I know that taking on THREE stories is a bit much, but I really feel this one. I'll try as hard as possible to update fast and efficiently.
Prologue
King Zeus was a good king. Not perfect, but what king is? He kept the crime rate as far down as possible. He treated the poor like actual people. He tried to make people's lives pleasant and worthwhile.
However, he did not trade with the countries that did not do the same as he. Since none of the other kingdom's nobility was concerned with the villagers, King Zeus refused to commerce with them. His kingdom remained self-sufficient. They grew their own food, mined their own metals, and kept trading within their walls.
This angered many of the surrounding kingdoms. Finally, one king decided that he was fed up with King Zeus's reign. He hired an assassin to kill the king.
The assassin succeeded.
King Zeus was found in his office, his throat slit open, the blood still pumping out of the gruesome wound. He was dead.
He left behind a daughter and a son.
Thalia was supposed to be the next ruler when she was old enough, but the king who had hired the assassin to kill her father was soon aware of her presence. She and her young brother, Jason, were pursued by the assassin. At the expense of two loyal guards, Poseidon Jackson and Hades di Angelo, they escaped into the village of the kingdom. The assassin never came looking for them again.
Meanwhile, another claimed the throne. Athena Chase, relative of Zeus. She was a tyrant, a ruthless ruler. Annabeth Chase, her daughter, became the princess. Her father, Fredrick Chase, was killed, mysteriously drowned before Athena became queen.
Athena let the villages become slums. She reinforced trade with other kingdoms. She let the crime rates fly sky high. Peasants were forced to work for long hours with little pay. Children were worked to the bone. Education was almost nonexistent. Only the richest children were educated. Whippings were common and expected. Poverty raged throughout the streets. People starved to death.
One person, naming himself 'The People's Avenger', or 'The Avenger' for short, stole from the guards, giving to the poor. He stopped the guards from killing people. He lowered the crime rate. He lived up to his name.
The Queen hated him, constantly sending her guards after him. She never forgave him for the pestering he gave her. He never forgave her for the misery she placed upon her people.