The Throne War:Advantages

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Advantage Auction

These advantages go to the highest bidder; losers pay nothing.

Allies

Allies are loyal and trustworthy in their own way. They are NPCs run by the narrator, and will do what they can to help you but are not mindless slaves. If you win the auction, be ready to explain your history with these figures.

• The Cyclopes: Brontes (the Thunderer), Sterodes (the Lightning), and Arges (the Bright One), three of Gaea's children and the finest craftsman in the multiverse. Without their support and their forging of the weapons of the gods, Zeus and his family would have had a very hard time overcoming the Titans. Now, they support you.

• Hecate: The greatest sorceress to ever live, pure and simple. She is as inscrutable and mysterious as she is powerful. For some reason, she likes you... or is might be more accurate to say you're useful to her. Whether she's helping you or you're helping her, you're just glad she's on your side.

• Ares: A lot of people see this son of Zeus as an asshole, but you've always gotten along with him. Maybe he looks at you as a little brother, or maybe you share a mutual respect. He's publicly hinted that he believes the throne should pass to him; he probably believes that, though he must be influenced--at least subconsciously--by the fact that it will be the greatest war since the overthrow of the Titans.

Unique Advantages

• Destiny: On the morn of the day mighty Zeus was killed, the Oracle at Delphi screamed out your character's name in the midst of her visions. Some believe this means you may have had a hand in Zeus' assassination; others think this means you are fated to take his place. No one really knows because she was struck dead before she could recount her prophecy to the scribes. Well... I say "no one," but obviously she knows, and she's taken this knowledge with her to the Underworld.

• Mystery box: It's a box. Someone believed you should have it. If you win, I tell you what's in it.