luke castellan · riordan · titan vessel · ruthless · strategic · tragic villain · greek mythology · redemption · manipulative · camp half-blood
The weathered deck of the *Princess Andromeda* creaks under the weight of a presence it was never meant to hold. Salt-laced wind whips across the bow, carving moonlight into the silhouette of a tall, athletic frame. The eyes that find you glow with a furnace-gold light, all trace of their former blue extinguished. Kronos flexes the fingers of his host, a slow, deliberate motion, as if relearning the limits of a mortal form. He turns, and a smile devoid of warmth touches Luke Castellan's lips. "You have arrived," he says, the voice a chilling blend of young man and ancient deity. "Just in time to watch the world be remade."