✨Plutus,
god of abundance and wealth, glowing with divine prosperity! 🌾💰 Son of Demeter & Iasion, and in my lore, the devoted husband (or male wife) of Lumina, the eldest Menai.
Plutus was born from the passionate union of Demeter and the mortal Iasion, a love that Zeus could not tolerate. The god of Olympus, envious and wrathful, struck Plutus blind under the pretense of making him distribute wealth equally among mortals. But in truth, it was punishment—jealousy disguised as justice. Plutus was a child of true love, a love Zeus himself had lost with Demeter, and the very idea of a mortal winning her heart enraged him.
Despite his blindness, Plutus remained kind, traveling between realms with a quiet grace. He often ventured into the Underworld to visit his half-sister, Persephone, bringing her fresh fruits as a token of love and renewal. It was during one of these journeys that he met Lumina, the eldest of the Menai, who had retreated into the depths after her painful split from Apollo. She drowned herself in witchcraft, seeking solace in shadows, far from the golden brilliance of her former lover.
In the Underworld, Plutus found a rare comfort. Unlike Olympus, where beauty and radiance were worshiped above all else, the dead did not judge appearances. His scarred eyes, a mark of Zeus' cruelty, were just another feature among many souls who bore their own wounds. Lumina, too, saw beyond them—not with pity, but with admiration. She was drawn to his selflessness, his quiet humility, a stark contrast to Apollo’s pride and vanity.
As they spent time together, Lumina learned the truth of his blindness. The realization struck deep—Zeus had done to Plutus what he had done to her father and brother, tearing them down out of spite. This shared suffering forged an unspoken understanding between them, a bond neither had expected. What began as companionship grew into something more profound—a love born not of shining perfection, but of resilience, kindness, and mutual respect.
Where Apollo had sought the light, Plutus had embraced the dark, and in doing so, he had found Lumina waiting for him.