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…The air grew thick with the portent of catastrophe. The sonorous rumble of warning that grew from the throats of the heavily-maned males made the ground tremble and the cubs whimper. Lapetus opened his eyes. He raised Tepes over his head and sprang into the air, streaking across the plain in an instant. His cry … Read more
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…As the forest separated, a wide and grassy flatland arrayed itself out before him. The grass was as tall as men and the color of honey and it swayed gently in the light wind. The blood-covered god staggered out of balance, confronted with the tranquility of the plain. In the distance, directly in front of … Read more
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…on living things and as the evening waxed on, the methods’ and cruelty that Lapetus employed grew. In the wee hours the final insanity of perfection would take hold and a controlled rage would become the word, the state, the action. Covered in the blood of felled animals, Lapetus would run through the forest, Tepes … Read more
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…golden lion, giving birth to a torrential spray of golden blood. After felling the lion, the young Lapetus distended his lower jaw until his mouth had formed a gaping maw, and then he ate the snake and the crane whole, each in a single bite. As soon as he finished consuming the gifts from Lord … Read more
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…”The bird vanished,” the spirit-blade continued, “Gaia awoke and three statues appeared before her: a snake, a lion, and a crane. The Lord had given her a gift for the precious ichor he had taken.. She had only to choose one, and it would be hers forever.” “What was the meaning of the gifts?” Lapetus … Read more
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“The Lord Chaos raised a golden wing revealing a small pouch tied to his underwing coverts. It was into this pouch that part of the ichor was stored, slid carefully off of his wingtip. “Then, just as before, there was a second pop, and again, the horrid smell of rotting flash invaded the glade. A … Read more
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“…causing her skin to turn a crimson hue. Light ripples rolled across the great goddesses belly following the ebb and flow of the bird’s magical melody. “Three times his outermost feather dipped deeply into her flesh and touched your embryonic body. Three times the bird drew his feather back, tipped in a dripping, molten fluid, … Read more
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…the day of your birth. Just hours before you were born, the Lord Chaos came to the glade where your mother Gaia lay giving birth to her first round of godly progeny, your brothers and sisters. “When the great lord ascended from the infinite waters of the black abyss, he chose the guise of a … Read more
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…”I am the spirit you call Tepes. The spirit of Blood and Blade. I am you. Long ago our life-force was forged from the same iron. He who is the beginning and end of all things cleaved our being into you and what would become me. I have been held in darkness until you were … Read more
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…Just months before that fateful day, the day young Cronus would bestow upon his brother the epithet “The Piercer”, the bond between Lapetus and Tepes grew, changing in a profound way. Late one evening as the young god slept, he awoke within the depths of his dream. The palpability of the moment was surreal. He … Read more
