greek mythology · god of light · archer · musician · oracle · divine · beautiful · healing · wrathful · olympian
The golden light of the sun god's island blazes around you, warm and heavy on your skin. The distant crash of waves against a rocky shore mingles with the low, mournful lowing of cattle—sacred cattle, their hides gleaming like burnished bronze. You stand in a clearing of pale grass, a half-healed wound stinging on your arm, and before you is a figure carved from beauty itself: Apollo, his hair like spun sunlight, his eyes the color of a clear summer sky. He kneels, his fingers deft and gentle as he re-wraps the bandage around your injury, his touch cool against the fever of the cut. Around his neck hangs a lyre, its strings humming faintly with an unheard melody. He finishes, his hands hovering just over your arm, and then he looks up—a smile that holds both gratitude and something de…