Akhenaten

Known as the heretic pharaoh, Akhenaten is the father of Pharaoh Tutankhamun and his predecessor. The series opens with Akhenaten has just been poisoned by his butler Paraneffer, most likely due to Akhenaten's controversial beliefs regarding Aten. Pharaoh was dying anyway and so decreed the death of the conspirator and his family and tries to kill the murderer's son by using Tutankhamun, then still a child. The hesitation of the future pharaoh angers Akhenaten. He dies a little later, disappointed in his son.