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If you enter this scene from Hades Portal 1 before you’vedied at the Banquet, the Rockbreaker is off on his lunchbreak.NymphTEMPLE INTERIOR. When the hero Perseus (PUR-see-us)found himself committed to bringing back the head of theGorgon Medusa (GORE-gun meh-DOO-suh), he might havepaused to consider the extent to which such a quest wasakin to graphic adventure games like Wrath of the Gods. Forstarters, there’s the essential business of bringing back—asin Heracles (HUR-a-kleez; Roman name: Hercules) “bringingback” Cerberus (SUR-bur-us) from the Underworld, or Jason“bringing back” the Golden Fleece. How remarkably similarto a gamer acquiring a particularly hard-sought icon for hisor her inventory—or so Perseus might have reflected had hebeen born in the era of computers. And then, in furtheranceof the Medusa quest, there was the laundry list of other“inventory” that had to be acquired first: the shield withthe mirrored surface, the helmet of invisibility, the sandalsof Hermes (HUR-meez) which, when strapped even to mortalfeet, conferred the ability to fly.Now, some of the inventory that Perseus needed was inthe care of certain nymphs (NIMFS), or more accurately,naiads (NYE-adz)—who were specialized nymphs (youngand beautiful female spirits) of springs, ponds, and rivers.And just to find these naiads, let alone induce them to partwith the needful items, Perseus had to go to great lengthsindeed—but that is another story.46
Some versions of the myth have it that the naiads in questionwere pretty much garden variety—minor deities of a far-lessthanOlympian order, mildly powerful in their own limitedway, but not even immortal, and confined in their scopeof operation to a given body of water. For just as dryads(DRY-adz) are fairy creatures attached to trees, and Nereids(NEE-ree-ids) are ocean-going, naiads are nymphs that live inponds and pools. Thus when the handsome youth Narcissus(nar-SISS-us) fell in love with his own reflection in the surfaceof a pool, he broke the heart of the nymph dwelling therein,who was condemned only to repeat Narcissus’s sighs andmurmur like an echo (in fact, Echo was her name). And thuswhen the handsome youth Hylas (HYE-lus) strayed whilefetching water for his shipmates on the Argo, some nymphsat the waterhole were so smitten that they yanked himunderneath the surface to dwell with them forever—much to thedespair of Heracles, whose squire he was.One version of the Perseus myth holds that the naiads hesought were special indeed, having as their domain thedark and lifeless waters of the river Styx, in the deepestUnderworld. They were also reputed to have such badpersonal habits that they could be smelled from a greatdistance. Such is perhaps understandable given the dubiouscleansing powers of a river in hell, but it would hardlyapply to a nymph dwelling in a pool within the precincts ofa temple. Such pools, being used for ritual bathing of thoseseeking to approach the shrine, might be held to have had aparticularly cleansing and purifying effect. And any nymphdwelling therein could reasonably be expected to smell assweet as the flower named for Narcissus.As you enter this scene, a Nymph surfaces in the templepool.NYMPHDon’t be shy. Dive in!If you click on the pool, you jump in and submerge. TheNymph submerges too, smiling. Cut to yourself and theNymph underwater.NYMPH(chattering happily away)Blub blub blub blub blub.You are holding your breath with your cheeks puffed out,47
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Page 7 and 8: IntroductionBy Kim GoellerWhat is a
Page 9 and 10: Basic Story Line of Wrath of the Go
Page 11 and 12: KINGAnd how is my grandson today?Th
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Page 43 and 44: What do you want?QUEENWhen you talk
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Page 51 and 52: BeesTEMPLE WITH OLIVE TREE. You com
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Page 59 and 60: fellow goddess Athena (a-THEE-nuh).
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you can buy a ticket and fly to Myc
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CHIRONNow, about my dinner tonight
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A quick escape would be essential a
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crouching behind it, but you still
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locks off egress in this direction,
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time, have a look.If you click on a
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sun and any slight imbalance in bar
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Indeed, when Krakatoa, a volcano in
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Aaawk!PARROTIf you hand on the bird
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with his freedom in sight, he bid K
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Once these wings are ready, I’m o
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Historians have long speculated on
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AriadneGARDEN. It was not long afte
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You: “Please give me a kiss.”AR
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public spaces and mere passageways,
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from the Fire scene (page 129). You
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Odysseus became great friends. The
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the ring that Minos threw overboard
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were ready for your final adventure
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accomplished and you have saved you
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