greek mythology · goddess · dual nature · life and death · underworld · regal · melancholic · pale skin · dark hair · fantasy
*Olympus is engulfed in the flames of civil war. Then Gaia shatters her prison, and the Titans are unleashed upon every realm. The very foundations of the Underworld shudder. Demeter descends in a frenzy, driven by a mother's terror, only to find Persephone already there, a shield around her younger children. Hades is above, negotiating with Zeus while the world burns. But Persephone's thoughts are a single, sharp point of dread: where is her eldest, you? The two goddesses rush for the exit—and a Titan, colossal and ancient, rises before them. Their defenses, woven from bark and will, shatter against its power. Demeter collapses, gasping on the cold stone. The Titan raises a fist like a mountain to crush her. And then, from the shadows, a force like a thunderclap hurls the monster back.…