Harmonthis

Harmonthis, also known as the Lock of Ombos, is the most powerful and sacred sword made from a perfect union between Nubian Gold and Istetian Steel, extremely lethal to all beings alike, allegedly crafted by the god Ptah. It was given by Montu to Sethy, the first Smai. Since then, it has remained with the Smaiu for its ability to host demons from Ombos.

Nathan Zamonth is its current wielder.

Creation
The legend says that Sethy, Tutankhamun's youngest son and who would become the first Follower of Set, prayed to Montu, as a god of war and battle strategy, to aid him in battle and help the other Smaiu against his brother's forces, the Pharaoh Ihy I, who prohibited worshiping Chaos. Montu took pity on him and, understanding Sethy was acting on Atum's decrees, gifted to him the most sacred and powerful blade that could be, made in the caverns of the city of Armant, Waset, by Ptah himself, god of craftmanship, so that the Smaiu could persist.

After Sethy was executed, the remaining Smaiu hid the sword and centuries later it was inherited by the House Zamonth as an heirloom and sacred object of the Smaiu.

At an unknown point in the 3700's and for an unknown reason, Harmonthis was in the hands of House Ankhaf. It was returned in 3913 by Neb Ibisen Ankhaf as an act of reconciliation between the Ankhafs and the Zamonths.

Vision
In the year 3915, Mirage Zamonth founded the new Smaiu order and, through a vision, was told that Harmonthis is the key in providing Apophis with its Arising, but that it could only be used when the Second Phase of the Age of the Chosen Ones commenced, namely after the second decade of the 41th century.

Ritual of Awakening
In 4020, the approximate date Mirage had foretold as the beginning of the Second Phase, the Khalemian Smaiu met for the first Ritual of Awakening, with Nathan Zamonth, Setepenmontu, as Harmonthis' wielder. The ritual consisted in stabbing the blade into the Ombosian False Door in order for it to host the energy of a demon. The demon was then transported to a human body, a Host, by stabbing them after. The first try was unsuccessful, as no demon from Ombos answered the wielder's call. The Smaiu resorted to try again each four months, first with animal Hosts and then with humans.

The fifth attempt, in the first week of 4021, proved successful, beginning the Second Phase by bringing a demon into the Land of the Living.

Trivia

 * Even though Harmonthis, Montu's sacred sword, is an emblem of the Smaiu, the worshippers of Chaos, Montu is not a chaotic entity, but one that serves Ma'at. By giving it away and supporting Sethy, Montu shows that he understands that the Arising would come again as the end of times, as Atum the Creator ordained. Plus, Ma'at is regarded as an union of the good and the bad, and the Smaiu represented that needed bad to balance the good, just as Set himself was necessary.