Ardeth Bay (Medjai)
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Ardeth Bay is the name of the fictional Medjai chieftain and warrior who appears in the first two installments of Universal Pictures’ The Mummy remake trilogy, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. He provided opening narration for the films, but is unlikely to return in the upcoming third film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, due to the tri-quel focusing on an entirely new Chinese mummy played by actor Jet Li.
Portrayed by actor Oded Fehr, the character has a small-yet-faithful following by fans of the Mummy trilogy.
[edit] Character Biography
Ardeth Bay was raised as a Medjai in the Sahara desert, being taught from birth that he could never, ever allow anyone to re-awaken Imhotep, a cursed mummy with immortal powers and (currently) imprisoned in suspended animation. This treacherous former-priest had been buried deep below the legendary city Hamunaptra, The City of the Dead, along with the two magical books The Book of the Dead and The Book of Amun Ra. For over three-thousand years, the Medjai, a secret society of brave warriors descended from the loyal bodyguards of Pharaoh Seti I, had silently guarded the decrepit city, either killing or scaring off all who found it or approached it.
Bay’s first actual appearance in The Mummy was during the opening battle between an outnumbered team of French Foreign Legionnaires and wild Tuareg bandits, which took place in the ruins of Hamunaptra. He paid extra-close watch on one of the soldiers: an American named Rick O’Connell, as he desperately fought the raging Tuareg.
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