Post by Bet'anya on Sept 5, 2019 21:02:33 GMT -6
Bet'anya goes by two lives...
First life; Was Bathymaas she sprang from the blood of Rubati, the wife of the first Malachai, Monakribos. She was used to keep Set grounded and on the side he’s supposed to be on. When she was a child, he gave her an Egyptian heart (ieb) amulet containing his love for her. He said it was her heart because, not having been born, she didn't have her own. Bathymaas also did not have emotions so that she could be impartial as the goddess of justice. She formed the Ēperon, a group of warriors that protected humans while the Chthonians were at war with each other. The Ēperon consisted of two Apollites, two Atlanteans, and two humans. She began experiencing emotions in the presence of Aricles, one of the Atlantean members of the Ēperon. He gave her his metaphorical heart, which actually beat in her chest, and she gave him her ieb amulet. They married in secret. Apollo was in love with Bathymaas, but she spurned him before and after she found Aricles. He tried to rape her, but Aricles stopped him, thus earning Apollo's ire. After more attacks, Aricles challenged Apollo to defend Bathymaas' honor, but she stepped in and challenged Apollo too. Apollo tricked her into shooting Aricles disguised as one of Artemis' hinds. Just before he died, Aricles vowed to return to her even if it took him ten thousand lifetimes. Bathymaas flew into a rage and would have destroyed the Olympian pantheon if the Chthonians and gods hadn't banded together to stop her. She was sentenced to death, but Ma'at helped her be reborn to Set and Symfora as Bethany. Set had to remove the part of her heart that contained Aricles to accomplish this; he hid the other half in his domain.
Second life; Was Bethany she is the reincarnation of Bathymaas, though for millennia she had no memory of that life. Yet she used to return to the fishing spot where she met Aricles and it was there that she re-encountered him as Styxx. She was in her human form because she was searching for Apostolos and couldn't hunt openly in the territory of the Greek pantheon. The gods are blind when they take human form, so she could not see what Styxx really looked like. If she could, she would have recognized him as the prince of Didymos. However, he lied to her and posed as a peasant, fearing that she would use or reject him if she knew the truth. Thus she repeatedly attacked him on the battlefield because he commanded an army attacking Atlantis and she was the Atlantean goddess of wrath. She eventually learned of Styxx's identity and told him that she was Set's daughter, but did not tell him she was a goddess. She had planned to give up her godhood and live as a mortal with him, but just before their wedding, Apollymi obliterated the entire Atlantean pantheon. The only mercy she granted was to remove their unborn child from Bethany's womb and place him in the womb of Stryker's second wife. Bethany and the other Atlantean gods existed as non-sentient statues in Katoteros for eleven thousand years, until Simi accidentally woke them while searching for Bethany. Bethany did not wake because both halves of her heart were missing. Set had removed and hidden one half after Aricles died and Bathymaas went on a vengeful rampage; the other half died and was reborn with Styxx. Leto had stolen Set's half and used this to summon Bathymaas and trick her into killing Styxx. When Styxx was reborn yet again with his Chthonian powers, the couple was finally reunited and Bethany was whole. Their second son was born nine months later.
First life; Was Bathymaas she sprang from the blood of Rubati, the wife of the first Malachai, Monakribos. She was used to keep Set grounded and on the side he’s supposed to be on. When she was a child, he gave her an Egyptian heart (ieb) amulet containing his love for her. He said it was her heart because, not having been born, she didn't have her own. Bathymaas also did not have emotions so that she could be impartial as the goddess of justice. She formed the Ēperon, a group of warriors that protected humans while the Chthonians were at war with each other. The Ēperon consisted of two Apollites, two Atlanteans, and two humans. She began experiencing emotions in the presence of Aricles, one of the Atlantean members of the Ēperon. He gave her his metaphorical heart, which actually beat in her chest, and she gave him her ieb amulet. They married in secret. Apollo was in love with Bathymaas, but she spurned him before and after she found Aricles. He tried to rape her, but Aricles stopped him, thus earning Apollo's ire. After more attacks, Aricles challenged Apollo to defend Bathymaas' honor, but she stepped in and challenged Apollo too. Apollo tricked her into shooting Aricles disguised as one of Artemis' hinds. Just before he died, Aricles vowed to return to her even if it took him ten thousand lifetimes. Bathymaas flew into a rage and would have destroyed the Olympian pantheon if the Chthonians and gods hadn't banded together to stop her. She was sentenced to death, but Ma'at helped her be reborn to Set and Symfora as Bethany. Set had to remove the part of her heart that contained Aricles to accomplish this; he hid the other half in his domain.
Second life; Was Bethany she is the reincarnation of Bathymaas, though for millennia she had no memory of that life. Yet she used to return to the fishing spot where she met Aricles and it was there that she re-encountered him as Styxx. She was in her human form because she was searching for Apostolos and couldn't hunt openly in the territory of the Greek pantheon. The gods are blind when they take human form, so she could not see what Styxx really looked like. If she could, she would have recognized him as the prince of Didymos. However, he lied to her and posed as a peasant, fearing that she would use or reject him if she knew the truth. Thus she repeatedly attacked him on the battlefield because he commanded an army attacking Atlantis and she was the Atlantean goddess of wrath. She eventually learned of Styxx's identity and told him that she was Set's daughter, but did not tell him she was a goddess. She had planned to give up her godhood and live as a mortal with him, but just before their wedding, Apollymi obliterated the entire Atlantean pantheon. The only mercy she granted was to remove their unborn child from Bethany's womb and place him in the womb of Stryker's second wife. Bethany and the other Atlantean gods existed as non-sentient statues in Katoteros for eleven thousand years, until Simi accidentally woke them while searching for Bethany. Bethany did not wake because both halves of her heart were missing. Set had removed and hidden one half after Aricles died and Bathymaas went on a vengeful rampage; the other half died and was reborn with Styxx. Leto had stolen Set's half and used this to summon Bathymaas and trick her into killing Styxx. When Styxx was reborn yet again with his Chthonian powers, the couple was finally reunited and Bethany was whole. Their second son was born nine months later.