From the Other Side

In the First Titan War, the Gods triumphed and imprisoned the Titans by locking their Avatars into Tartarus. Some Titans remained free by various means; declaring their neutrality in the War, siding with the Gods or by simply being impossible to bind. The Titan of Death, Mortis, required special handling. It could not be allowed to remain unfettered, but it was within the Realm of Mortis that the other Titans were bound. Even the Gods could not bind the Avatars of Mortis in a prison forged from their own Realm. A different solution was required.

Each of the Avatars save one, Thanatos, was imprisoned deep in the substance of the World itself. In exchange for his freedom, Thanatos taught the Gods how to bind his fellow Avatars. The most powerful Avatar of Death, Kur, was bound the deepest, locked inside a tomb hidden within a prison built under a great mountain.

The escape of the other Titans sent shockwaves of power rippling through the very fabric of all three Worlds, cracked the seals binding the Avatars of Death. Reaching out, one of them contacted Coatlicue. The Avatar promised Coatlicue that in exchange for her help freeing Kur, she would be given the forces necessary to tip the balance and take the place of Iapetus as the ruler of Terra. Only Kur, among all the Avatars of Mortis, was so powerful that it would be able to free the Greater Titan itself from bondage and restore all the Avatars to their full strength.

Lemurians Never Use Simple Names

The Lost Continent of Lemuria is returning to the World and bringing with it storms and tidal waves that threaten to destroy or devastate thousands of miles of Pacific coastline in Asia, Oceania and the Americas. What might be even worse for the world is the Mad Empress who wants to use her army of undead Muons to regain the Lemurian Throne. What horrors could she unleash from the ancient cities of Lemuria? What unknown marvels do the ruins of that empire hold?

Our Heroes are going to find out as they race towards the Palace of Ninety Trillion Pearls to stop the Mad Empress, who has possessed the body of their friend Izzy, before she can bring her plans to fruition. In their way stand the Cake of Lies, the Flowers of Discontentment and the Birds That Sing Songs of Doom. Along with an army of death and metal, the ancient Muons who serve the Mad Empress.

The Band has already defeated the Deadly Butterflies of Agony, but more challenges await!

Results of the Trial

Well, things were close there for a while. Marti bribed Ares into swapping his vote and Athena came up with a compromise that got Apollo and Artemis to agree. Finally the Dodekatheon decided not to throw Garreth into Tartarus, just to arrange things so that if he works with the Titans again, he'll instantly die.

More problems resulted from the bribery than the trial itself. Marti's bribe to Ares was starting a civil war in North Korea, dedicated to the War God. The rest of the Band, including Garreth, took exception to the callous decision and a big fight broke out.

As a result of that and the on-going tension between Boris, Johnny and Marti, Marti will be leaving the Band. His replacement (since his player isn't going anywhere, we like him) is going to be a Polynesian Surfer God. We'll see how he works out, but he seems like far less of an abrasive dick than Marti. Should be fun!

Randall is still settling in and getting used to everyone, as well as letting people (Boris) get used to him. It's an on-going process.

This could go so wrong in so many ways.

Like, this could go wrong is so many ways.

First off, Ares is going to try to embarrass Johnny into oblivion by flaunting what he did to him in front of the big twelve. Because of this, Marti may just try to force Johnny to step down, and stay home. Something that I am not super excited about, but if Marti can convince Johnny of it, I am ok with it. Although if Marti decides to use powers against Johnny to force him to stay home, someone will end up dead.

Second, I am guessing we, right off the bat, have three votes against us. Although A thinks I am wrong with these, so take it all with a grain of salt. I believe there is no way in hell we are getting Ares to vote for us, no way in hell we are getting Artemis to vote for us, and either Zeus or Hera will vote against us because they can never take the same side on jack shit.

The Trial of the Century

Everyone is getting ready for Garreth's trial. I don't know that it's really going to be so much of a "trial" as just trying to convince enough Gods not to kill him. There aren't laws or anything and there's no objecting when people get out of line.

This is really gunna test the social characters to see what they can do. Oh, and Garreth of course, to see if he can bend far enough to make his Pantheon think he's more than just a crazy, dangerous lunatic.

Now, some of you may be asking: Did I push Garreth into this situation to punish him? No. Not really. I did push him into this situation to force some growth, though. He's set himself up in an incredibly vulnerable position. He doesn't have any allies among his Pantheon. None of the Dodekatheon have any reason to like him that much, since he thinks very lowly of them and makes no secret of it.

Lost Atlanta Session 36: Fed Up

Whelp. Things did not go as planned. 

Last time in Lost Atlanta, the Band went to Boston when Garreth's father reported that ORPTA Headquarters was being quarantined by some Men in Black. The MIB's apparently take exception to people showing up on giant three-headed, fire-breathing dragons. Some lasers were fired, there may have been a helicopter-vs-Zmey battle and the Band took cover inside the Headquarters building via a roof entrance.

Everything was going fine until certain events came to pass, revealing that Garreth and ORPTA had formed an alliance with Mr. Bright, who just happens to be a Titanspawn. Izzy stormed off, leaving not only Boston but the Band itself in an outrage at the betrayal. 

Boris and Johnny had some words for Garreth as well, and the God Strife was very nearly summoned into the situation. That would have been really bad. 

Rhyan missed all this, having run off on her own to disable the Portable Energy Shield Generator what was keeping the Band from reaching the basement of the HQ building, where Garreth's father and Mr. Bright were holed up. She managed to break it a bit, but for her troubles she got an Implosion Grenade in the face. She fled, joining the rest of the Band (minus Garreth of course) in the park across the street.

So, now Izzy is gone and Garreth might be left all alone to face off against a full team of Men in Black armed with lasers, futuristic helicopters, energy shields and imploding grenades. And, worse (possibly), Mr. Bright has threatened to engage "countermeasures" that will "deal with" the situation if things get any worse. 

Oh, and of course the MIB's are preparing to activate a Singularity Generator that will generate a Singularity all up in the HQ building's face. That probably won't end well.

Next week is going to be interesting!