Editing Priest Akhenaden (section)

== Biography ==

=== Background ===
Akhenaden served as the adviser and brother to Pharaoh Akhenamkhanen. When Egypt faced an invasion that threatened the palace, Akhenaden proposed using a spell from the Millennium Tome to create the Millennium Items. Recognizing the dire threat to his kingdom, Akhenamkhanen reluctantly agreed.

To protect his family from retribution for his actions, Akhenaden abandoned his wife and son, Seto. He led soldiers to the village of Kul Elna, where he ordered the massacre of its inhabitants and collected their blood for the ritual to forge the Millennium Items. This horrific event left only two survivors: the future Tragoedia and Bakura. Akhenaden kept the atrocities a secret from his brother.

The ritual succeeded, and Akhenaden became the bearer of the Millennium Eye. Legend claimed the Eye could grant one wish, and although Akhenaden doubted this, he wished for his son to ascend to kingship. With the Millennium Items, Akhenaden, Akhenamkhanen, and five other priests repelled the invading army.

After Akhenamkhanen's death, Akhenaden served under his nephew, [[Yami Yugi|Pharaoh Atem]]. He also trained his son, Seto, who had risen to power as a High Priest and the holder of the Millennium Rod. Unbeknownst to Seto and Atem, they were cousins, as Akhenaden never revealed his relation to Seto.

=== Millennium World ===
Akhenaden participated in the exorcism of the Dark Spirit of Chaos, using the Millennium Eye to reveal its true form. While Seto advocated executing the criminal hosting the spirit, Akhenaden argued for mercy and sentenced the man to seven years of hard labor instead.

When Bakura, now King of Thieves, attacked the royal palace, he accused Atem's father of slaughtering his village. The High Priests denied the claims, but Akhenaden was shaken, realizing Bakura had survived Kul Elna’s destruction. Fearing the immense power of Bakura’s ka, [[Diabound]], Akhenaden anticipated the danger. Bakura later infiltrated the palace, attacked Akhenaden, and hinted at awakening his dark side. It is implied that Bakura infused part of Zorc’s essence into Akhenaden’s Millennium Eye.

Zorc later appeared to Akhenaden, exploiting his jealousy of Akhenamkhanen and convincing him that Seto deserved the throne. Akhenaden began to conspire against Atem.

During a gruesome underground tournament where prisoners were forced to battle using their ka, Akhenaden insisted Kisara participate. Seto intervened to protect her, risking his life.

Akhenaden accompanied the assault on Kul Elna, during which Bakura used time manipulation to immobilize the priests. Seizing the opportunity, Akhenaden gathered the Millennium Items and placed them in the Tablet of the Pharaoh's Memories to summon Zorc.

=== Transformation into the High Priest of Darkness ===
Infused with Zorc’s power, Akhenaden transformed into the High Priest of Darkness. He summoned an army of the undead and teleported Seto to the palace, revealing their familial bond and urging him to join forces with Zorc to rule the world.

In a climactic moment, Akhenaden sealed [[Kisara (Yu-Gi-Oh)|Kisara’s]] ka, The White Dragon, in stone before killing her. However, after Zorc's defeat, Akhenaden turned his spirit into Seto, compelling him to attack Atem. Seto overwhelmed Atem, but the spirit of Kisara, in the form of The [[Blue Eyes White Dragon|White Dragon]], entered Seto's mind and destroyed Akhenaden for good.

In the afterlife, Akhenaden’s soul awaited Atem in the underworld, marking the end of his dark journey.

=== Yu-Gi-Oh! GX ===
Akhenadin appears as one of three High Priests, who seal Tragoedia after judging him.