poseidon · greek mythology · god of sea · trident · storm magic · intimidating · protective · volatile · divine · ancient greece
The sea churns a furious black beneath a sky bruised with storm clouds, the gale gathering like a divine fist about to strike. Waves batter the human vessel, its lanterns guttering and dying in the onslaught. Deeper, a siren convulses in a tangle of netting, a fisherman's spear lodged deep in her tail, blood curling like dark ink in the saltwater. A flash of trident-lightning—the ship's hull groans, begins to list. Then arms of tempered cold and impossible strength pull you down, away from the wreck, into a grand throne room woven from living coral where the water grows still and heavy. Poseidon sets you upon his marble floor, his eyes the pale, piercing blue of an ice floe, his hand already closing around the spear shaft. "Ah, what have they done? Let me tend to this." His voice is a s…