"Olympus has forsaken us."Hades said as he sat on his throne.
It was a huge room with black walls. The room had a high ceiling that reached above thirty metres tall with a width of 70 metres and length of almost 100 metres. Bronze wall torches were fitted all around the place blazing a brilliant emerald fire. Although the fires lit up the whole room, that was it, no heat came from them.
At the back end of the room, opposite the huge throne room doors, were two huge and majestic thrones made from the same black material as the walls. The one Hades sat on was huge and bold fitted with jewels and intricate carvings. A red line made of a red diamond ran along the edges of the throne like a red River. The gouges of the carvings were also lined with red diamond lines. On the right arm of the throne parallel to Hades' right foot were two golden rings fitted at the end of the armrest which were holding a bident. On the left hand side armrest Hades had his hand on a black helmet.
Next to Hades' seat was a slim and seemingly fragile throne. It was most definitely a feminine seat and from it originated a soft and sweet summer breeze. From it grew flowers with brilliant colours; crocus violet lilies and manyore rare ones. It was the most warm and welcoming thing Droy had seen in Hades yet.
'That's definitely Persephone's seat but now that it's Summer she has gone to the world above.' Droy was able to know this due to his knowledge in the Greek mythologies.
Besides these two thrones there were ten more empty raised podiums, five on Hades' side and five on Persephone's. Droy had no idea what they were for and he wasn't even thinking of asking.
"Look at the pantheon...do you see Hades there? Listen to the stories, the good deeds of Hades are not heard. When people hear of Hades the first thing they see is Sisyphus and the rolling stone, tentalus with hunger and thirst. Nobody talks of Elysium nor the isles of the blessed. Look at my domain then look at Olympus. Zeus the drama king and Hera chasing his mortal women just to name a few." Hades was really letting it all out.
"Olympus suppressed me boy. Olympus forbade me from having a child with in the mortal world. Let me explain, demigods are the champions of gods but we like to call them Generals. A demigod can only be a general of a god only if the demigod has the blood of the said god no matter how minute as long as said god is willing to spend resources to revive his or her blood in the demigod. Of all the gods, thirteen are the strongest, the pantheon plus me. Similarly the generals of these gods are strongest of all. Out of the thirteen four or five are stronger than the others."Hades explained to Droy in detail then continued.
"For a hundred years now a child of Hades has not been seen. And why? because Olympus was shaken. Naturally you may know that my brothers, Zeus, Poseidon and I are the strongest among the gods and therefore our generals are the most powerful among you demigods. A demigod is already half god and with hard work and determination he may one day rival a god. More than a hundred years ago I had a general, my son, and of all the thirteen the most powerful. At a time no one heard him for about six months. Then one day he was seen walking back from the Halls of Night beyond the Lethe and I could feel it, I could feel that his power was enough to rival a pantheon god. He had changed and and all the gods could feel it." Hades explained.
"He continued being my general as before but alas! Olympus saw him as a threat. He had shaken Olympus, and Olympus didn't like that. They sent their generals after him and many generals fell with him. That was the last time I heard from my son. From then henceforth Olympus was afraid. Afraid of the power of Hades and the children of Hades. The council forbade me from having a general indefinitely. It's already been a hundred years and they still claim they haven't made a decision. That's where you come in."Hades said.
"I come in?" Droy repeated questioningly.
"Yes, you come in. Your Frost family and I have a history. I am an ancestor of your family, you can call me grandpa."
Droy was dumbfounded. He didn't know when his life became complicated or how his family suddenly had relatives: A father and now a....a grandpa.
'How did I get to this point.' he thought.
After a pause Hades continued like nothing happened. "The good thing of having Minos and his two buddies around is that they can find loopholes in any law. Olympus forbade me from bearing children in the mortal world. They didn't say anything about my descendants but truth be told there wasn't anyone in the mortal world in whom my blood was strong enough. That was until you were born. Now the General of the underworld shall rise again."Hades said to Droy in his hoarse voice.
"But Ares my father. He claimed me, I could feel his presence in the red fire on that hound." Droy said .
"Your father and I are the best duo, war and death always follow each other. But during the last council meeting your dad went against me and voted in favour of eliminating my son. He already knows my blood flows within your family and he'll use you as a way to get back on my good side."
'Gramps, dad and son. Sounds like the shaft family here.' Droy thought
Actually he didn't oppose what Hades said nor hated his father for trying to use him to reconcile with Uncle dear. First: two gods' blood in him that means twice the power, right? Second: He felt sorry for Hades. Even after being isolated by Olympus they still take from him. They don't want to see his power grow. He could agree that time for the Underworld had come. That plus power, who could refuse.
Suddenly Hades stood up from his throne and walked down the steps towards Droy. He waved his hand and the black marble surface formed ripples. Then two black objects flew up from the floor to his hands. A small sharp marble dagger and a black bowl.
He walked right before Droy and gave him the flask and made him hold it straight. He then extended his hand above the bowl and pulled at his black silk robe to reveal a pale white wrist. After that he took the dagger and cut his wrist. What was shocking was what came out wasn't red blood but blue blood. He filled up the bowl with his blue blood then dropped the dagger. It fell without making a sound and disappeared into the marble. Hades them looked at Droy and asked.
"Will you my descendant, be my champion, General of the underworld?"
"Yes." Droy responded.
"Droy son of war and death. Hades marked you when you came to the mortal world and now I claim you in the realm of immortals. Drink."
As he looked at the blood and remembered everything Hades had told him Droy hesitated for a bit before he took down the blood in one gulp.
Aaaaah...
He never expected the blood would feel as if it was burning him as it went down his gut to his stomach. It felt like drinking hot lava. Droy rolled on the ground trying to scratch kid throat thinking that he can maybe sooth the burning pain if he somehow reached inside his throat.
After around thirty minutes the pain was gone and Droy could feel a comfortable feeling spreading through his body from his stomach. He could feel an new energy flowing through his body, most of it concentrated in his heart. As he was basking in this good feeling he heard a hoarse voice boom through the room with fevor and joy while still on the ground.
"Rise, Droy son of War, General of the underworld."