the latter's pirate ships are playable in this scenario, Kemsyt is not among them. This is rectified in the Retold version which includes him as a playable hero in this scenario.
- Kemsyt's age (32 years) is the same as that of his enemy Amanra.
External Links[]
- Kemsyt on the Age of Empires Wiki
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