#delphyne

Typhon

Typhon (also Typheus) is the largest and most dreadful monster in Greek mythology. He was tall, with a brutish face, and had wings, countless snakeheads in place of hands, and a lower body made up of coiled serpents. His eyes flashed fire, and fiery rocks fell from his mouth.

Typhon was the son of Gaia (the Earth) and Tartarus (the Infernal Regions), although he is also mentioned as being the son of Hera in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. He joined in love with Echidna, a half-woman, half-snake creature, and together they had many fierce children. The most famous myth associated with Typhon is his battle with Zeus and the Olympian gods, as he sought to rule over gods and mortals. Typhon is also associated with Set from ancient Egyptian mythology and other Near Eastern myths.

Birth & Family

In revenge for the destruction of her children (the Giants), Gaia lay with Tartarus and gave birth to Typhon, the biggest monster in Greek mythology, in a cave in Cilicia. In the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, the birth of Typhon is very different. He was the son of Hera, who was angry that Zeus had given birth to Athena without any involvement from her. Hera begged that Gaia, Uranus, and the Titans would give her a son who was mightier than Zeus. She became pregnant after she beat the Earth with her hand. She stayed in her temples and accepted offerings to her. After many months had passed, she gave birth to the cruel and dreaded Typhon. Hera gave Typhon to the dragon Python to be brought up, and they both wreaked havoc among the mortals.

Typhon fell in love with Echidna, a half-woman, half-snake creature, who was both beautiful and terrible to look at, and together they had some of the most fearsome monsters in Greek mythology.

First, Orthos the dog of Geryon, and next, Unspeakable Cerberus, who eats raw flesh, The bronze-voiced hound of Hades, shameless, strong With fifty heads. And then again she bore The Lernaean Hydra, skilled in wrong, the one The goddess white-armed Hera raised, who was Immensely angry with great Heracles.

(Hesiod, Theogony, 311-318).

I wanna see the world you've found

Sit me underneath the trees

I wanna see what you believe"

-Believe, Tales of the Forgotten

Both names have ties to the mythology of Delphi: depending on the source that it was a female or male, a sea-serpent or a land-dragon born of Gaea was tasked to be the guardian to the oracle of Delphi, and was slain by Apollo.

Seems fitting and has enough obscurity for a Titan to sleep deep, down beneath seafloor < for what is metal but refined earth >

So an exhausted Titan beyond eons reawakens to see a cyberformed Earth -not a repeat of Cybertron, but a metal Earth; and sees her Prime’s remaining descendants that managed to summon her by mistake or pure coincidence.

-Cyberformed!June and Jack exists-

Delphyne: Well, alright then, these two are mine now.

-cue the Autobots and Decepticons screaming-

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Delphyne gives preference to settle on coastlines: a wide variety of resource acquisition and keeps the massive trees in line of sight.

She will not move further inland. She does not care there more Energon mines. There’s plenty of food here. And you damn fools aren’t ready for that level of chaotic revelry and ritual madness inherent in this planet.

(Side note: Delphyne has gone native; and she already dedicated herself to a chosen Prime, she ain’t listening to another one anytime soon.)

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Megatron and Optimus Prime are outside: ...

Delphyne: *angry Titan noises*

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It becomes a daily ritual that June coaxes the Titan to let a few other Cybertronians inside.

Much to their amazement, there are living metallic and organic plant-life that had gone extinct on Cybertron and Old Earth; there seems to some... crossbreeding.

Delphyne is highly pleased that her Prime’s descendants have some ties to animals and plants.

Some of the trees, like the Copper Trim-Bitters are Big and Mean.

They’re aggressive; or more like Delphyne is aggressive.

On multiple occasions, multiple copper vines slap Megatron.

Optimus is on thin ice, the roots lift to trip him and moss makes itself extra slippery.

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Predaking has become leery and doesn’t want to go inside after various doors and windows attempted to trap him.

This is "Yet, Love" by Delphyne (cw: bullying, homophobia, queerphobia, alcohol mention, suicidal thoughts mention)

[ Video Description: Several people in a school classroom, performing the song live. ]