Chpater 22: Kronos

Kronos was the most powerful Titan ever lived, and the only way to defeat him was to summon Titan Gaia.


"Titan Chthonian died," said Kastor and everybody hid from Kronos view. "Kronos is still free,"


"We need finding Seeds of Gaia to summon her," said Arkantos and thought where was.


"This isn't a coincidence," said Mordred having a strong feeling.


"You think is a connection between the Keeper and Kronos as Persephone say?" asked Cenred to testify.


"Mordred and Cenred are right," said Amanra. "Kronos has no reason to stop the Keeper."


"That means Kronos knows who is the Keeper and vice versa?" guessed Setna taking into consideration the possibility.


"Could you say the story of the Keeper?" asked Chiron to find the coincidences.


"You say about Kronos," said Annalina.


"The Keeper had a relationship with the Creator. He grew jealous of her children and betrayed the Creator, by creating death. He released it on her children," replied Rahl. "The Creator wept for days without end, and a Stone made from her tears. Harnessed the power to seal the Keeper in the Underworld."


"Become jealous of his creation?" wondered Folstag a bit shocked.


"What he did after it sealed the Keeper? Who serves him? What can do the Keeper?" asked Arkantos more interested than ever.


"He is the enemy of everything that lives, walks, and breathes," stated Richard. "The Keeper has many servants."


"As the Keeper of Underworld, he is a being of immense power," replied Annalina the lecture. "The powers he showed are the ability to make Banelings. Also, he granted Darken Rahl some of his powers. That means he can open rifts and use the flames to torment many people."


"Is more powerful than I imagined," exclaimed Merlin sub estimating Keeper's power. "Kronos?"


"Kronos was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titan. He was the divine descendants of Oranos, the Sky, and Gaia, the Earth," replied Odysseus. "He overthrew his father and ruled during the Golden Age until his son, Zeus, imprisoned him."


"What happened after that?" asked Lancelot.


"Kronos performs the deed," shared Arkantos and gave more details. "Gaia provided him the sickle and placed him in ambush. When Oranos met with Gaia, Kronos ambushed him with the sickle, castrating him. His testicles fall into the sea. From the blood that spilled out from Oranos and fell upon the earth, the Gigantes, Erinyes, and Meliae born. The testicles produced a white foam from which the goddess Aphrodite emerged. Oranos seek vengeance and called his sons Titans for their acts."


"Rhea kept Zeus hidden in a cave on Mount Ida, Crete," said Chiron. "According to versions, a goat named Amalthea armored male dancers, shouted and clapped. to make enough noise to mask the baby's cries from Kronos then raised him. Other versions of the myth have Zeus raised by the nymph Adamanthea. She hid Zeus by trailing him by a rope from a tree, suspended between the realms ruled his father, Kronos,"


"Kronos overthrow Oranos to be king," shared Shota lecturing from the texts.


"Oranos was sure one day someone would betray him. He delivered all his children's back in Tartarus," continued Nicci.


"It is true Oranos warn Kronos about the same fate as him?" wondered Reginleif to find a clue.


"Yes," confirmed Setna and explained. "Kronos to prevent this, he absorbs all his children except Zeus."


"Zeus returns," concluded Elyan the rest.


"Oranos is Kronos dad and the Keeper. The stories intertwine," said Gwen with stupefied.


"How Oranos, the Titan of Sky, become Keeper of Underworld?" questioned Leo very worried and confused.


"Are many things hard to understand," specified Cara to calm him.


"Maia, the Creator, is Titan Gaia," deduced Denna realizing the whole story.


"Maia, Creator, created by the Sisters of the Light," said Dennee with regret.


"Maia was the true Creator," said Richard with regret.


"Richard has right," approved Rahl realizing something important. , "Keeper becomes a little child to trick Richard."


"To give him Stone of Tears," continued Annalina with the conclusion. "He hasn't any powers on Earth."


"Maia too," said Amanra. "She takes all powers of Sisters of the Light to defend herself against Keeper's followers."


"These plants from where they appeared?" wondered Zedd shocked after their appearance.


"Gaia," replied Arkantos after sensing her powers.


"Zedd, collect some seeds for each plant," said Shota.


"Magical map," said Percival and the location appeared.


"Atlantis, Egypt, Greece, and Norse," said Gwaine reading the destinations.


"What next?" asked Leon for the second part of the plan.


"Go planting the seeds in the pools," replied Odysseus the rest.


"Why Creator doesn't reveal her true identity?" asked Cenred puzzled.


"All we have secrets," replied Cara defending Gaia.


"Send the ravens after Theris, Thor, Brokk, and Eitri," commanded Lancelot to the troops.


The ravens summoned the allies to support our heroes.


"Any problems? How we beat Kronos?" wondered Theris after returning.


"We come back," said Thor regretting he left.


"Don't say seeds of these flowers are in Atlantis, Egypt," said Brokk reading the list.


"Norway and Greece," finished Eitri.


"Than we lie beautiful," said Freya.



Eitri, Setna, Folstag, Odysseus, Dennee, Shota, Leo, Gwaine, and Lancelot went to Greece.


"Why Titan Gaia lied to us?" wondered Dennee shocked after discovery.


"You hear what happen with her husband," replied Shota the broken ideology. "The Creator is pure."


"I can't imagine what his children do," said Folstag with regret.


"Titan Oranos close them in Tartarus," said Leo and wondered. "Why Titan Gaia refuse it?"


"Is a mother," replied Dennee her decision. "You don't know how hard is to sacrifice your child."


"What do you talk about?" wondered Gwaine sensing something weird.


"D'Haran Soldiers captured and almost killed Dennee," replied Shota. "They saved her life because was pregnant."


"Male confessor," deduced Setna what she meant about sacrifice. "You slew him to stop Rahl to prevent a new Nicolas."


"I understand why Titan Oranos was jealous," said Eitri about a prophecy. "He thought some of them wanted to dethrone him?"


"How the Titan of the Sky became the master of the Underworld?" scrambled Odysseus to understand.


"The answer is simple, revenge," replied Eitri plain and simple.


"His last words were?" asked Folstag to make more ties.


"One day your son will betray you as you betrayed me," stated Lancelot.


"Kronos attempted stopping this, but failed with Zeus," concluded Gwaine.


"Titan Oranos will fight against Zeus or only against Kronos?" wondered Leo to discover possible alliance.


"He is mad as hell now and wants revenge," replied Setna.


"Zeus return, but why to imprison the Titans?" asked Shota and realized. "He does for power."


"Prepare to land because we are near Greece," cautioned Folstag.


"Where is the seed of Gaia?" wondered Gwaine searching the area.


"On Mount Olympus," said Odysseus very confided.


"Let's move on," said Leo heading to the Sky Passage.


"No wonder why nobody is home," said Eitri knowing who killed the gods and why.


"The situation is more life-or-death than I thought!" remarked Setna the rifts on the Mouth Olympus.


"What are doing these phoenixes, wyverns, griffons, trolls, and Sisters of Dark up here?" wondered Shota.


"Happy to answer your question, Shota," replied Marissa and threw a Dacra. "You will die before you learn my answer."


"Let us collect the seed of Gaia," said Eitri shocked seeing Gawine deflecting the Dacra.


"Marisa, how smart you are? You can answer this question?" wondered Gwaine catching her attention.


"Hold on!" commanded Marissa her troops to stop.


"My dear lady, you are aware who is the Keeper?" wondered Gwaine.


"What, knight?" wondered Marissa didn't understand what meant.


"Your dear Keeper is Titan Oranos," answered Setna and informed. "Titan Oranos, God Father, the sky god."


"What? The Keeper isn't a god," said Marissa confused trying to hide this. "What a cheap joke, I forget to laugh."


"If you don't believe it," said Folstag and wondered. "Why do you think Kronos attacks?"


"You are wasting my time," replied Marissa making sing to attack.



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Shota made a magical shield to defend them. Dennee used Con Dar, corrupted some Sisters of the Dark, and told them to kill all magical creatures. Marissa saw this and she retreated until it was late. The fight was over, and the heroes collected the. Brokk, Arkantos, Kastor, Richard, Denna, Nicci, Arthur, Elyan, and Percival remained in Atlantis.


"What we will do without these rocs, father?" wondered Kastor praying the Egyptian creatures.


"You want to take care of one?" guessed Arkantos while seeing his amazement.


"Talk with Amanra to give a baby roc, please," said Kastor looking to his dad.


"How these birds can travel everywhere and resist temperature changes?" asked Brokk.scanning them.


"Richard are you fine?" asked Elyan seeing him lost.


"I am shocked to find Keeper is Oranos," said Richard and shared. "I have a feeling this is not all."


"What you say about the Sisters?" wondered Nicci referring to the Sister of Light and Dark.


"You serve someone unknown," replied Arthur putting in the shows of Sisters of the Dark. "I am puzzled what is their reaction."


"They will continue serving him," said Percival with ease.


"If I am a seed of Gaia where am I?" asked Denna meditating.


"A place hid from the Keeper view?" guessed Elyan to ring some bells.


"The sink Atlantis?" wondered Arthur knowing it was hard to get there.


"Atlantis sank when we stop Gargarensis to unlock the last gate of Tartarus. After ten years Atlantis surfaced when Kronos exit from Tartarus," shared Arkantos.


"Old Atlantis, we come," concluded Kastor.


"Are two Atlantis? How we go there?" wondered Percival shocked and confused.


"With a Sky Passage I suppose?" guessed Denna.


"When the Titans were free," replied Arkantos for Percival. "They raised Atlantis from the sea."


"Denna has right," affirmed Kastor too fast. "We find that Sky Passage."


"My compass shows here," said Richard showing to them.


"Titan Oranos made these Sky Passages," said Arthur analyzing them. "Who guides them?"


"Nobody," informed Brokk sharing Oranos lost the capability of doing it.


"The people do by themselves?" wondered Nicci.


"We try it?" asked Percival making a step ahead.


"What we have to lose?" asked Elyan a bit afraid.


"What we are doing?" asked Arthur.


"Activate it," answered Denna and saw Kastor pressing on the buttons.


"We arrive," remarked Nicci.


"What happened with this mountain?" wondered Brokk.


"Chthonian," answered Arthur.


"I have a bad feeling about this," said Richard and saw the enemies.


"What are protecting those Carnivora, Dryads, Argus and Heka Gigantes?" asked Kastor.


"The seed," replied Elyan.


"The compass shines very strong," remarked Richard looking at the compass.


"What things I should corrupt with my power?" wondered Denna.


"Those giants with more hands are ready to attack," replied Arkantos a target.



Denna corrupted Heka Gigantes and killed all Carnivores plants. Argus destroyed Heka Gigantes. Arthur, Elyan, Percival, and Richard launched arrows in the Argus and slew them. The rest destroyed the Hesperidins Tree to stop creating more dryads. They won the fight, collected the seed of Gaia and returned to Atlantis. Thor, Reginleif, Ajax, Rahl, Kahlan, Verna, Merlin, Leon, and Freya went to Egypt.


"I am intrigued if we can travel with other things than rocs?" wondered Rahl looking at Freya.


"Don't look at me because you are overweight and I can't sustain you," amused Freya.


"I should call Kilgharah to transport us in Egypt," said Merlin.


"You want to travel with some stinking camels?" wondered Leon smelling his clothes.


"No," amused Ajax and asked. "Thor, how you feel when you travel to Egypt?"


"Odd," replied Thor and added more stranger things. "Also, to see a frost giant and a Viking in the desert is strange."


"What about the burning Anubite in Norse?" asked Reginleif thinking at Procust Bed.


"A nice mismatch. What will happen if here snows?" asked Vernalooking at the sky.


"When I left from Ealdor and I come in Camelot," said Merlin with amazement. "I never thought I would travel so much."


"When I was young, I always wished to travel in the entire world," said Freya fulfill her wish.


"Who transforms you in a Bastet?" wondered Rahl.


"The mother of a sorcerer who I killed him and self-defense," answered Freya with regret.


"Punished without fault, not fair," said Kahlan comforting her.


"After I died, Fisher King resurrected me," shared Freya.


"Bastet was an ancient solar and war goddess worshiped at least since the Second Dynasty. In later dynasties, the priests of Amun began calling her Bastet. Repetitive and diminutive form after her role in the pantheon. She became diminished as Sekhmet, Goddess of War and Vengeance. A similar lioness war deity became more dominant in the unified culture of Lower and Upper Egypt. A Bastet in the Middle Kingdom, the cat appeared as Bastet's sacred animal. After the New Kingdom she appeared as a woman with a cat's head carrying a sacred rattle and a box or basket," replied Thor.


"Is a way to become a normal person," said Rahl.


"You can wear a rada'Han to remain," continued Ajax at what Rahl said.


"Is part of you," said Merlin to encourage her.


"You are right, Is my gift and I must control my powers without Fisher King power. I like how both, Kahlan or Dennee do with Con Dar."


"You must keep fighting," comforted Kahlan.


"I wanted to say the priests of Amun can release you from the curse," said Rahl.


"We land soon," cautioned Reginleif after seeing the Pyramids.


"Where should we go?" wondered Freya seeing sands around.


"Some guardians who defend something," remarked Thor in the distance.


"I can use my vision powers to see more," said Merlin, but Freya kissed him.


"I go in the skies," said Frays taking her flight.


"I hope is easy to collect the seed," hoped Verna after she located it.


"Are many temples in front of us and a massive temple in the middle," informed Freya the people from down.


"For sure this is a trap," shared Leon after heard the place was free. "How we know what will expect us there?"


"I will send a lightning bolt," said Thor.


"Mummies, scorpion men, and serkets appeared from nowhere," warmed Ajax.


"Who are they? For who fight?" asked Freya after coming down.


"These people are Southrons and they are the army of Helios," replied Merlin and saw more enemies. "Funny, some Saxons come."


"Enough," said Rahl and took his sword.



Kahlan used Con Dar, corrupted some Saxons and Southrons, and made them fight for her. Merlin threw firebombs to the serkets to slay them. Thor threw with lightning bolts in scorpions' man and the rest fought with last creatures. They won the fight, collected the seed of Gaia and returned to Atlantis. Theris, Amanra, Chiron, Cara, Zedd, Annalina, Gwen, Mordred, Cenred went to Norse.


"After we finish, I will send my parents at People Palace," said Cara her plans.


"I am hesitant if Richard will accept rule D'Hara because it is an enormous responsibility," said Zedd.


"He isn't alone," said Annalina and looked at Zedd. "Has a clever grandfather, a family who can trust and Rahl."


"The only person who knows me is Gwen," said Cenred talking about his change.


"You tell about Kara. I profit from a second chance as Rahl, Nicci, and Denna do before me," said Mordred following their example.


"Cenred a long time ago, you were the greatest enemy of Camelot. Now you are an ally of Camelot," remarked Gwen the massive change.


"After this, you are welcome to visit Egypt and relax," said Amanra hoping for a better day.


"I make a fatal mistake when I ally with Kamos," said Theris very regretful of his sins.


"Who you are is what defines you," said Chiron after sharing a big secret.


"What?" wondered Amanra a bit doubtful.


"My father is Kronos; I was a god," divulged Chiron letting everybody surprised. "I lost my powers and I become a centaur."


"I know what you have felt," said Cara remembering about her past. "Remember, you decide your fate."


"Cara has right," affirmed Zedd comforting Chiron. "I don't see a man wise like you in my entire life."


"Why do you laugh, Mordred?" wondered Theris seeing he can't look at him without to smile.


"You are a flaming Anubite. Everything near you burns," amused Annalina realizing why he laughed.


"How strange is to see a frost giant and a Viking woman in Egypt and a burning Anubite in Norse?" wondered Cenred.


"No comment," laughed Zedd.


"Where we go?" asked Gwen after landing.


"Where are you?" asked Mordred the seed.


"In the world of fire giants, Muspelheim," replied Theris and said. "It is in the south of Midgard."


"Theris, feel like home because everything burns," laughed Amanra about his strange powers.


"What are protecting those fire giants?" wondered Cenred after reaching the area.


"Is an altar," replied Zedd looking better.


"My pleasure to corrupt them," said Cara after enemies spawned.



Cara wielded her powers to corrupt fire giants. An army of banelings and Sisters of Dark slaughtered them. They fought with new enemies and won. Everybody was in Atlantis and put all seeds of Gaia in pools to summon her. Gaia appeared, but Kronos came.


"That is impossible," threatened Kronos seeing his mother. "I almost died because of that Spartan and you fight against me, twice, mother."


"Why are you doing this as your father?" wondered Gaia.


"My father?" asked Kronos having a hunch.


"I am the guardian and Titan of Earth," said Gaia attacking Kronos. "I will protect the price of my life."


After an exhausting long fight, Gaia kicked Kronos in Tartarus to sealing him again. After Kronos lost, our heroes resumed their journey to find Stone of Tears. Meanwhile, Theris, Brokk, Eitri, and Thor returned to their homes.


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Hello, the stories of Gaia and Oranos and Keeper with Creator are pretty similar and I realized, they could be the same person. Don't forget to vote and comment.





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