Chons, better known as Khonshu, was said to be the son of
Atum (known to the Egyptian gods as Ammon Ra) and of
Amaunet, air goddess of the
Ogdoad pantheon. Another account stated that Khonshu was the adopted son of Amon Ra. He was the brother of
Montu, and possibly
Bes and
Ptah, and was brother or half-brother to
Bast and
Sekhmet. Around the year 1,000,000 BC, Khonshu was offended by not having been offered membership of the Stone Age
Avengers and chose a mortal avatar – the first known Moon Knight – to enforce his will on Earth and antagonize the Avengers on his behalf, eventually leading to the establishment of the Cult of Khonshu and a succession of Moon Knights. Khonshu and Ra have been warring against each other for millennia, having been reborn again and again through earthly avatars, with Khonshu beating Ra in every instance. It was later revealed that Khonshu is the god of time as well as vengeance. In
Ancient Egypt, Khonshu posed as a human pharaoh at the Egyptian city of
Thebes, the seat of worship of Ammon Ra, at the same time Osiris posed as a mortal ruler in the Egyptian city of
Heliopolis. When Spector and Marlene travelled to Egypt, she was kidnapped by Jellim Yussaf, who hoped to find the treasure hidden in the Tomb of
Seti II. Moon Knight tracked them down and during the fight he found the lost chamber, falling into the arms of a statue of Khonshu. The deity sent a gust of wind, allowing Moon Knight to glide down to knock out Yussaf. Spector decided to retire as a vigilante and sold his statue of Khonshu which was bought by Anubis, a former enemy of Khonshu. Khonshu visited Spector in his dreams, hoping to bring him back as his champion on Earth. Spector gave in and travelled to Egypt. There he met the Priests of Khonshu, who gave him weapons and a suit designed by the time travelling
Hawkeye thousands of years earlier. They informed him that his powers were affected by the phases of the moon and would be strongest at the moon's fullest. Using his newfound power, Spector defeated Anubis and took back the statue of Khonshu, which protected him when the temple collapsed. In a flashback depicted in the "
Blood Hunt" storyline, Khonshu assembles an alliance of the gods from the West (Ennead) and West (Orisha) of
Africa, in the region where the nation of
Wakanda is located. Bast,
Eshu, Gherke, Ptah, and Kokou the Ever-Burning go on to battle
Varnae after he steals
vibranium from the Fires of Ptah. In the present, Hunter's Moon and
Tigra free Khonshu from an
Asgardian prison with help from
Wrecker. ==Powers and abilities==