Location
Oak Harbor, Washington. Located on Whidbey Island and named for the Garry Oak trees that grace its skyline. Deception pass, a large bridge connecting the island to the mainland. Oak Harbor is also home to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and the Navy's Electronic Attack Squadrons and Communication Wing. The founding of NAS Whidbey Island, along with the opening of Deception Pass Bridge largely boosted economy in the city of Oak Harbor and drew a lot of national chains to the city. The city itself is home to approximately 22000 residents, a lot of whom work within the base. Oak Harbor is also home to to tourism based and service based industry, small scale agriculture as well as arts. Oak Harbor as well as the rest of the island it is located on is also called home to many painters, carpenters, craftsmen, sculptors, glass artists, glass/wood/metal workers, mixed media artists, photographers, authors, poets, actors, and musicians.
Oak Harbor's tourism relies on the export of Penn Cove Mussels from its shores. Fresh clams and oysters may also be harvested locally among several public beaches. An annual "Mussel fest" is held locally which helps bring in tourists from around the country. The island is also largely rural and hosts small farms which often sell their produce and products on-site.
The Oak Harbor School District consists of one high school (one alternative high school), one middle school, and one elementary school.
Whidbey Island is located about an hour and a half north of Seattle by car and is situated very close to Canada.
Lore
After World War II, the Big Three, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon all swore on a pact to never produce anymore children. This pact was broken multiple times discreetly by each of the Big Three with their mortal lovers bearing their children.
Satyr Guide
There is currently one known Satyr currently dispatched to overlook Whidbey Island, primarily Oak Harbor.
12 Labors of Heracles -- reworked by Hera to stall them because the existence of Dionne offends her.
Trains/planes/cars/boats that Dionne/Seth get on will fail to work unless they complete these tasks. (I mean they could walk but... walking to NY...)
Trains/planes/cars/boats that Dionne/Seth get on will fail to work unless they complete these tasks. (I mean they could walk but... walking to NY...)
1) Slay the Nemean Lion.
The Nemean Lion could not be killed with mortals' weapons because its golden fur was impervious to attack. Its claws were sharper than mortals' swords and could cut through any armor.
Baby Nemean Lion cub emerges from somewhere in wash, must kill? (it's adorable. Adorably deadly.
2) Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra.
More often known simply as the Hydra, the Lernaean Hydra was a serpentine water monster in Greek and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaids. Lerna was reputed to be an entrance to the Underworld and archaeology has established it as a sacred site. In the canonical Hydra myth, the monster is killed by Heracles, using sword and fire, as the second of his Twelve Labors.
Maybe meet the Hydra above near Hollywood (as it's the entrance to the underworld) and then... kill it... somehow...
3) Capture the Ceryneian Hind.
The Ceryneian Hind, also called Cerynitis or the Golden Hind, was an enormous hind (deer). It was sacred to Artemis, the chaste goddess of the hunt, animals and unmarried women. With golden antlers like a stag and hooves of bronze or brass, it was said that it could outrun an arrow in flight. The capture of the hind was one of the labours of Heracles
Capture a getaway something... maybe a car/person with a deer on it or something?
4) Capture the Erymanthian Boar.
The Erymanthian Boar was a giant fear-inspiring creature of the wilds that was apparentlysacred to Artemis. A boar was a dangerous animal: "When the goddess turned a wrathful countenance upon a country, as in the story of Meleager, she would send a raging boar, which laid waste the farmers' fields.
Catch a raging animal/thing
5) Clean the Augean stables in a single day.
The fifth labour was to clean the stables of King Augeas. This assignment was intended to be both humiliating and impossible, since the livestock were divinely healthy (and immortal) and therefore produced an enormous quantity of dung. The Augean Stables had not been cleaned in over 30 years, and over 1,000 cattle lived there. However, Hercules succeeded by re-routing the rivers Alpheus and Peneus to wash out the filth.
Before starting on the task, Hercules had asked Augeas for one-tenth of the cattle if he finished the task in one day, and Augeas agreed. But afterwards Augeas refused to honour the agreement on the grounds that Hercules had been ordered to carry out the task by Eurystheus anyway. Hercules claimed his reward in court, and was supported by Augeas' son Phyleus. Augeas banished them both before the court had ruled. Hercules returned, slew Augeas, and gave his kingdom to Phyleus. According to the Odes of the poet Pindar, Hercules then founded the Olympic Games.
The success of this labour was ultimately discounted because the rushing waters had done the work of cleaning the stables and because Hercules was paid for it. Eurystheus said that Hercules still had seven labours to perform
Maybe have to clean something... and then get in trouble for it?
6) Slay the Stymphalian Birds.
The Stymphalian Birds are man-eating birds with beaks of bronze, sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims, and poisonous dung. They were pets of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. They migrated to a marsh in Arcadia to escape a pack of wolves. There they bred quickly and swarmed over the countryside, destroying crops, fruit trees, and townspeople.
Birds attack the pair, must fend off
7) Capture the Cretan Bull.
Heracles was sent to capture the bull by Eurystheus as his seventh task. He sailed to Crete, whereupon Minos gave Heracles permission to take the bull away [3]as it had been wreaking havoc on Crete by uprooting crops and leveling orchard walls. Heracles captured the bull, and then shipped it to Eurystheus in Tiryns. The bull later broke loose and wandered into Marathon, becoming known as the "Marathonian Bull".
Um huge bull. Damn, a lot of crazy animals right here.
8) Steal the Mares of Diomedes.
The eighth labour was to bring back the Mares of Diomedes, which had been trained to eat human flesh by their owner, King Diomedes of Thrace. In one version of the story, Hercules brought a number of youths to help him. They took the mares, called Podargos ("swift-footed"), Lampon ("the shining"), Xanthos ("the blond"), and Deinos ("the terrible"), and were chased by Diomedes and his men.
Maybe make a play off the horses' names and make them people at first, then horses.
9) Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons.
Hippolyta, impressed with Hercules and his exploits, agreed to give him the belt and would have done so had Hera not disguised herself and walked among the Amazons sowing seeds of distrust. She claimed the strangers were plotting to carry off the queen of the Amazons. Alarmed, the women set off on horseback to confront Hercules. When Hercules saw them, he thought Hippolyta had been plotting such treachery all along and had never meant to hand over the Belt, so he killed her, took the Belt and returned to Eurystheus.
Um so some chick falls in love with Seth but then all goes wrong... romance development haha
10) Obtain the cattle of the monster Geryon.
On the way there, he crossed the Libyandesert[15] and became so frustrated at the heat that he shot an arrow at the Sun. The sun-god Helios "in admiration of his courage" gave Hercules the golden chariot Helios used to sail across the sea from west to east each night. Hercules rode the chariot to Erytheia; Hercules in the chariot was a favorite motif on black-figure pottery. Such a magical conveyance undercuts any literal geography for Erytheia, the "red island" of the sunset
When Hercules landed at Erytheia, he was confronted by the two-headed dog Orthrus. With one blow from his olive-wood club, Hercules killed Orthrus. Eurytion the herdsman came to assist Orthrus, but Hercules dealt with him the same way.
On hearing the commotion, Geryon sprang into action, carrying three shields and three spears, and wearing three helmets. He attacked Hercules at the River Anthemus, but was slain by one of Hercules' poisoned arrows. Hercules shot so forcefully that the arrow pierced Geryon's forehead, "and Geryon bent his neck over to one side, like a poppy that spoils its delicate shapes, shedding its petals all at once."[16]
Hercules then had to herd the Cattle back to Eurystheus. In Roman versions of the narrative, Hercules drove the Cattle over the Aventine Hill on the future site of Rome. The giant Cacus, who lived there, stole some of the Cattle as Hercules slept, making the Cattle walk backwards so that they left no trail, a repetition of the trick of the young Hermes. According to some versions, Hercules drove his remaining cattle past the cave, where Cacus had hidden the stolen animals, and they began calling out to each other. In other versions, Cacus' sister Caca told Hercules where he was. Hercules then killed Cacus, and set up an altar on the spot, later the site of Rome's Forum Boarium (the cattle market).
To annoy Hercules, Hera sent a gadfly to bite the cattle, irritate them, and scatter them. Hercules within a year retrieved them. Hera then sent a flood which raised the level of a river so much, Hercules could not cross with the cattle. He piled stones into the river to make the water shallower. When he finally reached the court of Eurystheus, the cattle were sacrificed to Hera.
^^All this stuff goes down in one way or another.
After Hercules completed the first ten labours, Eurystheus gave him two more claiming that slaying the Hydra didn't count (because Iolaushelped Hercules) nor did cleaning the Augean Stables (either because he was paid for the job or because the rivers did the work).
11) Steal the apples of the Hesperides.
The first additional Labour was to steal the apples from the garden of the Hesperides. Hercules first caught the Old Man of the Sea, the shape-shifting sea god, to learn where the Garden of the Hesperides was located.
Hercules finally made his way to the Garden of the Hesperides, where he encountered Atlas holding up the heavens on his shoulders. Hercules persuaded Atlas to get some of the golden Apples for him, by offering to hold up the heavens in his place for a little while. (Atlas could get the Apples because, in this version, he was the father or otherwise related to the Hesperides.) This would have made the labour – like the Hydra and the Augean Stables – void because Hercules had received help. When Atlas returned, he decided that he did not want to take the heavens back, and instead offered to deliver the Apples himself. But Hercules tricked him by agreeing to remain in place of Atlas on condition that Atlas relieve him temporarily while Hercules adjusted his cloak. Atlas agreed, but Hercules reneged and walked away with the Apples. According to an alternative version, Hercules slew Ladon, the dragon-like guardian of the Apples, instead. Eurystheus was furious that Hercules had accomplished something that Eurystheus thought could not possibly be done.
Either Atlas confrontation or Ladon confrontation. Thinking maybe the latter, and to get something silly haha
12) Capture and bring back Cerberus.
Hercules found Hades and asked permission to bring Cerberus to the surface, which Hades agreed to if Hercules could subdue the beast without using weapons. Hercules overpowered Cerberus with his hands and slung the beast over his back. He carried Cerberus out of the Underworld through a cavern entrance in the Peloponnese and brought it to Eurystheus, who again fled into his pithos. Eurystheus begged Hercules to return Cerberus to the Underworld, offering in return to release him from any further labours.
Go back to Hollywood and get the damn dog. Somehow. The end.
The Nemean Lion could not be killed with mortals' weapons because its golden fur was impervious to attack. Its claws were sharper than mortals' swords and could cut through any armor.
Baby Nemean Lion cub emerges from somewhere in wash, must kill? (it's adorable. Adorably deadly.
2) Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra.
More often known simply as the Hydra, the Lernaean Hydra was a serpentine water monster in Greek and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaids. Lerna was reputed to be an entrance to the Underworld and archaeology has established it as a sacred site. In the canonical Hydra myth, the monster is killed by Heracles, using sword and fire, as the second of his Twelve Labors.
Maybe meet the Hydra above near Hollywood (as it's the entrance to the underworld) and then... kill it... somehow...
3) Capture the Ceryneian Hind.
The Ceryneian Hind, also called Cerynitis or the Golden Hind, was an enormous hind (deer). It was sacred to Artemis, the chaste goddess of the hunt, animals and unmarried women. With golden antlers like a stag and hooves of bronze or brass, it was said that it could outrun an arrow in flight. The capture of the hind was one of the labours of Heracles
Capture a getaway something... maybe a car/person with a deer on it or something?
4) Capture the Erymanthian Boar.
The Erymanthian Boar was a giant fear-inspiring creature of the wilds that was apparentlysacred to Artemis. A boar was a dangerous animal: "When the goddess turned a wrathful countenance upon a country, as in the story of Meleager, she would send a raging boar, which laid waste the farmers' fields.
Catch a raging animal/thing
5) Clean the Augean stables in a single day.
The fifth labour was to clean the stables of King Augeas. This assignment was intended to be both humiliating and impossible, since the livestock were divinely healthy (and immortal) and therefore produced an enormous quantity of dung. The Augean Stables had not been cleaned in over 30 years, and over 1,000 cattle lived there. However, Hercules succeeded by re-routing the rivers Alpheus and Peneus to wash out the filth.
Before starting on the task, Hercules had asked Augeas for one-tenth of the cattle if he finished the task in one day, and Augeas agreed. But afterwards Augeas refused to honour the agreement on the grounds that Hercules had been ordered to carry out the task by Eurystheus anyway. Hercules claimed his reward in court, and was supported by Augeas' son Phyleus. Augeas banished them both before the court had ruled. Hercules returned, slew Augeas, and gave his kingdom to Phyleus. According to the Odes of the poet Pindar, Hercules then founded the Olympic Games.
The success of this labour was ultimately discounted because the rushing waters had done the work of cleaning the stables and because Hercules was paid for it. Eurystheus said that Hercules still had seven labours to perform
Maybe have to clean something... and then get in trouble for it?
6) Slay the Stymphalian Birds.
The Stymphalian Birds are man-eating birds with beaks of bronze, sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims, and poisonous dung. They were pets of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. They migrated to a marsh in Arcadia to escape a pack of wolves. There they bred quickly and swarmed over the countryside, destroying crops, fruit trees, and townspeople.
Birds attack the pair, must fend off
7) Capture the Cretan Bull.
Heracles was sent to capture the bull by Eurystheus as his seventh task. He sailed to Crete, whereupon Minos gave Heracles permission to take the bull away [3]as it had been wreaking havoc on Crete by uprooting crops and leveling orchard walls. Heracles captured the bull, and then shipped it to Eurystheus in Tiryns. The bull later broke loose and wandered into Marathon, becoming known as the "Marathonian Bull".
Um huge bull. Damn, a lot of crazy animals right here.
8) Steal the Mares of Diomedes.
The eighth labour was to bring back the Mares of Diomedes, which had been trained to eat human flesh by their owner, King Diomedes of Thrace. In one version of the story, Hercules brought a number of youths to help him. They took the mares, called Podargos ("swift-footed"), Lampon ("the shining"), Xanthos ("the blond"), and Deinos ("the terrible"), and were chased by Diomedes and his men.
Maybe make a play off the horses' names and make them people at first, then horses.
9) Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons.
Hippolyta, impressed with Hercules and his exploits, agreed to give him the belt and would have done so had Hera not disguised herself and walked among the Amazons sowing seeds of distrust. She claimed the strangers were plotting to carry off the queen of the Amazons. Alarmed, the women set off on horseback to confront Hercules. When Hercules saw them, he thought Hippolyta had been plotting such treachery all along and had never meant to hand over the Belt, so he killed her, took the Belt and returned to Eurystheus.
Um so some chick falls in love with Seth but then all goes wrong... romance development haha
10) Obtain the cattle of the monster Geryon.
On the way there, he crossed the Libyandesert[15] and became so frustrated at the heat that he shot an arrow at the Sun. The sun-god Helios "in admiration of his courage" gave Hercules the golden chariot Helios used to sail across the sea from west to east each night. Hercules rode the chariot to Erytheia; Hercules in the chariot was a favorite motif on black-figure pottery. Such a magical conveyance undercuts any literal geography for Erytheia, the "red island" of the sunset
When Hercules landed at Erytheia, he was confronted by the two-headed dog Orthrus. With one blow from his olive-wood club, Hercules killed Orthrus. Eurytion the herdsman came to assist Orthrus, but Hercules dealt with him the same way.
On hearing the commotion, Geryon sprang into action, carrying three shields and three spears, and wearing three helmets. He attacked Hercules at the River Anthemus, but was slain by one of Hercules' poisoned arrows. Hercules shot so forcefully that the arrow pierced Geryon's forehead, "and Geryon bent his neck over to one side, like a poppy that spoils its delicate shapes, shedding its petals all at once."[16]
Hercules then had to herd the Cattle back to Eurystheus. In Roman versions of the narrative, Hercules drove the Cattle over the Aventine Hill on the future site of Rome. The giant Cacus, who lived there, stole some of the Cattle as Hercules slept, making the Cattle walk backwards so that they left no trail, a repetition of the trick of the young Hermes. According to some versions, Hercules drove his remaining cattle past the cave, where Cacus had hidden the stolen animals, and they began calling out to each other. In other versions, Cacus' sister Caca told Hercules where he was. Hercules then killed Cacus, and set up an altar on the spot, later the site of Rome's Forum Boarium (the cattle market).
To annoy Hercules, Hera sent a gadfly to bite the cattle, irritate them, and scatter them. Hercules within a year retrieved them. Hera then sent a flood which raised the level of a river so much, Hercules could not cross with the cattle. He piled stones into the river to make the water shallower. When he finally reached the court of Eurystheus, the cattle were sacrificed to Hera.
^^All this stuff goes down in one way or another.
After Hercules completed the first ten labours, Eurystheus gave him two more claiming that slaying the Hydra didn't count (because Iolaushelped Hercules) nor did cleaning the Augean Stables (either because he was paid for the job or because the rivers did the work).
11) Steal the apples of the Hesperides.
The first additional Labour was to steal the apples from the garden of the Hesperides. Hercules first caught the Old Man of the Sea, the shape-shifting sea god, to learn where the Garden of the Hesperides was located.
Hercules finally made his way to the Garden of the Hesperides, where he encountered Atlas holding up the heavens on his shoulders. Hercules persuaded Atlas to get some of the golden Apples for him, by offering to hold up the heavens in his place for a little while. (Atlas could get the Apples because, in this version, he was the father or otherwise related to the Hesperides.) This would have made the labour – like the Hydra and the Augean Stables – void because Hercules had received help. When Atlas returned, he decided that he did not want to take the heavens back, and instead offered to deliver the Apples himself. But Hercules tricked him by agreeing to remain in place of Atlas on condition that Atlas relieve him temporarily while Hercules adjusted his cloak. Atlas agreed, but Hercules reneged and walked away with the Apples. According to an alternative version, Hercules slew Ladon, the dragon-like guardian of the Apples, instead. Eurystheus was furious that Hercules had accomplished something that Eurystheus thought could not possibly be done.
Either Atlas confrontation or Ladon confrontation. Thinking maybe the latter, and to get something silly haha
12) Capture and bring back Cerberus.
Hercules found Hades and asked permission to bring Cerberus to the surface, which Hades agreed to if Hercules could subdue the beast without using weapons. Hercules overpowered Cerberus with his hands and slung the beast over his back. He carried Cerberus out of the Underworld through a cavern entrance in the Peloponnese and brought it to Eurystheus, who again fled into his pithos. Eurystheus begged Hercules to return Cerberus to the Underworld, offering in return to release him from any further labours.
Go back to Hollywood and get the damn dog. Somehow. The end.
Pre-Lightning Thief by a few years.
