A Tragic Hero's Short Story: Dishonod

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It was cold outside, where a man lay. This man lay here because he had no home. His name was Chryosis. Dishonored by his family, dishonored by his friends. Dishonored, he claimed, by the Gods of Olympus themselves. He slept outside of a rich man’s house, for the man didn't care for his well being. He didn't know the man's name, nor did he care. He just needed money. So young, Chryosis was, when he his family left him, when his friends ignored him and now, for many years, He has been working for the rich man, whom he hated and, once again, didn't bother to remember the name of. So he stayed against the dying tree, where he would soon die also, or so he thought…

It was the next day, Chryosis, dirty from cleaning the entire mansion, walked …show more content…

“You think now is the time to stick to pride? Surrender! You've lost the war!”
Chryosis’ face is redder than the carpet. “We are a prideful kingdom! And anyone who contradicts that pride shall be executed! Guards, seize this foolish man!”
Guards surrounded Hades, but with a snap of Hades’ finger, all the guards fell to the ground. “Okay, yeah. So, I'm kind of maybe sort of the god of the dead. I was experimenting with you expendable, worthless beings, and you have failed the test. Well, there was no winning it. Your time has come. You have become full of yourself. You think you are a god. No, you are not a god. I am a god. And you are a disgrace to your species of disgraces.”
Chryosis can't take this all in at once. “So you are gonna kill me?”
Hades smiles.

“You have insulted me as a person, as a god and as an Olympian, therefore, I am going to destroy you, but… in a different way. You let power get to your head, you are full of yourself. You see yourself as a higher being than the rest of your kind. Basically, your a gigantically large jerk. Like seriously, do you know how many people you've killed in your reign? None of which died for a good cause? I am gonna turn you into a symbol of pride and greed, for abusing the power that you didn’t even have.” Before Chryosis could say anything, he started screaming in agony as he was turned into a shiny metal, a beautiful metal, a metal that represents pride, greed and wealthiness. It was so beautiful, the coming generations to strike it would destroy one another for

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