I... don't really know why I did this, except that I apparently have too much time on my hands. And I thought, with various newcomers joining the game, this might help make a little sense out of where we are at the moment. (Or it might just be cause for even more confusion.)

So here's my (ongoing) roundup of all the threads relating to the current plot. I've undoubtedly forgotten or buggered up some things (I know I haven't gotten around to linking some of today's threads), for which I apologise in advance - feel free to let me know if you see something I've missed. :)


Who: Adonis, Alcohol, Amaterasu, Andras, Annika Moore, Anubis, Apate, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Azazel, Baldr, Bast, Bia, Brad Hayward, Calliope, Death, Deimos, the Dioscuri, Divorce, Dysnomia, Ecstasy, the Erinyes, Eris, Eros, Famine, Guns, Hades, Hephaistos, Hermaphroditus, Heroin, Inanna, Jord, Kali, Kratos, Lethe, LSD, Marijuana, Metatron, Michael, the Moirae, Momus, Morpheus, Mnemosyne, National Security, Nike, Nyx, Odin, Opium, Orpheus, Persephone, Pestilence, Phobos, the Phonoi, Poseidon, Psyche, Querry, Ra, the Republican Party, Sato, Shrooms, Speed, Telecommunication, Twitter, Wrath, Xochiquetzal, Yanluo, Zelus, Zeus
Where: New York City
When: January 9 - March 30
Warnings: Sex, rape, violence, drugs.

Eris reunites with Ares and a plot is born. Eris proposes they orchestrate a fight: Ares will start insulting the new drug gods (with whom he has already had one violent encounter) and Eris will pretend to side with them, dividing the Greek pantheon and sending them into war with the New Gods.

She seeks another ally in Ra, and seems to find one. They plan for Ra to start getting rid of Marijuana's buyers - convincing, threatening, killing - to erode his power base. If confronted, Ra is to say he agrees with Ares that the young gods are getting too uppity.

But Ares throws a spanner in the works by backing down from Eris's plan and resolving his differences with the drug gods peacefully. He's found Aphrodite in the interim and doesn't particularly want to set a host of immortals against him. Mortal conflicts are more his thing. He meets with Marijuana, makes nice and fills him in on Eris's agenda. After the meeting, Marijuana returns to LSD, troubled.

So Eris goes to someone a little more dependable. The new god Guns, it turns out, is very interested in trials by fire - and war, after all, is good for business.

It's a good move on Eris' part because Ra, privately, seems less enthusiastic about her plans. He meets with Anubis and Bast and fills them in on his talk with Eris. The three conclude that it's a Greek issue and they have no cause to get involved.

Eris is still busy starting fires. She terrorises some unfortunate runaways just outside Marijuana's territory and instructs the petrified survivor to tell his friends that Ra was responsible. She's confronted by Anubis and Ra, however, who are less than impressed. Things turn violent, and Eris takes a beating.

But by now, larger things are afoot. Guns has wasted no time in getting to work. He hires some less-than-reputable individuals to ransack libraries and universities, stealing and destroying books related to Greek mythology, wiping hard drives and assassinating various scholars in the field. Anything pertaining to the name 'Ares' is targeted - in fact, most of the Greek gods are, with the exception of Eris and a few other minor deities so as not to arouse suspicion.

The effect is instantaneous. As their worship experiences a sudden, dramatic drop, the bulk of the Greek pantheon is struck down by various ailments. Hades has a heart attack. Adonis falls sick. Psyche blacks out. Lethe begins to experience holes in her memory. Eris feigns sickness. But it's the minor beings that are hardest hit. The dryads of Central Park die, as do an alarming number of nymphs, satyrs and other creatures.

Zeus calls a meeting of the Greek pantheon to discuss the crisis. Eris, however, continues to feign weakness and Ares goes to her instead. He takes her back to his apartment and she begs him to stay with her rather than go to the meeting. Ares agrees, but Zeus arrives and pressures the two of them to come. Ares storms out on them, and once he's gone Eris shows her true colours, killing two of Zeus's security guards before disappearing.

That night, the Greeks meet in Zeus' home. The Fates counsel Zeus to have his people guard libraries, texts and people that might be targeted, and to reach out to the computer-related New Gods for their help in restoring the digital data that's been lost. Ares also shows, very much worse for wear by now, along with a host of other familiar faces in various degrees of dishevelment. Zeus addresses the assembled gods and asks for volunteers to guard their sources of worship. Ares, despite his injuries, walks out and Athena, worried that he might go to Eris, sends Psyche after him. Ares leaves, accompanied by Phobos.

After the meeting at Zeus', Jord and Adonis meet in Central Park and she offers him shelter.

Meanwhile, Guns is courting the Christian demons. He gets Wrath on side, who agrees to recruit others in her pantheon against the Greeks.

Marijuana offers his aid to the Greeks, and several take him up on it - including Hades, who fears for his mortal family. He fills in his wife, Lily, on his true nature and introduces her to Marijuana, who has agreed to protect her and their son. After leaving Hades' home, Marijuana meets with Zeus, who asks for Mari's help in getting the computer-related New Gods on side.

In a New York church, Death prays for the Greeks and encounters Guns, with whom he is less than pleased - particularly when he learns of Guns' impending marriage to the Republican Party.

Ra goes to meet up with Xochiquetzal to discuss the crisis - and check which side she's on. Afterwards, Xochiquetzal joins LSD and Marijuana to volunteer her services as cook/nursemaid for the Greek refugees while Ra gets a visit from Wrath.

Marijuana comes good on his offer of sanctuary. Ra drops by the shop to make a purchase while Lethe, her memory still failing her, comes to stay. She is later joined by Orpheus.

Death meets the Republican Party for dinner, where the latter learns of her fiancee's hand in the Greek crisis. Later, she confronts Guns about it in her apartment.

Wrath brings Fenrir around to Guns' side, though they're in it for the sake of the bloodshed more than anything else.

Marijuana comes good on his promise to Zeus and asks Twitter to help by flooding the internet with Greek-related material, confusing and pissing off her mortal boyfriend in the process. But Zeus has got another favour to ask. He wants to create a disturbance in Columbia, targeting guerilla units whose loss would certainly affect Guns - but also the drug trade and through it, Marijuana. Mari assents, in exchange for a promise of protection for his family.

Meanwhile, at Chez Marijuana! Clotho comes by to check on her fellow Greeks and meets LSD. Marijuana fills LSD in on Zeus' plan. Xochiquetzal cooks breakfast for everyone, including Lethe and Hermaphroditus. And Orpheus encounters LSD. Shrooms arrives, and Marijuana picks him up from the airport. LSD later approaches Lethe for a favour, and she takes away the memories of his rape.

Brad, Twitter's oblivious mortal boyfriend, is still pissed at being abandoned for Marijuana. While fuming in Central Park, he meets Eris. She is extremely tickled to learn who the mortal is dating and fills a disbelieving Brad in on his girlfriend's divinity.

Ares has a rendezvous with Hades, who heals his wound. Unfortunately, in the wake of this and so much talk of Eris' manipulations, the poor boy is more depressed and conflicted than ever.

Jord brings Zeus' plan to destabilise Guns into fruition, creating a massive earthquake in Columbia that decimates the country's oldest guerilla army and takes hundreds of thousands of dollars of firearms and weaponry with it. Seeing a news report of the earthquake, Ecstasy rushes to check on Marijuana, who is sickened and horrified by the destruction and angry at Zeus for using him. He vows only to trust his family from now on. Jord, meanwhile, is soaking in the power from the earthquake, but Adonis is upset. Elsewhere, Lethe's decline continues.

Eris declares a peace offering, promising old school sacrifices for anybody who comes over to her side. But this time, she has pushed Ares too far. He crashes a music concert and turns it into a massacre ground, soaking in power from the bloodshed - then, gathering every single document he can find relating to the Trojan War and Eris, he burns the place to the ground. A couple of hours later, slowly weakening once more as his history is burned away, Ares is beginning to regret what he's done. As he watches the flames, he is discovered by his sons, who take him to Zeus' manor to recover.

And so, with her texts being destroyed, Eris gets a taste of her own medicine. Athena, too, takes a blow from Ares' mad ploy - and, reviewing the security tapes from her library, she has her suspicions about what he has done confirmed.

Phobos is hurt in the backlash from his father's madness (though it doesn't stop him from getting into a fight with Orpheus and Hermaphroditus), as is Lethe. But Eris is the worst hit. She no longer has any control over her powers, and in the ruins of a Best Buy mother, daughter and granddaughter meet.

Gathering what strength she can, Athena meets with Guns and Wrath, who attempt to make Azazel their scapegoat. Athena doesn't buy it.

Meanwhile Hera, who was also hit hard by the attacks on the Greeks, finally awakens.

By this point, Zeus has had enough. He throws a tantrum and Atropos gives him an earful, as do several others. Concluding that the Greeks may need a helpful push to set their fate in motion, Atropos calls a second meeting, which is held in the Moirae's apartment later that night. Hades uses the opportunity to nominate himself as Zeus' replacement, and the idea immediately gains support. The Moirae counsel caution, reminding everybody of his second abduction and rape of Persephone last year, but Athena, Momus and Hera are the only vocal dissenters. Hades reveals Marijuana's support for him, and as a show of his impartiality swears that he will relinquish his claim on Persephone (although he privately has no intention of upholding the latter). Finding themselves outnumbered, Athena and her supporters have no choice but to back down - at least until the other crisis is resolved.

Adonis leaves the meeting elated by Hades' promise to free Persephone, and gives Jord the news. She immediately contacts Hades to discuss an alliance, and the two organise a meeting. Jord agrees to aid Hades in exchange for the new king permanently ending Aphrodite and Persephone's claims on Adonis. She returns home to deliver the good news.

After winning the throne, Hades asks for Marijuana's help in rewriting the literature on Greek mythology, painting Hades rather than Zeus as the king. He also attempts to have Persephone portrayed as his willing wife, but Marijuana refuses on this point.

Despite being furious at Hades for his treason, Athena offers him her advice, while privately seeking the wisdom of the Fates. She tells Hades about her meeting with Guns and Wrath and he tells her to talk to Death to discover whether Azazel is in league with them. She later consults with Hera, Death and Marijuana. Death agrees to find out who of his pantheon is working with Guns on the condition that the Greeks agree not to kill any more mortals.

Hades' treason doesn't sit well with the Moirae either, and they're troubled by his attempts to rewrite the Greek mythos. Nevertheless, Lachesis offers him their counsel. Hera argues with Hades but agrees to support him for the duration of the current crisis, and Hades asks her assistance in replacing the literature that was destroyed.

Momus decides to bugger off back to New Orleans and, guessing that Hades isn't likely to be so gentle as Zeus with Eris, grudgingly offers his sister a warning.

Ares finally awakens to get an earful from Athena, a reunion with Poseidon and a request to meet from Eris. He blows the latter off, but later agrees to meet after Hades selects him to carry out Eris' punishment. He asks her to meet him in his apartment, where he attacks her, turns her into a snake and imprisons her.

After getting caught up with everything that's gone down in his absence, Ares posts another blog entry. Nyx warns him to stay away from her family and Deimos is still hurt by his father's attempted kamikaze.

Wrath, meanwhile, is getting impatient. She and Guns discuss Hades' coup and plan an attack on Athena by sending mercenaries to blow a few columns off the Parthenon in Athens.

Athena is still disappointed in her fellow Greeks. She asks Media for her help in preserving the Greek myths in their original form, to prevent Hades' revisionist history from becoming the accepted story.

Phobos and Deimos are still recuperating in Zeus' manor. Later, Ares stops by and takes the boys out for lunch. That evening, he catches up with Poseidon.

Around this time, Hera visits the Fates for advice. [??]

The following morning, Hera checks in on Ares and attempts to reconcile with her son. Lethe, her memory almost entirely gone, goes wandering and meets her uncle Morpheus.

In the early hours of the morning, Guns orchestrates an attack on Athens. At the same time, Wrath strikes several New York universities. With her city burning, Athena is in agony - but more powerful than ever, as her name is repeated over and over again in every news broadcast, and on the lips of shocked Athenians.

The Republican Party guesses Guns' involvement in the attacks on Greece, and kicks him out. Meanwhile, a certain archangel heads up the police investigation into the university attacks. Athena, crafty even in her pain, keeps her renewed strength a secret from most.

In the afternoon, Ares calls on Athena, bearing booze.

Marijuana again offers Hades and Athena his assistances, and volunteers to teach mortals about the histories of the Greeks who have been most weakened. With the older drug gods returning to the city, he asks his siblings whether they want him to remain their de facto leader - the response is a unanimous yes.

Lethe's decline continues, and several of her fellow Greeks worry about her behaviour.

Jord stages a retaliatory strike against Guns, and munitions plants and military factories across the country take a beating under freak weather conditions.

Guns, despite not knowing who has attacked him, has some threatening words for the perpetrator. He tells Athena that he would be willing to negotiate terms for the Greeks' surrender, but at the same time orders Wrath to kill one of the more powerful Greeks before the negotiation takes place. Discovering Ares in a church, Wrath fulfills this job with her usual efficiency and leaves the body with a little message for Athena. After doing the deed, however, she is struck by the overwhelming sensation of being watched, and realises her mistake in killing an immortal in a house of God. She flees, and Ares is left to be discovered by Phobos.

Jord raises the possibility of a truce with Hades, and fills both him and Athena in on a weakness that could be exploited in Guns: his relationship with the Republican Party.

With Ares dead, Eris (still trapped in snake form) escapes from his apartment and takes advantage of Baldr's goodwill. He lends her the power to create a new body for herself, and she introduces herself to him as Elpis, the personification of hope. Later, he reunites with Jord, who becomes suspicious when she learns of his meeting with "Elpis". She asks the Greeks and learns that the real Elpis is not in the city. Athena immediately suspects Eris, who has not been seen since Ares "dealt" with her.

Phobos visits Athena with news of his father's death - and questions.

Wrath is still nervous about having spilled blood on holy ground. But it's Athena who catches up with her first, exacting her revenge by turning Wrath into a duck. It takes Wrath hours to reform and when she does, she's livid. Emerging weakened and in search of revenge, knowing only that her attacker was Greek, she almost immediately encounters a disoriented Lethe... to the poor river-goddess' misfortune. Lethe is killed (and her body discovered by Marijuana), and her spirit returns to her Underworld river, where she is met by the Titaness Mnemosyne and led to the pool of the same name, to have her mind restored by the waters of memory.

Ares also finds his way to the Underworld, and wastes no time in causing trouble.

Still weakened, and fearing Michael's vengeance, Wrath announces she's going on vacation, but in actuality finds shelter with Fenrir.

Athena meets with Guns to discuss terms of "surrender", but Guns' only condition is that they give him the name and license to exact revenge upon whoever attacked him. Athena won't betray Jord, and simply says that it was not the act of a Greek, while pointing out the increased Christian presence in town. Guns agrees to end the hostilities, and Athena proposes a formal treaty.

In LA, Kali catches wind of the chaos in New York and decides it's time for a change of scenery.

With his dad's death, poor Deimos is sick and closer to fading than ever. Eros comes to check in on him.

After her meeting with Lethe, Mnemosyne decides to return to the mortal plane.

Taking Athena's advice, Orpheus organises to play in Hermaphroditus' club in the hope of stirring up memory of their pantheon.

On Valentine's Day, Eros throws a lavish birthday party for himself. And there is much rejoicing. Hades brings along his slightly overwhelmed mortal wife, who meets Hera and Athena. Deimos is still out of it. National Security shows up in the hope of figuring out the recent series of strange events in New York.

The following day, Ares returns from the Underworld.

Michael (accompanied by Yanluo) catches up with Wrath and gives her a rather violent slap on the wrist.

Orpheus performs at Hermaphroditus' club, singing both old songs and new about the Greek gods to inspire belief among the mortals there and strengthen the pantheon. Morpheus works his own magic in the crowd. Orpheus reunites with his mother and Athena with Mnemosyne.

Having gathered enough strength, Lethe returns to the mortal plane, resurfacing in Central Park where she forms a new body for herself. She is observed, then assisted by Kali.

Ares visits Hera. Shockingly, they're actually trying to get along.

Wrath gets her revenge with a bloodbath, targeting the police station in Michael's precinct as well as anger management, stress and mental health clinics in a move designed to empower her. She is later contacted by Eris, who tells Wrath that it was Athena who turned her into a duck. Out for revenge, Eris tells Wrath to kill some Christians and blame it on the Greeks, with the object of setting Heaven against the Greek pantheon. She suggests Wrath work with the Phonoi to bring it about.

Wrath discusses the ceasefire with Guns and the two ponder over who could have attacked him. Wrath promises to compile a list of nature deities from each pantheon who may have been capable. She also gets in contact with the Phonoi and arranges a meeting.

Athena announces the success of her negotiations with Guns, however Jord is angry with Athena admitting to him that the attacks were not of Greek origin, which she believes inevitably lead Guns to suspect her. For the first time, Hades informs Athena of his plans to restore the Greek pantheon's power by putting themselves forward as a true religion and converting mortals to the worship of a "New Hellenism".

Jord informs Hades that their alliance is at an end. She's furious, and scared, causing storms to rage through the city. Adonis offers her comfort.

Wrath meets with Guns and, as promised, gives him a list of the most likely suspects. Later, she pays a visit to the Phonoi and fills them in on Eris' plan.

Hades reveals his plans, announcing the release of a book that will rewrite the mythos, framing him - and not Zeus - as king. Atropos cautions him once more, and warns that if his actions compromise the Loom, the Fates will not sit on the sidelines.

Athena is worried, to say the least. She speaks to Atropos, from whom she learns of a possible challenger to Hades' power - Cronus. She also talks with Psyche, who - as the goddess of the soul - may have some power to combat Wrath.

Marijuana warns that he will not tolerate conflict between immortals within his territory. Alcohol, meanwhile, isn't pleased about Hades' grab for power. Iris is distressed and Ganymede fears that his myth will be erased.

Adonis offers Hades information, telling him that it was Athena's actions which caused Jord to end the alliance.

Ares is afraid that Hades' rewriting of the mythos - which will frame him as a son of Hades and not Zeus - will cause him to forget his parents. He attempts to make peace with Hera, in his way and oh my god did they just have a civil conversation?

Hades apologises to his sibilings for what is to come.

Understandably confused by the clusterfuck she's walked in on, Mnemosyne asks her pantheon for answers and is less than happy to hear of Hades' plans. Atropos invites her over for the drink she's sure Mnemosyne will need when she hears the extent of it all, and Mnemosyne drops by the Fates' store.

Hades' plans are already affecting the mortal world, albeit in small ways. Annika is puzzled by the "new mythos" that's flooding the internet.

Ares gets smashed and then types a blog. Cuz that always works out well. He fights with Eros, and in the aftermath finds himself conflicted. He meets with Hades, who tells him to trust him.

Death offers Athena a break from the city and she visits his ranch in Kentucky. Unfortunately, the news she has for him isn't good. He is angry and troubled to learn of Hades' plans to rewrite the mythos and proselytise - and not just for his own sake. His Lord has been talking about eliminating the other pantheons for thousands of years. If Hades starts preaching his "New Hellenism", Death fears Heaven may finally act.

Ares discovers Deimos, weak and dying.

Iris offers to join with Athena and Hera against Hades.

Lethe is reunited with her brothers and attempts to piece together what has happened in her absence. She is horrified to learn of Hades' plans - having already had her memory screwed around with, she has no desire for it to happen again - and promptly offers Athena her support.

Samael kills Wrath and she descends to Hell - for the time being.

Jord wonders whether recent events indicate that Ragnarok is near.

Athena proposes the creation of a democratically-elected senate to govern the Greeks. The proposal is received well by most - many Greeks being no longer confident in Hades' good intent, in light of his recent activities - but Adonis is scathing and promptly informs Hades of Athena's plans.

Death and the Horsemen abduct Hades and send him a rather pointed message. A tearful Lilly calls Marijuana for help, and MJ contacts Death - who assures him that Hades will be returned by sunrise.

The Phonoi, at least, are delighting in all the violence. Eris urges them to attack all those who have slighted her.

Athena makes preparations. She seeks Media's help in burying the release of Hades' book and Nuclear Power's in getting Guns to back down from his quest for revenge (which he does). She asks the Fates to be responsible for the counting of the votes in the senate elections, as well as checking in on Lilly.

Anticipating attacks on Hades' new mythos, Marijuana makes arrangements to protect those websites that contain the revised mythology</a> from hackers.

Adonis is furious with Athena and her supporters, and he and Jord discuss their folly in trying to bring democracy to the pantheon.

Media discusses her concerns over Hades' actions with National Security, and then acts on them, using her power to see all of the websites espousing the new mythos deemed dangerous and filled with viruses.

Athena reveals her nature to a number of graduate students she has been sheltering, who attempt to counter Hades' revisionism with papers, web pages, even comic strips depicting the true mythos. However, Hades has been shrewd. When Friday comes, the book has been buried in the media - but his true plans are in motion. A number of respected academics set out for Greece on a curiously well-funded expedition to investigate The New Hellenism's claims and discover deliberately planted "ancient" manuscripts that relate Hades' version of events.

In the wake of this, Athena attempts to make more arrangements. Through her and Media's manipulations, Hades' mortal persona is exposed to the Media as a delusional nutter with a god complex.

Meanwhile, in Hell, Wrath meets the demon Andras.

Orpheus meets with his mother.

God decides to punish Death for acting alone by stripping away his glamour and forcing him to wear his true form.

The Phonoi cross their first name off Eris' hit list by murdering Marijuana. His brothers panic, as does Mari's poor mortal 2IC, Dave. Hades immediately demands Eris' head, attached to her body or otherwise, although as a daughter of Nyx she is strictly speaking Nyx and Erebos' to punish. The Moirae urge their family to find Eris before Hades does. Lethe is sickened and angry to learn of Eris and her brother's actions, and joins Morpheus in searching for her mother. They find her in Central Park, along with Eros and a drunk Ares. Eris is knocked out cold while trying to attack the latter, but Eros stops her family from taking her to Nyx and Erebos, insisting that he take Eris himself.

Meanwhile, the Phonoi gloat.

The drug siblings, along with Jord, Death and Xochiquetzal, gather at the Highway to heal Marijuana. Jord helps speed his recovery, but is weakened from the effort. She returns to Adonis and explains the new dangers.

Mari is, understandably, not happy. Alcohol promises to render any booze the Phonoi drink useless (which she does) and Sato agrees to siphon off all their good dreams. LSD attempts to take matters into his own hands.

Jord warns her pantheon against associating with the Greeks. The All-Father returns and reunites with Jord, with Adonis still in her residence.

As he recovers, Marijuana rallies the troops. He asks his family to hold off their attacks on the Phonoi until they can make a coordinated strike against them.

A mere night after attacking Marijuana, the Phonoi go after the next names on their hit list: the Moirae. The Fates fight them to a stand-off and the Phonoi are forced to flee, but not before doing some damage (not to mention earning a massive grudge).

Wrath and Andras return from Hell and Wrath threatens to slaughter an entire elementary school full of children in revenge for the Greek efforts to reverse her work. In order to prevent the deaths of any more of his Lord's children, Death reveals to Wrath that it was Psyche who calmed the mortals she had sought to enrage.

Oh, Wrath's going to get her revenge. But not before engaging in some shit-talking and a showdown in Central Park involving Andras, Ares, Bia, Dysnomia, Eros, Phobos and the Phonoi.

Eros exacts some revenge against Hades by using his power to seduce Hades' mortal wife.

Adonis reunites with Persephone, who's been in hiding. Desperate to maintain his freedom, Adonis then informs Hades that Persephone is in the city.

Athena asks Nuclear Power to shelter Psyche as Wrath threatens to take her vengeance. She demands that Psyche meet her in Central Park that night - alone - or she will slaughter the students of a randomly-picked high school. Psyche agrees. Famine, meanwhile, is angry with Death for betraying Psyche to Wrath. Psyche makes arrangements. With the upcoming meeting with Wrath weighing heavily on her mind, Psyche meets with Sato for lunch, then quickly meets with Eros before she and her daughter find shelter with Nuclear Power.

With Nemesis now on their tail, the Phonoi decide that now might be a good time to take a vacation. They ask Wrath to look after their sister Dysnomia while they are gone. Dysnomia drops by Wrath's place and, naturally, a catfight is quick to ensue. Meanwhile, Nemesis catches up with the boys.

Athena appeals to the angels and Virtues to act against Wrath and her allies.

Later, Iris has a message to deliver to Persephone.

But Psyche is spared for one night, at least, when Michael arranges a meeting with Wrath. She goes to meet him, with back-up.

Wrath goes about making a hit list of her own.

Nyx returns and is not at all please by her daughter and grandsons' betrayal.

Psyche reveals to her relieved family that she is safe, having waited all night in the park without a single sight of Wrath. However, Athena urges her to stay with Nuclear Power a little longer. Wrath promises to track Psyche down herself.

The Norse pantheon meets to discuss recent events.

Hades asks Athena for advice on how to deal with Eros' rape of his wife. Ares, upon discovering what his son has done, apologises and sets about disciplining Eros. He gives Eros an earful before sending him away in disgust.

Wrath is bored, and she and the Phonoi cause some mayhem at a Brooklyn strip club.

The Internet goes hacking and finds something he shouldn't - namely, Wrath's hit list. He warns those on the list to be careful. Wrath warns her allies that they have been compromised. Telecommunication hits back against the Internet as a favour to Wrath, disrupting cell phone internet access.

Marijuana is slowly rebuilding his power, but he has never been connected with the organic for so long and finds himself deeply rooted.

Media works some more headline magic, further destabilising Hades' new mythos and empowering Athena.

Inanna is enranged to learn of Wrath and the Phonoi's slaughter of the strippers in Brooklyn, and swears revenge. She asks for Death and Divorce's help in achieving this.

Metatron arrives in the city, and he has messages for both Wrath and the Horsemen.

Psyche launches an assault on Wrath, taking her anger and leaving her... perky. She goes on a picnic with Querry.

The Phonoi attack Opium, overpower her and abduct her.

Jord approaches the Internet with an offer of alliance. Meanwhile, Internet's not happy with Telecom.

A still-perky Wrath gets a baby and loves her and cuddles her and calls her Ira! Unfortunately, it's somebody else's baby. Death rescues the child and throws Wrath out the window of his apartment. Weakened and confused, she runs into Apate.

Finally, Andras corners Wrath and snaps her out of it. Wrath is furious and humiliated in the aftermath. After being chastised by Satan for letting herself become distracted by the Greeks,
she informs the Phonoi and Dysnomia that she cannot help them in fighting their pantheon any more.

Eris begs to be released and promises to be good, which exactly nobody takes seriously.

Hades contacts Persephone, and they arrange to meet.

Heroin and Mari pay a visit to Opium's shop... and find blood. Shrooms is distressed. LSD is filled with guilt over his sister's abduction, but tries to start setting things right by returning to the Highway. Lethe implores her brothers to end their attacks on the drug gods.

The Phonoi taunt the drug siblings with the revelation of Opium's abduction. Marijuana offers to take her place as a hostage. It doesn't come to that, but no sooner has he secured Opium's freedom than Shrooms has had a bad trip and has ended up in the police station. Mari leaves Opium in Heroin's hands and goes to the police station to put out this next fire.

Lethe is horribly conflicted about standing against her mother. Phobos doesn't help matters when, seeking escape from the Greek clusterfuck, he asks her to take his memories.

Metatron meets with Wrath (who is accompanied by Satan) to remind her of her place. Needless to say, neither of the hellspawn are overly receptive. Later, he calls the Horsemen together to deliver a message.

A violent thunderstorm signals Zeus' return. Because he's a fan of dramatic entrances. He and Hades snipe at each other a bit. The storm is noticed by others, as well; among them, Jord, National Security (who's not overly pleased about Zeus creating such scenes), Bia (who's much more jubilant), Calliope, the Phonoi, Freyja, Hera, Eros, Sato, Iris, Boreas, the Keres, Ares (less than thrilled), Querry, Amaterasu, Ganymede, Atropos (blunt as ever), Dioscuri and Artemis.

Wrath also observes Zeus' return and advises the Phonoi to go into hiding. They do, and later on she calls on them. Zeus' Angels Bia, Nike, Kratos and Zelus reunite and celebrate their king's return. Psyche, relieved by Zeus' return, warns Wrath against going after her and Hedone, lest she give the Sin another taste of life as a perky blonde, but Wrath has other plans.

Forbidden from touching the Greeks, Wrath instead vents her rage on the mortal world, creating a riot at the New York Stock Exchange that sends the stock market crashing. Marijuana's investments are hit by it, as are Sato's, though Alcohol is quite comfortable with matters. Communism clings to the hope that this will be the catalyst for his socialist revolution. And Metatron? Metatron just watches.
But Wrath's rage is sated, for now, and her actions earn the approval of her Master.

Nyx demands that the Phonoi surrender.

Death, the baby he rescued from Wrath still in tow, meets with Metatron and gets a bit of a telling-off for his recent actions.

Still in hiding, the Phonoi are fast getting sick of one another's company and, finding themselves more outnumbered than ever before, consider turning themselves in - a decision cemented when Eris implores them to do as much.

LSD, still stinging from his recent conversation with Marijuana, goes out clubbing and meets Ares... who is confused to find the young drug god remembers nothing of their last, violent encounter.

Death calls on Inanna, who becomes enraged on discovering that Wrath has taken another whore from the streets. She pushes all of her charms and glamours into Death and urges him to destroy the Sin for her. Wrath feels their anger and, of course, is tickled. Death lures her to him - and delivers an almighty ass-kicking. Afterwards, a battered Wrath crawls back to her apartment. Later, she goes about planning her revenge.

Faced with Zeus' return, Ares decides to run, planning a family trip to Disneyland. Hades is furious when Ares tells him.

Wrath has Zelus over for a dinner of human babies that's bound to piss off both Death and Zelus' siblings alike.

Bia fills her siblings in on the recent goings-on and warns them to stay away from the Christians - Wrath in particular.

The Phonoi swallow their pride and ask the Makhai for a favour. Then they call on their brothers in their usual subtle, sensitive fashion.

Death is hurting, though Inanna is rather pleased with her champion. He goes to her, though not before asking his brother for help. It's to little avail; Inanna tightens her hold on him, and under her influence Death has sex with a cornered Wrath. Naturally, Wrath taunts the non-evil side of the pantheon with this information while Death has some sharp words for Inanna. He plans to leave the city for a few weeks.

Athena calls on the Awesome Foursome to bring in the Phonoi, who are still on the loose. Meanwhile, Sato ups the pressure on the boys by attacking their dreams. Theon in particular feels the effects of this (though it doesn't stop him from hooking up with Wrath.)

Meanwhile, Eris has been dealt with. Her powers bound by her parents' ancient magic, stripped of everything except the power to make apples (and not even the fun, poison kind), she is bound to Marijuana for a term, to work for him in penance for her acts against the drug gods. Erebos informs the family of what has been done, and warns them against following in Eris' footsteps. Marijuana keeps her busy and Eris quickly learns that being just shy of mortal... well, it sucks.

The Fantastic Four kick some Phonoi butt. They collar the captured gods, binding their essence - their ability to commit violence. High fives, guys! Theon calls into question Zelus' heterosexuality, but really, it's hard to take seriously a thug in a spangled collar. It then falls to the Furies to deliver the Phonoi to the place in which they will serve out their sentence: the Fates' shop.

Hades pays Marijuana handsomely for sexual favours from MJ's mortal, Dave. Eris witnesses the transaction and cries foul, but nobody believes her and Marijuana punishes her harshly for her troubles. Later, he laments these accusations and warns the Greeks against attacking his family on the basis of Eris' "lies". Atropos' ire is drawn because of Hades' impulsive decision to extend some healing power over Dave, thus lengthening the man's life-thread by a few months. However, MJ denies any involvement, and Atropos reluctantly accepts his oath on the Organic. It's a false oath, of course, and protecting the lie requires some sacrifice.

While his brothers are more resigned to their punishment, Theon finds small ways to rebel against the Fates. Atropos, in turn, finds new ways to punish them. Wrath manages to secure a meeting with Theon, and the two plan to free him from the magicks that bind his powers - by killing him. The escape draws irritation from both the remaining two Phonoi and the Fates alike.

Hades' wife, Lily, learns the true identity of that nice New God who's been helping her family and is more than a little discomforted. Hades reacts rashly by snatching Dave off the street. Marijuana's furious, but Hades placates him with more diamonds.

Later, Aphrodite swings back into town and she and Hades exchange some nasty words, which she then reveals to Ares. A seething Ares crashes into Hades' home, terrorising his mortal wife and son until Hades arrived, enraged, and attacks his nephew. However, he abruptly breaks off his attack when he realises that Lily has taken their son and fled. Shattered, he throws away the crown and leaves town to attempt to pick up the pieces of his mortal life.