The Olympians. The proud beings whose civilization created the great Parthenon, the walls of Athens, and the very institutions that ensure that any country that follows them will have those rights due to man. They were the heart and soul of seven great kingdoms, and they have given to our literature those characters and characterizations that make humanity imbued with heavenly beauty and skill. The Muses granted us those arts which drew us closer to the Divinity of Olympus, math, astronomy, and all those things which bring music and light to a darkening world.
Yet, despite all of their gifts, the Olympians were scorned, condemned, and ostracized. Disrespect gave way to sacrilege, and sacrilege gave way to disbelief. And once they stopped believing, they forgot. They forgot the mighty power of Olympus, of her king, and his immortal servants. They preferred to believe the lie that all things could be explained scientifically and rationally; the Olympians had no place in this rationalistic world, and so they removed themselves from it.
They sundered Olympus from the ground which they had hallowed and they contented themselves with the homage of their demigods and those children which they could not, would not, part with.
As they marched down through the ages, they were remembered again, but now they were relegated to myth and explained away as the tired babblings of the ancients. People dared risk their wrath by this irreligious portrayal of the mightiest powers in the universe.
And so, the most ancient of the ancient refused to accept their fate, and with pure sorcery and power they determined to bring Olympus back and overthrow those who had dared disrespect them and those who had allowed such treachery.
Amongst these Primordial Demons were Nyx, Chaos, and Uranus. Nyx, however, was wise enough to know that their efforts to destroy the human world would be thwarted. So she made sure that her children would take a pivotal part in the war and would become leaders in the new Olympian Order. After the events of Twilight, the Olympian Gods rose up in an uproar and demanded that the lines set in motion by the Fates be renewed and that their rule be instituted. Every demon and creature in the world fought against this, and the Olympian Gods seemed destined to fall to Uranus's ultimate power. Yet Mercury and Ares were sent to free Illusia and her lover Angel from Tarturus and release the hordes that Uranus had locked away since he did not dare let them roam the world. With both the Olympian army and the Hordes of Tarturus, Uranus was cast away and every world and hell-dimension was freed from his power. He was then bound into the core of Tarturus and guarded by his most hated enemies. He was never to be released. Ever.
After the defeat of Olympus, Zeus instituted the new Olympian Order and returned Olympus to the earth that it had been sundered from. The immediate result of the return of the Gods was something like Jasmine had offered, though a tool of Chaos, but however, it was even better. Ambrosia and nectar ran again, and the Gods walked freely amongst the world. Zeus knew, however, that in order to keep the peace, the demons, the half-breeds, and the humans all needed to have their own realms and leaders. Ones they would respect and realize that they would ever protect.
Thus it was that he instituted the three Powers. The Shanshu Empire which was ruled by Spike and Buffy, the Last Vampire Slayer. Aelina, the daughter of Nyx, became the Dowager Duchess of Aurelius, with mastery over all the demons. Her son, Connor, was made the Grand Duke of Aurelius as well as the Master of Orders. The third and final power that Zeus instituted under the cloak of Olympus was the Monarchy de Los Angeles, the new and renewed Los Angeles which was rebuilt by Hephaestos, the Three Sisters, and Lorne was also released from Hell. The Monarchy had for its King, Angel, and for its Queen, Illusia Fiadh. These three powers were never known during the Golden Age of Olympus to be at war, and there was thought to be perpetual peace.