Imhoser

Imhoser is the slash ship between Imohotep and Djoser from the Im: Great Priest Imhotep fandom.

Canon
When Imhotep and Djoser were young children, Djoser snuck outside, as he no longer wanted to be prince due to the way he was treated. While outside, he ran into Imhotep, who gave him a piggyback ride around the palace. This was the first time Djoser had gone outside, and caused him to want to become friends with Imhotep.

The kingdom's power was spilt between the royal family and the priests, causing a feud between the two groups. This causes Djoser to mistakenly believe that the feud is why Imhotep is not interested in befriending him, while the actual reason is that his mission was to kill Djoser, as he had the soul of the sun and had to be sacrificed in order to save the world from the Miasma within Hell. Imhotep becomes desperate to save Djoser from being sacrificed, causing him to try use a forbidden incantation. He is caught and expelled from his position as high priest, and is jailed. Imhotep escapes from his cell and uses the forbidden incantation in an attempt to stop the Miasma about to escape from Hell's Gate, but accidently removes Hell's Gate from existence. He arrives at the location of the sacrifice too late, and finds Djoser bleeding with his heart torn out of his body. Djoser feels betrayed by Imhotep and tells him that he is just like everyone else, and despite being aware of his destiny as a sacrifice, he embraced his hopes and dreams and swore they would be best friends, unaware that Imhotep was trying to save him. Apophis takes over Djoser’s body, and brings forth the Magai. Imhotep declares that they are friends forever and swears he will save him from the evil.

It is later revealed that Djoser had forgiven Imhotep and wanted to continue being friends with him, but is under the complete control of Apophis. However, Imhotep is unaware of this and sees Djoser as an evil that must be erased, though upon realizing that his body is being possessed he promises to free Djoser, causing Apophis to be disgusted at their friendship and the joy Djoser felt over hearing this statement. Imhotep learns that he is the moon god, Thoth, and was constantly being reincarnated to serve as a priest. Imhotep was a fake personality, but upon meeting and befriending Djoser the loneliness in his soul was filled, causing Imhotep to develop a strong sense of “self”. He and Thoth work to fight Apophis to expel him from Djoser’s body.

After Apophis is defeated, Imhotep holds Djoser, and he starts to die due to his lack of ka. He meets Hinomi, who forcefully transfers Sekhmet to him so he is able to talk to Imhotep. He tells him that his is glad they got to be best buds, causing Imhotep to tear up, and apologize for not being able to save him previously. Djoser thanks Imhotep for trying to save him, and they bump their fists together. Sekhmet is then transferred back to Hinomi, and Djoser passes away.

Fanon
The fandom for this manga is extremely small, so there is not a lot of content for this ship. Despite that, this ship is the most popular in the fandom, even more so than it’s rival ship, ImhoNome, which is mostly seen as platonic, mostly due to Hinomi saying he is like family to her, though she does exhibit signs of having a crush on him.

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Trivia

 * Imhotep and Djoser were both based off of actual people, Djoser was an Egyptian pharaoh, while Imhotep served as a Chancellor to him, as well as a high priest and possible architect of Djoser's step pyramid.