#h1-story-discussion

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ashen latch
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Dude was 100% a fratboy

atomic forge
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We've got full access to the game files right now so there's already a fair amount of modding (someone advertises the Discord server every once in a while), but last I heard there will not be any official support for it.

drifting citrus
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Caitlin💃06/26/2020
Are there plans for modding support in the future?

Currently, Hades “technically” supports mods in that players have full access to game files, and you can modify them however you wish. We don’t currently have any plans to create modding tools specifically for Hades or our other games.

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there's occasionally a server link to a hades modding server in #self-promotion

heavy warren
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no spoilers please, but is skelly's employer revealed somewhere in the current game?

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yes/no

atomic forge
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No.

heavy warren
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I think it's whoever the narrator is

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Zagreus actually responds to him at one point

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he could be an actual character

open berry
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narrator is implied to have been revealed in the game already, so its not the narrator.

heavy warren
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oh darn

open berry
drifting citrus
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@atomic forge have you seen the convo line that starts when ||you have the lucky tooth and you pick up hermes||

atomic forge
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I think so.

drifting citrus
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haven't finished it myself but i think it pertains to skelly's employer

drifting citrus
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can't remember the specifics, but yeah, then ||zag comments about it being skelly's tooth, and then skelly has a convo for zag afterwards||

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i figured it was something special since ||zag comments while in the boon selection screen||

vapid parcel
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you do find out who skelly's employer is

eternal breach
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Am i just dumb or is it easier for exalted to come back now

atomic forge
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You running any significant Heat?

eternal breach
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I mean 9 but like, i wasn't running Overtime or Benefits Package?

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I guess maybe maybe it was the calisthenics??? Maybe i didnt kill them fast enough?

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Might be it

split kelp
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Anyone knows why I haven't yet forged a bond with Dusa? I got her affinity gauge fully maxed out.

mystic mortar
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you need to have a specific conversation with her first

wise wasp
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||https://imgur.com/bGB5qya|| ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@clear oracle Oooh myyyy zaglol Hades would be puzzled the hell outta of ||her, like: "... Is Meg now liking his spanks?! I MUST BAN HER TO ETERNITY, OFF MY HOUSE!"||
Or ||"Sigh... remind me of my old days with Persephone"||

ashen latch
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Lmafo

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Hades being a saucy boi in his youth holds up

glacial cedar
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been practicing the harp for a while

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when does it sound less like absolute wire spanking

jaunty forge
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Wasn't there a daughter of Hades and Persephone? One that was so beautiful Aphrodite disfigured half her face? I tried looking it up and found Mesperyan, but i couldn't really find any official looking sources. Doesn't really matter for a game so i was curious if other children of Hades will make an appearance

cloud geode
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when does it sound less like absolute wire spanking
@glacial cedar you practice, you do a run, check if orpheus says anything about it then it becomes less ugly

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profit

jade slate
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just interact with it a lot

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you’ll know when its done, trust me

cloud geode
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somebody once told me said you just need to play with it 8ish times? before a run for it to happen

wise wasp
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Wasn't there a daughter of Hades and Persephone? One that was so beautiful Aphrodite disfigured half her face? I tried looking it up and found Mesperyan, but i couldn't really find any official looking sources. Doesn't really matter for a game so i was curious if other children of Hades will make an appearance
@jaunty forge Quick reading in the internet, That daughter is maybe not a real one, since some sources say she is way too similar to the Erinyes.

I mean, Mageara, Alecto and Tishi are Zagreus sisters?

cloud geode
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I know Melinoe and Macaria as Hades and Persephone's daughters

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My pfp is actually a Melinoe drawing from erinye

wise wasp
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I know Melinoe and Macaria as Hades and Persephone's daughters
@cloud geode Yup, stated on the source I am looking as well.

I don't think the game as explicitly stated the furies are his sisters? And even then, We'll meet Melinoe and Makaria in late game? Or there was any mention of them?

cloud geode
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but yeah Mesperyian isn't real

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Only one last character will be added then enough
Maybe a Styx npc but who knows 👀

jade slate
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zagreus is a distaff counterpart to that character

cloud geode
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Styx is different from the other biomes in terms of gameplay, maybe they won't add an NPC there
Maybe Hecate? Maybe straight up Persephone and all of this was just a big troll

jade slate
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crackpot theory time

wise wasp
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zagreus is a distaff counterpart to that character
@jade slate ||Aside from being part of Dionysus||, which character are you talking about?

jade slate
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i mean

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a disfigured half face

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and zag has half his face covered a lot

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🤔

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its just a crack theory dont think too har

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dd

cloud geode
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Mesperyian gives me Ebony Darkness Dementia etc from My Immortal vibes

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dunno why

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The fact is i discovered one of my favourite goddesses thanks to her so... ye

wise wasp
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its just a crack theory dont think too har
@jade slate Now that you mention it... I think it is also a nod to it as well 😂 SO MANY NODS TO EVERYTHING

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||Especially Poseidon sending the minotaur to punish Theseus LOL||

vital oar
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Why can you give Dusa 2 ambrosias? :d

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At once

plain palm
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you can give even more iirc

vital oar
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I mean 2 at the same time

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Never saw anyone with this option

plain palm
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yeah, i'm talking about that

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it is intended and narratively explained as zag helping her to improve the lounge or something like that

vital oar
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yeah, we're past that. I can't find this out atm, because after I have all the companions I turn every ambrosia to blood

split kelp
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Dusa is the only one that takes more than one Ambrosia per gifting, and it's gonna be more than 2 soon.

vital oar
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Thanks. On that note, I'm guessing you can only romance one person?

split kelp
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No, you can fully romance ||two, Meg and Than, neither will get jealous|| and platonic-romance ||Dusa||.

vital oar
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Weird. I have companions from all of them, and my story didn't progress that way

split kelp
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For what it's worth in my save I've romanced ||Meg fully, have the friendship with Dusa and declined Than||.

vital oar
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Seemed to me I don't have options. I speak everyone everytime

split kelp
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IIRC for a full romance you need to max out the gauge fully. Just getting the companions isn't enough, you need to get all three hearts after the companion.

vital oar
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I'm at the "heart arrow" phase with all of them 🙂

split kelp
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Throw more Ambrosia down their maws until the hearts are all full.

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Gets expensive for Dusa in particular.

vital oar
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Yeah.. That has to wait. Aspects are more important 😄

split kelp
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FYI it's much easier to turn Ambrosia into Blood than it is to do it the other way around.

vital oar
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I know

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But at the end of the day, besides the companions, it's all "just" lore, that I can look up at some point

glacial cedar
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How much do I have to renovate the lounge before the prophecy about renovating the lounge is considered complete?

fickle comet
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I believe you need a conversation with Dusa about that when you're done? Don't really remember.

frozen jolt
glacial cedar
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Oh, nice I already have all I need

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Well I bought some more anyway cause the lounge is the best part of the house anyway

primal cipher
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Is there anywhere to view the paintings you can get for the east wing?

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I found the one of Cerberus on Jen Zee's deviantart

junior field
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don't believe so

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which reminds me of a suggestion I should make

open berry
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do you guys gush at the voice actors of characters you enjoy or are you normal thanthink

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on that note no more theseus slander, cyrus is too sweet arespleading

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actually I don't care but truly bless sg for where they found everyone

ashen latch
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New Headcanon: Theseus and Asterius are just closet drama geeks

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They have nothing against Zag, but they want to have fun working for Hades

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So they really committed to their bits

open berry
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thinkingeyes hm

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more like asterius just goes along with it but imagining theseus as an obnoxious theater kid with the ego of someone who's had lead roles too often is pretty funny

ashen latch
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Lmao yes

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Even better

eternal breach
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Honestly? Gushing over voice actors because i swear the voices are adding so much to the personality of the characters

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With so many characters, seriously, for example like, Theseus??? Nyx? Meg? Zag???

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EVERYONE TBH

fallen prairie
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Each time Theseus speaks I want to fill his mouth with Bloodstones to shut him up.
That's kudos to the VA though.

open berry
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ares, dio and theseus all share the same va lol

eternal breach
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I just wanna hug Darren because damn does he do such a good job with Zag

fallen prairie
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I'm aware that many characters share VAs.

open berry
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I told him the way he voices ares has made sg ares the definitive portrayal of him for me 🥺

fallen prairie
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Although, I never remember the specifics.

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Calmy murderous indeed.

eternal breach
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Logan is juggling like 5 characters isnt he

ashen latch
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SGG Ares is honestly way more intimidating than most other portrayals. Less brute more cold and calculating

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Like the love of bloodshed is there, he’s just smarter about it

open berry
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yes 👏

eternal breach
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Sgg ares is terrifying

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Ngl

fallen prairie
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He doesn't crave excessive violence is what I can derive from SSG's Ares. I

eternal breach
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I feel like he does but he just doesnt yell I LOVE BLOOD

fallen prairie
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Unlike I suppose the popular understanding of the god is.

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Yeah that's a better explanation.

eternal breach
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Cyrus, jumping from voicing Ares to Theseus: parkour

open berry
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it's about time we see something other than the usual loud, brutal and often implied to be less intelligent depiction media always defaults to. I end up loving any ares that diverts from the norm, I've collected 4 now

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PARKOUR LOL

ashen latch
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His interactions with Artemis are hilarious.

Ares: You know, hunting and warfare are not too different. Our shared delight in slaughter-

Artemis: Please, just stop

eternal breach
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Sgg ares sounds intelligent and imo it makes him scarier

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Like he has stuff figured out

ashen latch
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Yeah, like he’s Athena but without the restraint

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No rules of engagement or terms of surrender

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Just “how can I as efficiently as possible Gift zag more dead bodies?”

fallen prairie
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It's my taste but I didn't like the Aphrodite much. Again, I haven't seen their representations in other media much.

eternal breach
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Ares but he's a cat and gifts Zag dead mice

open berry
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ares, but with more >:3c

eternal breach
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I wanted to say Hades but everyone is a cat but Zag is a dog

ashen latch
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Cerberus is a Cat in a Dog onesie

open berry
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kam has done hades cats iirc

eternal breach
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Or well he gives me pupper vibes at least as much as catto vibes

ashen latch
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Tbh Zag is on that doggo energy. He would lowkey message his Dad even thought he escaped

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Pre recorded message via Iris, delivered via Hermes

eternal breach
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See Zag definitely is full of doggo energy

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But he has rare catto moments

jade slate
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zag is a bastard

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cat

eternal breach
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(Yes, this is about the Oh? No thanks :) when theseus offered his autograph, thats 100% cat energy)

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Than and Meg are both cats

jade slate
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i love ares when you use full call during a trial

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he says how dare you in the most offended voice possible

ashen latch
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Than is the kind of barncat that is super helpful because he spends the day killing vermin but also wouldn’t hesitate to break a vase

eternal breach
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Than is a cat because to befriend than you have to take the same steps as when you befriend a cat

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Don't push him, wait for him to come on his own, give him plenty gifts

fallen prairie
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Basically he chooses to befriend you? Is that what you mean?

eternal breach
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Pet only when allowed to

fallen prairie
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Because that's my interpretation of cats.

eternal breach
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If you go to a cat and try to pet it or pick it up it will not like you

fallen prairie
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Can confirm.

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Unless it wants you to. Then it'll make all the effort to let you know it wants that.

eternal breach
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Just like our death boy

junior field
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do you need to pet Cerberus 20 times in a row or overall for the unlock?

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feels like I've petted him so much there should be a hole in one of his heads now

open tiger
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Not all at once, for sure

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And I'm pretty sure I skipped it a few times accidentally

junior field
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really wish there was an in-game hint regarding this

fickle comet
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Lord Ares is (almost?) like a high-functioning psychopath/sadist. He "bonds" seemingly only over the love for bloodshed.

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Literally, the more enemies you slaughter, the more he likes you.

ashen latch
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Zag: So I started blasting, it’s not that interesting sorry.

Ares: Oh no! Continue please!

fickle comet
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His relationship with Lady Nyx is curious, but we don't know what they actually talk about.

dense sparrow
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so according to sgg: War is a sadist who likes bloodshed, Famine is an old grandma

junior field
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He "bonds" seemingly only over the love for bloodshed.
He's god of war. What do you want him to bond over, knitting and wine tasting?

ashen latch
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Swag tbh

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Ares got style

crimson temple
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He could be a proper opponent for the table-top-game in the bedroom.

fickle comet
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I've only expressed an observation without judgment. dusa

clear oracle
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Ares offered me 6 boons in a single run yesterday

fickle comet
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He could be an interesting opponent, but I imagine he would want to add a rule that the winner is allowed to slaughter the loser.

clear oracle
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And 1 extra boon in Styx shop that I didn't buy

ashen latch
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No fun in killing gods, they come back

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Add a destruction rule

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Pulverize them into bits

open tiger
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That's more fun

ashen latch
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Titan war style

fickle comet
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That's even more fun for him, I imagine.

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Exactly.

open tiger
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You can keep killing them

dense sparrow
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that is not exactly the ares of sgg

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sgg ares is more spartan than hellenistic

fickle comet
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Eternal slaughter back and forth. He might be the only Olympian wishing that the Underworld renovations never finish.

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Just so the killing continues eternally.

ashen latch
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The Spartans also recognized him as a force of nature, his statues were literally chained up

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Due to their healthy respect for what he represented

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Which I think we do see

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This isn’t Mars

fickle comet
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Unless he wishes that Zagreus escapes, so that he can send him to some wars for more slaughter.

ashen latch
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Like SSG Ares is martial discipline yes, but with the singular goal of bloodshed

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Which is imo very much in like with how Sparta saw him

dense sparrow
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its Spartan Ares

ashen latch
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A god to be respected, but also feared

dense sparrow
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wait, so is the aphrodite in the game pandemos or ourania?

clear oracle
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I don't know any of these words

fickle comet
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"Zagreus, why be up here on Olympus when you could be out there waging war? I would very much like to see that. Here, take these boons, and slaughter some mortals."

open tiger
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I want to say pandemos, but I also only just woke up so I might have them backwards

clear oracle
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Idk, Aphrodite boons seem p complete to me, so I think she is more panfullgame than pamdemos

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Maybe just me though

dense sparrow
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i see her as pandemos, but i dont remember any mention of her parentage

fickle comet
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@clear oracle I sometimes feel like half the people in this channel have some degree in Ancient Greek Mythology or something. I'm happy I know some of the gods' names. 😂

dense sparrow
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im just a dumb enthusiast

open tiger
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I don't have a degree xD I've...just done a bit of research into them ^.^'

clear oracle
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I had 2 courses in classics in college, I still don't know so shrug

dense sparrow
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my specialty is mesopotamian mythology tho shrug

ashen latch
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Tbh I did History, myth was just bedtime reading

dense sparrow
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hey religion is not bedtime reading, do you know how complicated the systems of belief were?

gilded oracle
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We're all mythology nerds in the Hades fandom

dense sparrow
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maybe only the story lurkers

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many are in for the gameplay, not the lore

plain palm
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hey what are y'all talking about here

gilded oracle
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Hades: Get in for the gameplay, stay to pet the three headed dog

ashen latch
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Soft doggo

open tiger
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Pani! We brought up which Aphro the Hades Aphro is

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I'm sleepy so pardon my lack of comprehensible wording

dense sparrow
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im still thinking Pandemos, but some of the boons just says Ourania

plain palm
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oooh i just think sgg's canon isn't that deep in mythology

open tiger
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Also valid xD

dense sparrow
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wait what

gilded oracle
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Makes sense

eternal breach
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Theyre just having fun with it

clear oracle
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Wjat do you mean? An automatic rifle isn't canon in Greek mythology?

eternal breach
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NO EXAGRYPH SLANDER

gilded oracle
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NO RAIL BANTER ALLOWED

ashen latch
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Tbh she’s also got Pre Sparta vibes. Like Cytherian Aphrodite, who at the time was basically Astarte

clear oracle
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You are gonna tell me the Trojan war didn't use nuclear weapons next?

ashen latch
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Like SSG does like to pick and chose and then edit

dense sparrow
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hmph true

gilded oracle
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Exagryph is my baby and I will fight anyone with high magnetic firepower

eternal breach
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I mean for hells sake we have mythology jokes

dense sparrow
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but i dont see any areia vibes tho

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what are your Thoths

gilded oracle
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areia?

open berry
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whew this blew up huh but @ shrew I'm not sure the gods are meant to depict any particular epithet in the game, but there may be nods toward them

gilded oracle
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as in, sand?

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I mean, I don't like sand

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it's rough and coarse and it gets everywhere

dense sparrow
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sand...its an epithet of aphro that was worshipped in sparta and cytheria

open berry
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aphrodite areia, the warlike 🤧

gilded oracle
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Areia means sand in portuguese 😄

dense sparrow
plain palm
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also i think in sgg's canon the epithets are just made up by mortals

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like many other things about gods

open tiger
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Shrew, that emoji is perfectly synched up with my music

dense sparrow
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ohhhh yea forgot that, but how is astarte aphrodite made up, i mean astarte is an entirely separate goddess

eternal breach
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Is it the time of day to say Aphrodites great

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Sure is

dense sparrow
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Venusaur is an incarnation of aphrodite

open berry
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not my fav [waits to be smited by nyaa in my sleep]

plain palm
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the gods are kinda transcendent in relation to mortals in sgg's canon

gilded oracle
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Aphrodite is great

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But the best is Mommy Auntie Nyx

eternal breach
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My Venusaur is a kind soul and i will not stand for him to be compared to aphro like that

clear oracle
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But the best is Mommy Auntie Nyx
What a weird way to spell Artemis

eternal breach
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As much as i love aphro

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guyysssss not the mommy stufff artie is aceee

open tiger
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Artenyx

dense sparrow
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if i am correct there may have been a syncretism between artie and nyx

gilded oracle
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I thought Artemis liked the whole thing about hunting and being hunted, but okay

open tiger
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Gesundheit, Shrew what a syncretism

dense sparrow
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gesundheit?

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german

plain palm
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bless you

gilded oracle
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Hehehehehehe

eternal breach
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Artie hints solely in the 🙇 way

open tiger
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I thought that was a more wide-spread joke xD

eternal breach
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...

plain palm
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the only word i know in german

eternal breach
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🏹

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🏹 not 🙇

plain palm
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certainly a popular joke in russia

open tiger
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Basically, saying "bless you" in some form when someone says a long/complex word

dense sparrow
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i know three german words, landsknecht, zweihnder and bidenhander, am i weird

open tiger
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XD

gilded oracle
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Panzerkampfwagen

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I don't even know if I spelled it correctly.

dense sparrow
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it is correct

clear oracle
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How do yall not know schadenfreude

plain palm
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heart-seeking 🙇‍♂️

gilded oracle
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Oh, and Scheiße.

eternal breach
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Kremesuppe

open tiger
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I know that one!

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(schadenfreude)

clear oracle
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Last I check Hades is based in the Underworld, not Germany

gilded oracle
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Same thihng

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*Thing

open tiger
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I mean...the Underworld can move?

dense sparrow
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germanic underworld

eternal breach
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Is there a difference gets arrow'd

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I deserved that

open tiger
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It's even pointing at you!

gilded oracle
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Anyway, let's all agree that the best girl in all of the underworld is our girl Dusa.

eternal breach
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Being Artemis' disciple ironically makes you more prone to getting shot

dense sparrow
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wdym its Hel

eternal breach
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Nah

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Best girl is obviously [static noise]

plain palm
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tisiphone?

eternal breach
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All of them straight up all of them

gilded oracle
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Murder?

open tiger
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Aight, I actually gotta go. Meeting in 20 minutes and I still need breakfast. Thanks for the wake-up chat y'all!

gilded oracle
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Mmmmurderer...

plain palm
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gl!

clear oracle
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Artemis

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Cute

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Beautiful

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No drama

eternal breach
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Show stopping

gilded oracle
clear oracle
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Best

eternal breach
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Incredible

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Talented

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Best shot in the wild wild west

gilded oracle
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Dusa: Hardworking, reliable, interesting, is there for you when you need the most.

dense sparrow
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i dont need her tho

gilded oracle
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You take that back.

plain palm
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dusa floats, can artemis do that?

gilded oracle
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See? Pani knows what's up

dense sparrow
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technically the moon is floating

gilded oracle
plain palm
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actually artemis is probably my favorite olympian in hades in terms of story

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oh nope there's dio

open berry
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@gilded oracle fyi you might not want to curse in other languages, esp when the eng equivalent is blocked by the bot 😉

gilded oracle
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Oh, sorry!

dense sparrow
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dios mios

plain palm
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i'm a terrible person cause i just thought of plenty russian curses which are ok when translated to english

eternal breach
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I love way too many characted in this game

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Favourite is still Zag though

plain palm
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true

dense sparrow
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wait, so the ancient greek curse erre es korakas is okay because the english equivalent is just to the crows

open berry
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shrew dont make this complicated lol

gilded oracle
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Hah

wise wasp
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@clear oracle I agree on Artemis. She and Zag could meet up someday and TALK ALL DAY about their family issues.

Zeus even offered her to be Zag's mate. I would be motivated to RAM ALL THE WAY to the surface just for her.

open berry
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zeus is one of my least favs ngl but also just. zeus in general man.

eternal breach
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I mean, she made it v v clear shes super uncomfy w that

gilded oracle
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Hehehe, "ram all the way"

eternal breach
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Zeus is

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Kinda bland

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Compared to other olympians

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:(

gilded oracle
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Sorry, 5th grade syndrome

plain palm
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zeus is terrible by definition

atomic forge
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Zeus is pure Boomer energy.

eternal breach
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Literally. Cause. You know

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Thujders boom

open tiger
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Lmao

open berry
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.

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i hate yall sometimes

plain palm
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nooooooo

eternal breach
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gets hit with another arrow

crimson temple
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That ramming approach will immediately result in getting shot down, literally and figuratively.

dense sparrow
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well, he is exactly Hadad

open tiger
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I love y'all sometimes

eternal breach
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Huh this is the third arrow this week.

gilded oracle
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That's what you get by being on the archery range

eternal breach
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I'M HER DISCIPLE

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EVERYTHING IS ARCHERY RANGE

open tiger
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Hahaha

dusty ingot
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I'm so hysterical about Theseus and Asterius starting to disagree and Theseus getting very upset

dense sparrow
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wait, what is the equivalent of Artemis in other culture? i cant remember one (except Diana, shes basically artemis anyways)

wise wasp
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That ramming approach will immediately result in getting shot down, literally and figuratively.
@crimson temple ... I should have worded differently. Nobody likes to take an arrow to the kn--- cough cough I mean, to the head? And taint the beautiful leafy crown (I forgot the name, sorry!)

dense sparrow
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vong nguyet que (idk the english name)

eternal breach
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Cernunnos is a hunting god

plain palm
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i'm pretty sure finnish mythology has artemis-like goddess

gilded oracle
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wait, what is the equivalent of Artemis in other culture? i cant remember one (except Diana, shes basically artemis anyways)
@dense sparrow Tupã is the god of the hunt in the Guarani tribes of Brazil

dense sparrow
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obscurity 100

plain palm
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in russia we have no mythology (jk we do)

gilded oracle
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Hey, I'm Brazilian, it's not that obscure

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At least not here, hehehe

wise wasp
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in russia we have no mythology (jk we do)
@plain palm Tell us yours!

eternal breach
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Another slav here

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Cant remember the god of hunt

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But i know the gods of spring and thunder

gilded oracle
#

[cheeki breeki plays in the background]

dense sparrow
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perun? everyone knows him

eternal breach
#

squats dramatically

dense sparrow
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or was it svarog?

wise wasp
#

I'll have to open that huge list of Slavic mythology (which, honestly, they sound very scary when I first read about them)

plain palm
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we have pagan gods but not actual mythology
i mean russians not finno-ugoric or siberian cultures

dusty ingot
#

I just googled Dzevana as the slav goddes of hunt, basically romean Diana

dense sparrow
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yes thats why its such a pain to research

gilded oracle
#

Ooh, I can tell the story of the guaraná! It's a nice story.

eternal breach
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Radegast is a bro we have a statue of him

plain palm
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no dzevana in russia lol

open berry
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we are starting to stray into off topic territory lol

eternal breach
#

And yeah i meant Perun but i do know Svarog

dense sparrow
#

yes off topic

eternal breach
#

anyway

plain palm
#

yeah let's move lads

eternal breach
#

Ditch zeus we want a cooler god for them thunders.

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thunderclap

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WHY ARE YOU SMITING ME I'M RIGHT

fickle comet
#

Lord Zeus is pretty cool.

dusty ingot
#

Well that's where Perun comes in

fickle comet
#

Actually, no, he's very rude to Lady Aphrodite.

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Yeah, screw Zeus! 🔫 dusa

dense sparrow
#

well, Zeus is the Hadad of the family, he cant exactly be screwed

gilded oracle
#

No don't screw Zeus

crimson temple
#

Poseidon is the cooler uncle.

open berry
#

guys,

dense sparrow
#

yea, i feel a breeze coming when i see his boon

wise wasp
#

yea, i feel a breeze coming when i see his boon
@dense sparrow From... Demeter?

fickle comet
#

Poseidon calls the shades "filth".

dense sparrow
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okay that was the wrong pun

fickle comet
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That's not cool.

eternal breach
#

posei said he wants to be my dad

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And i will not forget

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That

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:')

dense sparrow
#

well, i dont sea him ever being that

wise wasp
#

I remember him saying that LOL

fickle comet
#

A dad who calls your mortal friends filth.

dense sparrow
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i call my friends filth

eternal breach
#

nocks an arrow anyone else want to make puns

fickle comet
#

Are shades technically still mortal?

gilded oracle
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I don't think so

eternal breach
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Don't think so

fickle comet
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Unmortals.

gilded oracle
#

Yes.

dense sparrow
#

no, they are manifestations of the animus in the underworld

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therefore depending on the animus we get different types of shades, i think

eternal breach
#

Guess what shade you end up as depends on who you were

open berry
#

animus? like assassins creed? huh? where am i in this convo

dense sparrow
#

animus, the soul according to the grecians

eternal breach
#

@open berry i think he means souls

plain palm
#

hm is the immortality of soul canon in hades

eternal breach
#

Like, anima

open berry
#

several people are typing... sjdhgsjkg

fickle comet
#

Is animus like a pokemon I haven't heard about?

open berry
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that was so funny im so sorry

gilded oracle
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The normal people turn into shades, the great warriors turn into Elysium fighters

dusty ingot
#

I get confused by the trial of gods. They get upset if you don't choose them no matter how good an uncle they were, and then they just forget it immediately. It kinda makes them all big babies

dense sparrow
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jesus christ dont people study greek these days

eternal breach
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@fickle comet no,that's arcanine

gilded oracle
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I get confused by the trial of gods. They get upset if you don't choose them no matter how good an uncle they were, and then they just forget it immediately. It kinda makes them all big babies
@dusty ingot Gods are fickle like that. Love you one minute, hate you on the other

open berry
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bro i am like trying to do three different things rn and i only possess one brain cell

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this chat does not have my brain cell rn

eternal breach
#

I read that wrong and thought you were possessed

open berry
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i am

eternal breach
#

Oh mood

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I PROPOSE

fickle comet
#

So how does Jesus Christ figure into all that?

eternal breach
#

WE TAKE TATZ' BRAINCELL.

dense sparrow
#

arms, and the man i sing, who forced by fate
and divine juno's unrelenting hate

eternal breach
#

🏹

gilded oracle
#

Mom says it's my turn on the brain cell

eternal breach
#

MOM SAID ITS OUR TURN ON THE BRAINCELL TATZ

open berry
#

im giving it to ares for safekeeping

plain palm
#

you're all arested

drifting citrus
gilded oracle
drifting citrus
#

what is going on here...

eternal breach
#

Breakfast

dense sparrow
#

arms, and the man i sing, who forced by fate
and haughty juno's unrelenting hate
expelled and exiled, left the trojan shore
long labors, both by sea and land he bore

open berry
#

shrew: trying to have a some what serious and interesting discussion
me, putting on my clown nose: [bursts through the walls]

dense sparrow
#

where is that dude in the game

plain palm
#

not story nor spoilers are going on here

eternal breach
#

🤡 🎺

dense sparrow
#

well, discussions on upcoming characters allowed'

drifting citrus
#

that's pretty standard for this channel tbh

#

zagreus for smash

dense sparrow
#

this channel is only for greek nerds

eternal breach
#

Damn

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🚪 🚶

gilded oracle
#

Dusa for Smash

plain palm
#

smash for zagreus

eternal breach
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Don't smash zagreus

drifting citrus
#
  • thanatos
#
  • meg
dense sparrow
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i have a whole moveset for zag in smash(ssf2)

eternal breach
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If it doesnt contain bloodstones im rioting

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We need more bloodstone stuff

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I want more bloodstone stuff

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Theyre such a cool ability

gilded oracle
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Do you guys think that Zag's heterochromia is because one of his eyes is from Hades' side and the other from Persephone's side?

dense sparrow
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it does, and i hate it bc the number of sprites i would have to make is so huge, i basically abandoned the idea

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and ofc its because of that reason

gilded oracle
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Yeah, thought so

open berry
#

iirc than comments on how one of his eyes matches his mothers

dense sparrow
#

is zag's heterochromia the reason why he is not heterosexaul?

open berry
#

ive slept since that dialogue

eternal breach
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Headcanon time: one of the eyes gets more vibrant in colour the closer he is either to the surface or the House

gilded oracle
#

Oh? I haven't got that yet

open berry
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its bound to come up as you get more backstory

gilded oracle
#

And do you think that Demeter is in Winter mode because nobody knows where the hell Persephone is?

dense sparrow
#

guys guys important question does the House have a toilet?

plain palm
#

zag's greekness is the reason why he's not heterosexual

drifting citrus
#

no

dense sparrow
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where does zag and the gods poop then , aaaaaaaa do they not poop, do they use diapers?

eternal breach
#

I mean i would assume so. Shades dont have an use for it but the gods might?

open berry
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im sure they have whatever the ancient greek equivalent of a toilet was

eternal breach
#

Can we not talk about god toilets

dense sparrow
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communal toilet, its still a toilet

gilded oracle
#

Yes, let's not

open berry
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well at least theyre not wizards

eternal breach
#

TAtZ

open berry
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:)

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knew someone would get that right away

plain palm
#

they have a garden in the house

drifting citrus
#

ur on a rowl tatz

open berry
#

oof

dense sparrow
#

and no toilets are a very important part of life, the gods would need them. Hades said his house is more functional than olympus, then why does it not have a goddamn toilet, it makes no sense

#

i mean no sans

drifting citrus
#

why do you think there's still a set of doors left

gilded oracle
#

it probably does but it's broken when Cerberus rampaged through the whole house

eternal breach
#

WELL ZAG DOESNT HAVE TIME TO SLEEP MAYBE HE DOESNT HAVE TIME FOR THAT EITHER

dense sparrow
#

THEN WHY THE HELL IS THE TOILET LOCKED

eternal breach
#

MAYBE THERE ARE THINGS YOU AS A PLAYER SHOULDNT SEE THE MC DO

dense sparrow
#

I WANNA SEE

eternal breach
#

ITS CALLED PRIVACY

drifting citrus
#

zag doesn't need to go to the toilet, he gets a new body every time he dies

dense sparrow
#

MOST OF HIS LIFE IS MANAGED BY THE NARATOR ALREADY, I JUST WANNA SEE GOD POOP

plain palm
#

well the house is above tartarus... there is a reason why tartarus is so bad

drifting citrus
#

someone call caitlyn

gilded oracle
#

They just do it on Asphodel and it all gets burned away

drifting citrus
#

we need assistance

dense sparrow
#

oh cool, no waste management system either

eternal breach
#

@drifting citrus thats interesting tho, does his body just get repaired every time or is it just built anew

solar cove
#

not sure but i thought the last doors are hades private room

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but i could just imagine things there

gilded oracle
#

There's a reason why Asphodel isn't the lush meadows like it was in the past

eternal breach
#

Cause i doubt he gets incinerated though some of hades' blows might leave his body beyond repair

dense sparrow
#

it just float down the styx into the house i think, he dont get a new body

plain palm
#

hades might have a private toilet

dense sparrow
#

styx water have regenerative effects

eternal breach
#

I wonder if he remembers something of that voyage

drifting citrus
#

it's like healing from atla

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but it's blood

dense sparrow
#

IS THE STYX THE PISS OF THE GODDESS STYX OR GOD PISS?

eternal breach
#

I wonder if he's afraid he won't wake up one day

gilded oracle
#

Okay let's back down a bit

drifting citrus
#

we may be getting a little too rowdy

#

rule 2 and all

solar cove
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anyone got some water from lethe to forget all this?

drifting citrus
#

patroclus does

open berry
#

god i wish

dense sparrow
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no, call hypnos

eternal breach
#

@open berry can you call hypnos

drifting citrus
#

a nd speaking of patroclus

eternal breach
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We need lethe water

open berry
#

wh

dense sparrow
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hypnos' symbol is a branch of poppy dunked in lethe water

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i think

eternal breach
#

he lives near its spring in mythology i think?

open berry
#

anyway im going back to whatever i was looking into erosdispleased

dense sparrow
#

also this is weird, i just realized

eternal breach
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Ok now all i can see is Hypnos casually swimming in lethe

gilded oracle
#

Alright guys, I'm going to go for lunch

plain palm
#

gl all

gilded oracle
#

Have fun and remember: Dusa is the best girl.

dense sparrow
#

no

eternal breach
#

No

plain palm
#

no

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i guess

eternal breach
#

Dusa is great tho i lov

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First character besides zag i got attached to

dense sparrow
#

well shes not exactly the Istar of the game, but i can see why she is poplar

drifting citrus
#

the lethe got to your brain

dense sparrow
#

dont be a Styx in the mud friend

plain palm
#

dusa is a great character and provides a much needed aroace representation

drifting citrus
#

did you take the ambrosia back y/n

eternal breach
#

y

plain palm
#

yes, for roleplay reasons

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i just think it's polite

eternal breach
#

But only after doing research and being absolutely sure shebwas fine w it

dense sparrow
#

y

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i just need titan blood

drifting citrus
#

she didn't want them and i got my weapons maxed out

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we're all happy

fleet grail
#

I've been wondering if Cocytus and Acheron will make an appearance in the game. We already have Styx, Phlegethon, and Lethe.

plain palm
#

unlikely

solar cove
#

its a nice conversation when she 'dropped' one of them and then tried it

eternal breach
#

Ive been looking for Acheron the entire game ngl

dense sparrow
#

no, i dont think, they are quite obscure and not having many characteristics

solar cove
#

and its not like id ever need ambrosia

eternal breach
#

Do they even have any?

plain palm
#

remind me please what's the deal with acheron

eternal breach
#

@solar cove whats the convo?

solar cove
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just something about her having 'accidentally' dropped it and then being happy about having a split tongue so she could taste it twice at the same time

eternal breach
#

Awwww

plain palm
#

the river on the surface might be acheron actually

eternal breach
#

That actually makes sense now that im reading about it

fleet grail
#

Well Acheron and Styx get mixed up a lot in the literature so maybe that's why SGG went with Styx. Cocytus could work in an ice biome but not sure how that would fit into the game's lore

#

Oh that could work

atomic forge
#

On the surface, obviously.

plain palm
#

i think we might see cocytus somewhere around the house

#

in the garden maybe

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and yeah, surface river might be acheron alright

eternal breach
#

I want to see the garden so much now

plain palm
#

i'm almost sure it will be important for the ending

#

like it's a GARDEN

#

sure perse loved it there

eternal breach
#

PLEASEE

plain palm
#

mb even planted it herself

#

also i'm afraid of hades' room being there

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like WHY IS IT THERE

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I'M NOT SURE IF I WANNA GO THERE

dense sparrow
#

its a toilet

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are you suere you dont wanna go there?

open berry
#

flies back in to dropkick shrew off the toilet topic

main flint
#

Don’t worry, considering how the house looks like when you first start, his rooms will likely have just a bed and a chair lol

plain palm
#

thanks tatz

dense sparrow
main flint
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Or a shrine to perse

open berry
#

saw alma typing, so sorry to you for all the cursed energy here today

plain palm
#

oh hi alma!

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does perse counts as an already added npc?

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i mean officially, like in the roadmap

open berry
#

not really bc there was only ever one audio for her

#

i frankly dont see who else the remaining character can be, bc you cant feasibly add in an entirely brand new character this late in the game's development without them being more endgame

#

that + the fact demeter's affection is still locked

plain palm
#

well, the temple of styx doesn't have an npc yet and it might very well be tied to the endgame

open berry
#

every other olympian can be unlocked now but hers and hades are still locked.

#

styx doesnt need an npc

#

you dont need more than charon there bc of how the biome is laid out.

frozen jolt
#

does anyone know if you can get antos from pat or just from achilles?

plain palm
#

i believe it's just achilles

solar cove
#

in my codex its marked as a gift on achilles hearts

open berry
#

its from achilles

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but it summons both since you have to reunite them

#

achilles says when he gives it to you its from him and pat shadegrin

frozen jolt
#

ty! just wanted to make sure

#

creating the wiki page right now

open berry
#

yeah we have been slow on that front lol.

plain palm
#

you know those things where you pick one of two characters a bunch of times and it calculates your fav? i desperately need this thing for hades

open berry
#

fun fact i wanted to do a hades sorter back in like march

#

but as with anything, i have the attention span of a pea and got sidetracked with some other stuff and never revisited it lol

empty inlet
#

it seems best for this channel, but does anybody know the chances of Tiny Vermin spawning? I assume there's no way to force it to appear, but I'd like to see it at some point

plain palm
#

omg i finally got a title other than the summoner of olympus (might be actually called differently, that's a reverse translation)

#

and it was ares' disciple (reverse translation again)

open tiger
#

probably "Olympus Caller" for the first one, and Disciple is the correct translation

#

nicely done ^.^

plain palm
#

oh yeah because of 'call'

#

am i using call in my builds really often or it's a common title for everyone?

open tiger
#

I think it's for using call a lot

#

I semi-frequently don't bother with a call, so I don't actually get it that often

plain palm
#

according to administrative chamber i've gotten the caller of olympus more often than any other titles COMBINED

#

12 times that is

open tiger
#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

#

I'll check for myself when I finish this run

plain palm
#

oh gl!

open tiger
#

danke

#

I'm currently recovering my crashed run xD Still had the seed, so I had the same epic flourish start :D

#

currently back in Elysium

candid sinew
#

So is there any benefit to giving Nectar to the gods (Zeus/Ares/etc) after getting their keepsake?

open tiger
#

narrative progression

#

you learn more about the gods, specifically this version of them

analog anvil
#

Hah. Meg has dialogue if you fight her solo after she does a fight with the other two supporting.

open tiger
#

@plain palm was there something that shows your totals for each title, or did you actually go through and count it manually?

plain palm
#

manually

bold niche
#

Than and Meg are both cats
Than is the kind of barncat that is super helpful because he spends the day killing vermin but also wouldn’t hesitate to break a vase
Than is a cat because to befriend than you have to take the same steps as when you befriend a cat
he kept a toy mouse, what else do we need as a proof

#

so many interesting convos missed.. from Ares' nature to the unknown areas in the House

open berry
#

impressed you read that far back

bold niche
#

what if there was something important and i will never know what it was?

#

now i kinda understand Zag, sleeping is not fun

#

also, it's interesting.. i've heard before that there is some connection between Hypnos and Lethe.. it actually makes sense

open berry
#

hypnos has a lot of interesting lore and theres so little of it utilized here lol. whats sad is that hades still has one of the more in depth depictions of hypnos bc he really is just hardly ever used, its always thanatos that gets the attention

bold niche
#

tfw you're always at background and your brother has all the glory.. and yells at you for being bad at everything

#

how can he be so chill..

#

or what if he is just tired and burned out

#

sleeping is one way to get away from depression, bad thoughts and fears

#

just as work.. and for Hypnos it's both

glacial cedar
#

Whats the voiceline that you think the least people will see?

bold niche
#

someone's line.. "haven't you tried to awake weapon's aspect for which i've given you the magic words? I shall repeat them then"

#

i presume

eternal breach
#

I get Olympus Caller a lot

#

Cause i dont usually have the patience for a Greater lmao

jade slate
#

probably using full call in a trial? you have to be actively trying for it sometimes

#

or rather a lot of the time

#

although hermes does help a lot

dense fox
#

I've not played in a while (hoping for a console release after 1.0) but i did think about a concerin I have. With 1.0, obviously, the canon will have us eventualy beat hades. Thing is... how will you contine the replay cycle? Id Zag's quest to find his mother ends, there's no point to escaping over and over. except maybe to spite Hades, which to be fair might be reason enough

#

Meanwhile, if you legit can't escape for some other reason then renovation, then Zag is doomed forever to try and that won't be satisfying at all

#

I don't see how this goes on to finish while still sllowing for a satisfying ending

crimson temple
#

My speculation is that the number of bonds forged affects the ending. Meaning there exists a motivation to go for a 'perfect ending' with all bonds in place, thus giving a reason to return to the grind.

bold niche
#

Zagreus escapes, searching for his mother, then finds her. They talk a lot. Maybe they both will bring spring back to the earth.

plain palm
#

hypnos also gets overshadowed by morpheus a lot in culture, which is really sad

bold niche
#

and then Narrator is like: happy end and all, but pretend that never happened

#

poof, Zag is back and noone knows

dense fox
#

Zag: I got what I came for I suppose. I am content. .... Buuuuuuuuuuuttttttt I do like messing with Father...

bold niche
#

stabs himself

jade slate
#

unless...?😳

plain palm
#

don't forget he's a blood god

#

circulation is kinda his thing

jade slate
#

noooo don’t come back to my house to make trouble ur too sexy aha

dense fox
#

Though for real, I don't see how this ends both with a satisfiying conclusion but also allows for reruns

jade slate
#

ill wait till 1.0 to make any judgement

plain palm
#

i'm sure sgg will figure something out

#

already did

bold niche
#

they had a lot of time to think

#

we can only suppose

plain palm
#

and they have the best endings

#

like pyre (ending spoilers ahead) ||didn't have a great gameplay ending, no harder than usual final bossfight or anything, but we get to read a lot about every character. it was kinda like a book for me, and made me feel like my actions and choices mattered||

#

so i imagine hades might have something like that, not really reflecting on your gameplay experience

eternal breach
#

I come in here and i see a pun

#

Or well a bad joke

#

Im gonna need more arrows

plain palm
#

WHOA THERE

#

that wasn't a joke i swear!

eternal breach
#

🏹

dense fox
#

You know, this is just a dumb thought of mine, and it's kinda obsolete considering that the pact of punihsment is a thing, but I always kinda wanted a keepsake from Hades that was just kinda worthless or had a secret unlock that made your life hell in some way. Like it took up your slot and was a burden in some way, but you could somehow make it good

eternal breach
#

^

#

I want a hades keepsage ngl

plain palm
#

circulation is my genuine concern since i've started playing hades, along with double dash sounding like a heartbeat

jade slate
#

hades keepsake where he just teleports behinds you and oneshots you

eternal breach
#

Lmao after you give him enough nectars Hades is just like CHAOS ABOVE OKAY TAKE THIS AND DONT BOTHER ME and just gives Zag a stapler or some office item

plain palm
#

well, since i've learned that zag is a god of blood in sgg's canon

jade slate
#

theres something very visceral about bouldy killing a boss because of how sudden the death screen is

eternal breach
#

||and life||

dense fox
#

My thought for his keepsake was it offers no bonus and you need to keep it the entire run, and when you reach Hades and beat him twice it unlocks his full power or something and he becomes a badass maybe giant third form to fight. And if you beat that, then he begrdingly makes the artifacvt do something useful.

eternal breach
#

Skull stapler. From: Hades. Does nothing and occassionaly you staple yourself on it

plain palm
#

also about ending: don't forget we should get one more boss variant in 1.0

dense fox
#

wait what

eternal breach
#

Hades also gave Zag a pen for his birthday because he forgot about the birthday and was searching his desk for something he could give to avoid Nyx incinerating all of his internal organs

plain palm
#

roadmap says that
i'm not sure actually how they count boss variants, are they the fury sisters or the extreme measures

dense fox
#

there's a roadmap?

#

for 1.0 specificaly?

frozen jolt
#

i would guess its EM hades... thanthink

eternal breach
#

Oh sweet jesus

frozen jolt
#

wonder how that would look like

plain palm
#

so zag forces hades to pay himself with the pact

dense fox
#

I got to imagine they go full god of war and he gets BIG. Why even have that pool if not gor a giant form

frozen jolt
#

yes, you can access the roadmap by clicking the "countdown" to the next update on the bottom right in the main menu in game

jade slate
#

you get up to the surface and hades is holding two spears now

plain palm
#

t-posing

eternal breach
#

The only change is that he doesnt have a beard

jade slate
#

you get up to the surface and hades says “let me show you why my version of varatha has that range”

#

and all his attacks cover the arena

dense fox
#

BTW unrelated question: i watch a video of someone beating charon, what does that do and can you fight hom more for more stuff

jade slate
#

gives you 20% discount on every thing for the run

#

and no

#

you also get some coin

dense fox
#

Is it just for that run or all runs after

frozen jolt
#

just for that run

jade slate
#

that run

dense fox
#

ooof

jade slate
#

but everything is everything

#

up to the blood in styx

dense fox
#

Yeah but it seems like beating him is rather rough

jade slate
#

not really just learn to time it and its not so bad

#

or just run away the whole time

#

his ranged options are really slow

#

but this probably belongs in the combat channel

plain palm
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i would actually like to have more discount for beating charon in tartarus... and less for doing it in elysium

jade slate
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i love the charon theme though

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you do get more discount in the sense that you have more time to use it

eternal breach
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How many diamonds is the ||patroclus and achilles reunion thingy||

plain palm
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oh yeah my economics are terrible

jade slate
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i wonder how nyx got shady in bouldy

frozen jolt
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||7 iirc?||

jade slate
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did she like chisel a hole into bouldy

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and just put shady inside

eternal breach
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Time to go on a lernie slaughtering rampage

jade slate
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its a pretty funny mental image ngl

dense fox
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ran it for 30 seconds to see the roamap and my laptop sounded like it was going to explode. Yep, waiting for other platforms

eternal breach
jade slate
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ive always had the feeling that zag isnt actually a god

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since hades says to tell no one about his nature

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like im almost half sure hes a titan

plain palm
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then perse isn't as well

jade slate
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because titan blood is red

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and so is zag’s

eternal breach
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How would he be a titan though

jade slate
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hell if i know

eternal breach
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He's the god of blood and life, and is 1/4 mortal, thats where it comes from imo

jade slate
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but it doesnt make sense that hades is so cautious about making sure the olympians dont know who zag reallt is

plain palm
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this might be more about perse than zag

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woah

dense fox
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Oh right yeahm forgot that was a thing

crimson temple
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I agree. Demeter has turned the surface into a wasteland because of her missing daughter, and Hades wants to hide his responsibility for said daughter's disappearance.

plain palm
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yeah, the olympians don't know where she went still

crimson temple
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Nyx on the other hand stays silent on the matter because of some personal agreement with Persephone, which contents will probably be disclosed with the completed story.

jade slate
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theres also the other thing where perse letter doesnt mention zag

crimson temple
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True, that is a plot hook waiting for a twist.

eternal breach
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Oh god dammit

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Heroic strong drink gives + 0% boost

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F10'd it but im still :c

crimson temple
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Does the full heal work at least? Also, probably wrong channel

jade slate
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but yeah i feel like the whole persephone thing is a red herring setting up for a titan twist

crimson temple
jade slate
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maybe im giving sg too much credit though

plain palm
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what if perse doesn't know about zag

jade slate
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??

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so youre suggesting hades mpreg?

plain palm
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something like hades pretending to kill/set free the red-blooded child

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and secretly keeping him

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the problem with zag not being a son of persephone is their presumable resemblance

jade slate
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lol imagine if zag goes up to the surface and finds out he looks nothing like persephone

dense sparrow
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a child needs not look like its parents

vapid parcel
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it could also be that persephone was pregnant when she wrote the letter and zag died when he was a baby and crawled out of the styx thanthink

jade slate
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hades got it on with a titan which is why persephone left, and zag is the result

dense sparrow
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it cant be, baby gods and demigods cant die, look at mr wine dude

jade slate
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😳

vapid parcel
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zag dies all the time xD

jade slate
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we kill hades all the time

vapid parcel
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given that his theme is rebirth it'd be fitting tbh

jade slate
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hades is an allegory for the final dlc for the binding of isaac rebirth

vapid parcel
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never played that so i can't comment on that xD

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but it's mentioned how much zag is like persephone

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quite a few times

jade slate
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there is no escape, much like how repentance will never come out

dense sparrow
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wdym? after birth?

plain palm
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wow zag being born and dying on the surface as a child is a really cool theory

vapid parcel
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uwu

plain palm
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and yeah, of course he can't escape if he's dead for reals

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and of course he tries, he's zag

ashen latch
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Tbh seeing as they have Sisyphus in this game I don’t know if that exactly would hold up

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Part of his story involved intentionally asking his wife to improperly dispose of his body, persuading Persephone or Hades (depending on version) to return to the land of the living to scold his wife

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Sisyphus refused to not only return but he continued to live

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Until Hermes forcibly dragged him down

vapid parcel
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i wouldn't say he's dead for real tbh, he just got reborn/climbed out of the styx

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like that's just sth gods seem to do

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but that's my hc why persephone didn't mention him and zag is in the underworld

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until v 1.0 blows it all to pieces

ashen latch
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Inb4 this was all story time on Olympus

dense fox
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I have a question that I would like to know the answer of but don't think we do: does anyone know/figure out what the deal with Skelly is? Every time a option comes up to who he works for or how he got here it gets tossed out just as quick. WHAT ARE YOU SKELETON MAN

ashen latch
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Take his trinket to Hermes

dense sparrow
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he is schelemeus, a sea captain

ashen latch
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Greatest Captain any Greek Navy ever saw

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It took Charybdis itself to sink his fleet

dense sparrow
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well, he should have picked Scylla tbh

dense fox
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Yeah, but... why is he helping you

ashen latch
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Take his Trinket to Hermes

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And you learn who his employer is

dense sparrow
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oh really?

vapid parcel
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yep

dense fox
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Can someone spoiler tag it for me? Like ||this||

vapid parcel
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he's working for ||charon||

dense fox
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Ah I see

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Do we know why?

vapid parcel
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nope

dense fox
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Fair enough

vapid parcel
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itsa mystery

dense fox
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To be fair, i all clicks into place now considerinhg that ||skelly has a dold coin where his tongue is||

dense sparrow
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all dead greeks have that, its a custom

dense fox
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Yeah but noone else in game has it

vapid parcel
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yeah, but it explains why he stil has it

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after arriving in the underworld

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he got paid to shut up

ashen latch
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^

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Charon takes it as payment normally

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This little shade got extra

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Tbh maybe that’s why Zag never gets a ride

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He never asked if he could rent the boat

vapid parcel
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he does

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he asks charon if he'd let him if he paid enough

ashen latch
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Damn, that’s one pricy boat

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Either that or he values his job too much

vapid parcel
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well he does help out with the shop

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but hades couldn t fire him if he tried i think

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there's no underworld without charon

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(as than puts it)

ancient mesa
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How many thousands of Obols do I gotta pay that nerd to hitch a ride dang

dense sparrow
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charon is the son of nyx, nyx is the true owner of the realm, so he cant be fired tbh

jade slate
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at least three

dense fox
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Hades Can't fire Charon, but he can make his life uncodfrtable in other ways, like a obel tax

vapid parcel
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charon could beat hades' booty

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the true reason hades doesn't do anything

ashen latch
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Charon got legit gainz

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The dude is buff from millennia of rowing

jade slate
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spear aspect

dense fox
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Although, considering that nugget of info you just told me, maybe Charon has another non obel related reason for not giving zag a easy way out

jade slate
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aspect of charon

ancient mesa
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He's all upper body strength from rowing a boat

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Aim for the legs

jade slate
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its obol btw not obel

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and charon doesnt have legs

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he floats

ancient mesa
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Frig

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He's invincible

vapid parcel
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tbh hermes mentions that there's some rules even he can't break

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so maybe that applies to charon too

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otherwise why would you be fighting if you have so many gods on your side

ancient mesa
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Unrelated but, I saw someone here mentioning something about Hypnos wanting an autograph from ||Asterius|| but he hasnt mentioned anything of the sort about it to me. Do I gotta ||die to the bull a bunch of times|| specifically to trigger that or what?

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Dunno if I actually needed to spoiler that or not but w/e

vapid parcel
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yeah you have to die a few times

ancient mesa
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Huh, wonder why that didnt trigger when I was first starting out then

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Dude used to wipe the floor with me every time

vapid parcel
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you might have had other dialoge with hypnos

ancient mesa
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Oh maybe

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Probably

dense fox
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I've not watched further then this but watching videos on the update and i'm loving how ||So far Zag seems to be ending up tearing the tagteam of thesis and asterious apart||

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I'm sure they will fix it probably but it's funny

ancient mesa
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Man, I haven't seen anything of that yet, the only change I've seen is ||one lone red shade in the audience with a Zag banner||

dense fox
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Basicaly from what i seen of videos, ||Asterious eventualy develops respect for Zag, thesis doesn't, and with a bit of talking/prodding from zag over runs they squabble and fall out about it||

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Remains to be seen if they fix or or stay that way

vapid parcel
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they ||fix it sorta||

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but the drama

ancient mesa
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Does that ||change the fight at all?||

dense fox
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||Fight stays the same far as i've seen||

jade slate
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||why are we spoilering in the spoiler channel||

ancient mesa
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||I dunno, it just seemed polite||

dense fox
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Just of curiosity, how do they fix it?

ancient mesa
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With a screwdriver maybe?

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Or some tape

vapid parcel
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they just kinda talk about it? mostly theseus is being super dramatic

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as per usual

ashen latch
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Theseus is on that drama kid energy

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He’s gotten the lead role 2 years straight and is aiming for a 3rd

dense fox
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I kinda want him to get over his hatred of zag tbh and just play it up for the crowd instead. but i think that's never gonna happen

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In a game with characters who change over time he seems very... static in that approach

prime mulch
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i mean if im a mythical king ill probably do the same

thorn compass
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I feel like Hades' relation status is going to be binary
He either hates Zag or not.

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the question is how

prime mulch
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just wait for the ending i guess

thorn compass
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you're right

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I wonder...

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nvm

bold niche
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i don't really think Hades simply hated Zag, it's just a lack of empathy from him.. a common thing for abusive parents, disregard and indignity.. he sees his child to be something else that he and only he wants, and gets mad every time Zag fails to meet his expectations..

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~~Thesis ~~ Theseus on the other hand does hate him and see as a threat to his own glory. He will never accept his weakness and futility of his fights, because it takes more than common sense for him

prime mulch
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Hades is pretty much very insistent on doing his job, even when nyx first met him. So for him, the value of someone purey on their work efficiency

thorn compass
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fair

rapid vault
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is beat charon twice prophecy bugged? I killed him twice, not successive runs but didnt have lost battle in between and prophecy didn't complete

eternal breach
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Maybe you gotta talk to hermes after doing that?

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Sorta like you gotta talk to posei after the ||beat em3 theseus|| prophecy

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Which was funny because when i was completing that, Theseus called upon Poseidon.

fickle comet
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He just wanted to watch the show.

eternal breach
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Honestly can't blame him because my first em3 was a hot mess

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Theseus crashed into a pillar, bugged out, and wouldn't do anything

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He was just shooting the wall and screaming

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I had to unclip him so i was just skiddadling around him hitting him from different angles

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Amd all i could imagine was Zag being like, uh, you okay there mate?

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Then i unclipped him and immediately got hit. The ungratefulness

wispy tusk
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I just beat Lernie 😂

primal cipher
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Whenever I get Aphrodite's call my favourite thing is to make theseus kill the bull (or vice versa) shadesmile

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Haha Lernie is the best secret boss

eternal breach
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I wish i could choose which em's to fight

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I don't wanna do em 1

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I don't wanna torment megaera like that

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She's so uncomfortable every time and i swear when i had ||Alecto tell ask her if shes seriously going soft for the trash god|| i swear her tone of voice was,,,, on verge

open berry
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on the same token meg is well aware of how her sisters act, more so than the player

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meg would prob be more offended if zag did anything that any of the sisters took as 'meg can't handle this herself so let me help' though, to be frank

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she's got her own pride, and she's already told zag off for being nosy about her relationship with her sisters

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so ultimately I'd say don't feel too bad for her, bc she'd honestly probably hate it lol

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can't believe there was theseus discussion I wasn't involved in that wasn't just hating on him, incredible zaglol

dense fox
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I mean, I just reckon that everyone except Hades and Thesieus kinda evolves throughout the game, Hades can't because anything for him will priobably be 1.0, but theseus just, like, needs to chill.

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only other static char is bone hydra, and that's because he don't talk at all and is just a obstacle

open berry
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@indigo sable no image yet because we dont have raw image renders https://hades.gamepedia.com/Companion_Antos

Hades Wiki

Companion Antos is obtained by reaching a high level of trust with Achilles, and then gifting him Ambrosia.
Using Antos in battle will summon Achilles and Patroclus to aid you. they will appear briefly and deal 1500 damage to 2 foes one after the other.
Antos cannot be used ou...

dense fox
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I'm not even sure how Thesis would evolve anyway, his entire sthick seems to be "Hate Zag"

open berry
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oh ingame he'll never be anything more than that, because the devs intended to keep foes as just that, foes.

dense fox
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I mean, He does not need to be friended, but he needs, like SOMETHING. All he has are "He's friends with bull and hates Zag"

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Everyone else has something, even the sisters have their damaged relationship with meg

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only giuy with less then him is bone hydra

open berry
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lmao did you miss hypnos? his only role is glorified door greeter that sometimes interacts with other people but the house largely finds him annoying and lazy

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many of the characters are fleshed out but there are a couple that have some lacking narrative

clear oracle
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I have seen more Hypnos jokes in gameplay channels than most other characters tbh. Maybe Hades or Banatos jokes can outnumber Hypnos jokes, but still a toss up imo.

open berry
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i dont lurk in the gameplay channel so i have no context if you mean good or bad jokes lmao. its just that compared to the other characters zag befriends, hypnos is rather hollow

lunar kiln
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someone hasnt finished hypnos' subplot

open berry
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he doesnt get much characterization at all since most of his content is death quips

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i know all about it actually

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and my point still stands

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bold of you to assume one of the most vocal hypnos defenders would not know about his subplot with than

dense fox
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what is his plot

hardy obsidian
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@dense fox try getting to the theseus fight while carrying a Thread of Ariadne charon's well item

lunar kiln
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you help him get his stuff together and actually work properly

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well "help" it's just talking

vapid parcel
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his worth as a person shouldn't just be tied to his productivity tho

lunar kiln
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true

open berry
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my problem with it is that it starts off with zag admitting hes mean to hypnos, like... for what? why is this character who consistently goes out of his way to help everyone else fix their problems admitting hes mean to someone whose greatest crime is... being a little sarcastic? sleeping more than he should because he's literally sleep incarnate? what?

dense fox
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I recall reading in Tv Tropes that for some reason a codex implied that Theseus was for some reason different in death then he was in life. If there anything on that more? Could be a interesting angle for him without making him a good guy

lunar kiln
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ohh i see your point

dense fox
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I always just assumed between that and him befriending a lost asterious that ||Theseus gave the more noble part of his soul to the bull or something|| but never found hard confirmation on that

vapid parcel
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oh i would not like that tbh

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i think his fame just got to his head

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it's not that he's necessarily a bad guy, he just doesn't know who zag is

open berry
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think about it, what else is there to do in elysium other than fight for meaningless glory? i thin in that respect its reasonable for theseus to end up the way he is

dense sparrow
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that would reduce the worth of asterius, but i wonder if that is true, i mean in the myths the bull ate people. so how come he came from a anthropophage savage to a quite reasonable bull-man-thing

jade slate
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well if it wasnt for hypnos

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zag wouldnt have been able to find out perse is his mom

vapid parcel
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to be fair tho, i'm not sure how many different diets they tried

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with their bull-child

dense sparrow
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being kept in a labyrinth 24/24 must drive asterius crazy, so he should be insane or something

wet palm
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In Stephen Fry’s Heroes, the Minotaur is portrayed as something of a lost soul that wants to die, and thanks Theseus on his death for killing him

dense fox
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I'm going to note that i did not mean that in a way to diminish either char, it's more of a case of "Minotuar was in hell kinda, thesis gave a bit of himself to save his butt, there's still most of him left but it's a bit addeled. it raise one up a bit and lowered the other a bit, but not by MUCH"

open berry
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@jade slate hypnos: puts the house to sleep on zag's request so zag can snoop in his father's paperwork and thus find out who is mother is
zag: never thanked him, says hes mean to hypnos a lot

i love this game and i love much of the characterization but so many of the choices around hypnos make no sense

dense fox
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Either that or Theseis knows damm well who Zag is and jiust plays up the hate for the crowd heel/face style

eternal breach
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Nah

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I dont think thats it

jade slate
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theseus is just a ham

eternal breach
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I just think theseus chugs himbo juice every morning

vapid parcel
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yep

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theseus literally says he doesn't think zag is royalty (in response to asterius)

eternal breach
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Zag:
Zag:
Zag: how much brighter does my laurel need to be

open berry
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zag: the gods help me because im related to them
theseus: this DEMON would lie to my face, can you believe the nerve asterius!
zag: anyway,

vapid parcel
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theseus is so great just bc he's so dumb

eternal breach
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I cant believe this man got through the labyrinth of crete

vapid parcel
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well

dense fox
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I dunno, i guess i just want more to him then "dumb himbo makes friend with bull, hates zag"

eternal breach
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I want

vapid parcel
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it wasnt bc he had a smart idea arti

eternal breach
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I want to befriend theseus

vapid parcel
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same

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i want him to find out who he's really trying to be in the way of

eternal breach
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I want theseus to start to fall for zag in terms of friendship and stubbornly be in denial for about 150 years

vapid parcel
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i don't think his morals could take it

open berry
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chokes on my lunch thank you

vapid parcel
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agshdhdhf

eternal breach
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You got it pal :+1: