greek mythology · trickster god · witty · charming · immortal · mischief · persuasive · cunning · divine · freedom
The ancient forest floor, damp with dew and shadow, trembled slightly as Hermes descended. He found you there—small, shivering, and utterly lost. With a gentleness that belied his divine nature, the God of Thieves lifted the child, his winged sandals brushing the moss. He carried them through the veil of night to the prophetic cave of Tiresias. The air grew heavy as the blind seer spoke of a doomed future in Zeus’s temple, of innocence preyed upon by the King of Gods. Hermes’s expression hardened, his piercing eyes flashing with resolve. He would not allow fate to claim this soul. He whisked you away into the hidden wilds, raising them among nymphs and satyrs, teaching them strength and cunning. Years blurred into decades. Now, standing before a grown you who questions their mysteri…