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NerdOfEpic (talk | contribs) Created page with "= Story = The story of this game is derived from Greek mythology, which is full of arguments between and within families. This one involves two families of gods and the unending collection of planets that are ruined and then restored in the process. == Cast of Characters == * '''Eris''' - Goddess of Strife and Discord ''(Controlled by the player.)'' ** Daughter of Nyx ** Sister of Hypnos ** Mother of Lethe * '''Nyx''' - Goddess of Night ** Mother of Eris and Hypnos * '..." |
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* '''Themis''' - Goddess of Divine Law and Order | * '''Themis''' - Goddess of Divine Law and Order | ||
** Advisor to Zeus | ** Advisor to Zeus | ||
** Judge of other gods | |||
** Daughter of Uranus and Gaia | ** Daughter of Uranus and Gaia | ||
* '''Uranus''' - God of Sky | * '''Uranus''' - God of Sky | ||
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* '''Gaia''' - Goddess of Earth | * '''Gaia''' - Goddess of Earth | ||
** Mother of Themis | ** Mother of Themis | ||
== The Cycle == | == The Cycle == | ||
You are the goddess Eris in human form, condemned to repair the damage you caused to a planet. This story repeats in a loop indefinitely. | You are the goddess Eris in human form, condemned to repair the damage you caused to a planet. This story repeats in a loop indefinitely. | ||
Eris causes war on a planet that results in the elimination of most life and an imbalance of the elements. | # Eris causes war and destruction on a planet for her own entertainment that results in the elimination of most life and an imbalance of the elements. | ||
The imbalance of elements upsets Uranus and Gaia | # The destruction and imbalance of elements deeply upsets Uranus and Gaia. They seek intervention by their daughter Themis against Eris. | ||
Themis sentences | # Themis listens to her parents and tries Eris for what she considers to be crimes against nature. | ||
Eris | # Themis finds Eris guilty and sentences her to restore the elemental balance as a human placed directly on a planet she had ruined. | ||
Themis incarnates Eris to a human form | # Eris is commanded to record a message to herself in the computer of an escape pod. This message describes the requirement to to restore the balance of the elements. | ||
Hypnos puts Eris into a deep sleep and delivers her to the ruined planet. | # The escape pod cannot be activated until the balance has been restored and warns that Eris’ presence is itself a destabilizing force on the planet. | ||
Eris wakes up near the escape pod. | # Themis incarnates Eris to a human form to prepare for her her punishment. | ||
Eris | # Eris' daughter Lethe then causes her to forget being a goddess entirely. | ||
After the defeat of the final boss, Eris must return to the escape pod prior to time running out, presumably to avoid destabilizing the elements again. | # Eris' sister Hypnos puts Eris into a deep sleep and delivers her to the ruined planet. | ||
Eris | # Eris wakes up near the escape pod. The escape pod allows her to view the message she recorded for herself, and provides a basic weapon to use. | ||
# Driven by her desire to leave the ruined planet, Eris works to restore the balance of the elements by defeating the bosses of each biome and then a final boss in its own biome. | |||
# After the defeat of the final boss with the balance finally restored, Eris must return to the escape pod prior to time running out, presumably to avoid destabilizing the elements again. | |||
# When Eris gets to the escape pod and enters it ready to leave the planet, the now active escape pod ramps up in power to fly away. Instead of launching to space it violently explodes instead, wiping the human form of Eris from existence. | |||
# With her human form annihilated in the explosion, Eris to the realm of the gods. Being a goddess and immortal, her memories return and being a dark goddess she resumes doing what she does best... Causing strife and discord on another planet. This returns her to step #1 in the cycle. | |||
Revision as of 16:00, 17 December 2025
Story
The story of this game is derived from Greek mythology, which is full of arguments between and within families. This one involves two families of gods and the unending collection of planets that are ruined and then restored in the process.
Cast of Characters
- Eris - Goddess of Strife and Discord (Controlled by the player.)
- Daughter of Nyx
- Sister of Hypnos
- Mother of Lethe
- Nyx - Goddess of Night
- Mother of Eris and Hypnos
- Hypnos - Goddess of Sleep
- Daughter of Nyx
- Sister of Eris
- Lethe - Goddess of Forgetfulness
- Daughter of Eris
- Themis - Goddess of Divine Law and Order
- Advisor to Zeus
- Judge of other gods
- Daughter of Uranus and Gaia
- Uranus - God of Sky
- Father of Themis
- Gaia - Goddess of Earth
- Mother of Themis
The Cycle
You are the goddess Eris in human form, condemned to repair the damage you caused to a planet. This story repeats in a loop indefinitely.
- Eris causes war and destruction on a planet for her own entertainment that results in the elimination of most life and an imbalance of the elements.
- The destruction and imbalance of elements deeply upsets Uranus and Gaia. They seek intervention by their daughter Themis against Eris.
- Themis listens to her parents and tries Eris for what she considers to be crimes against nature.
- Themis finds Eris guilty and sentences her to restore the elemental balance as a human placed directly on a planet she had ruined.
- Eris is commanded to record a message to herself in the computer of an escape pod. This message describes the requirement to to restore the balance of the elements.
- The escape pod cannot be activated until the balance has been restored and warns that Eris’ presence is itself a destabilizing force on the planet.
- Themis incarnates Eris to a human form to prepare for her her punishment.
- Eris' daughter Lethe then causes her to forget being a goddess entirely.
- Eris' sister Hypnos puts Eris into a deep sleep and delivers her to the ruined planet.
- Eris wakes up near the escape pod. The escape pod allows her to view the message she recorded for herself, and provides a basic weapon to use.
- Driven by her desire to leave the ruined planet, Eris works to restore the balance of the elements by defeating the bosses of each biome and then a final boss in its own biome.
- After the defeat of the final boss with the balance finally restored, Eris must return to the escape pod prior to time running out, presumably to avoid destabilizing the elements again.
- When Eris gets to the escape pod and enters it ready to leave the planet, the now active escape pod ramps up in power to fly away. Instead of launching to space it violently explodes instead, wiping the human form of Eris from existence.
- With her human form annihilated in the explosion, Eris to the realm of the gods. Being a goddess and immortal, her memories return and being a dark goddess she resumes doing what she does best... Causing strife and discord on another planet. This returns her to step #1 in the cycle.