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Old 08-14-2010, 12:19 AM   #1242
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The Fall of the Gods

A HISTORY LESSON
Once long ago, the Titans created the Gods. The Gods in an usurped the Titans and Zeus had them all killed or imprisoned (or in Atlas's case, holding up the earth) and the reign of the Olympians began.

At the start of their reign, the Fates had declared that their reign would not last forever and that The Twilight of the Gods would soon come. Yet the Gods in their foolishness and selfishness did not heed the Fates. So they took reign of the Earth.

THE REASONS
Zeus tricked his brother Hades into ruling the Underworld, making Hades jealous and angry with Zeus.

Zeus and Hera together, created man. Yet Zeus's love for Man made Hera jealous, the last straw being Zeus's illegitimate child Hercules. After all, he had already had Athena, Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus with her, Persephone with Demeter and countless other children.

Hephaestus was hideously disfigured and his mother despised him for it.

Ares just loves to create chaos being the God of War.

THE FINAL CHAPTER
Eight days previous, none of the Gods would have expected that there would only be four remaining. Yet here they stood, in the ruins of the Grand Chamber in Mount Olympus, for what they hoped would be the last time. Athena, Persephone, Hebe and Dionysus stood there, gazing at the wreckage of what used to be their home. Each of them was lost in their own thoughts and memories of this beloved place.

But there was still work to be done. And for Dionysus, this did not bode well. There were three powerful women in front of him: Athena, the wisest of them all, Persephone, a scorned lover, and young, innocent Hebe, who had lost all of her family to the chaos of Dionysus's masters.

Dionysus started to sneakily inch his way towards the collapsed archway that was the entrance, yet Hebe caught him in the act and grabbed him by the back of his cape (though a total glutton, the cape made him seem a little less so), grabbed a dagger and pinned it to the floor.

Athena and Persephone grabbed hold of his legs and pulled, making him fall with a deafening boom, that thundered throughout the empty halls of Olympus. Each woman had grown accustomed to carrying a sword of the last few days, so each had theirs on hand and drew them simultaneously, and each started lashing Dionysus with them, leaving tiny little scars. Yet the fire and hatred that was in each of their eyes was what was really tormenting Dionysus.

The women did not stop...Until Persephone pulled out three flasks of wine, giving one to the other two Goddesses and keeping one for herself. All three of the uncorked the flasks and slowly poured the wine into the cuts that were left on Dionysus's body, and did not waver as he screeched in agony. The women did not relent. The kept repeating the process.......Until Dionysus went to take a deep breath, but the Goddesses caught this. Hebe poured wine into his gaping mouth, whilst Athena slashed at his windpipe.

Dionysus gasped and gurgled for air, but couldn't. The Goddesses watched him as his body shook in agony, making no noise, until, with a last spasm, he stopped moving entirely.

The Goddesses turned in disgust at the dead body of their fellow God and made their way through the empty halls, past Zeus and Hera's chamber, where Zeus's body still lay in heap on the floor. Past the dead body of Pan, still pin cushioned by his own sword. Past the spot where Demeter's head was severed by Eros, who was then slain by the traitors.

They walked all the way down, out of Mount Olympus, without saying a word or taking a single glance back at what used to be their home. They continued to walk, into the sunset, until...they were gone.

The Twilight of the Gods had finally ended.

Dead
Night 1 - Glirdan aka. Thanatos (Mod) - Scythe through the stomach
Day 1 - BeiGei aka. Aphrodite (Lover) - Suicide of a broken heart
Night 2 - Boro aka. Hermes (Seer) - Wings through the eyes
Day 2 - Eonwe aka. Only True Ordo - Plummeted to an untimely, mortal death
Day 3 - Nog aka. Poseidon (Unicorn) - Fish-fried by the other Gods
Night 4 - Lottie aka. Artemis (Hunter) - Face full of energy blast from Hera
Night 4 - Wilwa aka. Hera (Wolf Lover) - Pierced by Artemis's last shot
Day 4 - Tum aka. Apollo (Seer) - Killed by a bolt of lightning from Zeus
Day 4 - Mac aka. Hercules (Shirrif) - Pancaked by a piece of ceiling
Day 4 - Rikae aka. Ares (Wolf) - Left to freeze on the peak of Mount Olympus.
Night 5 - Greenie aka. Demeter (Protector of Youth) - Accidental beheading by Eros
Night 5 - Zil aka. Eros (Hunting Guardian) - Cross-carved stabbing
Day 5 - Kath aka. Hestia (Seer) - Killed by her own Titanic-was-actually-sunk-by-ice cream dream
Night 6 - Nienna aka. Pan (Ranger) - Tripped on a pebble and gutted by own sword
Day 6 - Shasta aka. Hades (Wolf Lover) - Condemned to his own hell
Day 7 - Lalaith aka. Hephaestus (Wolf Lover) - Vanished in a purple cloud of green smoke
Night 8 - Phantom aka. Zeus (Lover) - Snapped neck
Day 8 - Folwren aka Dionysus (Cursed) - Wine suffocation

Alive
Mira aka. Hebe
Nerwen aka. Persephone
Sally aka. Athena
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