...[Byeeeee. He ends up sliding down the wall a bit so he can sit on the floor, now staring at the wall instead of the ceiling. This is a story he never thought he'd tell.
Why the hell is he telling Adam? What's he hoping to accomplish? Why's he showing his entire hand? And yet he is.]
You're mostly right. A long time ago like when creation came into existence, the titans were the third generation born to Gaea and Ouranos. Gaea and one of her sons, Kronos, plotted to kill Ouranos as punishment for locking the other kids in Tartarus. So Kronos took his scythe and cut his father into thousands of pieces and became the new leader. Mankind was created in the titans' reign. People call it the "Golden Age." Kronos kinda went overboard and turned into a tyrant. The thing about our world and people like us is that we're tied to fate. Kronos's fate was that he was going to be overthrown by his kids, too. So that's the part you know about. Kronos eating all of his kids except for Zeus. Rhea, Kronos's...sister...wife...whatever, actually fed Kronos a rock so that Zeus could be raised to fight back. That's when Zeus freed his siblings, and since the gods are immortal when Kronos ate them they actually were growing inside of him. Which...is pretty gross. So anyway, the gods went on and fought and beat the titans and overthrew them, cutting Kronos into thousands of pieces as well and sending the guy to Tartarus, along with killing or imprisoning everybody else on that side. After that, the gods ruled for ages.
...if somebody did that to you, you'd probably want revenge, right? Kronos wanted the same thing. Wanted to find someone to help him return to power and reforming to bring the second golden age. He waited around for years trying to find somebody to help him...and eventually he found the perfect host. Some stupid kid who was already questioning the gods and their power, wondering why they were the ones in charge if they never even gave a damn about their kids or changing how things were. Kronos was able to contact people through dreams, and that's how the beginning of the end started. [And he pauses mostly to give Adam time to absorb all of that.]
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Why the hell is he telling Adam? What's he hoping to accomplish? Why's he showing his entire hand? And yet he is.]
You're mostly right. A long time ago like when creation came into existence, the titans were the third generation born to Gaea and Ouranos. Gaea and one of her sons, Kronos, plotted to kill Ouranos as punishment for locking the other kids in Tartarus. So Kronos took his scythe and cut his father into thousands of pieces and became the new leader. Mankind was created in the titans' reign. People call it the "Golden Age." Kronos kinda went overboard and turned into a tyrant. The thing about our world and people like us is that we're tied to fate. Kronos's fate was that he was going to be overthrown by his kids, too. So that's the part you know about. Kronos eating all of his kids except for Zeus. Rhea, Kronos's...sister...wife...whatever, actually fed Kronos a rock so that Zeus could be raised to fight back. That's when Zeus freed his siblings, and since the gods are immortal when Kronos ate them they actually were growing inside of him. Which...is pretty gross. So anyway, the gods went on and fought and beat the titans and overthrew them, cutting Kronos into thousands of pieces as well and sending the guy to Tartarus, along with killing or imprisoning everybody else on that side. After that, the gods ruled for ages.
...if somebody did that to you, you'd probably want revenge, right? Kronos wanted the same thing. Wanted to find someone to help him return to power and reforming to bring the second golden age. He waited around for years trying to find somebody to help him...and eventually he found the perfect host. Some stupid kid who was already questioning the gods and their power, wondering why they were the ones in charge if they never even gave a damn about their kids or changing how things were. Kronos was able to contact people through dreams, and that's how the beginning of the end started. [And he pauses mostly to give Adam time to absorb all of that.]