Hector and the Titans of Othrys: The Cursed Blade

by Shadeslayer113

Hector, the Son of Kronos, grew up ignorant of his heritage and loyal to the Olympians. When events at home drive him to camp, he finds himself being pulled headfirst into a conflict he had once considered distant and forgotten. Joined by Diego and Serenity, he must survive the struggle between Titans and Gods that wish to influence his destiny. Multiple OC's. AU

21. Treasure of the Deep Teaser

Shade: Treasure of the Deep is now up again, hopefully improved. I'll leave this excerpt at the end of Cursed Blade.

Treasure of the Deep Teaser

Deep beneath the blue waves of the Pacific, where the oceanic shelf drops off into the darkness, a city rests where the light last flickers before the impenetrable night of the sea trench. The city sprawls impossibly up and down the shelf, bridges and walkways connecting laterally while open-water staircases wind their way up and down. The city is built of living coral glowing with a soft green inner light that brightens as the sunlight wanes. Merfolk and sea creatures swim along the paths and alongside the stairs while some ocean spirits take on physical form and walk with their feet on the path. The city extends for a mile in either direction, with buildings hanging from either side of the trench and a lattice of bridges connecting the two, with gaps for creatures to pass through; monsters whose size confounds imagination.

The center piece of this city is a palace built as large as Atlantis itself but in a style that the reflects the grandeur of Mt. Othrys: the palace of Oceanus and his queen Tethys. Minarets reach toward the surface while caverns dug into the shelf border the bottom of the palace, where the brisk trade needed to keep a palace supplied runs day and night. Gates ornamented with shining crystals are manned by severe merfolk armed with tridents and armored in green steel plate. A palace of beauty and wonder, wherein dwelled all gods of the sea at one time and the place that Hera, Queen of Heaven, once called home. A place that was now the center of a great panic and a terrible rage.

"FIND HER!"

The ocean trembled with the fury of its master and the force of his command exploded in a shock wave across the Pacific, causing tsunamis to form on the surface. The citizens of the city paused in their tasks, frightened by the explosion and waiting with baited breath for what would come next. From the palace Oceanids, the daughters of Oceanus came pouring out, followed by patrols of mermen adorned with the traditional garb of the Royal Sentinels. They fanned out in all directions while the Oceanids passed quickly among the citizenry. The city snapped into action, with only the essential workers remaining at their tasks while every other citizen grabbed their weapons and took up the search.