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Prologue: The Dawn of War
A grizzled-looking old man stands perched on the edge of a cliff, overlooking a burning city. A faint crackle of electricity surrounded him, a slight humming noise radiating through the air. His white hair and beard billow in the wind, which carried the scent of fire and death to his nostrils. Grimacing slightly, he snorts the smell away from his nose, and he begins to turn.
"Brother, are we not going to retaliate against those dogs?" another man barks, his blue beard puffing away from his mouth as he speaks. He waves his hand towards the burning city and chuckles slightly in amazed disappointment. "Those bastards waltz into our lands, kill our people and burn our cities, and you're going to nothing but turn away and let them walk away without a scratch? You're pathetic."
The white-maned man turns and looks at his brother, his eyes full of sadness and fury. He raises his hand into the sky, slowly clenching his fist as his arm goes higher. Above the city, dark clouds gather and begin to spill water upon the city. The fires begin to dissipate, and black smoke rises from the destroyed city. Without warning, lightning crackles from the man's outstretched fingertips, and lightning crashes above the city, rage evident in the torrent of flashes.
A third man chuckles, a bone-chilling laugh, almost spectral. His face could not be seen underneath his purple hood, besides his glowing eyes. "It looks like we are going to war, brothers!" he claps his bone staff into his free hand. "There are plenty of souls for me to devour, and feast, I shall."
The first man turns to stare at him, his eyes glowing with electricity. "You think this is a game, Hades?" he scoffs, shaking his head in disappointment. "Well, it isn't. It's cold-blooded murder, and an attack on our lands and people." Hades laughs, the sound a grainy, ghostly cackle. He turns back to his other brother, the rage in his eyes crackling with full force. "And you, Poseidon. You wish to throw accusations around? Why didn't you know they were here? They had to cross YOUR oceans in order to reach this place, yet you failed!" The white in his eyes matched his hair, and a blinding flash of lightning stretched across the sky.
Shielding his eyes, the blue hair swaying in the wind. "I'm sorry, Zeus... I didn't realize they were here to attack us," he replies, his voice low and sullen. "I assumed it was an emmisary ship sent to Olympus... If I had known that they were here with aggression, their bones would be resting at the bottom of the ocean..." his gaze returning to meet his brother's eyes. Zeus knew that Poseidon was telling the truth.
Turning back to the cliff, Zeus could do nothing but ache for the people lost in the city. He knew there was nothing he could do now, but he took solace in the knowledge that at least he would be able to avenge them. All the women... The children... Tears streamed down his face as he turned around to face his brothers.
"Those motherless dogs will suffer for what they have done here! Nothing will stop us as we avenge the lives of all the people killed today. As the leaders of this land, it is our duty to exact justice on these mindless curs for daring to attack our people!" his voice echoed across the cliff, though no one living could hear him, besides his two brothers. "We go to Olympus. I will call all of our brethren to the halls, and we will hold a council to launch a counter-attack."
With these words, the War of the Gods had begun.
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Alright, everyone. I didn't really want to make this too long, as I want to see what kind of reception this gets before I devote too much time to a story that no one wants to read!
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