Greek Mythology's 'Son Of Monsters'

The Son of Monsters

Once upon a time, not long after the attempted takeover of Olympus by the gods from Zeus and Apollo’s and Poseidon's temporary banishment, Apollo was still very salty. He decided to torture Zeus by shooting him with an arrow of love to make him love the monstress Echidna. Apollo figured that by inflicting Hera’s wrath Zeus would still get his just desserts. Zeus was entranced by Echidna and threatened, accosted, and raped her until she consented to be his wife. The child they had was not a monster, as Apollo and Echidna had hoped. He was instead a handsome young god who named himself Vroskon, and he became god of monsters. Eventually Echidna sent her son to learn from other monsters, the Nosoi, masters of poison, death,

and pestilence. 100 years later, he left his teachers and claimed godhood of pestilence and poisons as well. Now, 200 years after his birth, Vroskon decided to finally make the journey to Olympus. When he arrived, however, he came to a slight problem. The Olympians only ever had 12 chairs, but he would be the 13th. An argument that almost became a war was eventually settled by none other than Vroskon himself! By his suggestion, Mount Olympus grew to 14 thrones: one for Vroskon, and one returned to Hestia, the eldest goddess, who gave up her throne for Dionysus.

Vroskon was the cause of another war among the gods. This time, though, the gods were fighting to decide whether or not he should even be on Olympus. The gods like Ares, Poseidon, and Zeus (crazy, those two working together) were still angry about Typhon and Echidna’s attempted takeover and argued that as he was Echidna’s son he inherited her evil qualities. The gods for his presence were Athena, Demeter, Hephaestus, and Apollo. They argued that Vroskon was no less evil than Ares, and that he could easily assist with defending against monsters. The argument, much to Vroskon’s chagrin, raged into a full-scale war. The gods fought each other for almost a whole millennium until they could fight no more. Somehow, Vroskon and his supporters emerged victoriously. Vroskon, after 1,200 years, had finally earned his place in Mount Olympus!