Of Gods and Men: Trollheart's Journal of Mythology and Legend

Trollheart · 01-11-2017, 08:18 PM

Pantheon: Greek
Class: God
Level: Top Tier
Lineage: Divine
Alignment: Good
Linked with: Hera, Apollo, Athene, many others

Known to the Romans as Jupiter, or sometimes Jove, Zeus was the father of all the gods on Mount Olympus, although he was not the eldest. Afraid that his sons would overthrow him, Kronos, his father, ate each of his children as they were born, and had consumed five of them before his wife, Rhea, gave him a stone shaped like an infant to eat, and spirited the baby Zeus off to Mount Ida, where he grew up, unbeknownst to his father, and later returned to defeat the rebellious Titans, oust Kronos from the throne of Olympus, and persuade his father to yield back the five children he had consumed.

Thus Zeus became leader of the gods, and with his two brothers, Hades and Poseidon, divided up the Earth between the three of them. Zeus married Metis, but under the same paranoia as Kronos, he swallowed his pregant wife before she could deliver the child that gestated in her womb. This child, however, burst forth from the very head of Zeus, and was Pallas-Athene. Next Zeus married Themis, siring Astraea and the Horae. But it was the goddess Hera that really captured his heart, and though he had to pursue her for a long time before she gave in to his advances, Zeus finally married her, and from their marriage came Hebe, Ares and Hephaestos.

Zeus did not remain faithful to her though, siring many other children, as in the case of Persephone, whom he had by Demeter; Apollo and Artemis, who were the children of Leto; Aphrodite, by Dione; the Muses, by Mnemosyne; the Charites, by Eurynome; Dionysos, of Semele; Hermes, of Maia, and Hercules, who was borne to him by Alkmene.

Having defeated the Titans, Zeus now faced a new uprising: that of the Giants, who had come into being from the blood of Uranos. Their leader was Porphyrion, who Zeus and Athene struggled against, while other gods fought others of the rebels. The mother of the Giants, Gaea, had made her sons proof against all weapons of the gods, but not by those of mortals, so Hercules was called forth, and broke their power.

When the golden ages had passed, and men struggled to overcome each other for gain, Zeus was angered, and let loose a terrible flood on the Earth, destroying everyone on it, except Deukalion and Pyrrha, whom he saved to procreate the new race.

Zeus' favourite sacrifice was a bull, and his sigils were the eagle, oak and olive.

Trollheart · 01-11-2017, 08:32 PM

Pantheon: English
Class: Hero
Level: Third Tier
Lineage: Human
Alignment: Good
Linked with: Lancelot, Arthur, Guinevere, the other Knights of the Round Table, The Green Knight

Seen as the perfect knight, and the enemy of Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain found his reputation tested by the legendary and enigmatic Green Man, an adventure which begins in King Arthur's hall in Camelot on New Year's Eve. A huge green giant challenges the knights to a beheading contest, and Sir Gawain accepts and severs the head of the giant, who, unmoved, picks up his head and mounts his horse, the green lips on the severed head issuing a challenge for Gawain to meet the Green Knight in a lonely chapel, a year hence, to receive his share of the axe's edge.

Reaching the appointed place, Gawain has his meeting with the Green Man, but as the axe descends he flinches, and so keeps his head but loses his reputation.

The Batlord · 01-11-2017, 10:19 PM

Yeah I never got "perfect knight" from Gawain. I always thought he was kind of a shady twat tbh.

Trollheart · 01-12-2017, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Yeah I never got "perfect knight" from Gawain. I always thought he was kind of a shady twat tbh.

A ****ing beheading contest! Those crazy English knights!

The Batlord · 01-12-2017, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

A ****ing beheading contest! Those crazy English knights!

Didn't he once tell Tristram that he'd get his girlfriend to take him back but just ended up boning her instead until Tristram kicked his ass? Now Tristram, that is an underrated Arthurian badass.

Trollheart · 01-15-2017, 10:40 AM

Pantheon: Norse
Class: God
Level: Top Tier
Lineage: Divine
Alignment: Good
Linked with: Thor, Loki, Freya, Balder

All-Father of the Gods in Norse mythology, Odin was the god of battle, and he ruled, with twelve of the Aesir, in Asgard. Odin watched the world of men, Midgard, from his high seat atop Valaskialf, the tower from which he could see everything that transpired in the world below. Odin had two ravens, Hugin and Munin, who brought to the All-Father news of the world of men, and two hunting wolves also.

Son of Bor and Bestla, a giantess, Odin had two brothers, Vili and Ve, and together the three destroyed the first ice giant, Ymir, and created the world. After this, Odin and his brothers created man and woman, from two lumps of driftwood they found. The man they called Ash, the woman Embla.

Odin's eldest son was Thor, the god of thunder. He was also father to Balder the Beautiful, the most handsome and loved god in Asgard. His wife was Freya, and he also professed a fathership towards Loki, the god of mischief, which is somewhat in doubt, Loki having been the son of one of the giants of Jotunheim.

Wishing to attain ultimate wisdom, Odin approached the wise Mimir, who guarded the waters of wisdom in his well at the root of Yggdrasil, and the father of the gods was told that if he wanted wisdom, he must pay for it. The price in this case proved to be one of Odin's eyes, which he pulled out himself and tossed into the waters of the well, thus earning a drink from the enchanted spring, and attaining the wisdom he required. It is also said that Odin hung himself on the trunk of Yggdrasil for several days to attain knowledge.

Trollheart · 01-15-2017, 11:10 AM

Pantheon: Greek
Class: Demi-god
Level: Top Tier
Lineage: Human/Divine
Alignment: Good
Linked to: Hades, Eurydice, Persephone

The son of the Muse Kalliope and Apollo, Orpheus inherited from his mother the power to enchant every living thing with the sweetness of his music, which he played on the lyre, and with his beautiful, melodic voice, as he sang. His music won the heart of the nymph Eurydice, but tragically she died, bitten by a snake as she tried to avoid the satyr Aristaeos. Unwilling to go on living without her, Orpheus descended to the very kingdom of death, the Underworld ruled by Hades and Persephone, there to beg the return of his loved one.

The power of his music gained Orpheus safe passage through the Underworld, charming and enthralling everything as he made his way towards the court of Hades. Reaching his goal at last, the bard played and sang for Hades and Persephone, and implored them to release Eurydice. Their hearts finally softened by the unearthly music (especially Persephone, to whom the music brought bittersweet memories of the world she called home, the world above from which she had been abducted), the monarchs of the realm of the dead relented, and Hades granted that Eurydice be allowed return to the world above.

But there was one condition that the pale king laid down:all through the journey upwards to the living world, Orpheus must never once look back to see if the nymph was following. If he so much as turned once to check, she would be dragged back down to Hades, there to remain forever. Orpheus began the long climb to the world of light above, but the further he went, the more the silence at his back whispered to him that his loved one was not following, and eventually, just as they reached the entrance to the upper world, Orpheus' frustration and fear got the better of him, and he turned. On the instant, Eurydice was pulled back down into Hades, lost forever to Orpheus.

The bard dazedly returned to the world he had left, his life shattered. For seven months he sat, disconsolate by the banks of the river Strymon, his heart breaking, refusing food or drink. He broke his lyre, and would sing no more, for he had nothing to sing for now. Eventually, he retired to the higher slopes of Mount Rhodope and Haemos, but there he was discovered by a band of Maenads, who tore him limb from limb.

The Muses gathered up his limbs and conveyed them to Mount Olympus, where they buried them. His head and lyre floated down the Hebros, where they arrived at the island of Lesbos, later famed for its musicians. There the head of Orpheus was buried, and it was said that nightingales sang sweeter there than anywhere in Greece.

Trollheart · 11-26-2020, 02:12 PM

Please refer back to the OP as this journal is being completely revamped and re-organised. Thank you for your patience.

The Batlord · 11-26-2020, 03:45 PM

Wait what's going on?

Trollheart · 11-27-2020, 02:35 AM

In this journal, or in general?

01-11-2017, 08:18 PM	#41 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Pantheon: Greek Class: God Level: Top Tier Lineage: Divine Alignment: Good Linked with: Hera, Apollo, Athene, many others Known to the Romans as Jupiter, or sometimes Jove, Zeus was the father of all the gods on Mount Olympus, although he was not the eldest. Afraid that his sons would overthrow him, Kronos, his father, ate each of his children as they were born, and had consumed five of them before his wife, Rhea, gave him a stone shaped like an infant to eat, and spirited the baby Zeus off to Mount Ida, where he grew up, unbeknownst to his father, and later returned to defeat the rebellious Titans, oust Kronos from the throne of Olympus, and persuade his father to yield back the five children he had consumed. Thus Zeus became leader of the gods, and with his two brothers, Hades and Poseidon, divided up the Earth between the three of them. Zeus married Metis, but under the same paranoia as Kronos, he swallowed his pregant wife before she could deliver the child that gestated in her womb. This child, however, burst forth from the very head of Zeus, and was Pallas-Athene. Next Zeus married Themis, siring Astraea and the Horae. But it was the goddess Hera that really captured his heart, and though he had to pursue her for a long time before she gave in to his advances, Zeus finally married her, and from their marriage came Hebe, Ares and Hephaestos. Zeus did not remain faithful to her though, siring many other children, as in the case of Persephone, whom he had by Demeter; Apollo and Artemis, who were the children of Leto; Aphrodite, by Dione; the Muses, by Mnemosyne; the Charites, by Eurynome; Dionysos, of Semele; Hermes, of Maia, and Hercules, who was borne to him by Alkmene. Having defeated the Titans, Zeus now faced a new uprising: that of the Giants, who had come into being from the blood of Uranos. Their leader was Porphyrion, who Zeus and Athene struggled against, while other gods fought others of the rebels. The mother of the Giants, Gaea, had made her sons proof against all weapons of the gods, but not by those of mortals, so Hercules was called forth, and broke their power. When the golden ages had passed, and men struggled to overcome each other for gain, Zeus was angered, and let loose a terrible flood on the Earth, destroying everyone on it, except Deukalion and Pyrrha, whom he saved to procreate the new race. Zeus' favourite sacrifice was a bull, and his sigils were the eagle, oak and olive. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-11-2017, 08:32 PM	#42 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Pantheon: English Class: Hero Level: Third Tier Lineage: Human Alignment: Good Linked with: Lancelot, Arthur, Guinevere, the other Knights of the Round Table, The Green Knight Seen as the perfect knight, and the enemy of Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain found his reputation tested by the legendary and enigmatic Green Man, an adventure which begins in King Arthur's hall in Camelot on New Year's Eve. A huge green giant challenges the knights to a beheading contest, and Sir Gawain accepts and severs the head of the giant, who, unmoved, picks up his head and mounts his horse, the green lips on the severed head issuing a challenge for Gawain to meet the Green Knight in a lonely chapel, a year hence, to receive his share of the axe's edge. Reaching the appointed place, Gawain has his meeting with the Green Man, but as the axe descends he flinches, and so keeps his head but loses his reputation. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-15-2017, 10:40 AM	#46 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Pantheon: Norse Class: God Level: Top Tier Lineage: Divine Alignment: Good Linked with: Thor, Loki, Freya, Balder All-Father of the Gods in Norse mythology, Odin was the god of battle, and he ruled, with twelve of the Aesir, in Asgard. Odin watched the world of men, Midgard, from his high seat atop Valaskialf, the tower from which he could see everything that transpired in the world below. Odin had two ravens, Hugin and Munin, who brought to the All-Father news of the world of men, and two hunting wolves also. Son of Bor and Bestla, a giantess, Odin had two brothers, Vili and Ve, and together the three destroyed the first ice giant, Ymir, and created the world. After this, Odin and his brothers created man and woman, from two lumps of driftwood they found. The man they called Ash, the woman Embla. Odin's eldest son was Thor, the god of thunder. He was also father to Balder the Beautiful, the most handsome and loved god in Asgard. His wife was Freya, and he also professed a fathership towards Loki, the god of mischief, which is somewhat in doubt, Loki having been the son of one of the giants of Jotunheim. Wishing to attain ultimate wisdom, Odin approached the wise Mimir, who guarded the waters of wisdom in his well at the root of Yggdrasil, and the father of the gods was told that if he wanted wisdom, he must pay for it. The price in this case proved to be one of Odin's eyes, which he pulled out himself and tossed into the waters of the well, thus earning a drink from the enchanted spring, and attaining the wisdom he required. It is also said that Odin hung himself on the trunk of Yggdrasil for several days to attain knowledge. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-15-2017, 11:10 AM	#47 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Pantheon: Greek Class: Demi-god Level: Top Tier Lineage: Human/Divine Alignment: Good Linked to: Hades, Eurydice, Persephone The son of the Muse Kalliope and Apollo, Orpheus inherited from his mother the power to enchant every living thing with the sweetness of his music, which he played on the lyre, and with his beautiful, melodic voice, as he sang. His music won the heart of the nymph Eurydice, but tragically she died, bitten by a snake as she tried to avoid the satyr Aristaeos. Unwilling to go on living without her, Orpheus descended to the very kingdom of death, the Underworld ruled by Hades and Persephone, there to beg the return of his loved one. The power of his music gained Orpheus safe passage through the Underworld, charming and enthralling everything as he made his way towards the court of Hades. Reaching his goal at last, the bard played and sang for Hades and Persephone, and implored them to release Eurydice. Their hearts finally softened by the unearthly music (especially Persephone, to whom the music brought bittersweet memories of the world she called home, the world above from which she had been abducted), the monarchs of the realm of the dead relented, and Hades granted that Eurydice be allowed return to the world above. But there was one condition that the pale king laid down:all through the journey upwards to the living world, Orpheus must never once look back to see if the nymph was following. If he so much as turned once to check, she would be dragged back down to Hades, there to remain forever. Orpheus began the long climb to the world of light above, but the further he went, the more the silence at his back whispered to him that his loved one was not following, and eventually, just as they reached the entrance to the upper world, Orpheus' frustration and fear got the better of him, and he turned. On the instant, Eurydice was pulled back down into Hades, lost forever to Orpheus. The bard dazedly returned to the world he had left, his life shattered. For seven months he sat, disconsolate by the banks of the river Strymon, his heart breaking, refusing food or drink. He broke his lyre, and would sing no more, for he had nothing to sing for now. Eventually, he retired to the higher slopes of Mount Rhodope and Haemos, but there he was discovered by a band of Maenads, who tore him limb from limb. The Muses gathered up his limbs and conveyed them to Mount Olympus, where they buried them. His head and lyre floated down the Hebros, where they arrived at the island of Lesbos, later famed for its musicians. There the head of Orpheus was buried, and it was said that nightingales sang sweeter there than anywhere in Greece. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-26-2020, 02:12 PM	#48 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Please refer back to the OP as this journal is being completely revamped and re-organised. Thank you for your patience. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-27-2020, 02:35 AM	#50 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	In this journal, or in general? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018