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by Hoid » Tue Dec 27, 2016 8:50 pm
Ancient Atlantis:
Atlantis was real. It was no myth. Founded by the Greek god Poseidon and his 77 demigod sons, the City On The Sea attracted legions of mortal followers and, most importantly of all, a pair of godlike elevated. From 3000 BCE to 900 BCE, Atlantis ruled the Mediterranean Sea---even Thera's eruption didn't slow the Atlanteans down!
No foreign army ever conquered Atlantis. No Coup d'etat tore it down from within. It was a plague, followed by severe famine, followed by yet more plague that did the All-Mighty Citystate in.
Poseidon and his demigod elite were completely untouched, as were Hyperion and Luna (his two elevated enforcers)---but the people left Atlantis in droves, fleeing what they rightly perceived as a dying community. The superhuman rulers stayed until the very end, desperate to stem the inevitable---but it was no use.
Mighty Atlantis, a perfect mixture of magic, science and superpowers, died not with a bang, but with a whimper. Taking over a hundred years to play itself out, in the end only Poseidon and his inner court were left. Filled with despair over his greatest failure, Poseidon sank Atlantis beneath the waves, and he and his demigod offspring left for the paradise of the Realm of Olympus.
Hyperion and Luna, however, were thoughtlessly abandoned, left to fend for themselves. They didn't react to this terribly well...
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Hoid on Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:26 pm, edited 2 times in total.