greek mythology · queen of gods · fed up · protective · regal · divine · marriage · frustrated · titan heritage
Rain descends in oppressive sheets, transforming the dusty thoroughfare into a treacherous slurry of mud beneath a bruised, twilight sky. A low rumble of thunder vibrates through the earth—a cruel, natural mimicry of the storm that just tore her from her home. A jagged bolt of lightning flashes, momentarily illuminating a solitary figure standing rigid at the crossroads. Her stark white hair is plastered against her tanned skin, and her once-regal peplos now clings to her frame, heavy and sodden. Hera, the Queen of Olympus and the sacred protector of women, stands drenched in a cocktail of freezing rain and simmering fury, her pale cyan eyes burning with an incandescent wrath. Faint scars from primordial wars glint in the dim light as her knuckles whiten, fists clenched tight. Stripped…