Titans (Olympians)
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History
The Titans are the children and progeny of the ancient primeval sky-god, Ouranus, and his wife, Gaea, the primeval earth-goddess. Ouranus was very proud of the Titans for their physical perfection, but Gaea had other children known as the Cyclopes, who had one eye in the center of their heads, and the many-armed Hecatocheiroi. Ouranus hated his other children and exiled them into the other-dimensional world of Tartarus. Gaea greatly grieved for her children and called upon one of her sons to depose Ouranus and free their siblings from the underworld. None of her sons would raise a weapon against Ouranus except for Cronus, the youngest of the Titans, who used a sickle to castrate Ouranus and dismember his corpse. The dying Ouranus prophesized that Cronus would be overthrown by one of his own sons.
Cronus seized Olympus and ruled over Ancient Greece, but he neglected to free the Cyclopes or the Hecatocheiroi. His wife, Rhea, was guided by Gaea to conceal the birth of her son, Zeus. Upon adulthood, Zeus freed the Cyclopes and the Hecatocheiroi as allies to conquer Olympus. Zeus was supported by a few of the Titans and by his freed siblings, supposedly swallowed by Cronus in order to prevent the prophecy of Ouranus. The Titans were defeated and imprisoned in Tartarus, watched over by the god, Hades, who reserved part of the underworld as a realm of the dead.
In later years, the Titan Prometheus recalled on his pact of honor to Hercules. In ancient times, Prometheus had taken fire from the heavens to grant it to mortal man and Zeus had ordered him chained to the Caucasus Mountains on earth as punishment. Hercules had freed him from his bindings, and when he was in a delirium after attacks by his enemies, Prometheus sacrificed part of his life-force to cure him.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
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Abilities
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Average Strength level
Unknown.
Weaknesses
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Habitat
Habitat: Earth-like
Gravity: Earth-like
Atmosphere: Earth-like
Population: Population of this race is unknown.
Miscellaneous
Type of Government: Monarchy
Level of Technology: Magic
Cultural Traits: The Titans were worshipped as gods by the Ancient Greece.
Representatives: Asteria, Astraeus, Atlas, Coeus, Cronus, Dione, Hyperion, Japetus, Dione, Eprimetheus, Hecate, Leto, Menoetius, Mnemosyne, Oceanus, Ophion, Pallas, Perses, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Prometheus, Themis, Thia, et al.
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Trivia
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See Also
- Discuss Titans (Olympians) on the forums
- Appearances of Titans (Olympians)
- Race Gallery: Titans (Olympians)
