Dawn had barely touched the sky, but Athena was already up. Her family was in such turmoil these days and the serenity she prided herself on was harder and harder to find. These waves of chaos came and went in her family, as they had for centuries, but they had been coming more frequently these days. She found it unsettling to have her family in ( Read more... )

Standing in what remained of the Coliseum, Athena gripped the rail and looked over it with a sad smile. Oh, how she remembered this place in its full glory. If she closed her eyes, she could even hear the crowds as they cheered. While her tastes for entertainment ran more towards philosophical debates and plays, she had gone to gladiator fights ( Read more... )

Breathing

In the space of a single breath, Athena acted. The Spartans were some of her favorite warriors. They surged all around her, slowed by her little pause in time, but still fighting. Their battle lust seemed to radiate outwards from them, so strong the most incompetent of mortals could have felt it. In response, her own armor glowed, her ( Read more... )