The Fall of Olympus - IC Thread

[spiriter]

Gamma had gone home that day after everyone started leaving. He got home, took a shower for the first time in days, ate some food, and slept. The excitement of going to sparta made him wake up early. He packed the necessary Items, and headed off to the temple. When he got there, there was an extra stone statue, which he made an educated guess to be the shape shifter from the day before. "I see your here early" He retorted before walking into the temple and plopping down in a random corner of the room.

After plopping down, his minds started to wander and think hard randomly about random items that came into his view in the room, taking them apart mentally and trying to figure out how they tick. He sat like this for what seemed like an age till Dido tapped him on the shoulder. "Hey Gamma. I'm pretty sure we're leaving in a few minutes, you better get your stuff." He snapped out of it and got up, grabbing the sack with his stuff and slung in over his shoulder. He then followed the rest out of the temple.

....Unfortunately, the one leading them decided to blindly try and rush through the main gate. He could try to steer her around to another gate.... but guessed the other's would do a better job of it, giving them a 'pls make her take another gate' look. Just then, the whole mountain went dark for a couple of moments. "Themistokles I presume?" He said to the whole group

[SilverShadow]

Temple

As he was talking to the statue Dido came near him and didn't miss the opportunity to joke about it, "What worried about me now?" laughed Faust not moving after her but simply talking louder.

Turning towards the statue who answered back, this one was in a joking mode to, "You could say that i guess, but some might prefer the events that transpired this morning before we came here" silently laughed again while shaking his head remembering the crazy stalker. When he started moving and turning into something more humanish Faust recognized him "oh you're the shapeshifter from yesterday, your power is quite interesting" stated marius before mask urged everyone to get a move on and deciding to go on ahead.
Just as he was about to take out one of his hidden throwing daggers, he had four, two hidden in each of his arm guards, Elpida came out of the room and leaned against the wall next to marius. "back to check on me, a hug would make me feel better" the first part was said with a mischievous grin but that was replaced with a "innocent" expresion for the second part. While he stated his joke he also put his arms around Elpida's waist pulling her closer to him, the idea was to try and embaress her so there was no real strength behind it and if she wanted she could of pulled free with ease. Regardless if Dido went along with his joke just as he was about to stop in order to get a move on since virginia came storming out of the room barking orders with her mouth full of food, quite a funny sight actually. Due to Virginia's funny appareance marius tripped over his shield which was on the ground landing on his back, but because of his luck he unintentionally pulled down Elpida with him making her land on top of him "sorry" tried to apologize faust but he instead turned it into one of his jokes by quickly adding "but shouldn't we wait until we're alone? well i don't really mind i guess" at the last part he slighting raised his torso by propping himself on his elbows with a wide mischievous grin as if saying to Dido "your move".

Once outside he had heard gamma mention something about the general being the cause of the sudden darkness to which Faust could only help but ask "anyone actually know what his power is?"

[Vlamidjan]

The battle between Rexxar and Simeon had just started to liven up and the two warriors did their best to win. But suddenly Misha charged into the arena in order to help Rexxar. That made Rexxar lose his focus and gave the chance to Simeon to land a hit on the back of Rexxar's head. The hit was very strong and knocked Rexxar on the ground almost unconscious. He was in no condition to continue battling. Simeon was the winner in yet another duel between the two men. Then he noticed Apollodorus, a fellow Spartan that had a grudge against Rexxar, attacking Misha using his weapon's power. Rexxar tried to stand up in order to defend her but he couldn't. Thankfully Simeon managed to stop Apollodorus' attack using his weapon's power. This incident didn't go unnoticed by king Demos. No man was allowed to interrupt a duel between two Spartans unless he wanted to face death. That was the law and king Demos would enforce it himself. He jumped into the arena and after letting Apollodorus say his last words he cut off his head. Then he faced towards the Spartans in the audience with the fool's head on hand and spoke about glory and conquest. His words were enough to raise the morale of the Spartan soldiers and a loud uproar of cheers and weapons banging against each other could be heard from miles away. At the same time Misha helped Rexxar to stand up and leave the ring. The next battle was shortly announced by King Demos and it would be a three versus three. But Rexxar didn't care much about the next battle. The only thing that was on his mind was Misha and how was he unable to help her when she was in danger. But suddenly a man's sing disrrupted Rexxar's thoughts. It was Epideksios, a fellow Spartan, that was known for his nasty habit of singing during the battle. The crowd bursted into laughter with his singing but Rexxar was annoyed. Epideksios sucked at singing afterall. Rexxar tried to endure his singing but at least this action was enough to give motivation to Rexxar to watch the rest of the battles. It seemed that the participants decided to make the battle into three seperate duels instead of a three versus three. The battles were still underway but suddenly a voice was heard from somewhere that Rexxar coudn't see saying "ENOUGH". It was King Demos without a doubt. Rexxar then realised that the King had already left the arena probably while he didn't pay attention. Soon enough the Spartan king emerged from behind his throne and stepped inside the arena and announced that the games are over and talked about the oncoming war. Then each Spartan retired to his house to have a good night rest before the war. At the morning every Spartan gathered before the Kings throne and awaited for his arrival. When the King arrived he spoke about how glorious this day would be and each and every spartan started cheering before marching towards Olympus. But one man's voice was more clear than the other's. It was Epideksios and his nasty singing habbit resurfaced once again...

[The Historian]

Mount Olympus' Feet - The Great Battle

"So~ The Spartan army is heading swiftly towards Olympus while the Themistoklis and his... Dodekatheon is slowly descending mount Olympus. At this rate, they will meet at its feet. Interesting... Don't you find it interesting too, Arkas?"
"Yes. I do."
"What's with you? Be a little more cheerful for once! You're about to witness the battle of the ages."
"Yes, Master."
"Still... That's not cheerful."

As the God of the Undead said, the two armies would meet at Olympus' feet. The area would be rocky with a lot of tight spots, perfect for a trained Spartan to fight. The Athenians would be at an disadvantage. They weren't aware of the Spartan's weapons thus they wouldn't expect them to move towards them, giving Demos and his army the element of surprise to use. Demos and his army arrived and set up a small camp, hidden in the rocks, in order to regain some of their lost energy.

They sat there, waiting. Waiting for the Athenian army to show up so they could rain death on them. The Athenians showed up, but they weren't an army. There were just eleven people. Demos was furious by the sight. "That bastard, Themistoklis! He really thought eleven soldiers can defeat the Spartan Army?! Spartans! Let's prove them fatally wrong!" The Spartans roared. Before Themistoklis and his companions could even hear the noise, a rain of spears approached them from the air. The Spartans' quickly followed by foot. "What...?" Nobody could react in time. The spears impaled fatally 7 of the Dodekatheon, leaving only 4 of them to fight the battle. Immediately after, Simeon appeared in front of a Dodekatheon member, severing his head easily with his sword. He appeared again behind the only female of the three left, however the woman was able to react and block with her redish black sword. "Get lost." The woman turned and kicked Simeon in an instant movement, sending him flying towards the rocky area. His body was slammed against a large boulder. He collapsed, unconscious.
Themistoklis did not know what to do. He planned to use the sun, but they were currently in the shades. He slammed his hand on the ground. The area around started deforming into a big plain. The Spartans halted their rush towards him, afraid of what his action might be. The general's arm became rocky and enormous. "You scums of the earth... DIE!" The rocky parts of his arm were suddenly pumped into the ground. It began shaking. The quakes became stronger and stronger as the approached the Spartan army. Then suddenly, an enormous amount of rock was shot out of the ground, creating a small scale mountain. Out of the 300 Spartans, only half of them survived, the king included. What a power. With a single move, he wiped half the Spartan Army. However the Spartans did not back down. They reached the Athenians' location. King Demos lunged towards Themistoklis. His spear ready to pierce the Athenian's chest. Themistoklis was calm, thinking the king was a fool. He thrust his palm in front, wanting to send a wave of air to push him away. However nothing came out of his palm. He couldn't use his powers. "W-why is this happening?!"
"Die, you bastard!!" Shouted the Spartan King, his spear heading for the Athenian General's chest.
The woman with the black sword appeared in Demos' way, blocking efficiently his spear and pushing it aside with her superior strength. Themistoklis snapped back to his senses, after seeing his whole life flashing in front of his eyes. He took a few steps back and breathed out heavily. He coughed a few times. "Don't touch him, woman! He's mine!" He demanded.
"Bite me." The woman attempted to crush the king's chest with her elbow, however Demos managed to block it in time with his shield. He bashed the shield into her, however she managed to block it with a single hand. The king was shocked. He extended his leg, aiming to swipe hers and throw her out of balance while aiming a spear at her. He succeeded, however her fluid movements allowed her to flip away and be safe from his attack. The remaining Spartan soldiers proceeded to attack her and the remaining Dodekatheon member, leaving the king to deal with Themistoklis.
"DEMOS! DIE!" The general's shout shifted the king's attention back at him. He was in mid air, probably descending from a higher position, seeing both his arms glowed vividly with solar energy. The general pointed both his arms in front, shooting two beams of solar energy at the king. There was no way he could avoid this. Fortunately, his trusted man, Simeon appeared and warped both of them out of the way. The two appeared behind Themistoklis. With no hesitation, Demos pierced his spear through Themistoklis chest, ending his life. The battle was over. The Spartans were victorious. The Dodekatheon was defeated. Themistoklis was dead. Whoever remained on top of Olympus was no match for the remaining Spartan soldiers. Olympus has fallen to the Spartans.

[Kaprichosa]

Athena's Temple towards the City Gate

For a moment, Selene spaced out as she sat on the chair in Virgina's room. There was something bothering her, she couldnt quite put her finger on it but something was bothering her deeply like a danger is coming. It was when Elpida gave her the piece of bread that she snapped out of it. Virgina has awakened and was now chowing down some bread and eggs very ungracefully for a woman of such beauty. Selene giggled a bit, before standing up and doing what Elpida told her. She scuffled around Virgina's room and found two leather bags. She put the bread in one as she lurked around more, she found some fruits laying on a basket. She took those two and put them in a bag. In the other bag, she found some of Virgina's clothes and packed them along as well, including some bandages in case they needed them. Lastly, she found two canisters for water, empty, and should be filled up later by the fountain at the plaza when they get out.

It was then that Virgina, after chowing down all those boiled eggs, stood up and beckoned for them to follow her. Virgina hurriedly went outside and Selene hurriedly followed as the woman might trip and throw up if she hastes too much. Selene does run faster than Virgina so she caught up to her outside and grabbed her by the arm, which was a good thing since Virgina was heading towards the Main City Gate.

"Virgina slow down. We can't pass through the Main Gate. If the general will march today he will be certainly looking for me and most probably has sent someone to fetch me, whom for certain will be waiting at the main gate. And please would you chew your food properly. You might choke." Selene adressed Virgina with a caring voice holding her arm.

The sky suddenly became darker over Olympus and it seemed very unnatural. Selene knew for certain who was the direct cause. "He really is pissed." she thought.

Her companions, who were already outside noticed this phenomenon and then coincidentally Marius asked randomly about the general's abilities. Looking upwards, as the sky slowly returned to normal, Selene spoke adressing no one in particular "I dont know specifically what the general can do but I do know that he is very powerful. I've seen him draw energy from the sun and that's it, but there is more to it. What you saw just now could only mean one thing -- the general is on the move and most likely, he has the Dodekatheon with him. We can not let them see us. We have to bypass them."


Selene then purses her lips and whistles and in a minute a hawk starts to circle above, flies downward and lands on Selene's forearm. Selene stared into the hawk's eyes and communicated with it. Syncing with the hawk, Selene let it go to fly. She could now see what the hawk sees and orders it to fly around the base of the mountain and instantly sees a large view of the area. From above going down, Themistoklis was already on the move, and Selene was right, he had taken the Dodekatheon with him. The fool was confident enough that he'd be able to take down Sparta with just the Dodekatheon. The hawk flew further and gained visual on the approaching Spartan army. Selene cursed under her breath.

"They are on the move. All of them. We have to avoid them and find another way out of Olympus into Sparta. King Demo's has probably taken his strongest men with him and for sure Sparta's defenses will be lowered right now. We should get there while they are on collision with the Dodekatheon. That should make infiltration easier. So which way should we go?" Selene adressed her companions as she still held on to Virgina's arm.

[Rin]

Main Gate

The priestess hit him. The soldier received a hit on his chin and stumbled backwards, slightly shaken, but mostly incredulous. Maybe the woman was insane... He shivered a little, it was bad luck messing with those whose spirit had left their heads. The two guards by the gate looked their way, readying their spears. It was unacceptable to attack a soldier in the presence of the guard. "Hey you there, what do you think you're -" one of them shouted as they both started rushing over. Suddenly, the sky turned completely dark. The guards dropped their weapons and crouched on the ground, covering their heads, while the uppercut soldier screamed and turned to run away. This was certainly Themistoklis... He was angry at the delay. Must escape before it's too late. His panicked run lead him straight towards a pillar on a nearby building, and just when the light returned, he knocked himself out on it, being unable to change the direction on the last second.

Athena's Temple -> Gate

Just as Dido was approaching Marius, she caught the end of his discussion with the statue man. He was saying something about following them from a distance. What a weirdo, it was way more fun to go with everyone. As she leaned on the wall, Marius picked up the conversation. "Well who knows what might happen to you if I don't keep an eye on you..." she replied to the first part of his statement, following up with a playful punch towards his shoulder. "We have company you know," she grinned, trying hard to to look angry but failing miserably. By then, the others finally started moving. Virgina's stunt put a grin on Dido's face. "Just what is that girl doing..." she chuckled just as Marius tripped over his shield for some reason. She would laugh at his clumsiness, but he somehow managed to grab onto her while her guard was down, maybe in an attempt to save himself from falling. She was caught by surprise and toppled over too, lading on top of the clumsy Roman. Her elbow would have unintentionally dug into his stomach had he not worn the armour - as it was, she just got a painful bruise. He immediately apologised, but it wouldn't be the Marius she had gotten to know if he didn't add a tease right after the apology. "It's fine..." she said absent-mindedly as she sat up, still on top of him, and rubbed the hurt elbow; however she snapped right back into full attention mode and flicked him on the forehead with the healthy hand when he continued. "Isn't that what I just said? But I suppose I'm just so irresistible that you can't help it..." she added with an expression revealing that she was thoroughly enjoying teasing him back. Then she got up and stretched her hand towards him, silently offering to help him up. Whether or not he accepted, she would then retrieve her spear and follow the others outside.

The group obediently followed the prophet, with the exception of Selene who took it upon herself to take care of the confused girl. Dido had just about noticed Aurora, the priestess, engaging some soldier by the gate, when the sky turned dark. She got a bit startled, an Aurora Borealis flashing at the dark sky for a second before disappearing again. "Why? I'm not scared..." Dido mumbled under her nose. Then several people insinuated that it must have been Themistoklis, and Marius even asked about his powers. But not even Selene, a part of the Dodekatheon, knew the answer. But she still had some useful tricks in her sleeve; calling a hawk, she used her power on him and released it. Then she explained the overall situation to the group. After the last question, Dido stepped forward. "Well right down the mountain, of course," she said without a care. "You just tell us when we get too close to the battle so we don't run into them... But we're not leaving by that gate," she finished her contribution to the decision-making and then moved towards the east gate. They would soon pass through it and then continue on a narrow, rocky path winding down the mountainside. It wouldn't be too long until they got within the sight of the battle.

On the mountainside

Virgina was confused. As the journey started, this girl stuck to her and kept giving her advice, breaking her concentration repeatedly. Then the sky went dark and Virgina was just about ready to panic; she instinctively clung to the scout. Then there was a lot of talking, all of it jumbled up in her mind and drove her even deeper into confusion. She barely even remembered what she wanted to do. Then the group started moving again, pulling her along. She was afraid of open spaces, but it was okay for now since they were still in the city and there was a lot of people around her. There was no saying what would happen once they got out into the open if someone didn't calm her down before they got there. Virgina was shivering slightly as they progressed towards the gate, her eyes widening with each step.

[SilverShadow]

Temple

Marius was having fun enjoying himself with this "teasing war" between him and Elpida and by the looks of it Elpida was having fun herself which was pointed out as she reacted once they were on the floor, her first conscious reaction was to tease him back instead of trying to get up or anything of that sorts. "i thought that i have already confirmed it several times already, but what was the forehead flick for" laughed Faust accepting her help to get up while replying to her latest tease. After getting up he did the same as Dido, he quickly picked up his stuff and followed to the group.

Road

While on the move everyone started making plans and plotting while Marius just stared up at the sky not really bothering with anything exept replying to Selene "oh i see , well not really important i guess, was just curios that's all" stated faust as the others kept on discussing strategy's, then breaking silence again to greet aurora which was apparently waiting for them on the road towards the gate.
When Selene's hawk returned with the news of the impending battle, the tactical talk was taken up a notch but again marius just followed along quietly staring at the sky with his carefree and cheerful attitude.
Marius didn't like the serious and tense athmosphere so he decided start to singing some random songs in order to break of some of the tension, he kept his voice down as to not alert anyone to there presence, only the ones near him would be able to hear his singing.

[Jinzo]

Ouch! Zep smashed his face of the underside of a table as he awoke from his slumber. He has fallen asleep during his relaxing session with his friends. Some other people in the bar laughed and pointed. Some were relieved he wasn't dead, and others recognised him, and couldn't believe he was in a commoners tavern. He places some change on the table as he stands, and makes a dash for the door.

Time skip~

Zep watched from a cliff side the horrors of the battle. 11 strong Athenians, perished from the hand of the spartan army. 300 strong at least, with half their troop remaining from the battle. People had been thrown, blasted and sliced all over the battlefield, something which can not got without consequence. Zep clenched a fist. He's gonna pay...they all are!... A tear rolled down his face for his fallen king. He turned and started running. Nearly breaking the sound barrier the blasted acorss the land, leaving not but a golden slip stream in his wake. He Arrived at the main gate, only to find nothing. He sat, still traumatised at the sight of his king falling in battle. He pondered about his group of "Friends" he had met before, and if they knew of the turmoil. Judging by the time span of what has happened, they probably have not passed through the gate yet. So he waited. Long passed while he waited for anyone to pass through the gate. But then he realised Gate...not gate...Gates! He realised there was more than one gate to funnel people through. He stood up, and blasted around to the next gate. A few seconds later he arrived at the eastern gate, a sort of un-used way of travel since it usually lead in the wrong direction. He decided to wait here, until perhaps someone passed his way.

Zep propped his back against the gate wall, and slid down onto his butt. He brought his knees up and sat in the misty floor. My king...you shall not die in vain, you still have people here who will fight on. He grits his teeth, before burrowing his forehead into his knees.

[Lord Irvine]

Originally Posted by Jinzo

Ouch! Zep smashed his face of the underside of a table as he awoke from his slumber. He has fallen asleep during his relaxing session with his friends. Some other people in the bar laughed and pointed. Some were relieved he wasn't dead, and others recognised him, and couldn't believe he was in a commoners tavern. He places some change on the table as he stands, and makes a dash for the door.

Time skip~

Zep watched from a cliff side the horrors of the battle. 11 strong Athenians, perished from the hand of the spartan army. 300 strong at least, with half their troop remaining from the battle. People had been thrown, blasted and sliced all over the battlefield, something which can not got without consequence. Zep clenched a fist. He's gonna pay...they all are!... A tear rolled down his face for his fallen king. He turned and started running. Nearly breaking the sound barrier the blasted acorss the land, leaving not but a golden slip stream in his wake. He Arrived at the main gate, only to find nothing. He sat, still traumatised at the sight of his king falling in battle. He pondered about his group of "Friends" he had met before, and if they knew of the turmoil. Judging by the time span of what has happened, they probably have not passed through the gate yet. So he waited. Long passed while he waited for anyone to pass through the gate. But then he realised Gate...not gate...Gates! He realised there was more than one gate to funnel people through. He stood up, and blasted around to the next gate. A few seconds later he arrived at the eastern gate, a sort of un-used way of travel since it usually lead in the wrong direction. He decided to wait here, until perhaps someone passed his way.

Zep propped his back against the gate wall, and slid down onto his butt. He brought his knees up and sat in the misty floor. My king...you shall not die in vain, you still have people here who will fight on. He grits his teeth, before burrowing his forehead into his knees.

Cyric took his pack horse's reigns and moved it along out the small gate. The others had finally begun to move. The sky had darkened earlier, then cleared back up, a sign that the Athenian general was on his way to battle. That had been some time back, and no doubt the battle was already underway, perhaps even over. A battle to decide the fates of two different peoples, and barely three hundred people were going to fight. He shook his head as he walked. It used to be numerous battles and thousands of troops before wars ended, but here were only a few hundred and only a single battle. It sounded unnatural in his mind, and of course, there was nothing natural about it. He wondered what would happen after today. What course would the winner take? What was the future going to be? The loud snaps of tree branches made him turn his attention behind him, to the gate a ways back. A normal human wouldn't have heard it, but currently Cyric's ears weren't exactly human. What better way to keep an eye on the main group than to listen to their every word. But first, he needed to check what was going on behind him. He turned back, and found Zepherus Pluto, the Royal Messenger. What Cyric first noticed was the man was slumped against the gate with tears trailing down his cheeks. Cyric heard his words, and instantly knew why he was crying. "The battle did not go well, I see. Come Zepherus, our journey has just begun, and now that the Spartans have powerful artifacts for each warrior and there are no equal powers to keep them in check, our journey is needed now more than ever."

[Garraofduhfunk]

Road
Baccus traveled in silence with his other fellow Athenians. He knew no one within the group. But not because he didn't want to. He was simply a new recruit. Not that they would want to talk to him anyway. He was an Abomination in everyone's eyes. His skin was a deeper darker color because of his Hebrew mother. And his hair was the color of the reddest wine.
Listening to their conversation, he remained close enough to hear, but far enough not to be rude.