In December 2010, it began. New York City was the epicenter and gods and mortals of bygone days were drawn there. Shadows of their former selves, not all remembered who they were and none knew that their lives had become playthings for Khaos.
In the subsequent year, these former deities were crammed together, like ill-fitting jigsaw puzzles as Khaos toyed with them and as she increased in strength.
Khaos, however, was not alone. When the godlings and their attendant mortals and angels were at the very brink of destruction, Kala intervened and they were all sent to another place, a different world, in which they led entirely different lives, ignorant of their true selves. Some found themselves married to their bitterest rivals and others bore children to new spouses. Some led rebellions and others rested on their laurels. There was regicide and there were political marriages and then something splintered and fragmented and our hapless gods remembered themselves.
In March 2012, following who knows what manner of tug of war (because it is always, always a game), our gods and goddesses, our nymphs and our angels, our mortals and, yes, even our mythical animals were returned to New York City.
They do say it's the city that never sleeps. It is only natural that the city's puppet-master never sleeps, either.
You can try to break the cycle but whether you're Odin All-Father or Zeus Thunderer, whether you're a Queen of Hell or a Queen of Sparta, you will fail. Settle in, instead, and learn to roll with the punches.
♟ GAME CLOSED ♟
Expect more pantheon openings in the future as plot progresses along.
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