Chapter 14

Greek Gods

Zeus - King of the Greek gods

Hera - Queen of the Greek gods, sister, and wife of Zeus

Hades - god of the underworld, brother of Zeus

Poseidon - god of the sea, brother of Zeus

Demeter - goddess of harvest and fertility of the earth, sister of Zeus

Aphrodite - Daughter of Zeus and Dione, Goddess of love, beauty and sexuality

Artemis - Daughter of Zeus and Leto, goddess of the hunt, the moon, and chastity

Athena - Daughter of Zeus and Metis, goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill.

Ares - Son of Zeus and Hera, god of war

Apollo - Son of Zeus and Leto - god of the sun and light, music and poetry, healing and plagues, prophecy and knowledge, order and beauty, archery and agriculture.

Dionysus - Son of Zeus and Semele - God of the vine, grape-harvest, wine-making, wine, fertility, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, theatre

Hephaetus - Son of Zeus and Hera - god of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges and the art of sculpture.

Hermes - Son of Zeus and Maia - Messenger of the gods, god of trade, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, border crossings, guide to the Underworld

Eris - Daughter of Zeus and Hera, sister of Ares - minor goddess of discord and strife

Deimos - son of Ares, twin of Phobos - god of dread

Phobos - son of Ares, twin of Deimos - god of fear

Dolos - Personification of trickery, cunning deception, craftiness, treachery and guile

Apate - Counterpart of Dolos, goddess of fraud and deception.

Enyo - Daughter of Zeus and Hera, goddess of war and destruction, another sister of Ares

Ephus - the godling man with an unsual power.

Dr. Quinn Markov - human wife of Ephus

Egyptian Goddesses and wives to Ephus

Bast - Goddess of cats, protection, joy, dance, music, family, and love Sekhmet- Goddess of fire, war, and dance Hathor - Goddess of the sky, dance, love, beauty, joy, motherhood, foreign lands, mining, music and fertility. Serket - Goddess of scorpions, medicine, magic, and healing venomous stings and bites Maat - Goddess of Truth and Justice Tefnut - Goddess of Rain, Air, Moisture, Weather, Dew, Fertility, and Water

Brothers of Bast and Sekhmet

Thoth - God of knowledge Sobek - God of the Nile, the Army, military, fertility and of crocodiles Anhur - God of war and the sky bearer - Full brother of Bast and Sekhmet Horus - Ancient God of the sky and kingship Min - God of fertility Khonshu - God of the Moon Apophis - God of Chaos and darkness Shu - God of the wind and air

Ephus could only stare as Hermes kneeling before him. This was NOT what he thought was going to happen. This was almost as bad as it was with Eris, he didn’t want a slave or two.

“I have charged you to about half, I am hoping it is enough for you to slip past Ares and any other he might call up.” Ephus stated as he watched Hermes flex, feeling Hermes power start to climb far higher than it had been.

Still kneeling before Ephus he said in hushed tones, “even at this level I feel that I will be far faster. Well, than any other god, other than father and his wife Hera.”

Ephus could only shake his head, the Greek gods obviously had no bones about having children with each other. Hell that included brother and sister. Then again, there had been a few instances in the Egyptian god realm.

A movement near the Greek goddesses drew Ephus’s attention. “I know it was hard brother, though you have to admit, it was more than worth it.” Hephaestus said with a smile.

Hermes started to nod vigorously in agreement. “I hope that one day I can prove my worth to you Ephus.” Hermes still had his head down refusing to look up at Ephus.

“Hermes,” Ephus said with a sigh. “I am not in the market for slaves nor servants. You will better serve me, wait wrong word.” Ephus was silent a moment as he thought through, what to say. “I want you to help me, not serve me. It’s bad enough that I can’t convince Eris any different.”

“Unfortunately she has been a slave to her brother, longer than we wish to discuss. Thanks to him, she is one of the most distrusted goddesses in the realm. Had it not been for you, she would still continue to be.” Athena said.

Ephus turned to stare at her in disbelief, “really? Noone thought to investigate as to why she was seemingly against everyone?”

“You have to understand, it wasn’t a sudden change. Every time someone tried to get close to ask her, she seemed to get worse.” Artemis said.

Ephus could only shake his head. Were none of them able to feel the energy like he did? Ephus’s mouth dropped open as he realized that he perhaps had another power that none of them did. Shaking his head he thought they either didn’t have it or plain just ignored it.

Looking at the four before him he decided to call Thoth. Less than a moment later there was a whoosh as a powerful male appeared before Ephus. The four that were there gasp as the Ibis masked, with a sun disk on the mask, Egyptian god popped in holding a papyrus scroll and reed pens.

Thoth looked at the scroll nodding then bowed slightly to Ephus. “I take it you have need of my vast knowledge?” Thoth said somewhat snidely. “I am not in a habit of sharing with deities of other realms.” Sniffing the air Thoth smiled big. “Brother, you seem to be as bad as brother Min, are you trying to collect more wives?”

Ephus, could only shake his head at the large smile that Thoth had on his face.

His eyebrows raised Ephus said, “as you remember I didn’t try with any of your sisters. It just seemed to happen,” Ephus ended with an even larger smiling Thoth, who was shaking his head no.

“Brother I know better, I know of the four powers that you have that help you. The very strong attraction of the opposite sex being the first. The second and by no means the weakest is you ability to repower god kind. The third you seem to have discovered recently, detecting the amount of power that a god has. Well that, plus seeming to know quickly how best to get around it.”

Ephus’s eyes got big as he started to open his mouth then snapped it shut. No use in asking questions that, would make him appear to not know. “You said four? I take it you aren’t allowed to tell me about it, some ancient prophecy.”

Thoth’s eyes went wide as he stared opened mouthed at Ephus. “I have not sensed this power within you. Can you see the future?”

This time it was Ephus who was surprised. “No Thoth, though this is about the only thing I can see as to why you wouldn’t tell me.”

A very large smile lit up Thoth’s face as he said, “you still posses knowledge that I can not see, amazing. Now you had a question for me?”

Ephus nodded as he thought of how to pose the question. “You said that I had an ability to detect the amount of power a god has. Is there no one who can detect whether or not a god is completely evil, or being influenced?”

Thoth’s forehead furrowed for a few moments before he smile widely. “What you speak of brother, I have heard of though, I have never seen the knowledge of it actually being true. As I stated before, when it comes to you, I can not see what you are doing. You dear brother are a refreshing change.”

Again, Ephus was a little surprised, at least he can’t spy on me Ephus thought with a small chuckle. Thanking Thoth and the Greek goddesses along with Hephaestus, he nodded as they started to wink out. Turning he saw his human wife Quinn standing in the doorway.

“I hope that this means that you will be home for awhile?” She asked.

“Perhaps though, with Ares I wouldn’t bet on that. The bastard seems to fixated on destroying me. I mean really, he’s already called out five older gods and goddesses, no telling what’s next.” Ephus replied.

Quinn thought about it for a few moment before she whispered in Ephus’s ear. Ephus’s eyes went large then a slow smile came to his lips as he nodded his agreement.

Enyo appeared a few hundred yards from Ephus and Quinn’s home. Reaching out she was surprised when she felt not a few but the power of thirteen gods and goddesses around the domicile. Then her eyes went even wider when she also felt a queen goddesses’ power.

Enyo shook her head she scoffed, this human no wait, godling, was obviously afraid. A wicked smile came to her lips, well she and her brother would soon cure him of that.

Hmmmm, how to lure this weakling out though? Sitting she started to go through as many plans as she could. She’d thought of asking her brother then made a disgusted sound. He was a great warrior though planning? HA! that he’d never be good at, he got drunk on war far too fast.

She thought of taking the godling’s human wife and child again, then shook her head. Her war happy brother had already ruined that idea. Plus from what she’d seen, this was no simple human woman.

There had to be something that she could do to ... of course! An even more wicked, evil smile lit up her face as she nodded then vanished.

Enyo appeared not far from her brother’s new hiding place. Again, an evil smile caressed her features as she spied the female that was watching everything that was going on near the cave.

A few moments later Enyo nodded as she appeared behind the female. The only sound was a small scream then the area they had been in was vacant.

Ares, was feeling a lot more confident, now that his war sister had appeared. Then she had left to help devise a plan that they would win with. He wasn’t about to admit it, his sister was by far, a much better planner.

His eyes went wide when Enyo appeared with a struggling female. An evil smile came to his lips as he nodded his agreement.

“It’s about time things started to go my, uh ... our way,” Ares said.

Enyo looked at Ares hard a moment then also nodded. “Good, remember I am in this with you now, just don’t forget it!”

Ares slightly bowed to his sister, one of the only deities that he’d actually do this to. “How could I forget one of the only other gods that loves war as much as I do.”

Enyo smirked a moment then pointed to the struggling female. “I thought that a little gift, plus a possible incentive to get that obviously afraid godling out of hiding.”