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”When was that? When were those halcyon days of glittering, empty valour?” - TGHC

I really enjoyed drawing these two and creating these edits. Many more with the rest of the TGHC characters will be coming soon!

-Hades Sketch-

“And yet, I see vignettes at times. Glimpses into that dream, that fleeting dimension we call our youth.”

-Persephone Sketch-

“I will come back here in a few days to watch these flowers die in your absence, so they will not be lonely as they do.”

Ares, Ch.30 mini mood board

‘Don’t look at me that way, like I’m filth to you.’

‘I never said that you were filth—’

‘You would if you knew the things I think about you. The things I want to do to you. How often. How long. How rough. You’ve given me nothing but time to think about you. About filth.’

- Ares and Athena; The Game Has Changed

“Two birds, one black and one yellow, circled the bright sky above a dusty canyon.” - The Game Has Changed

TGHC has been updated - Chapter 30 is out now!

“As bleary as they were, those eyes spoke to Athena of secrets forged between them and them only. They promised labyrinths of pleasure, balmy and breathless words and evenings saturated by the light of a sleepless moon.” - The Game Has Changed

“‘Why do you wear that hat with the veil? Is it because of the sun?’

‘Yes. It’s too bright here.’

‘Then you’re a bit like your flowers,’ she giggled, ‘strange and photophobic.’

‘…I suppose so.’”

“Like a veil, these feelings obscured from her a time when her existence was marked by glory and service alone. She fought, she worked, she rested and the cycle repeated itself and had done so for millennia. She thought little about the future, unless it was Olympus’, and not once did she fear the gaping void beside her head as she slept. 

 When was that? When were those halcyon days of glittering, empty valour?” - The Game Has Changed

Athena Moodboard

“I am not leaving Olympus. I am not leaving Artemis and Apollo, Hera, father and all of the others when they need me most.” - Athena, The Game Has Changed.

‘I have no recollection of our childhood in the bowels of Gaia. That time seems too long-gone to still deem a memory. And yet, I see vignettes at times. Glimpses into that dream, that fleeting dimension we call our youth. Instinctively, I know that I’ve seen this before and that I’ve felt this before.

This must be residual from that time, Hera. A remnant…debris from our past. Because every time you come to me with these eyes – eyes of fear, of anguish – I feel a cosmic pull, an unshakeable instinct to attend to you.’ - Hades, The Game Has Changed

Hades Moodboard

“The god who strolled through the dark mazes of the palace gardens those many moons ago was ruminative and poised in his rumination. He was oddly graceful, keenly attentive – and on occasion, he laughed.

His laughter was low and quiet, and when Hera laid eyes upon him, she saw the skin at the corner of his eyes crease with delight and a faint rosiness come to his cheeks. His glee would enthuse her, as her words had enthused him.

This was the Hades she knew. This was the Hades she had bitten.” - The Game Has Changed

Zeus Moodboard

“Zeus, being King of the gods, ruler of the sky and lightning – the epitome of power – never shied away from a bit of drama and theatrical spectacle.“ - The Game Has Changed