Ra

Ra is a former king of the gods and the most powerful god in existence. He was forced into retirement by Isis and after taking precautions to stop Apophis, he became a senile old man, who wound up in the House of Rest in the Duat. But after being hosted by Zia, he returns to his former self as a powerful god. He has three aspects: Khepri as the morning god, Ra as the day god, Khnum as the evening god, and Atum as the afternoon god.

Background
At the beginning there was only the Sea of Chaos, then the first land, the first obelisk, the symbol of Ma'at, came from Chaos, creation from destruction, and from it, Ra rose. Ra was powerful and took many forms, but he was alone and chaos surrounded him, so he summoned the other gods, he summoned Shu, who willed the winds, and Tefnut, who caused the rains to fall. And then came Shu's children: Nut, the sky and Geb, the earth. Following the creation of the other gods. With his Sun Boat, Ra transversed on the heavens to upheld the the triumph of Ma'at over Isfet, or chaos.

But also, as Order took manifestion in the form of Ra, Chaos also manifested into a giant serpent called Apophis, the god of Chaos who hated all of creation. As Chaos tried to overthrow and disrupt the delicate balance between Chaos and Order, Apophis tried to swallow the sun god as the ancient prophecy stated, which if the Serpent would successful, the world would be destroyed and fall into Chaos. However the triumph of Chaos did not happen since the gods were there to protect Ra, the Lord of Order.

Then came the prophecy that a child of Nut and Geb would overthrew Ra as king. Paranoid, Ra became furious, ordering Nut to never give birth to any of her children on any day of the year. However, Ra was somehow defied and thwarted when Nut used moonlight that she won from the god Khonsu to create 5 days and added them to the end of the year, which was later called Demon Days. Thus the gods Osiris, Set, Isis, Nephthys and Horus the Elder were born. As punishment, Ra ordered the wind god Shu, father of both Nut and Geb, to keep the two separated.

Ra then grew old, and man no longer feared him or his laws. Angered by this, he summoned Sekhmet, his first Eye and the fiercest of all goddesses to destroy the wicked. But then, the lion goddess Sekhmet proved uncontrollable as she began to kill anyone, and no mortal or god was strong enough to stop her. Ra, remorseful for what happened, helped the magicians and mortals by creating a remedy that could bring Sekhmet down. He ordered those at Heliopolis to brew thousands of beer, mix them with crushed red ochre and pour it at a field. The huntress then stopped upon seeing the plain flooded and began drinking the brew, thinking it was her enemies' blood. Intoxicated, Ra then was able to change her name in Hathor, a gentle cow goddess. He then chose the cat goddess Bast to become the new Eye of Ra.

After sometime, Ra, who while ruling the gods and traveling in the sky with his Eye, Bast and his lieutenant, the chaotic deity Set, became forgetful and senile. Though the gods doubted Ra's capabilities to become their king, none were brave, or clever enough to take the position from him without falling into the influence of Chaos. Then came the goddess Isis, who, with her other sibling were reborn again, were now a couple. Isis, who was more clever than a million men and knew almost all secrets of the Earth, was impatient of Ra voluntarily retiring, formulated of a way to make her husband, Osiris become king. As Ra descended during the night, Isis slipped the snake into his resting place that she had created by mixing clay and the sun god's drool, which in turn bit Ra in the ankle.

Ra cried in pain and the other gods naturally rushed to his side. No one, not even Thoth, could cure the poison which was consuming his very being. Then the healer, Isis appeared and cried, saying that there is nothing she can do. Not unless Ra would tell her his secret name.

Ra, who was tired and weary of the poison, then told Isis his secret name which she used in her spell that successfully healed the sun god. Then Ra went into forced retirement as Isis demanded.

Ra then used the third part of his soul, the morning sun Khepri to bind the Eye of Ra, Bast and his enemy, the Chaos snake Apophis in eternal battle whilst in the abyss. After that he slept and slowly faded into lasting twilight.

Personality
Before Ra's dethronement, he was described him as a compassionate, just and wise leader. Also in his rule, Ra was very protective of his throne as seen when he tried to prevent Geb and Nut from having children. However, after eons of ageing like a mortal would Ra became senile with behavior close to that of an infant.

Powers and Abilities
Ra is the most powerful among all the other gods and is only surpassed by Apophis the Chaos Serpent in power and might. As the god of creation and renewal, he is able to replenish energy and give vitality by just his presence  . Ra can also sustain and shield people from the harmful effects of ChaosCarter, Zia and. Ra, as a god of sun and heat, has his image dance in hot vapor, causing his opponent to misjudge his location. Besides having other superior abilities and powers, Ra chooses to use fire magic. Ra can shoot enormous amounts of fire as he pleases, of which explodes when it hits its target. Ra is shown to be able to be reborn, but has to have all three aspects of himself in order to do so. When he sacrificed Khepri to bind Apophis, he also sacrificed his ability to be reborn and became senile and comatose before being woken up. Even after getting the last of Khepri back in the form of the last beetle that made up his form, he wasn't reborn until he merged with Zia who had been given the beetle earlier. He did this by disintergrating and then being born anew in the form of Zia. According to Bes, this used to happen a lot and all of the gods have seen him do it, but it usually takes a lot longer than his rebirth with Zia. As Khnum he has immense strength like Sobek. Because he is lord of Ma'at, (creation), like Ptah he can create things merely by naming them.

Relationships
Bast: As his loyal cat and servant, Ra has full of trust of Bast and even shows to her his affections as a good master. During the final battle with Apophis, Ra is pleased to see her and asks her to fight alongside him again which she happily does.

Apophis: Ra and his archenemy would try to kill each other since Apophis would want to devour Ra. Apophis did succeed in devouring Ra, but is destroyed by Sadie and Carter Kane, saving Ra who escapes in the middle of Apophis' threats to take Ra with him.

Set: Even if Set was a god of Chaos, Ra chose him to be his lieutenant. This is may be because Ra can see loyalty in Set and his strength. In return, Set shows unwavering loyalty to Ra, saying that despite being a god of Chaos and Evil himself, he'd choose Ra over Apophis any day.

Isis: Isis and Ra have a very complicated relationship. This due to the fact that it was Isis who forced Ra into retirement and which made him lose the will to live.

Horus: Horus, with the help of his mother, usurped Ra's throne for thousands of years. When Ra finally returned, Horus publicly supported him and protected him on his nightly journey, but was secretly very angry and humiliated by Ra's return as a senile old man to retake the throne to the degree that he threatened his former host Carter Kane. During the final battle against Apophis, Horus, merged with his host Carter, helped the reborn Ra battle Apophis and was instrumental to the Chaos Serpent's ultimate destruction by lending Carter his power. Afterwards, Ra abdicated his throne once more, and allowed Horus to become the leader of the gods again.

In Mythology
The chief cult center of Ra was Heliopolis (called Iun or "Pillar", in Egyptian)[1], where he was identified with the local sun-god Atum. In mythology, Ra is the king of the gods and god of the sky. To the ancient Egyptians, he represented light, warmth, and growth making him an important god and ruling over all the other gods, humans, ect. Ra was thought to travel on two solar boats called the Mandjet (the Boat of a Million of Years), or morning boat and the Mesektet, or evening boat. These boats took him on his journey through the sky and the underworld. When Ra traveled in his sun boat he was accompanied by various other deities including Sia (perception) and Hu (command) as well as Heka (magic power). Sometimes members of the Ennead helped him on his journey, including Set who overcame the serpent Apophis and Mehen who defended against the monsters of the underworld. Apophis, an enormous serpent Heka (magic spells) to stop the sun boat's journey every night by consuming it or by stopping it in its tracks with a hypnotic stare. In the evening the Egyptians believed that Ra set as Atum or in the form of a ram. The Mesektet or Night boat would carry Ra through the underworld back towards the east in preparation for his rebirth at sunrise. These myths of Ra represent the sunrise as the rebirth of the sun by the sky goddess Nut, thus attributing the concept of rebirth and renewal to Ra and strengthening his role as a creator god.

Trivia

 * Ra is far more important and irreplacable than any other god or king. As the first god aside from being more powerful than others he is the Lord of Ma'at and essential to the survival of the universe. A kin, to how a plant needs sunlight to live, with Ra as the Sun which feeds the plant, while Apophis is the deadly Darkness if Ra was to die then The Universe like a sunless plant will slowly wither and die.
 * Ra is stated to be the "heart" of the Egyptian gods and, by extension, the entire universe. Even if the others do not acknowledge it or possibly dont even know it as Isis presumely didnt know the consequences, without Ra, the rest of the gods would eventually fade into nothingness.
 * Ra is a Protogenoi (god that emerged directly from chaos).
 * Ra's Greek equivalent is Apollo (though it was initially Helios).
 * Ra's Roman equivalent is Apollo (though it was initially Sol).
 * In mythology Ra started his boat journey after Isis posioned him but in the books it is the other way around