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'''Akhenaden''' (アクナディン ''Akunadin'') is a character in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga]]. This is the original depiction of Akhenaden, known as [[Aknadin]] in the English anime.
Akhenaden was the brother of [[Akhenamkhanen (manga)|Akhenamkhanen]], uncle of [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Atem]] and father of [[Seto (manga)|Seto]], all three of whom ruled as pharaoh in succession. He served as a [[Sacred Guardians|high priest]] to Akhenamkhanen and was responsible for the [[Kul Elna massacre]] and creation of the [[Millennium Items (manga)|Millennium Items]] to protect the kingdom from a foreign invasion. He also served as high priest to Atem, but wished for his son Seto to become pharaoh. Ultimately, he betrayed Atem, by using the Millennium Items to summon [[Zorc Necrophades (manga)|Zorc Necrophades]], whom he fought alongside as the High Priest of Darkness. Atem defeated the High Priest of Darkness, by sealing both of their souls in the Millennium Puzzle. 3000 years later, the memories of their souls inside the puzzle were used to create the [[World of Memories]], which was used as the setting for the [[Shadow RPG]].
He played a major role in the [[Shadow RPG]]. He was the last antagonist to be defeated in the manga series.
Akhenaden was the brother of Pharaoh [[Akhenamkhanen (manga)|Akhenamkhanen]]. Since the day Akhenamkhanen took the throne, Akhenaden felt as though he was fated to walk in his brother's shadow.<ref name="cp 308">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|308|ref}}</ref>
Akhenaden served as an adviser to Akhenamkhanen and worked on the translation of the [[Millennium Spellbook|Millennium Tome]], a feat which had been worked on by multiple generations for hundreds of years. Akhenaden and his aids succeeded in completing the translation and learned of its shadow alchemy, capable of turning ordinary objects into precious metals. Specifically it told how to make the seven [[Millennium Items (manga)|Millennium Items]], which grant mysterious powers. With Egypt under threat of foreign invaders, Akhenaden assembled a team of magicians and made preparations to perform the alchemy.<ref name="cp 308" />
Secretly [[Zorc Necrophades (manga)|Zorc Necrophades]] had manipulated Akhenaden towards creating the Millennium Items. Zorc knew the people possessing the items would one day fight among themselves and one of them would be ambitious enough to use their powers to perform the Dark Contract to release him.<ref name="cp 321">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|321|ref}}</ref>
Akhenaden left [[Seto's mother (manga)|his wife]] and their son, [[Seto (manga)|Seto]], for their own safety.<ref name="cp 308" /> Seto grew up believing himself to be an orphan whose father died on the battlefield.<ref name="cp 312">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|312|ref}}</ref>
[[File:Millennium Items creation.png|thumb|right|300px|Akhenaden creates the [[Millennium Items (manga)|Millennium Items]].]]
The soldiers proceeded to [[Kul Elna massacre|kill the villagers]], rationalizing it as punishment for the villagers grave-robbing crimes. The bodies of the deceased were placed in a boiling substance, which through the shadow alchemy, was used to forge the Millennium Items. Unbeknownst to Akhenaden and his co-conspirators, a survivor, [[Bakura, King of Thieves (manga)|Bakura]], bore witness to the slaughter and ritual.<ref name="cp 308" />
Akhenaden and his co-conspirators returned to the palace with the seven Millennium Items. The [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle]] was given to the pharaoh. The other six were given to priests, including Akhenaden, who received the [[Millennium Eye (manga)|Millennium Eye]], which was painfully placed in his left eye socket. It had been written in the tome, that the Millennium Eye would grant a wish to its wearer. Akhenaden was skeptical, but saw no harm in making the wish regardless, so wished for his son, Seto, to become pharaoh.<ref name="cp 308" />
Upon the invading army's attack, Akhenaden and the other Millennium Item holders stood outside of the palace and using the items' powers summoned ''[[ka]]'', which easily destroyed the invaders' army.<ref name="cp 308" />
===Atem's reign===
====Continued priesthood====
Akhenaden remained a member of the high priests after his brother died and his son, [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Atem]], took the throne. He held the role of guardian of the [[Shrine of Wedju (location)|Shrine of Wedju]].<ref name="cp 290">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|290|ref}}</ref> Akhenaden was known to always show mercy, even to the worst of sinners. He witnessed his son Seto's rise to power as a high priest, the holder of the [[Millennium Rod (manga)|Millennium Rod]], and taught him morality, philosophy, order and the law of [[Ma'at (character)|Ma'at]].<ref name="cp 312" /> Akhnaden was amazed his son had made his way from peasant to priest despite him abandoning him. Although, he did not tell him they were related. Both Seto and Atem were unaware that they were cousins.
====Palace ''Diaha''====
[[File:Millennium Eye exposing ka.png|thumb|left|300px|Akhenaden, using the [[Millennium Eye (manga)|Millennium Eye]] to expose [[Dark Spirit of Chaos' host (manga)|a criminal]]'s ''[[ka]]'']]Akhenaden took part of the exorcism of [[Dark Spirit of Chaos (manga)|Dark Spirit of Chaos]], from [[Dark Spirit of Chaos' host (manga)|a criminal]]. He used the [[Millennium Eye (manga)|Millennium Eye]] to expose Dark Spirit of Chaos' true form.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|283|ref}}</ref> When the exorcism was complete, Seto suggested that they flaw the criminal's body, break his bones and execute him for the amusement of the pharaoh and to set a warning for future thieves. However Akhenaden argued that it was unnecessary, as the evil ''ka'' had been removed and that it was the duty of a priest to show mercy. He then sentenced the criminal to seven years hard labor.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|284|ref}}</ref>
[[Bakura, King of Thieves (manga)|Bakura, King of Thieves]] arrived at the pharaoh's palace, having plundered Akhenamkhanen's tomb, and stated his intentions to take the priests' Millennium Items. Akhenaden claimed that the Millennium Items are used to maintain law and order and tried to warn Bakura that the ones capable of holding the items are priests who have trained their souls and the divine pharaoh who rules the land. He said that should a person with a heart of evil, such as Bakura, touch a Millennium Item their soul would burn away and the gods would punish them with death. But Bakura said that excited him and he wanted them even more now. Akhenaden used the Millennium Eye to gaze into his soul and was surprised to see a bottomless pit of shadow with a powerful hatred hidden inside. He was also shocked by the size of Bakura's ''ka'', [[Diabound (manga)|Diabound]], asking how such a demon could dwell within a mere thief's soul. However Bakura claimed Diabound was not a demon, but a god.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|285|ref}}</ref>
Seto became enraged by Bakura's disrespect and prepared to engage in battle. Akhenaden tried warning him that the enemy is powerful and that they ought to join forces to battle, but Seto insisted he was strong enough to do it alone.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|286|ref}}</ref> After defeating Seto's monster, [[Galestgoras (manga)|Galestgoras]], Bakura directly challenged the Atem, enraging Akhenaden, who said there would be no mercy for him. Bakura also showed he had brought the corpse of Akhenamkhanen with him and blamed him for the creation of the Millennium Items. Akhenaden argued that Akhenamkhanen had brought peace in his reign and created the items to fulfill his wish for a millennium of peach peace to be brought to the warn-torn country. Bakura challenged the perspective of the usage of the word "peace" and claimed the items were forbidden artifacts of black magic, possessing an evil power. The other priests were unconvinced by his claims, but when he mentioned [[Kul Elna]], Akhenaden worried that he knew the truth.<ref name="cp 287">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|287|ref}}</ref>
[[File:Priests battling Bakura.png|thumb|right|300px|Akhenaden and the priests, battling [[Bakura, King of Thieves (manga)|Bakura]]]]
====''Ka'' hunt====
[[File:Akhenaden worries about Seto.png|thumb|left|300px|Akhenaden worries [[Seto (manga)|Seto]] is about to commit the same sin that he once did]]
Upon learning of [[Mahado (manga)|Mahado]]'s death in [[Mahado and Bakura's Diaha (manga)|a ''Diaha'']] with Bakura, Akhenaden worried that the [[Millennium Ring (manga)|Millennium Ring]] might have fallen into Bakura's hands. Seto requested permission to send his troops to the city to search for Bakura, which worried Akhenaden as he knew of Seto's plans to conduct the [[Ka hunt|''ka'' hunt]].<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|295|ref}}</ref>
At the Shirne of Wedju, Seto reported to Akhenaden that the ''ka'' hunt had went better than expected. They had taken about twenty people harboring ''ka'' captive. Akhenaden feared they were going down a dark path and urged Seto to let the prisoners go. However Seto did not relent and told him of [[Kisara (manga)|Kisara]], a woman he had found with a ''ka'' to rival the gods. He explained that her ''ka''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s strength was still in its infancy and he planned on torturing the other prisoners to find the best way to draw the greatest power from her ''ka''. Once Seto departed Akhenaden fell to his knees and worried that Seto was about to commit the same sin that he once did.<ref name="cp 298">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|298|ref}}</ref>
====Shrine of Wedju ''Diaha''====
[[File:Akhenaden - bloodied eye socket.png|thumb|right|300px|Akhenaden, after Bakura tampered with the Millennium Eye]]
Bakura snuck past the guards and confronted Akhenaden at the [[Shrine of Wedju (location)|Shrine of Wedju]]. Akhenaden realized that Bakura now had the [[Millennium Ring (manga)|Millennium Ring]] and refused to allow him to take the [[Millennium Eye (manga)|Millennium Eye]]. He attempted to summon a ''ka'' from a [[stone slab]], but Diabound destroyed the tablet before the ''ka'' could materialize. Bakura then used the power of the ring to fling Akhenaden against a slab.<ref name="cp 298" /> He noted that it would be easy to kill Akhenaden and take the Millennium Eye, but instead opted to make him work for him as his pawn. Akhenaden claimed that he could not be controlled and attempted to summon another ''ka'' from a slab, but Diabound immediately destroyed it.<ref name="cp 299">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|299|ref}}</ref>
Musing on the though of tearing Akhenaden limb for limb, Bakura thought it would not make up for the [[Kul Elna massacre]]. He asked if Akhenaden could still hear the screams of the villagers and identified himself as the sole survivor of the incident. He proclaimed that the city would soon also drown in blood, which would be spilled by Akhenaden as he becomes the ruler of shadows.<ref name="cp 299" />
As the High Priest of Darkness, Akhenaden gained the skills of a black magician and was considerably more powerful.<ref name="cp 321" />
The High Priest of Darkness conquered the palace, gathered an army of monsters from stone slabs and together with the souls of the dead from Kul Elna waged war against Pharaoh Atem. At the end of the battle, the pharaoh gave his life to seal his soul in the [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle]], taking the High Priest of Darkness with him and breaking the puzzle into pieces.<ref name="cp 305" />
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At some point, Akhenaden's mummy was brought to [[Domino City Museum]].<ref name="cp 320" />
When [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]] played the [[Shadow RPG]] against [[Dark Bakura (manga)|Dark Bakura]] in the twentieth century, he replayed his life as Pharaoh Atem.<ref name="cp 320" /> The game was played in a world inside the [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle]], built from the memories of the souls of Atem and the High Priest of Darkness, which had been sealed in the puzzle.<ref name="cp 305" />
[[File:Dark Bakura's Shadow RPG cards.png|thumb|left|300px|Dark Bakura, represented by the cards for Akhenaden and [[Bakura, King of Thieves (manga)|Bakura, King of Thieves]]]]
====Dark Contract====
Following the defeat of Thief Bakura at Kul Elna, the High Priest of Darkness turned Thief Bakura into sand, saying he had served his purpose, in gathering the seven Millennium Items before the [[Millennium Stone|Tablet of the Pharaoh's Memories]].<ref name="cp 319" /> Dark Bakura then used his second hourglass RPG item to freeze time,<ref name="cp 321" /> allowing Akhenaden's past self to collect the remaining [[Millennium Items (manga)|Millennium Items]] from the incapacitated high priests<ref name="cp 319" /> and place them together with the items Thief Bakura had already put in the stone tablet.<ref name="cp 320" /> allowing him to call Zorc.<ref name="cp 321" />
Zorc Necrophades asked who had called him and if they wished to receive part of his shadow power. Akhenaden knelt before him and said that it was him. Zorc admitted to knowing Akhenaden, the creator of the Millennium Items, would one day perform the Dark Contract to summon him. Akhenaden affirmed that it was all done in accordance to Zorc's will. Zorc then granted him power, making him the High Priest of Darkness and a slave to his soul.<ref name="cp 321" />