[i]          Great treasure halls hath Zeus in heaven,
          From whence to man strange dooms be given,
                        Past hope or fear.
          And the end men looked for cometh not,
          And a path is there where no man thought:
                        So hath it fallen here.[/i]
- Medea

She descends from the heavens, born aloft by a flight of cranes that hold her extended arms. The Thunderer descends a scene of carnage and ruin, and through the blood her family comes to her.

HADES
"O sister, see how I have been cut,
Through the throat by one I sought,
No life escapes these breathless lips
Heal my wounds with your tender gifts."

ZEUS
"I shall not."

APHRODITE
"O daughter-son, killer mine,
I spit on you and more besides,
But raise my spirit from stalking death
Else your kingdom shall draw no breath."

ZEUS
"Then let it fall."

[The gods of Love and Death cry out.]

ZEUS
"When the throne is silent and throne is still,
When strange gardens grow as they will,
When the Fisher King rots first from the head,
His power does not join him in the land of the dead.

And so it was with I, the king of the gods
Trapped by mercy and love and gambler's odds
No courage could bring me to the use of my throne
And so living power fled and left me alone.

Once I set a chain and bound all the stars,
And all of my siblings, Poseidon to Mars,
All of them hauled and could not lift my hand,
Now I will not either, it has crumbled to sand.

Power is living. It goes where it is used,
And your wicked strength has too long abused,
I did not stop you for that was my curse,
But neither will I raise you up from the Earth.

Rise Hermes."

[i][She rises][/i]

"You have been dead as long as I,
Stagnant when you used to fly
Your throne, too, has rotted alone
But power has long since found a new home."

Rise Redana."

[i][She rises][/i]

"In death you sought life,
In life you sought more,
In death you found your wife,
In life a galaxy to explore.

Rise Bella."

[i][She rises][/i]

"Love and death. Death and love.
You are loved by the dead
And died here for love.

You were born of love
But knew only death
And yet forged new love
Amongst those of death.

Life, death and love.
Thrones vacant three
Take your crowns of death and life
And let love exist between."

APHRODITE
"And what of Vengeance, O King Divine?
Thy blood is still the same as mine
And late it has been spil't."

HADES
"Persephone has no guilt."

ZEUS
"I must answer one last time to my family
And pass sentence on Dolce of Beri
Aphrodite's last curse is his last decree
No more shall this sheep's eyes see."

APHRODITE
"I want more."

ZEUS
"You did not ask for more."

APHRODITE
"I wish to punish the child."

ZEUS
"Which child? Name her."

APHRODITE
"I cannot. She has no name."

ZEUS
"Then go to the House of Bella, and trouble us no longer."

[i][He departs][/i]

ZEUS
"An absent father has many sins
And so much debt to pay
But a present one can be ever worse
When her shadow hides the day
Rage against my coward's heart
That let this ending pass
I only ask you play your part
And let the wheel turn.
And should this journey have been worth your time
Then I humbly bid you pray
I know already all the pain and tears
And suffering along the way.
This is the end of my kingdom that I could not write
I could not make it alone
And now, at last, where it began,
I break at last my throne."