The Titans

Structure

Back before the defeat of the Titans at the hands of the first Olympians, the world was ruled by the Titan Cronos. Cronos had total dominion over land, sea and sky, which he had earned by wounding his father Uranos. It is unknown is Cronos still claims the title of "King of the Titans" as of his defeat and subsequent torment at the hands of Tartarus. Despite this, the druids of the Ceilic Region worship him as one of the chief gods, only worshipping Gaia and Uranos more than Him. This would suggest that they see him as the most important of the Titans.

History

The Titan Age began when the youngest of the Titans, Cronos, castrated his father Uranos at the request of his mother, Gaia. Uranos realized how mad he had become with power and so he crowned Cronos ruler of the sea, sky and underworld. Cronos heard a prophecy that one of children would overthrow him and in order to prevent this, whenever his wife Rhea would give birth, he would eat the child. This fate happened to five of Cronos and Rhea's children; Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Posiedon and Hera. Rhea asked for Gaia and Uranos to save her sixth child, Zeus. When she gave birth to Zeus, Gaia switched him out for a blanket full of rocks, which Cronos ate. Zeus was raised by Gaia and Uranos until his ambition grew to the point where he had to strike down his father. Zeus poisoned Cronos, causing him to throw up his siblings. Zeus and his siblings waged war against the Titans, overthowing Cronos and banishing him and his allies to Tartarus. Few Titans were spared the fate of being at Tartarus' mercy. Atlas was instead forced to hold the sky for eternity. Rhea was firmly on the side of the Olympians and so was instead welcome on Mount Olympus as on honoured guest. Helios, Prometheus and Epimetheus had stayed neutral during the Titanomachy and instead all experienced different fates. Helios was given many gifts as thanks for his neutrality, such as a golden chariot, the role of the sun and the island of Rhodesseum. The gifts Helios received were not motivated by gratitude, but by fear. After the Olympians had defeated the Titans, many were weak and vunerable, Zeus included. Helios could have easily killed Zeus in this state, but chose not to, as Helios has no interest in ruling and the hubris that tends to bring. Prometheus had originally been left to his own devices, until he created the first mortals. After he had done so, he became and an advocate for his mortals. After tricking Zeus twice for the betterment of mortalkind, Zeus had him chained to a rock where an eagle sent by Zeus would rip out and eat his liver. Being a Titan, his liver would grow back and the cycle would continue the next day. Due to being overshadowed by his brother, Epimetheus was ignored by the Olympians for much of history, until the punishment of Prometheus was complete. Afterwards they offered Epimetheus a creation of Hephaestus. A woman of immense beauty and cunning, named Pandora by Hermes. Epimetheus accepted Pandora as his wife, but Zeus commanded Pandora to open a jar that held concepts harming to mortals. Mortality, Disease and Old Age had beenn released, dooming every mortal to death. Despite the punishment dealt to both his brother and mortalkind, Epimetheus was left unharmed by the curses of Zeus, making him one of the three Titans left untormented by the Olympians.

Worship

The Titans are still worshipped by the druidic faith held dear to those within the Ceilic Region. These druids regularly perform sacrifices and prayers in the name of their Titan-Gods. Despite the fact that their gods are chained and tormented by Tartarus

Type

Religious, Pantheon

Alternative Names

The Chained Gods

Successor Organization