Glossary

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The “Who’s Who” of Creatures You Hope to Never Meet (unless you crave a good dose of danger and drama in your life; mortals be grateful for your mundane existence)

Anemoi - Wind gods, each micromanaging their own direction. Great friends to have. Never a bad hair day.

Argos - Hera’s all-seeing, flying creature cops who have nothing better to do than keep mortals ignorant while simultaneously inspiring widespread belief in angels. The multi-colored wings are cool though—fashion in a world of celestial surveillance.

Atlantide - Mix their floral scented blue blood with yours and be bound to their will, whatever it is. Descendants of the Titan Atlas.

Blackguard - Fearsome warriors cursed to be BFFs forever, because nothing bonds a friendship like an ancient curse with no take-backs. Formerly known as Kingsguard.

Boreads - Children of Boreas, God of the north wind. Essentially walking tornadoes, what could go wrong?

Chimera - A creature so confused with its mash-up of animal parts that it went blind when it tried to simplify. But hey, at least it can still breathe fire like a boss.

Chire (Hecatonchires) - Pointed ears, ruthless style. Some attain special glamours with maturity. Skills feared by both Titans and Olympians. Endangered.

Cyclopes - Basically Zeus’s biggest fans. Master craftsman. Used to rock the one eye thing, but decided depth perception was worth sacrificing edginess.

Demigod - Forget distant relatives; these folks are direct descendants of the Gods, no second cousin removed bullshit here.

The Fates - AKA the Morai. Decide the destiny of all creatures. Piss them off, and you’ll be living in a rerun forever.

Furies - These terrifying females are Hades’s loyal sidekicks, armed with whips and ready to give you your first wet nightmare. Also go by the charming name Erinyes.

Gorgon - Avoid these stone-cold babes with green blood that smells strangely alluring. One touch of their forked tongue and you’re stuck as a statue forever. Avoid. Next.

Hydra - Loyal to Hades, they block the entrance of the Underworld. Can regenerate any part of their body. (Yes. Even that one)

Keres - Vile and barbaric. Bloodsuckers who can’t handle a little sunlight. Endangered thanks to yours truly.

King Kadmos - One great male. Descendant of Elpis, God of Hope. Deceased.

Lycaon - Elitist and nasty, and thanks to Zeus’s questionable judgment, able to transform into wolves

Muses - Highly intelligent and creative, and not into monogamy. Double jeopardy.

Nymphs - Mortals 2.0. Zeus’s way of saying, “I can do better.” Includes: Nereids, Oceanids, Hesperides, Dryads, Hamadryads, Oreads, Meliae

Oracles - Priestesses of Apollo, who live in prophetic ecstasy. Which sounds fun, but I’ve never met bigger bummers.

Pegasus - Poseidon’s favorites, who don’t even need air to flaunt their track-star skills. We get it, you had wings and hooves, great. Now trot along.

Phoenix - Nerds now rise from the ashes. Capable of rebirth, but too scared to die. Bad Combo

Pierides - Knockoff muses, even less into monogamy. Two thumbs up.

Queensguard - A squad of badass warriors sworn to protect Queen Vinia—why she needs protection when her biggest threat seems to be boredom—the aesthetic?

Queen Vinia - Kadmos’s worse half with twelve kids to feed. Descendant of Hecate, Goddess of Magic. Castle agoraphobe.

Silenus - Mortals call them satyrs. Males that used to be part horse but are now just incredible horndogs. Not known for their personalities. Plural: Sileni

Siren - Killer vocals. Got fame convincing pirates they wanted them and robbing them. Now they’re mostly on scamming second cousins on Soundcloud

Syclla - Breathe underwater, permanent fish breath. Perform vindictive low level magic. Watch at a distance if you enjoy petty displays.

The Blackguard (Formerly the Kingsguard)

Atlas Smith – Chire commander of the Kingsguard, clawed his way from the palace kitchens to the right of Kadmos’s throne before puberty. No known glamour.

Calydon Ivanovich – Better known as Vlad the Impaler. Immune to any magics and godly powers. Skewered by the Queensguard while in mourning for the King.

Andromeda “Meda” Porter – Smuggling royalty, bestowed with gift of theft. Keeping the skill in the family with brother, Leto, thief of the Queensguard. Because nothing says “sibling bonding” like a good heist.

Eleni “Leni” Amiace – A literal firestarter with the memory of a goldfish. Make sure your home owners insurance includes Phoenix related damages.

Sinis – Most handsome and talented male to ever be born of ichor. Remarkable ability to taste and influence emotions. Not only does he look good, but he can mess with your feelings too. What a catch.

Zeke Wildes – Part time Witchhunter, full time crazy. Gift of sight, though he usually keeps it to himself.

Cross – Gentleman spy with the gift of shadows that make him impossible to remember - perfect for those times when you want to gather intel without feeling guilt to say thank you. Beloved by Leni

Lev Mikhailov – Inventor of organized crime, comes equipped with the Gift of Wrath that includes super strength, speed, and the elusive mega-punch. Prone to a bar fight? Lev’s your guy.

Rune Elison – Viking invited to Olympus for acts of heroics. Gifted with animal transformation because why settle for just being a hero when you can also be a bear or squirrel? Helluva party trick.

Drake Cosgrave – Executioner of the Irish mob, invited into Kadmos’s favor for his skill in torture. Can read a person’s worst fear with only a touch of skin. Don’t shake his hand unless you’re ready for some deep-seated nightmares.

Luke Donovan – Mortal and former marine. Proving that even in a world of Gods and gifts, sometimes all you need is good old-fashioned mortal resilience. Or maybe he just got lost on his way to another story altogether.

The Gods of the Dodecathlon , AKA the Olympians

Zeus – King of Gods, God of the skies

Hera – Queen of Gods, Goddess of marriage and birth

Poseidon – God of the sea

Demeter – God of the harvest

Hephaestus – God of artisans

Athena – Goddess of warfare and wisdom

Apollo – God of prophecy and harmony

Artemis – Goddess of the wild

Hermes – God of trade

Aphrodite – Goddess of love

Ares – God of battle

Hestia – Goddess of the hearth

Semi-honorable mentions

Ambrosia - Drink of the Gods. Get a brew directly from Olympus and attain immortality. (if you can survive it, which let’s be honest, very few do—fine print).

Atlas - Insanely powerful, the most violent of the Titans. Zeus sentenced him to hold up the heavens for eternity. Talk about a killer workout. Brother of Prometheus.

Caduceus - Hermes’s rod. Not like you’re thinking. Fashion forward staff of intertwined serpents and wings. Looks cool, hurts like fuck when it whacks you.

Cerberus - Hades’s three-headed hellhound. The head bitch, and mama to all. Slobbery kisser. Persephone’s ‘wittle baby’

Charon - The very greedy ferryman of the dead, waits on the River Styx. Got in early on Silicon Valley, has never shut about it.

Diakonos - Oh, those creature traffickers and their fancy titles. Technically “servant to the Gods,” but that’s not what they are. Not even close.

Doulos - Greek for slave.

Drachma - Currency of the Greeks. went out of style for a while. but gold always come back in style.

Drakon - Water dragons with hundreds of teeth. Super aggressive and sacred to Ares.

Echidna - Half-woman, half-snake. Full fucking monster. Mother to anything you’ve had a nightmare about.

Elysian Fields - Resting place for heroes who went above and beyond. Six gold stars. Eleven out of ten. Must have ichor to enter.

Eros - God of Love, son to Aphrodite and Ares

Eurynomos - Hideous demons that hang with the dead. it’s gross but their hair makes the softest silk.

Fated Bond - A connection between only soulmates in which the Fates tie your life threads together. Lame.

Fields of Punishment – The ultimate bummer resting place where souls endure torment to reflect their specific crimes. Real party spot.

Gaia - Mother earth. Birthed the sky and sea, as well as the Chire (and countless others). Offed her husband when he rejected the kiddos. Piece of advice: don’t mess with powerful females.

Hades - God of the Underworld, who’s not antisocial—just really bad at making friends. Wears too much black. C’mon, this is the dude Zeus is most scared of?

Hellhounds - Think indestructible doggos. Less Air Bud charm, more Doberman on coke.

Hecate - Goddess of witchcraft and enchantments. Has a major bone to pick with Hades. Who doesn’t?

Helios - Titan God of the sun, legitimately has the best ride in the universe, a chariot led by Apollo’s prized stallions that pulls the sun across the sky.

Heracles - Demigod hero who ascended to immortality after completing his twelve (fourteen) labors. Despised by Hera. The movie spelled his name wrong. Oh and he actually killed that hot chick Meg—oops.

Icarus - Uber aviation nerd. Built himself wings and flew too close to the sun. Literally. Deceased (obviously).

Ichor - Blood of the Gods. Silver and thick. Poisonous to mortals.

Jason - A true hero, captain of the Argonauts. Clever. Beloved by Athena and Hera.

Kronos - King of the Titans, overthrown by Zeus, mortals call him Father Time

Meadows of Asphodel - Thrilling destination for ordinary souls are sent after death. Honestly, probably you, the spectacular don’t read. Heracles was probably illiterate.

Olympus - The highest peak in the heavens. Home of the Olympians.

Pandora - The first mortal woman, gifted skills by all of the Olympians. The first and last in history to receive the honor. Zeus tricked her into unleashing sin upon mortals. Eventually granted immortality, though no one knows how.

Prometheus - Good guy. Creator of mortals. Keeps getting punished for it. Classic case of creativity gone wrong. Titan. Gift of foresight. Brother of Atlas.

Rhea - Queen of Titans, helped Zeus kill her husband-brother (yikes) Kronos. In her defense, he really sucked.

River Acheron - Underworld river of woe and sorrow

River Lethe - Underworld river that contains waters of forgetfulness, can wipe any mind clean.

River Phlegethon - Underworld river of Fire, flows straight into Tartarus

River Styx - Underworld river that contains waters of hate, so menacing and dark, none dare touch it. Charon’s post.

Selene - Titan goddess of the Moon

Sisyphus - Former Greek king who tricked Death and the Fates. Sent to the Underworld to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.

Tantalus - Former Greek king who killed his son. Sent to the Underworld where he’s starving, with food just out of reach.

Tartarus - The deepest part of the Underworld. A prison from which one never returns.

Thanatos - God of Dying. A henchman for Hades with killer sense of style

Themis - Titan goddess of justice and counsel.

Titans - Those ruling prior to Zeus and his Olympians.

Underworld - The place of the dead, as deep in the earth as Olympus is high in the sky.

Vestal Virgins - Priestesses dedicated to Hestia and guardians of the sacred flame. In the MOST respectful way, they could get it.