Long ago, when the Gods descended upon the Earth, they stood in the clouds, gazing down upon humanity like ants beneath their feet. Zeus, the self-proclaimed king of the Gods, heard the pleas of humanity and offered a solution: power.
The Gods demanded 10,000 virgin women to birth the first generation of divine beings. These beings, born of human flesh but with the blood of the Gods, were beautiful and immortal. Yet, Zeus feared their power and commanded them to breed with humanity, thinning the divine blood in their veins.
The first generation obeyed their father's command, and from their loins, the demigods were born. Though they possessed great power and abilities, the demigods were mortal, destined to grow old and die.
Zeus was pleased with the outcome and, with the first generation by his side, he ascended into the skies, leaving their mortal descendants to forge their own destiny.
After millennia of demigods populating the Earth, almost all of humanity had some godly heritage, but as the bloodlines became more and more diluted, the power of the gods waned. To maintain the strength of their lineage, some demigods began to only breed with others of the same bloodline, creating a hierarchy of divine power.
At the pinnacle were the noble bloodlines, descendants of the 12 strongest Olympian Gods. Their divine strength remained potent, and they were regarded as the most powerful beings in the world.
Below the nobility were the commoners, demigods who had intermingled their blood with other divine lineages. Although they were still formidable, their godly heritage had weakened somewhat.
And at the bottom of the divine hierarchy were the lowborn, demigods whose divine blood was so diluted, they were only marginally stronger than ordinary humans. Despite their weakened power, the lowborn were the least numerous in the demigod population, and they bore the brunt of the stigma and discrimination that came with their status.
Indeed, the lowborn were viewed with disdain and pity, their weakened godblood marking them as inferior in the eyes of the nobility and commoners alike. The demigod world was a stratified one, with power and status determined by the purity of one's divine lineage. For the lowborn, their lot was a harsh one, as they were relegated to the lowest rungs of society, with limited opportunities and a constant struggle to prove their worth.