This chapter is used solely for readers who would like to understand what mythology is used in this story. This will be updated everytime a new chapter is seen, and will contain spoilers.
Demigod:
Brief background: figure who is half deity (major/ minor), half human.
Abilities: Varies. Can be favored by few deities. Usually carries a hefty fate.
Disabilities: Varies. Usually hated by many deities due to existing. Attracts monsters. Can have mental/ physical disabilities due to side effect of wielding power. Usually carries a hefty fate.
Status: Anyone born from a human and deity relationship. Due to being a child of the gods, will be favored and hated from both sides of family line of mortal and gods alike.
Hunters of Artemis:
Brief background: Maidens who follow Artemis and do not fall in love with men in respect to the traditions and what Artemis represents.
Abilities: Heightened hunting senses, youthful as long as under the oath of Artemis. Hunters of Artemis who do not travel with Artemis can roam around.
Disabilities: Under the oath, hunters of Artemis are not allowed to love men in order to follow Artemis. Can die once fallen on battlegrounds/ war.
Status: Any maiden can join as long as they follow the oath made to Artemis.
Labyrinth:
Brief background: Daedalus built a labyrinth like chamber to lock up the minotaur, and lived in it due to not being able to escape before flying away with his son Icarus, who subsequently died from flying too close to the sun.
Status: Once used as a prison for the unwanted monsters, it has now become an unknown safe haven.
Lame legs:
Brief background: Hephaestus, a unique deity in himself being one of few who are disabled, has lame legs.
Abilities: Losing sense of legs, heightens other senses. Develops upper body strength due to loss for many.
Disabilities: Struggles to walk without assistance.
Status: Can be born with trait. Sometimes gained through accident in life.
Mortal:
Brief background: Slang word used to call full humans.
Abilities: Varies.
Disabilities: Varies.
Status: Anyone who is a full human.
Ring of gyges:
Brief background: With the ability to turn invisible, can greed overcome power above others? Gyges,a shepherd, found the ring and killed the king of Lydia, gaining power over the kingdom.
Abilities: Twisted on one's finger will make the user invisible from the sight of the gods and man. Anyone can use it for their own person.
Disabilities: Unless altered by magic, can not control who can and cannot see the user in their invisible state. Anyone can use it for their own purpose.
Status: Passed down through the Di'angelo family as an heirloom. Current owner is Nico, the youngest Di' Angelo.
Sub Rosa:
Brief background: The latin phrase meaning, "Under the rose", meaning that whatever is said under a rose, must be kept secret. Romans put a rose over the door frame of meetings of importance. Followers of Demeter believed the map of the labyrinth is a rose, and the center is where Daedalus lies.
In order to keep the gods secrets quiet, Eros bribed Harpocrates, god of silence, to keep the secrets of the gods quiet and gave him the first rose. Made by deities like Apollo and Aphrodite.
A white rose can mean silence or secret.
Status: The rose is used as a symbolic, secret map of the labyrinth.
Vampires:
Brief background: Amborgio and Selene were star crossed lovers between a tourist from Italy and one of Apollo's maidens of ancient times, and with this, came the first vampire. Starting with love, they had ended the travels with giving up love to live with each other.
Abilities: In order to continuously be immortal, blood is ichor. From Amborgio's trials, vampires are allowed to fall in love, but can also choose when to love. With mercy from Artemis, can roam in the moonlight. Hunting skills second to Artemis including keen sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, strength, and so forth. Can heal quickly.
Disabilities: Can not touch sunlight due to a curse from Apollo, nor silver from Artemis's curse. Will burn. Has no soul. Must seek assistance of magic annually to keep memories retained in time.
Status: In order to become one, one must pass it along through tradition of blood draining. Does not have to be by neck.