007. locations

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here is some information on the different godly, and not so godly, places both above us and bellow.

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M O U N T - O L Y M P U S

ah, the beautiful realm of the twele olympians. soft breezes, marble & beauty as far as the eye can see, a fifteen foot man walking towards you... wait, what?

in this realm, the gods take on their original forms. it’s looked over by head-honcho zeus, and his beautiful wife, hera. other gods that you can find residing here would include poseidon, ares, hermes, hephaestus, aphrodite, athena, apollo, and artemis. there are other gods that can be considered variant, such as hestia, demeter, dionysus and hades, but there were only 12 olympians considered to reside on mount olympus at once.

to maintain their lovely immortality, the gods feast on ambrosia and nectar in the palace of jupiter. other than that, all the gods had their separate abodes, including on earth, sea, and in the underworld. ambrosia, the food of the gods, was said to be made of uncooked honey, water, olive oil, cheese and barley. if that doesn’t sound delicious, well... you must be crazy. however, if you didn’t enjoy your meal, the gods had a delicious sweet drink called nectar, which was made from fermented honey, and sounds much more pleasing than ambrosia. but hey, whatever floats your boat, right?

zeus’ council was held in a hall in which his and hera’s throne faced the doors, while 5 other, less elaborate thrones sat on either side of zeus and hera’s, belonging to the other 10 olympians.

entering mount olympus requires stepping through a gate of clouds kept by the beautiful goddesses consecutively named “the seasons.” the gate let the gods pass through and return, but anyone of mortal blood, or uninvited would be sent back; if they even made it that far, that is. zeus had a nasty habit of sending things such as lightning bolts to keep people away. nice man, really.

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T H E - U N D E R W O R L D

the wonderful home of the ruler, hades, and his wife, persephone. many gods often take trips here, some not so welcome - Hecate is an often visitor, she even has her own pack of nymphs. this is the place where every soul goes after they die - they have to get past cerberus, for he is the guard of everything to pass the adamantine gates. now, before you even get that far, you need to get brought over the five rivers; the acheron (river of woe), the cocytus (river of lamentation), the phlegethon (river of fire), the styx (river of unbreakable oath by which the gods swear), and the lethe (river of forgetfulness). both hermes and charon carry souls across the rivers with a ferry, payment of course needed by placing coins on the corpse's lips; the rest are trapped between two worlds. now, Hades is a greedy god who cares very much about the amount of his subjects, the more the better some would put it. to let one of the many souls in his kingdom is almost unspoken of - only the slickest of tongues could compromise such a deal with the lord.

there are several different places in the underworld. once cerberus let's you through but not back out, you must get judged and sentenced by three judges: rhadamanthus, minos I, and aeacus. they would send you to the average place, simply the underworld; they could damn you to Tartarus where only the most rotten of souls would be sent; or they could send you to the elysian fields, where only the very good are placed.

certain demigods are able to enter the underworld on demand; as in, if they leave a few drachma on their lips and lay down, at the thought they can be at the gates. now, getting past cerebus? tricky. most need to prove their blood, whether they're the offspring of hades or hecate - they do this but simply cutting their palm and showing it to the huge hound. other's attempt to trick the beast - sometimes it works, other times not.