TirithIre
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" What do you mean you want to take the heart??"
Erys (pronounced Aeris) looked at the other demigods who were clustered around the camp. Through all his life he had known that he was a demigod... it wasn't something that one necessarily thought of. This most recent idea proposed by Helios though was one of the most contrived that he had ever heard.
" Exactly what I said... if we take the heart of the mountain we can have all that power for ourselves. If anything we can..."
Erys rolled his eyes as Helios went on and on... the others were listening of course... the children of the gods weren't so easily swayed, and while some were trouble makers, Eris had actually made a name in legends and rumors in the human world by bringing winds to the skies and warm days. He may be one of the sons of chaos, but he seemed dedicated to proving who your parents were would not dictate who you would become.
" Come on Erys, don't you ever get tired of the gods having ALL the power??"
Helios was still pushing it, and being the young demi god that Erys was after another few hours he found himself following the others. In the end the five of them were the only one's to actually take the journey to the mountaion of the gods. In the center rumors said was the heart, a gem which supposedly would gift the possessor with the power of creation.
" We should turn back..."
He spoke up again, trying to speak reason to the others... and yet as Helios was about to turn and tell Erys off once again for his doubting, they were hushed by the passage which they had been traveling opening into a massive cavernous like room. On the far side about fifty feet in the air the glowing heart sat nestled. Even Erys had to fall quiet at that.
" Go on... you're the best one to get it Erys..."
Helios goaded his brother and rolling his eyes Erys did call upon the wind... picking him up and carrying him up to the heart, as he flew up though he felt how wrong this was. He was about to take the heart but just as he was about to pull his hand back as well and turn to tell Helios that they didn't need this power... he hadn't seen how Helios had silently slid his dagger from his belt, ready to kill his brother. Unbeknownst to Erys this 'mission' wasn't actually about getting the heart... but rather getting rid of his pesky brother!
Erys barely saw the flash, but it was enough for him to dodge back, pushing away Helios was after him, cackling madly as the man seemed half mad with the prospect of getting rid of Erys. Erys, the favored son... Erys, the son who always did right... Helios was sick of it. Yet seeing that he wouldn't catch Erys, Helios snatched up a rock in his hand, imbuing it with godly power he shot it at Erys, who, turning just as it reached him felt his world go white as the rock made contact with his left temple. Staggering and bloody, Erys didn't realize how close to the edge of the mountain he was at all. He could feel his blood dripping down his face as another rock made contact in the same spot and then everything was black.
For Helios, he watched his brother fall from the edge with satisfaction. There was no way Erys would survive the fall, so Helios turned and passing the others with a wild and dangerous look, Helios stormed up and snatching the heart from it's place the entire mountain and world seemed to shake.
From the mortals world, it certainly did shake, but even more so in the night sky it looked like a falling star was crashing from the sky. Erys fell and fell... and Helios WOULD have been right had Erys not crashed down into the ocean. from there he wasn't far from the native tribal lands of the south. Lush, warm lands that were ripe with fruit and cattle, people there didn't leave very often.
A few weeks later though the rumors began of a strange man who had golden eyes and silver hair who wandered the forests. No one actually went near him, thinking that he was some kind of demon they all stayed away of course... but word did spread as well... the harvest was dying. The heart could create... but once taken from it's place unless focus on maintaining the lands from the gods was maintained the world's lush islands began to wither and die. Far off in the most remote islands first... but rumors were that the gods had forsaken the mortals... some even whispered that this was the end of all times!
Erys (pronounced Aeris) looked at the other demigods who were clustered around the camp. Through all his life he had known that he was a demigod... it wasn't something that one necessarily thought of. This most recent idea proposed by Helios though was one of the most contrived that he had ever heard.
" Exactly what I said... if we take the heart of the mountain we can have all that power for ourselves. If anything we can..."
Erys rolled his eyes as Helios went on and on... the others were listening of course... the children of the gods weren't so easily swayed, and while some were trouble makers, Eris had actually made a name in legends and rumors in the human world by bringing winds to the skies and warm days. He may be one of the sons of chaos, but he seemed dedicated to proving who your parents were would not dictate who you would become.
" Come on Erys, don't you ever get tired of the gods having ALL the power??"
Helios was still pushing it, and being the young demi god that Erys was after another few hours he found himself following the others. In the end the five of them were the only one's to actually take the journey to the mountaion of the gods. In the center rumors said was the heart, a gem which supposedly would gift the possessor with the power of creation.
" We should turn back..."
He spoke up again, trying to speak reason to the others... and yet as Helios was about to turn and tell Erys off once again for his doubting, they were hushed by the passage which they had been traveling opening into a massive cavernous like room. On the far side about fifty feet in the air the glowing heart sat nestled. Even Erys had to fall quiet at that.
" Go on... you're the best one to get it Erys..."
Helios goaded his brother and rolling his eyes Erys did call upon the wind... picking him up and carrying him up to the heart, as he flew up though he felt how wrong this was. He was about to take the heart but just as he was about to pull his hand back as well and turn to tell Helios that they didn't need this power... he hadn't seen how Helios had silently slid his dagger from his belt, ready to kill his brother. Unbeknownst to Erys this 'mission' wasn't actually about getting the heart... but rather getting rid of his pesky brother!
Erys barely saw the flash, but it was enough for him to dodge back, pushing away Helios was after him, cackling madly as the man seemed half mad with the prospect of getting rid of Erys. Erys, the favored son... Erys, the son who always did right... Helios was sick of it. Yet seeing that he wouldn't catch Erys, Helios snatched up a rock in his hand, imbuing it with godly power he shot it at Erys, who, turning just as it reached him felt his world go white as the rock made contact with his left temple. Staggering and bloody, Erys didn't realize how close to the edge of the mountain he was at all. He could feel his blood dripping down his face as another rock made contact in the same spot and then everything was black.
For Helios, he watched his brother fall from the edge with satisfaction. There was no way Erys would survive the fall, so Helios turned and passing the others with a wild and dangerous look, Helios stormed up and snatching the heart from it's place the entire mountain and world seemed to shake.
From the mortals world, it certainly did shake, but even more so in the night sky it looked like a falling star was crashing from the sky. Erys fell and fell... and Helios WOULD have been right had Erys not crashed down into the ocean. from there he wasn't far from the native tribal lands of the south. Lush, warm lands that were ripe with fruit and cattle, people there didn't leave very often.
A few weeks later though the rumors began of a strange man who had golden eyes and silver hair who wandered the forests. No one actually went near him, thinking that he was some kind of demon they all stayed away of course... but word did spread as well... the harvest was dying. The heart could create... but once taken from it's place unless focus on maintaining the lands from the gods was maintained the world's lush islands began to wither and die. Far off in the most remote islands first... but rumors were that the gods had forsaken the mortals... some even whispered that this was the end of all times!