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Oh my...This is a fantastic idea, though I think Kronos or some other Titan or diety would make more sense. After all, Tartarus, the freaking Primordial slime from which all life came and to which all life will go, *might* be a bit too much for a human being to endure...intimately.

But nevertheless. Assuming all monsters are from Tartarus, a human child of Tartarus might have control over monsters. This is a ridiculous ability for any human to posses. He would have special standing with all the other Titans and Giants and Immortal beings.

The Kane Chronicles had this concept I found deeply interesting. The gods, Egyptian gods, of course, were stuck in the same loop, reliving their lives over and over again.

We see similar ammounts of "pause-rewind" with regards to the Greek paradigm. Monsters are constantly being reborn-they can't be killed forever. Kronos is always re-forming. The Titans overthrew Oranos and Gaia, the Olympians overthrew the Titans in similar fashion. In one obscure myth, Zeus even eats his children, just like his father, to ensure they don't overthrow him, just as he had overthrown Kronos.

The only difference between the reign of Olympians and Titans is hummanity. During the "Golden age" we were too stupid to understand the Titans. The Olympians were fine to keep it that way until the humans were given fire. And we discovered them and they discovered they could gain from us. This is where the other half of that Kane Chronicles idea is interesting. Hummanity isn't in the same loop as the Immortals...apperantly.

History would probably beg to differ, but according to the mythos (or at least, Riordan's interpretation of it) we can change our destiny, and march forward, rather than around.

This sounds like a massive subject change, but I'm getting to something here. Tartarus having a kid isn't wierd. I mean if he didn't, according to myths, the Earth or the Sky wouldn't have happened. That's one of the reasons Gaia seems like such a ridiculous villian to me. So she wakes up...then what? She conquers the Olympians and destroys hummanity. Nothing really changes. She might even be overthrown by the giants. Who might be overthrown by their spawn, and them by their spawn, and so on.

I think a human child of Tartarus could change the rules for...heck for immortality. I think he could not only wipe out human civilization on a whim, but conquer the Olympians even. Enslave the Olympians even. Unleash the hells of Tartarus just to shove them back in the pit and do his bidding. Start a new world where he is above both Mortal and Immortal. The ultimate Diety. This is all predicated on the massive assumption that the human civilization doesn't just run around in circles like the gods do. So, powers, abilities, attributes?

1.) He'd be screwed up as a person. Not an-obsessed-with-death-but-extemely-loyal-gay-goth like Nico, but a complete psychopath. With no regard for life, mortal or otherwise.

2.) I get the feeling he'd be charasmatic however. Or at the very least really good at manipulating people. Or maybe he'd just destroy them. I dunno.

3.) He'd probably think he has the right to destroy Mount Olympus. He would probably think he can crush anything that opposes him. He might be right.

and 4.) He'd be the best dang villian for the 7 heroes, the House of Life, even the famed protagonists in the Norse series Riordan is trying to write, ever. Of all time.

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