Location: Temple of Athena, Ithaca
Time Remaining: 11 Months 7 Days
Three weeks after Hermes flew into Aeolia and announced his master’s plan, his own grandson, Odysseus, came to Athena's temple in Ithaca. He stood uncomfortably before the massive statue at its center. It wasn’t the largest effigy of Athena ever created, not by a long shot. Ithaca was a small island in the Ionian sea, northwest of Kefalonia. It was prosperous, but that prosperity was largely manifest in its fishing. Fishing was good business – even when the crops of the larger nations withered with drought, there were always fish to be had. It had even become the basis for Ithaca’s (unofficial) national motto. Still, while the people ate better than most achaens, they didn’t have the means or know-how to construct the great structures the other Greek cities took so much pride in.
Monday, March 18, 2019
3.00: The Invitation of Peleus
Location: Larissa, Aeolia
Time Remaining: 1 Year
Just south of Mt. Olympus, the nation of Aeolia prospered. Its food was abundant, and sitting on the doorstep of the gods ensured they were well attended to. In Pthiotis, the southernmost province of Aeolia, the city of Larissa sat at the base of a peninsula, between the Pagasaean Gulf and the Malian Gulf. The Pagasaean Gulf harbored fishermen and merchants, and the much rougher Malian Gulf was home to the reclusive but benevolent people commonly known as the Nereids. For a time, the Aeolians and the Nereids had lived on the edge of war, the Nereids feeling that the Pagasaean fisherman were taking more than their fair share. The tension between them came to an end when the Nereid princess, Thetis, fell in love with the Aeolian prince and naval hero, Peleus.
Time Remaining: 1 Year
Just south of Mt. Olympus, the nation of Aeolia prospered. Its food was abundant, and sitting on the doorstep of the gods ensured they were well attended to. In Pthiotis, the southernmost province of Aeolia, the city of Larissa sat at the base of a peninsula, between the Pagasaean Gulf and the Malian Gulf. The Pagasaean Gulf harbored fishermen and merchants, and the much rougher Malian Gulf was home to the reclusive but benevolent people commonly known as the Nereids. For a time, the Aeolians and the Nereids had lived on the edge of war, the Nereids feeling that the Pagasaean fisherman were taking more than their fair share. The tension between them came to an end when the Nereid princess, Thetis, fell in love with the Aeolian prince and naval hero, Peleus.
Thursday, March 14, 2019
1.26: Prometheus's Damnation
Prometheus used his powers to dial back the catastrophic geothermal activity under the plateau - it was too late to save the entirety of the intricate cave system, but he prevented the Lasithi Plateau from becoming the Lasithi Caldera.
Prometheus used his powers to slide through the rocks as he debated whether to declare the battle a victory or a defeat. Kronos was dead, but Zeus had betrayed him the second the deed had been done. It seemed now that the seemingly endless cycle of war had turned once again, and he would be at war with Zeus now instead of Kronos. Fortunately, Zeus seemed more reasonable than Kronos - negotiation might still be a viable recourse - and even if it wasn't, Zeus's storm powers would be much less of a threat to Prometheus's human army than Kronos's withering necrotic powers, and an army is one thing Prometheus had that Zeus didn't.
Or at least, that was what he thought.
Prometheus used his powers to slide through the rocks as he debated whether to declare the battle a victory or a defeat. Kronos was dead, but Zeus had betrayed him the second the deed had been done. It seemed now that the seemingly endless cycle of war had turned once again, and he would be at war with Zeus now instead of Kronos. Fortunately, Zeus seemed more reasonable than Kronos - negotiation might still be a viable recourse - and even if it wasn't, Zeus's storm powers would be much less of a threat to Prometheus's human army than Kronos's withering necrotic powers, and an army is one thing Prometheus had that Zeus didn't.
Or at least, that was what he thought.
1.25: Olympus Rising
Pandora reluctantly led Zeus through the maze of tunnels beneath Knossos - she kept trying to think of a way to wriggle out of her current situation, but the man was warier than any she'd dealt with before. He kept his hands tight on the coin and the box, threatening to use them on her at the slightest hint of treachery. She'd offered to teleport him directly to where he wanted to go, but he'd correctly surmised her intention to leave him some place inhospitable, and so they'd had to walk to Knossos so that they could use the access tunnel every other titan used to get to Tartarus.
1.24: Titans' End
Pandora hadn't tried to portal very far - she'd mostly gone straight up, hoping to get clear of the cavern by teleporting to the mountainside above. Unfortunately, Zeus had tackled her half way through the portal, preventing her from opening another portal quickly, and sending them both tumbling down the bucking mountain side.
They clattered down through a field of white stones - no, not stones, bones - the entire mountainside was covered with dusty human skeletons. Pandora cried for help as she saw some of Prometheus and Kronos's surviving titans fleeing the quaking mountainside. Only two among them stood their ground as steam vents opened up and lava burned its way out of the mountain.
They clattered down through a field of white stones - no, not stones, bones - the entire mountainside was covered with dusty human skeletons. Pandora cried for help as she saw some of Prometheus and Kronos's surviving titans fleeing the quaking mountainside. Only two among them stood their ground as steam vents opened up and lava burned its way out of the mountain.
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