The Greeks: IC Community

Who: Open to all
Where: The Ballroom
What: A masque!
Rating: tbd
( No party is any fun unless seasoned with folly. )

The following package is delivered to Demeter, by Zeus' golden eagle...

( Letter and package delivered to Demeter )

Who: Athena and Zeus
What: The Birth of Athena
Where: Olympus
Rating: K+

( She promised herself silently she would be the best daughter he could ever want, and be more valiant than any son he might eventually have.... )

Who: Hekate and Zeus
What: Hekate might try to smack some sense into him
Where: Olympus
Rating: tbd, In progress...

( Alright, if you want the world to know that the King of Olympus is easily changeable, shallow, intemperate, incapable of keeping his word... )

Who: Themis and Zeus
What: Zeus tells Themis he desires a divorce
Where: Themis' chambers
Rating: T

( Consent to annulling our marriage, and from henceforth, it is my pleasure that you call yourself my beloved sister... )

Who: Demeter and Zeus
What: A meeting in the courtyards between brother and sister, which eggs him on to even more seriously considering the divorce from Themis
Where: The gardens of Mount Olympus
Rating: tbd, In progress...

( I think all men in their youth, especially kings, should lead on their own. Not forever, but...enough time to enjoy being...men. )

Who: Themis and Zeus
What: Zeus and Themis get married
Where: Mount Olympus, then Zeus and Themis' chambers
Rating: M (Warnings: smut after the time lapse)
Word Count: In progress...

( ...as long as we both shall live. )

Who: Themis and Zeus
What: Zeus asks Themis to be his second queen
Where: Mount Olympus
Rating: K+
Word Count: 2,246 (complete log)

( I will take another wife… )

A giant, golden eagle, royal bird of aegis-bearing Zeus, delivered the following message to Themis, quickly dispatched, as the king readies himself.
( Invitation to the Throne Room )

Who: Themis and Zeus
What: Themis informs Zeus of a prophecy
Where: Mount Olympus
Rating: K+
Word Count: 2,695 (complete log)
( The Olympian Dynasty, all my work, finished, and it's MY fault! )

Who: Zeus & Metis
What: Wedding
Where: Olympus
When: Week before the celebration

( Read more... )

A giant, golden eagle, royal bird of aegis-bearing Zeus, delivered the following message to each of the King's siblings (yes, including Poseidon and Hades) and allies during the Titan War…
( Invitation to Olympus )

Who: Metis and Zeus
What: Zeus tries to woo her, and probably at some point asks her to be his queen
Where: Mount Olympus
Rating: TBD

( He needed a queen... )

A giant, golden eagle, royal bird of aegis-bearing Zeus, delivered the following message to Metis, written in the King's hand…
( Message for Metis )

Who: Zeus and Hecate
What: Zeus starts to plan his palaces and court at Olympus
Where: Mount Olympus
Rating: K+

( It is settled. I won the Skies and Olympus. Now... I can go play. )

Who : Hecate, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus
What : Drawing lots for the kingdoms
Where : The crumbled remains of the castle at Mount Othrys
Rating : TBA, but not likely very high

( From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renenwed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king )

You think you know a story, but you only know how it ends.
To get to the heart of the story, you have to go back to the beginning...

Welcome to The Greeks.

It started with King Ouranos and Queen Gaia ruling the skies, as co-regnants. The King and Queen had many children, but Ouranos imprisoned most of them in Tartarus. The Titans, however, were not among these; they lived as princes in the his court. Queen Gaia, displeased with the treatment of her children, provided Prince Kronos with a sickle, and urged the Titans to depose their father. They freed their brethren, then fought King Ouranos, until Prince Kronos defeated him, castrating him with a sickle. Kronos then chose his sister, Rheia, as his consort, and they began to rule the skies from Mount Othrys. But Ouranos and Gaia made a prophecy, that King Kronos' children would depose him, just as he had deposed his father. So, he ate each of his children as they were born to Rheia. But he could not avoid the prophecy...

The Titanomachy has ended, and the three princes, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus have defeated their father and his forces.

This week's mini-synopsis:
The three young princes draw lots, to see who will be king of which realm. Zeus takes the Skies, Poseidon, the Seas, and Hades, the Underworld.
Each of the three young kings works to establish their courts, and build magnificent palaces.
Zeus asks Metis to be his first wife and queen.
And more...