"Short" summary: during the first titanomachy, Zeus wasn't the youngest, I was. He didn't do all the work he is said to have did, I did. But when we picked lots, I was thrown into tartarus. I didn't perish, I became stronger. I'm not known as Perseus, I'm known as Lucifer. After all that, I still don't know why I'm helping the gods with their 2 wars, even when I'm secretly fighting my own war. Most likely going to be perzoe, but maybe perlia.
Location: Christian Hell (somewhere in tartarus) Perseus POV
Hello, my name is Perseus I am the youngest and and strongest child of Kronos. You may believe the myths were Zeus made his dad regurgitate, but no, that was me, or maybe you believe the myth were he took Kronos' own scythe and chopped him up into a million pieces, but no, that was me.
When we drew lots (Domains) Zeus picked the sky, Poseidon picked the waters, Hades chose the underworld, Hestia chose the hearth or fire. But I wasn't given any domains. No, I was thrown into tartarus, but for what? For doing most of the work.
Zeus as always was paranoid. I did most of the work, I fought the Titan Lord, I fought many of the Titans, and for that, I was banished, because of my unbelievable power.
I may not be mentioned in any Greek or Roman myths, but people know me know as "Lucifer," "The Devil." Yes, the Christian god exists, in fact almost all of the mythologies exist, Greek, Roman, Christian, Norse, Egyptian.
When Zeus threw me into tartarus he thought I would perish, but I didn't, I thrived, I became powerful. I made experiments on humans or demigods that have ventured into tartarus. When my first successful specimen was done I called it "Demon." I made more of these "Demons," in fact, I created thousands upon thousands of Demons.
I made a city, and called it Hell. It had a great economy, the main currency was drachma. It was a modern day New York, without all the homeless people, it was great, I had my own throne and huge palace with anything you name in it. My demons, they were also great, they were powerful but i had more power, the served under me faithfully, but something can never be perfect. The bad part about my demons, is that they love to see people suffer. So I allowed them to take the "bad people" from Charon's ferrying station to torture. Thus giving me the name "The Devil." After a couple years, Charon and Hades, started noticing these souls being taken away. He caught one of my Demons in the act and questioned him.
The demon told my brother about how I sent him to steal souls so we could torture them. After he spilled the beans,the demon was told to return to me but with a note.
" 'Meet me in my palace' "-Hades, your brother that didn't betray you."
I chuckled at the note "He sure has changed" I muttered happily under my breath. I got ready, put on a nice red suit with a green tie.
'Damn, I look good' I thought to myself 'I need to look at least a little bit intimidation though in case we get into a fight,' with that thought I made my eyes have a small fire in them. (kind of like Ares in the lightning thief, he also has minor control over fire now. He also has 35 foot long wings.)
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As I flew my way into the underworld, it took a surprisingly long time getting up the tall cliff in that separates the underworld and tartarus, a couple hours.
As I made my way up the stairs of the underworld, I couldn't help but notice how gloomy and dark it was, it wasn't really surprising though, it is a place where dead people reside. But still even hell was nicer, and hell everyone other than demons got tortured, TORTURED for Zeus' sake.
I walked into the palace, it was all dark red and other colors. What surprised me most was that not only Hades was there, but Poseidon and Hestia also. Wonderful, the people that didn't betray me are here, I guess it is time for a family reunion.
"So we're having a family reunion?" I asked in between small chuckles.
" You come in and ask if we are having a family reunion? WE ALL THOUGHT YOU DIED!" Hades and Poseidon creepily said at once.
"Well as you can see," he said while pointing to his body " I'm perfectly fine."
With that statement, Hestia ran up and hugged him tightly and said " You're finally back"
" I'm touched and all - but - I can't - breath." the demon rasped out.
With that Hestia let go.
"So, how have you been? Stealing my souls?" Hades complained at the last part but had an evil smirk on his face.
Hestia and Poseidon both look at Perseus and Hades weirdly.
"I will tell you guys my story later but how have you guys been?" He asked
Hestia started her story on how she became a maiden, and gave up her throne for a stupid drunk named dionysus. Hades explained how he wasn't an Olympian anymore because of how he was feared by Zeus because he was the eldest so he was supposed to get the throne. Poseidon said that he was perfectly fine but was in a loveless marriage because of a peace treaty by Oceanus, he had to marry his daughter, neither of them love each other.
"Well here is my story, and how I, thrived in tartarus." said Perseus as he took a deep breath in.
Flashback to when he was thrown into tartarus
"Oomph" I said as i hit the ground in tartarus. I started to breath again, the toxic air getting into my lungs, it wasn't bad as I was a god. I started to stand and put my hand in my pocket to get out my trusty riptide so I can slay any monsters that cross my path. I heard a river to side so I went towards it, hopefully it will take me somewhere good. As I was reaching the river I heard a couple different growls, and red eyes started opening in the dark. I uncapped riptide and stood in a fighting stance.
The hellhounds started pouncing, one was about the size of a Toyota Corolla, clearly a baby trying to prove itself. The baby pounced but as it got close Perseus lunged and stabbed the sword through its eye and into its brain. He heard an even louder growl, probably one of the parents of the hellhound. What he deduced were the parents lunged at him, he ducked under the first one and ran and slid under the second, while he was under the monster, Perseus cut its foot off. At this point he was near the river he was walking towards, which turned out to be the Phlegethon the monster that he ducked under charged with massive speed.
Perseus lunged to the side but the hellhound was expecting that, it also lunged. The god planted riptide into the ground, and as the hellhound was about to reach him, he uncapped it and the 2 ½ foot long xiphos cut through the trachea of the monster, even though it was slowly dying, it still would have done damage so he lifted the still in motion monster with his sword and threw it into the Phlegethon.
All the other hellhounds lunged at immortal, he was jumping over them and cutting and slashing until the ground around him was either in monster blood or golden dust. ( I will make complete fight scenes, this just focuses on his time in Tartarus so don't judge the short ending.)I continued along the river Phlegethon, as a god, I didn't really need to eat, but I still needed to drink. When I started to get really thirsty, I put my hand in the Phlegethon and was surprised that is was liquid, I guess it is called "river" for a reason. I walked and walked and walked until finally, there was no more Phlegethon, but I could see another river in the distance.
I reached the river, it was black river, very different from the orange Phlegethon , i easily deduced it to be the river Styx. I was very thirst, it was either drink the styx water and risk death, or, I could just die of thirst. I chose to drink the styx water. As I drank, It hurt like Hades, (sorry big bro) I didn't die or anything, in fact it was nourishing. I finished drinking my handful. I didn't feel different, definitely didn't feel like my insides were rock hard, but maybe they were. I didn't want to test it. As I kept walking I found a small hut alongside the river. Either this was a smart monster, or a weird deity living in a hut very small.
I kept on walking and walking as I started to get close to the small hut, I began to see a door. I started going towards the door, as I was nearing it I opened up riptide and saw a large deity inside. As I stood in the doorway, I heard a loud growl behind me. As I looked back I saw...
SO? How did you guys like it? I know, I ended on a cliff hanger… Can anyone guess who the man inside the little hut is? Also, I already have the main idea that I want to do, but I'm also open to different suggestions. Constructive criticism is allowed.