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Story One:
Ares Returns to the Underworld (G)
No content warnings. No relationship.
Characters: Ares (POV), Hades, Zagreus
A vignette posed as a study of the atmosphere within the House of Hades to someone who is perceived as an outsider.
Story Two:
Hector of the Shining Helm (G)
No content warnings. No relationship.
Characters: Zagreus (POV), Hector, Charon
A character study of the Trojan hero, Prince Hector, and his time within the Underworld after what had happened to him, and to his home, at the insistence of the gods themselves.
Story Three:
A Study in Four Parts of War and Death (M)
Content Warnings: mentions of gore and brief, non-explicit intimacy. Ares/Thanatos
Characters: Ares (POV), Thanatos, Hades, Minor War Gods, Thero
A one-shot to study the relationship between Ares, the god of war, and Thanatos, the god of death, as one is not without the other.
Story Four:
Of the Blood (G)
Content Warnings: blood. No relationship.
Characters: Zagreus (POV), Achilles, Hades
A study on the very meaning of blood and what it could represent, be it the literal substance, or the figurative familial sense in regard to Zagreus as a child.
Story Five:
Cadmus, Founder King of Thebes (T)
Requested Story. No content warnings. Ares/Aphrodite, Harmonia/Cadmus
Characters: Ares (POV), Harmonia, Aphrodite, Athena, Cadmus, Kydoimos, Deimos, Phobos, the Erotes
A one-shot to study the beginning of the myth of Cadmus and what it represents in terms of familial devotion and the love (and relationships) the gods often have with mortals.
Story Six:
Another Clause in the Contract (T)
Content Warnings: violence, blood, minor spoilers for the epilogue. No relationship.
Characters: Zagreus (POV), Hades, Ares, Persephone, Hypnos
After a few hundred times, things start to get routine and Hades does not like that his son has gotten too comfortable, so he added another surprise to Zagreus' escape attempts.
Story Seven:
Beloved of Ares (M)
Requested Story. Content Warnings: violence, blood, alcohol, non-explicit sexual activity. Ares/Alectryon, Dionysus/Ariadne
Characters: Alectryon (POV), Ares, Dionysus, Ariadne, Hermes, miscellaneous Thracians (oc & myth)
What makes a mortal special enough to receive a blessing from the god of war? More so, what makes a mortal special enough to receive the god of war's love?