7/5/2023 0 Comments Sisyphus hades download free“Isn’t it wonderful?” Queen Persephone asked her son.īefore them stretched a remote coast, once coated in frost. PROLOGUE - PART 0 - 7 HOURS UNTIL DEATH GOES MISSING When finally he arrives in the Underworld, Hades punishes him by forcing him to roll the same boulder up a hill for eternity, a suitably pointless effort reflective of the act of outrunning death, which cannot be escaped. He tracks down Thanatos and frees him, but after the ordeal Thanatos is no longer willing to take Sisyphus' soul, and the human is allowed to live until he dies of old age. For several weeks no humans die, and eventually the gods take notice- specifically Ares, who is enraged that no one is dying in his wars. Sisyphus outsmarts Thanatos, however, and traps him with Zeus' chains instead, and keeps him locked in a trunk in his palace. Enraged, Zeus sent Thanatos to collect Sisyphus' soul in punishment, and gave Thanatos special chains with which to capture Sisyphus and transport him. The King of Ephyra, Sisyphus was a clever man that disobeyed the rules set by Zeus for mankind- specifically the rules surrounding honoring guests. Content warnings for this fic include blood and violence about on par with the Hades game itself. It's important to have some familiarity with the legend of Sisyphus for this fic, so I'm including a little summary below. Huge thanks to mel for doing the gorgeous art for this. This fic was written for the Hades Big Bang 2021 event over on Twitter, shoutout to the mods for all their hard work.
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