Titan

The Titans (Τιτάνες in Ancient Greek) are the elder immortals who ruled the cosmos after the Protogenoi before the rise of the Olympians. Kronos is their king.

History
The First Generation of Titans were born to Gaea and Ouranos near the beginning of creation. Ouranos had earlier imprisoned his elder children because of his respective contempt and fear of them. Gaea was outraged by the treatment of her sons and conspired with Kronos, the boldest of the Titans, to attack his father and punish him for his cruelty. Using a scythe, Kronos ambushed Ouranos and slashed him into pieces. Fresh from his victory, Kronos seized supremacy for his brothers and sisters with himself as their leader.

He took his sister Rhea as his queen and ruled for countless eons. Mankind was first created in his reign and it was later called their "Golden Age". Like his father before him, Kronos grew into a corrupt tyrant along with many of the Titans.

Eventually, Kronos learned that he was destined to be overthrown by his own offspring just as he had usurped his father. To evade his fate, Kronos would devour his five elder children before a desperate Rhea saved her sixth child, Zeus by substituting a stone for his father to consume. Raised in secrecy, Zeus would grow to adulthood and free his siblings to wage war against Kronos and his subjects. After eleven years of battle, the younger immortals were victorious and Kronos was cast down to Tartarus with those who fought beneath him.

First Generation
The original titans were the children of Gaea and Ouranos.
 * Hyperion: Lord of the East and Titan of Light.
 * Iapetus: Lord of the West and Titan of Mortality.
 * Koios: Lord of the North and Titan of Knowledge.
 * Krios: Lord of the South and Titan of the Stars.
 * Kronos: King of Othrys and Titan of Time.
 * Mnemosyne: Lady of Remembrace and Titaness of Memory.
 * Oceanus: Father of the Waters and Titan of the Oceans.
 * Phoebe: Consort of Koios and Titaness of Mystery.
 * Rhea: Queen of Earth and Titaness of Generation.
 * Tethys: Consort of Oceanus and Titaness of the Seas.
 * Theia: Consort of Hyperion and Titaness of Splendour.
 * Themis: Lady of Conduct and Titaness of Divine Law and Justice.

Second and Third Generations
Although they are of this generation, the children of Kronos and Rhea are not counted among the Titans due to their rebellion, but the children of the other ten are still placed among them.

Children of Hyperion and Theia

 * Eos: Consort of Astraeus, Mother of Wind Gods and Titaness of the Dawn.
 * Helios: Lord of Sight and Titan of the Sun.
 * Selene: Consort of Endymion and Titaness of the Moon.

Children of Iapetus and Clymene

 * Atlas: Bearer of Heaven and Titan of burdens.
 * Menoetius: Titan of Anger and Rashness.
 * Prometheus: Titan of Forethought and Benefactor of Mankind.

Children of Koios and Phoebe

 * Asteria: Titaness of Prophetic Dreams and Consort of Perses.
 * Leto: Titaness of Demurity and Protector of the Young.

Children of Krios and Eurybia

 * Astraeus: Titan of the Planets and Father of the Wind Gods
 * Perses: Titan of Destruction and Consort of Asteria.

Children of Oceanus and Tethys

 * Oceanides: Nymphs of the Ocean.
 * Potamoi: Gods of the Rivers.

Children of Atlas and Tethys

 * Calypso: Queen of Ogygia and daughter of Atlas

Powers and Abilities

 * The power of the Titans is arguably far superior to that of the gods as Kronos stated that the Olympians would fade soon after the destruction of their thrones. The Titans however had their entire mountain fortress on Mount Othrys destroyed millenia ago, yet they have retained enough power to lead a war against the Olympian gods (which they almost won), showing that the gods are weaker then their predecessors. However, this is disputable as the Titans lost their first war to the gods (which was fought on even terms) and It is possible that like the Titans they might have just been left weak. Also, the defeat of Kronos and the destruction of Mount Othrys left them extremely weak for thousands of years and only with the pledging of loyalty by dozens of demigods were the Titans able to rise again. It is also worth noting that by the onset of the Second Olympian War, Mount Othrys was fully restored and it was a major target by the Olympians during the war.
 * According to Dionysus, a Titan's true divine form is so powerful that mortals are incinerated by being in their very presence.
 * The Titans had complete dominion over the very elements light, time, space, earth, air, water and fire and most likely 'gave birth' to the things they preside over (e.g. Selene & Helios being the Moon & Sun instead of a deity of the moon and sun like Artemis and Apollo).
 * Some (or all) Titans possessed the ability to release an incredible wave of force (or energy), usually accompanied by a yell or flick of the hand.

Trivia

 * Titan is a moon of Saturn, named after this species. It is the second-largest moon in the Solar System. Oddly, Saturn is also the Roman name/aspect of Kronos.
 * The element Titanium is named after the Titans.