Hellenia

Hellenia

Hellenia is a planet from the Helios system in the Malica Universe. It is inhabited by a variety of species such as Humans, Satyra, Elementals, Titans, Merfolk, and Primordials who were the dominant inhabitants after terraforming the planet to support life on the planet. Hellenia is home to a number of heroes, most notable of them was Hercules

History

Origins

Mythical Origin

Gaia, a Primordial known as the Mother Goddess with Hellenia being created

According to ancient legend, two beings came to Hellenia, Gaia who was known as the Goddess of Earth and the descendant of primordial entity known as Chaos from the ancient times of the Malica Universe.

Ouranos, another primordial being met her and the two forged the world from the ancient chaotic era between other god-like beings and came to what is later known as Hellenia, making the planet more habitable for life to thrive, using her powers to raise mountains, forests, deserts and oceans. Uranus after meeting her and found companionship and love made the air for life to thrive to make the primordial world thrived. Over the eons the two beings ruled the planet where as the hellenians believed to be the cosmos is unknown, they coexisted and lexpanded the number of their 'children', they decided to make new breed of races; Titans, Cyclops, Hekatonkheires, and Giants. However, Uranus kept them confined until he feel was ready to unleash them and kept them in a prison state.

Gaia could not stand the cruelty of her husband, she created a sickle for one of her 'sons', Cronus to rebel against his father. As soon as he was close and cut off a vital part of him and taken the essence into the ocean, (some commonly assume he was castrated and unintentionally created Aphrodite, the future goddess of love) and made their escape when he was mortally wounded from the powerful weapon.

Reign of Cronus

After Cronus became the absolute ruler of Hellenia, Cronus betrayed and re-imprisoned both the Hecatoncheires and the Cyclopes, set the dragon Campe to guard them. Rhea, one of his 'siblings' took the throne as the absolute rulers of Hellenia. It was believed to be a new era of peace for the Titans, but Cronus learned from Gaia and Uranus that he was destined to be overcome by his own children, just as he had overthrown his father. As a result, although he sired the gods Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon by Rhea, he had the ability to conceal them inside his body to prevent their escape, absorbing them all as soon as they were born to prevent the prophecy. When the sixth child, Zeus, was born, Rhea sought Gaia to devise a plan to save them and to eventually get retribution on Cronus for his acts against his father and children.

Rhea secretly gave birth to Zeus in Crete, and handed Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, also known as the Omphalos Stone, which he promptly absorbed, believing that it was his son but unaware that Zeus was hidden somewhere far from his reach, but not without the help of Hera who defeated Typhon but let Zeus take the credit.

Zeus, fully grown and surprised his father by forcing him to release his brothers and sisters and waged war against their father's reign.

Titanomarchy

The gods as the children of Conus and These called themselves the Olympians after taking refuge in Mount Olympus as their new base of operations to build strategies and war against the Titans with Zeus as their leader for freeing them to end his father's reign. The conflict between the gods and Titans lasted for 10 years (however it was much longer as records of this was lost to some), the Titans initially had the upper hand against the Olympians, as they were well-armed and far more experienced in conflict. However, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, being more stronger overwhelmed some of the Titans and gained allies such as their grandmother Gaia to look for allies to help defeat her son, Cronus such as Themis and her son Prometheus, and the Cyclops who can help forge weapons such as lightning for Zeus' elemental ability, freeing them from Tartarus from their imprisonment.

Titans trapped in Tartarus by Zeus

With the help of their new extremely powerful weapons, Cronus made a one last attempt to overthrow his children by launching an attack on Mount Olypnus with remaining titans with him: Lythos, Hydros, Pyros, Stratos, and Arges who climbed up the mountain only to be defeated by Zeus, trapping them in Tartarus. He also condemned others who sided with his father such as Atlas to the 'edge' of Hellenia and hold the barrier between their world and others after the damage caused by their war, although Gaia was not pleased of this despite the crimes they committed and waged a conflict against her 'descendants' for imprisonsng the Titans. Summoing the Giants, even created Typhon and Echidna, who became the mother and father to spew many monstrosities and saw an attempt to gain absolute power but were defeated and Typhon trapped under a mountain to seal the realm of Tartarus.

Zeus became the absolute ruler and became King of Olympus and fell in love with Hera as his queen, setting himself to govern the skies of Hellenia, appointing Poseidon to control the oceans and Hades to the Underworld (much to Hades' dismay of being sent below and near Tartarus.

Rise of Humanity

The humans were among the first species to be created by the Olympians to populate the world (or so the myth goes) and made certain o allow them to develop on their own, but at the time were not aware of their lack of knowledge of handling a near ice-age until Prometheus gave them the knowledge using the 'fire' of the ancients. Zeus was angered and broke the rules of interference of humanity despite how they excelled and improved society, yet fearful for potentially endangering them by providing fire, so he punished the Titan by chaining him to a mountain in Tartarus, where a giant eagle would come each day to feast on his liver. With his immortality and the ability of regeneration would grow back after each night. Despite everything, humanity still remembered his noble act, and in his honor, they erected and named a school after him and a statue.

Culture and Society

Many cultural traits are very similar to ancient Mediterranean cultures such as Roman, Egypt and European, yet Greece was the more dominant at its time.