08-04-2016, 06:10 PM
At the age of 372, now in his prime, Pallas returned to the capital Olympias. With his questions answered - however vaguely - his direction in life changed. He became increasingly convinced that war was imminent, and that he would be forced to participate in no small way.
For the next 128 years, Pallas spent his time honing his martial skills. Unlike the benign training he had received in his youth, he excelled in matters of destruction and military warfare. He was among a team of scientists and other, similarly talented colleagues who refined the Gigantes - the colossal constructs that served as guardians and bodyguards - to be used in war.
With rising tensions among the vocal younger men and women, a great deal of time was dedicated to the creation of new constructs - most with the purpose of killing. Of these creations, several were deemed far too dangerous. First among these were the Cyclopes. Constructs born from the fury harnessed at the heart of a storm. Given sentience, the usually incorporeal 'cloud' that constituted their physical form was transformed by their will into an imitation of their human creators. There was one curious difference between; instead of two eyes, the Cyclopes formed one, giant eye in the middle of their heads.
When questioned about the difference, one of the Cyclopes' simply replied. "There can be only one eye of the storm."
The creators were unsure if this what this meant, if it had some greater meaning, or was simply a form of humour. Whatever the case was, the Cyclopes grew in power and intelligence and soon could not be controlled. Production of the Cyclopes was stopped and several safeguards were put in place to contain the ones already in existence.
If the Cyclopes was the storm, the Hekatonkheires were beings of pure destruction. Only three were ever created, but three were enough. They were moulded after the Gigantes, large and humanoid in appearance. They were the result of an ultimately failed project to create the ultimate warrior.The act of channelling was considered to be the ultimate form of power, but the amount of Power one could wield was limited, even with angreal and sa'angreal. The Hekatonkheires were supposed to be - in essence - living conduits which could tolerate massive amounts of the One Power flowing through their construct bodies to be used by their masters.
The beings that were created were twisted and infused with enormous amounts of the One Power, beings who despised their existence and the ones who gave them life. The Hekatonkheires could not channel, but they were capable of feats usually attributed to channeling. Most alarmingly, not only were they capable of such feats, but they were capable of things that full cirles of 72 with a sa'angreal were not. Things that should not be possible for any living being.
Both the Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires were deemed too dangerous. Their productions were halted and the beings already created were imprisoned within a vacuole prison called Tartaros.
Edited by Michael Vellas, Aug 10 2016, 12:07 PM.
For the next 128 years, Pallas spent his time honing his martial skills. Unlike the benign training he had received in his youth, he excelled in matters of destruction and military warfare. He was among a team of scientists and other, similarly talented colleagues who refined the Gigantes - the colossal constructs that served as guardians and bodyguards - to be used in war.
With rising tensions among the vocal younger men and women, a great deal of time was dedicated to the creation of new constructs - most with the purpose of killing. Of these creations, several were deemed far too dangerous. First among these were the Cyclopes. Constructs born from the fury harnessed at the heart of a storm. Given sentience, the usually incorporeal 'cloud' that constituted their physical form was transformed by their will into an imitation of their human creators. There was one curious difference between; instead of two eyes, the Cyclopes formed one, giant eye in the middle of their heads.
When questioned about the difference, one of the Cyclopes' simply replied. "There can be only one eye of the storm."
The creators were unsure if this what this meant, if it had some greater meaning, or was simply a form of humour. Whatever the case was, the Cyclopes grew in power and intelligence and soon could not be controlled. Production of the Cyclopes was stopped and several safeguards were put in place to contain the ones already in existence.
If the Cyclopes was the storm, the Hekatonkheires were beings of pure destruction. Only three were ever created, but three were enough. They were moulded after the Gigantes, large and humanoid in appearance. They were the result of an ultimately failed project to create the ultimate warrior.The act of channelling was considered to be the ultimate form of power, but the amount of Power one could wield was limited, even with angreal and sa'angreal. The Hekatonkheires were supposed to be - in essence - living conduits which could tolerate massive amounts of the One Power flowing through their construct bodies to be used by their masters.
The beings that were created were twisted and infused with enormous amounts of the One Power, beings who despised their existence and the ones who gave them life. The Hekatonkheires could not channel, but they were capable of feats usually attributed to channeling. Most alarmingly, not only were they capable of such feats, but they were capable of things that full cirles of 72 with a sa'angreal were not. Things that should not be possible for any living being.
Both the Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires were deemed too dangerous. Their productions were halted and the beings already created were imprisoned within a vacuole prison called Tartaros.
Edited by Michael Vellas, Aug 10 2016, 12:07 PM.
"She saw a flaring halo around his head, radiant in gold and blue. It shouted of glory and power to come"
"No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."