Sunlight begins to fade, a pond sparkles nearby. The forest is alive, but peaceful—nature holding its breath. Sitting on the grass, Karpos, playfully nudges Kalamos, doing his best to break his friend’s deep concentration.
PART I
The grand hall of Olympus shimmered beneath divine light, pouring in through towering arched windows. Golden chandeliers bathed the chamber in a warm, celestial glow, while a gentle breeze stirred the leaves of potted laurels lining the marble walls.
PART I
A month earlier...
HERA, regal and furious, confronts ARES and APHRODITE.
PART I:
PHANES stands at the edge of a golden cliff where light never fades.
PHANES stands at the edge of a golden cliff where light never fades.
Zeus and Phanes had been looking for Kronos for days.
On their way to Olympus, they find a lifeless body on the ground.
Athena had not visited Hephaestus in what felt like an eternity.
The lonely god of the forge had spent countless days in solitude,
consumed by Aphrodite's infidelity, wishing Athena was there to comfort him.
With Aphrodite by his side, Ares returned home to inform his mother, Hera,
about their affair and the child they were expecting.
He wanted to be the one to break the news,
hoping to avoid any gossip that might reach her ears first.
Demeter's world shattered when her beloved daughter, Persephone, vanished.
Frantic with worry, she begged Hecate, the goddess of sorcery and ghosts,
for information about her daughter's fate.
Hera visits enchantress Circe's secluded covenstead.
She did not like how Zeus does not spare even his own daughters from his carnal desires
so she hid their daughter Hebe there in the care of Circe.
so she hid their daughter Hebe there in the care of Circe.
Hecate heard Persephone’s anguished cries and was immediately filled with dread,
fearing for the fate of Demeter's beloved daughter.
fearing for the fate of Demeter's beloved daughter.
Persephone's sweat filled the air like the scent of blooming iris across the sun-dappled garden.
A series of new births are occurring in the lands of both Gods and Mortals.
The ocean scares me.
Not because I'm afraid of drowning but because it is too vast to know where it ends.
