Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Modern Fantasy with a twist on/of mythology (Interest check)

Edit: I decided to come up with a back story and a quick plot-line rundown to make it more appealing. (Hopefully.)

Back Story -

Azielia was said to be one of God's most beautiful and devoted angels. Any man who saw her was said to fall in love with her at first sight. Even other gods lusted after her, but no one expected she would ever fall from grace.

Everyone knows of the rivalry between Zeus and Hades. It's literally the stuff of legends. Neither can stand to see the other one happy, especially if it means the other got something that they wanted.

Zeus fell in love with the angel Azielia and decided to attempt to woo, and possibly seduce, her. Hades heard of his brother's intentions and, being against anything that might make his brother happy, decided that he, too, would attempt to woo and seduce the lovely little angel.

The two fought over her and used their best tricks to seduce the poor girl, but in the end it was Hades who won. He used his dark charm to woo and seduce Azielia, and it wasn't long after that the angel became pregnant with his off-spring.

Of course this started a chain of events that would turn the poor angel's life up-side-down in a matter of days. Angels were forbidden to have sex, and for one to cross that line and end up pregnant was even worse. Not to mention that she was pregnant with a Greek god's offspring and that particular god was the ruler of the underworld.

Azielia fell from grace and was sent to live in the human world, her wings clipped. Hades, having only seduced the poor angel to circumvent his brother's happiness, did nothing to help make her feel better about what had happened. Instead he made things worse by calling her a whore and claiming that there was no way the baby was his. From that day, until she died many years later, Azielia prayed and begged for forgiveness from God.

The day came when she went into labor. It was long, excruciating, shocking, and almost a death sentence for poor Azielia. She gave birth to five children; three boys and two girls. Then, as if she hadn't gone through enough, she found herself facing most of the Olympian gods. They had come to bind her children's powers and take them from her, they said. A prophecy had been made by their fates that the children would bring about the apocalypse; four of them being destined to become the horsemen, and one being the key to their transformations.

With their powers sealed, the gods took them to different city-states in Greece and fitted them with families wanting children of their own, but thus far having no luck. Each babe was named for one of five rivers of the Greek underworld.

Styx was the first born, and a baby girl. She was given to a young Spartan general and his new wife. Acheron was second, and a boy. He was given to a peasant family in Corinth. Cocytus was the third born, and another boy. He was given to a royal Athenian family. Phlegethon was the fourth child and last boy. He was given to a potter's family in Argos. Lethe was the last born child and the only other girl. She was given to a royal family in Megara. Though they were raised apart, and their powers were bound as babes, the siblings always knew that the other's exited. Whether it was because some part of who they were shone around their bound powers, or because they had shared a womb for nine months remains uncertain.

Plot --

It's been 2,500 years since the children were taken from their mother, their powers bound, and given to separate families. They all chose to live their lives separately, even when they got older, until recently. Perhaps it was a combination of losing everyone they grew close to to old age and loneliness, or perhaps it was fate. Either way, they've all recently decided it's time to move to somewhere new and start over fresh.

But they're not the only ones deciding it's time to take action. After 2,500 years, Hades has finally found a way to un-bind the powers of his children. Of course, he's not doing it for them as much as he's doing it to piss off the other gods.

To make things more interesting, the paranormal world is stirring. Demons are crawling out of their pits, fights are breaking out between sects that had alliances, and general discord is slowly, but steadily, spreading through the paranormal community. Something really dark and nasty has it out for the siblings; well, either that or it's trying to bring about the apocalypse, and what better time to strike than when the siblings are finally going to be in the same place all at once.

Can Hades unlock their powers in time for them to save their own asses? If he does unlock their powers, will that automatically start their transformations? Is there a way to stop them from becoming the horsemen, or will the prophecy be fulfilled?

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