(Jenifers PoV)
The sky was falling everything was being drowned in the starry tapestry of the night sky. Empires were wiped out the mightiest of beast smothered or subsumed and made to join the nights sky as nothing more than one of many stars in the endless tapestry. Even many heroes lost their courage facing endless dark.
But not all was lost suddenly all around the tapestries edges mighty figures emerged. Each beating back the nights sky each bringing hope to their subjects. Many desperate souls rejoiced as clearly this nightmare will be no more soon do to this divine intervention.
Arrows fell like rain slaying starts like they were nothing more than helpless prey. Artemis and her hunters treated the calamity as just another outing in the woods.
The dead rose from the underworld beating back the sky. The army of souls was led by a Hades clad in the finest jewelry not looking even a bit tacky in spite of the over-abundance of precious metals and gems.
Lightning was tearing at the fabric of the sky as Zeus had given the calamity the privilege to be stopped by his lightning. Laughing the god burned away the fabric of night with sky fire.
Those were just 3 of the 12 major gods joining the battle each leading lesser gods and their devote flowers. The last to join the battle was the sun god Apollo and as he did large parts of the tapestry was pushed back by his mere presence. After all was it not natural for the sun to push back the night?
To that the answer apparently was no as large feminine figure emerged clad in a dress of stars looking almost in piece she slapped him down almost as an afterthought. The other 11 rallied to fight the force of nature all saying different things but in the end only one thing was consistent. They all called her Nyx the embodiment of the night sky.
In the end each and every one of them was beaten and their forces scattered. Witnessing this Apollo the not quite perished but definitely beaten sun god asked only one thing....
"HOW! How could you be so strong all by yourself!" At that moment there was only fear as the sun screamed at the night.
"Foolish children forgot my might." Said the calamity Nyx sounding mighty pleased with herself. "Sun is but a single star it's not for you to banish my night. Now perish like the rest" And yet Apollo remembered that his arrival banished so much of her night and that was why she likely got involved personally. If one star is not enough then 12 mightiest constellations should be enough. Just as the killing blow landed he sacrificed his divine essence to raise 12 newborn divine spirits elevated straight from the tapestry Nyx had put so close to earth.
Time passed and while nobody knows all of what happened after as the time after could be described as pure chaos the end result is known by all. The advance of the night was halted before it could subsume everything and the Olympus is now ruled by the zodiac constellations.
The intro cutscene having finished I could only think that it was adequate enough. It could do with some polish but it got the point across. The old Greek gods have fallen and Nyx pretty much owns most of the planet now.
Jenifer honestly did not expect that kind of creativity from Edmund If one had asked her what kind of game he would make she would have said Sudoku app. He certainly was not lacking in puzzles judging by his last birthday celebration.
Then the game started the character creation.
Please enter your avatar's name
That should be easy being a closed alpha. "Clover" I said and it immediately got accepted. Got to love not having to compete for common names.
Welcome Clover. Now please create your game avatar.
Then in front of me appeared an avatar of a slightly tanned woman that had shoulder-length black hair, pretty visible muscle and green eyes. Over all not bad human warrior avatar thought not what I wanted looking a bit more on the tough side than I wished. Turning to the customization sliders I started by softening the muscle tone and changing the hair color to red there were bunch more options but I did not touch them as those 2 changes were enough for me to see myself playing the character. Then I got curious about my other options and pressed on the races tab. I was greeted with a message when I did.
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Well there needed to be something missing this being an alpha and all. Sighing I confirmed my avatar thankfully it was not anything too inconvenient thus far.
Select your zodiac patron and receive your starting skill.
What sign was I again? Leo? Not that was my mom. Oh right it was this one!
Mark of Sagittarius Lvl 1 Constellation Sagittarius was named after Cheiron, the most famous and king of the centaurs. He was the oldest and wisest of all the centaurs and thus also very strong. In fact, he was so famous in fact, that many kings had trusted their sons to teach them.
When Cheiron was allowed to transfer his divinity to die from the poison to end his suffering Zeus put his image in the sky. Night Element Resistance +5
Weapon based skill exp +15%
Huh... not an archer skill? Thought you can be one with that passive skill. I wonder what other skills bring to the table? Next on the list was Pisces shrugging Jenifer took a peak.
Mark of Pisces Lvl 1 When Gaia gave birth to Typhon all the gods hid themselves as animals. Aphrodite chose the form of a fish and dove deep down in the ocean.
When the fierce monster was finally captured by Zeus and all of the Olympians were transformed back to their original form, Aphrodite, being grateful to the fish who had lent their form to her and her son when they were in distress, put up their image on the night sky. Night Element Resistance +5
Performance based skill exp +15%
Yeah, these's skills are not what one would expect. Swiping to next skill.
Mark of Aries Lvl 1
The story of Constellation Aries is linked with the myth of the Golden Ram, which saved two kids, a brother and a sister, from being sacrificed in order to appease the gods.
Once Jason had completed his mission, Zeus put the ram's golden fleece up in the skies. Crating the constellation Aries.
Night Element Resistance +5
Healing skill exp +15%
And after quick skim through the Aries mark she skipped other zodiacs to get to her mom's sign.
Mark of Leo Lvl 1 Constellation of this greek zodiac, is linked with Hercules' very first labor, the capture of the Nemean Lion.
The lion's pelt was all but invulnerable, Hercules finally managed to kill the beast by strangling it to death. He skinned the lion and took its pelt to wear it. He was then quite protected from his enemies, as the skin could not be penetrated from any known weapon of the time whether made of iron, bronze or stone.
After its death, the famous lion was put on the sky by Zeus, to become the constellation of Leo. Night Element Resistance +5
Resistance boosting skill exp +15%
That one I actually expected! Okay now think Jenifer what's the meta? Oh, duh there is no established meta thus far so what looks like more fun?