Name: The Dodekatheon
Culture: Greek
Second oldest of the divine tribes, the Dodekatheon comprises the Olympian Gods of Greco-Roman legend. Their origins are murky, since the ancient Greeks already knew their Gods when they migrated to the Mediterranean Sea around 4,000 years ago, but they were still changing and growing 2,500 years ago, and their forms only became set around 1,500 years ago.
Where the Pesedjet emphasizes social and cultural stability over and against individual rights, the Dodekatheon has sought to impose patterns of individuality within the community on humanity. Arete-personal excellence in service to humanity-is the motivating urge of this tribe of Gods and its Scions. It is important for most people to know their place, but it is equally important for some to rise above their stations and create new patterns for human life.
In modern times, the Dodekatheon's Scions seek to manifest and awaken great spirits in society-as artists, warriors, spiritual seekers, judges, leaders and poets. Extraordinary individuals can strengthen the fabric of reality so that Titans can gain no purchase on it or rip through illusion's curtains. Sometimes, the Scions of the Olympians challenge mortals, and sometimes, they are the mortals challenged by the Gods. Both routes lead to greatness-an exaltation of human endeavor that blocks the Titans from destroying the World.
| God/Goddess | |
|---|---|
| Aphrodite | Goddess of love and beauty |
| Apollo | God of the sun and art |
| Ares | God of war |
| Artemis | Goddess of the moon and the hunt |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom |
| Dionysus | God of wine |
| Hades | God of death and Lord of the Underworld |
| Hephaestus | God of the forge |
| Hera | Goddess of marriage |
| Hermes | Messenger and God of thieves & tricksters |
| Poseidon | God of the seas |
| Zeus | God of thunder & lightning |
