here are some descendants of aeacus i find underrated because they aren’t just peleus, telamon, their sons, phocus, and neoptolemus (so yes this is a list of achilles, greater ajax, and teucer’s secret relatives):
- pylades (yes he’s descended from aeacus via his father strophius, a grandson of phocus. He’s pretty well known but most people overlook his descent from aeacus)
- medon, ajax the lesser’s illegitimate half brother who fought in the trojan war with him. Descended from aeacus via alcimache, his mother and aeacus’ daughter
- alcimache. WHY DONT I SEE ANYONE TALK ABOUT HER YES PELEUS TELAMON AND PHOCUS HAD A SECRET SISTER
- panopeus, member of the calydonian boar hunt and son of phocus and his wife asterodia. He also took part in this campaign against this other kingdom and swore by athena and ares to not lay his hands on any of the loot taken but broke his oath immediately. As a result, his son epeius was cursed to be unwarlike
- crisus, pylades’ grandfather and panopeus’ twin brother. For some reason theres this myth of them fighting in the womb as fetuses
- epeius, architect of the trojan horse. Descended from aeacus via his father panopeus, a son of phocus. I find this super interesting since there was this prophecy that troy would fall to the descendants of aeacus but nobody ever talks about how the guy who literally built the thing that allowed troy to fall was one of them
- aegle, sister of epeius and lover of theseus. Some sources state that theseus left ariadne for her
- eurysaces, son of ajax the greater by tecmessa, a slave he captured during the trojan war
Aegle - Goddess of Radiant Health; Daughter of Asklepios.
(please let me know if i get anything wrong! Especially in the images <3)
AN: I am back, I'm in my uni home, my pc is set up. Is my pc working fully? No, the fan is still cooked, however. I'm coping and posters are incoming! Unless I get any requests (dms, asks and comments are the best places for these!), I will be going in alphabetical order from my master post <3
so i was aiming to make a like pendant for the health deities as i tend to worship them alot n while i already made a crochet snake a while ago i also kinda wanted a necklace so since theyre mad expensive for a cute one id make on myself first n see how it went
for a first try i think they came out pre cute but i def like the one on the left better due to the paper seam being way less noticeable but i do like the snake on the right better
i might just make another one tbh n see if i can make it better BUT i am still pre proud of myself for trying
for this staff its like a walkin stick n therefore has the bump on top n isn’t supposed to be super smooth but this is smaller than my forefinger haha the snake technically isnt a specific color n alotta ppl depicted it green BUT i went with the snake thats tied to asclepius which is the two toned brown lil guys
I pray to Asclepius more often than i initially intended, I’ll have to make an actual altar for him and his children. Or at least add their imagery to Apollo’s. I tend to use his altar as surrogate for his family and associations.
What would Azem think if they saw this place, this shell of the city they called home?
Perhaps they would smile. Surely no Ancient soul could resist the joy of seeing their perfect city rebuilt—their home in front of them once more! Surely their heart would swell at the sight of their friends and neighbors and colleagues, even if they were mere shadows.
Perhaps they would feel daunted, for the bodies of man on this star are so small, even if they were to number among the Unsundered. They might feel like a child, coming up to their colleagues’ knees, with the buildings towering over them at thrice the height they would remember. How pitiful they would be on this sundered world.
Perhaps they would rage. If they believed the sundered to be people and the shattered reflections to be stars in truth, then, How dare Hades? they would think. How could he trade so many for something long gone? How could he construct an homage to what was, while forsaking what is?
Perhaps they would pity him. Poor Hades, tempered by the god they warned the Convocation not to summon, bound to His will, unable to escape a past long gone. Poor Hades, unable to forget, unable to let go, unable to move on. Poor Hades, how much he has lost.
Of course, he will never know, for as long as this reflection—any reflection remains, his dear friend will remain broken, and if—when, by Zodiark, when!—his friend is finally whole, this simulacrum deep within the Tempest shall be long gone.
I'm having Hero of Yore thoughts today. I still haven't drawn my versions of them, but I did make some moodboards for Aegle and Castor (and his mech Pollux)!
First up and associated with yellow is Aegle, the Brilliant Botanist. They were originally trained as a healer, but they're stubborn as a weed and might not have the best bedside manners. There's a stark contrast between their bright and sunny robes and their somewhat sinister personality and ever-shrouded face. But Aegle could do more than heal. In fact, they became mainly an elemental mage and were perfectly capable of causing damage. Hippocratic oath? That hadn't been invented yet! Dark magic? More like an interesting experiment! Teaching the sheltered Galacta Knight to question authority? Easy as pie!
Aegle went all in on magic and didn't like technology much. Although they had to adapt and reluctantly admit science can do great things while working with their 'esteemed colleague', Castor.
Their staff (which is topped with what looks like a golden gem apple) let them create and guide water into sharp icicles, grow ensnaring vines to trap enemies and create blinding light. They loved botany, especially poisonous or carnivorous plants, and they also enjoyed enchanting and summoning magic weapons. It was them, alongside Galacta Knight, who invented the Spears of the Heart.
Name origin: I named them Lumio at first, but I changed it because:
It just means 'light', so it wasn't very original.
My brain kept flagging that name as a 'he' behind my back even though I decided the character was nonbinary pretty much the second I came up with them. Yes, I know this is stupid. Yes, the name change fixed it instantly. I hate this.
Anyway, since I'm apparently a sucker for sprinkling mythology into everything they're Aegle (dazzling light) now, which is the name of both:
The daughter of Asclepius and Lampetia, god of medicine and daughter of Helios, god of the sun respectively.
One of the Hesperides, nymphs of the evening/sunset and the shine of sunlight, who guarded a tree with immortality granting golden apples alongside a many headed dragon called Ladon. I had to do it.
Relationships with the other HoY: The reluctant conflict resolver (to get their quiet back), liked to study elemental magic with Galacta Knight. Tolerated Castor's pro-tech antics, but quietly disagreed because magitech can't work without magic, now can it? Mostly cordial towards Olympea.
Next up and associated with blue is Castor, the Enigmatic Engineer, alongside his mech Pollux, the Mechanical Marvel. Together they would be the Stalwart Symbionts.
A hard worker, Castor relied heavily on science and machines. He built a name for himself as a stern and austere man who has an uncanny knack for engineering and little tolerance for silliness, sentimentality and lazing around. While he designed many weapons in the past (mostly out of professional curiosity) and felt little guilt over that, he later dedicated much of his time towards developing improved prosthetic limbs. (With some reluctance he had to admit enchanting them offers benefits like allowing fine motor control and helping the wearer feel what they're touching.) He rarely showed it, but helping people did make him feel fulfilled.
In the little time off he let himself have he liked to paint. Not that he would ever show anyone this little hobby, of course! Just like he rarely let anyone see him outside of the cockpit of his mech Pollux. It's not easy to be taken seriously when you are ultimately just a squishy little guy, after all.
He and his mech Pollux were inseparable. It had the ability to boost and its battle mode was outfitted with several weapons. (I, uh, still need to figure out which ones. But probably laser beams, bombs or rockets. Possibly rocket fists. Maybe a sword like Metal General?) While Pollux was hardly alive, it was no mere machine. In some ways it was even autonomous. Did it care about Castor? Much like how the Robobot Armours Kirby used retrieved the memory of Kirby every time he entered one, Pollux's AI and memory could be transferred between bodies too. Almost as if it's immortal in a way.
So. You know how you fight Metal General in Egg Engines? Somebody had to have built it, right? Who's to say Castor didn't make a prototype before he perfected Pollux, but could not give it a heart? Perhaps he couldn't bring himself to scrap it and repurposed it as a security robot. Only to die and leave his lesser creation to roam its post forevermore, chained by its rigid programming.
Name origin: The two of them are of course named after the mythological twins/half-brothers Castor and Pollux, who were remarkable horsemen and boxers, as well as the namesake of the constellation Gemini. As the mortal Castor lay dying, Pollux sacrificed part of his immortality to let Castor live, after which they alternated between Olympus and Hades.
Relationships with the other HoY: Didn't like 'Aeon' at all, at least at first, thought he's stuck up (envied his inborn power). Bickered about whether technology or magic is better with Aegle, gave in sometimes but secretly shook his head at them because magic enjoyers use technology all the time while saying their magic is better (hypocrites)! He got along with Olympea the best (she liked his gadgets). This was not awkward whatsoever.
Themes
Because the Ancients fell apart into a technological and a magical faction I knew I wanted the four Heroes of Yore to reflect that. So I made them rely on magic and technology to varying degrees. Two all in on opposing sides and two in between. I did think about having them map to the classes in Super Kirby Clash, but figured that was too restrictive. Besides, Galacta Knight doesn't map to those either (unless you consider him the Sword Hero parallel). So while they do share some traits —like their pink, yellow, green and blue colour schemes— I decided they didn't have to match perfectly. 'Sword Hero' is actually Galacta Knight with his lance and shield, 'Hammer Lord' prefers a club over a hammer and has other weapons including a glaive, 'Beam Mage' has elements of 'Doctor Healmore', instead of a dedicated healer we have a mech user (who shoots laserbeams), etc. If you squint there are some parallels to the Dream Land quartet, but I didn't make each of them map perfectly to one person either.
