Zeus
A powerful member of the Divine Council whose recommendation opens a path into an older divine conflict.
Zeus sits on The Divine Council, where his recommendation opens a path into an older conflict involving his brother Hades.
The Greek Divine Realm
The Greek gods inhabit a divine realm whose earthly projection is Mount Olympus. Their realm exists beyond the physical mountain; climbing Olympus does not place someone in the gods' home. This mirrors Mithra's cosmic realm on Harā Bərəzaitī, which projects onto Alborz.
A Divided Divine History
Zeus also stands behind an earlier rupture in the expanded mythology. After the Battle of Salamis, he killed many Amazonians and barred their souls from the Greek heavens. Mithra intervened, sheltering both the dead and the living in her own realm, including Artemisia and her surviving warriors. The council therefore contains gods whose recommendations help Gord even while the consequences of their older conflicts remain active.
These connections are revealed in The Council's Call.
Spoilers for The Council's CallShowHide
Zeus proposes Mina to the council and reveals that she once worked for Hades as a supernatural headhunter whose victims were delivered directly into the underworld. When she tried to abandon that service, Hades punished her with immortality. Unable to age or die, she eventually entered a long sleep inside a coffin associated with Carmilla.
By presenting this history, Zeus identifies both Mina's usefulness and the danger surrounding her.
Characters in this entry
Amazonian Warrior
One of Artemisia's disciplined warriors, whose ability to sense malice helps expose infiltrators during the defense of Asgard.
Hades
The god of the underworld whose history intersects with Mina and an older divine conflict.
Mina
Mina, the immortal undead assassin whose empathy is as surprising as her reputation.
Carmilla
A vampire ruler whose court intersects with Mina's long and morally complicated history.
Artemisia
Artemisia, the exiled queen and Amazonian commander who brings her warriors into Asgard's hardened defenses.
Gord
Gord, the ancient Persian commander who leads the Black Forest Commandos against the CVE threat.
Angra Mainyu
The calculating shadow lord whose CVE architecture turns corruption into a threat that can spread across worlds without him.
Mithra
An ancient goddess and strategist whose protection of Gord, Artemisia, and the Amazonians sustains alliances across millennia.