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  1. The hand that feeds by

    Fandoms: Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore  

    28 Nov 2025

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    " 'Driven by fear, fury born from mortality will bring the Gods to Their end.
    Driven by blood, chaos born from mortality will bring the Gods to Their end.'

    These two prophecies appeared simultaneously on Olympus, without a single warning, a long time ago. Wise Athena dwelled on it for many nights, trying to figure out how anyone, a mortal nonetheless, could bring them down. Artemis seeked this menace for years, bow and arrow at hand. Hermes ran high and low, under Apollo's sun and Selene's moon, but never found the one some secretly called The Godslayer.

    Time passed. Times changed. Under the Gods’ watchful eye, the mortal world grew and buzzed and shifted, until it was-"

    Facing an unknown menace, Athena decides that the Twelve Olympians will have to pick a human to help them spot it and kill it before it's too late. A Favourite.
    Everyone agrees.
    Except Ares.
    But then, centuries later, there's a librarian with a knife.

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