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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

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First Line: Lore Olympus

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First Line: Lore Olympus

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First Line: To my family, friends, and fans.

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First Line: Lore Olympus regularly deals with scenes of physical and mental abuse, sexual trauma, and toxic relationships.

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Genres: fantasy

First Line: While you are here, you shall rule all that lives and moves and shall have the greatest rights among the deathless gods....

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 01: Stag, You're It

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Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Minthe; Zeus; Hera; Artemis; Persephone

First Line: Where are you?

Synopsis: Generally unpopular as god of the underworld, Hades longs for someone with whom to establish a lasting relationship. He gloomily goes stag to a party thrown by his brother Zeus. This will also be Persephone's first party in the big city, and Artemis helps her prepare.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 02: Who Is She? (Part 1)

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Persephone; Artemis; Zeus; Hades

First Line: I don't think I should have come to this party...

Synopsis: Persephone feels awkward in the revealing dress lent by Artemis. Hades is stunned by her beauty.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 03: Who Is She? (Part 2)

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Zeus; Aphrodite

First Line: Thump thump

Synopsis: Zeus tells Hades that Persephone is Demeter's daughter, and that Demeter has kept her very sheltered. In his opinion, Hades says, Persephone's beauty puts Aphrodite's to shame. Aphrodite, overhearing, is incensed, and sends for her son Eros.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Who Is She? (Part 3)

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Zeus; Poseidon; Persephone; Eros; Artemis

First Line: I need to talk to her.

Synopsis: Zeus distracts Artemis so that Hades may make a chance to speak with Persephone, but Eros drugs her and makes her invisible.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 05: Sweet Revenge

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Eros; Aphrodite; Demeter (in dream)

First Line: I'm not into this.

Synopsis: Eros and Aphrodite hide the unconscious Persephone in the back seat of Hades' car, hoping to embarrass them both. Once he discovers her he takes her into his home, assuming that she has drunk too much. When she comes groggily awake he explains the situation (as far as he knows it), and gives her a guest bed, where she sleeps safely, but with disturbing dreams.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 06: The Greenhouse

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Cerberus

First Line: Not again. Stupid hair.

Synopsis: Persephone, waking, decides to leave quietly, but wonderingly begins exploring Hades' home, and even encounters his dog Cerberus.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 07: A Very Good Boy

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Cerberus (dog); Minthe

First Line: Shit!

Synopsis: Persephone shocks and impresses Hades by making friends with his fierce guard dog. When she confesses that she's cold, he gives her a fur coat originally intended for Hera. As they get coffee in the kitchen, Minthe leaves increasingly angry messages on Hades' phone.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: 08: Handful

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: You mean she's your lover?

Synopsis: Persephone enjoys being with Hades, and even flirts a little, but she's bewildered as to why Eros would have drugged her. Hades awkwardly tries to develop their relationship, while inwardly convinced that she would never be interested in him.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: 09: Gone to the Dogs

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Like you'd be stupid enough to compare two goddesses!

Synopsis: Persephone charms Hades' usually-hostile dogs.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 10: Disembark

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Persephone; Artemis

First Line: Trust me, I'm an excellent driver.

Synopsis: Persephone wheedles Hades into letting her drive his car as he returns her to her apartment. She loves his kingdom and continues to flirt, but any hopes he has of a tender parting are banished by the furious Artemis, who assumes that Hades has taken advantage of the naive Persephone.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 11: Unsupervised

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Artemis; Persephone; Eros

First Line: Phew! Those kings will screw anything with a heartbeat!

Synopsis: Artemis is appalled that Persephone accepted a fur coat from Hades. Eros comes calling, and the angry Persephone recognizes him as the god who drugged her.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 12: Rose-Colored Boy

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Persephone; Eros; Artemis; Aphrodite (in flashback)

First Line: Better?

Synopsis: Eros begins to apologize, but gets sidetracked when he excitedly recognizes that Persephone has a crush on Hades. He tells her that someone was saying that she was more beautiful than Aphrodite, and that Aphrodite dragooned him into helping her get revenge. He conceals that fact that the praise of Persephone's beauty came from Hades.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 13: Mama's Boy

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Eros; Psyche; Aphrodite; Psyche's mother

First Line: Remember... I want you to make her fall in love with the ugliest creature you can find.

Synopsis: Eros tells his tale: Aphrodite tasked Eros to use his powers and give her revenge for Psyche's beauty. Eros, however, fell in love with Psyche and stayed his hand.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 14: Monster Boy

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Eros's tale continues. Rather than carrying out his mother's orders to punish Psyche, rather than letting her be taken into a loveless marriage, Eros kidnaps her and carries her away.

First Line: Psyche, Psyche, Psyche!

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 15: Lover Boy

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Eros; Psyche

First Line: ... Are you okay?

Synopsis: Eros's tale continues. The relationship of Psyche and Eros becomes passionate, and he hides her away to protect her from his mother's wrath. She, however, wants more from life, and she pleads to be allowed some visitors, to which he reluctantly agrees.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 16: Stupid Boy

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Eros; Psyche; Psyche's sisters; Artemis; Persephone

First Line: Psyche...

Synopsis: Eros concludes his tale. Psyche's envious sisters, allowed to visit, convince her that her relationship with Eros is toxic, and give her a knife with which to kill him as he sleeps. She at last recognizes him as Eros, but he is broken-hearted from her lack of trust. Since then he has never seen her, though he longs to rejoin her. Persephone messages Hades with her new phone, but not recognizing the number, he ignores it.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 17: Get In

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Eros; Artemis; Persephone; Minthe; Apollo

First Line: Okay, so I have a basic list of things I need to pick up.

Synopsis: Eros takes Persephone on a shopping spree, buying her many fine things suitable for city life, but refusing her any input. Hades keeps ignoring and deleting Minthe's phone messages. He also deletes Persephone's, assuming that they are more from Minthe.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 18: Forest for the Trees

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Poseidon; Zeus; club manager

First Line: Do not serve!!!

Synopsis: Hades' brothers scorn his assertion that his night with Persephone was entirely chaste.

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First Line: Episode 19: A Fifth of Gin

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Zeus; Poseidon; Hera

First Line: S-sorry, buddy.

Synopsis: Hades confesses his longing for Persephone, but his brothers continue treating the matter coarsely.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 20: Treat

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Hades; Poseidon; Zeus; Hera; Hermes; Apollo; Artemis; Persephone

First Line: So this is brunch?

Synopsis: Hera fiercely denounces the brothers for their coarse discussion of Persephone. Hades meekly accepts the rebuke, agrees that he's not worthy of her, and returns home. Artemis reluctantly introduces Persephone to her brother, Apollo.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 21: Thanks But Nah

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Artemis; Persephone; Hermes; Apollo

First Line: What was it like, anyway?

Synopsis: Hermes and Apollo laugh at Persephone's description of Hades' kindness, saying that Hades only wants to have sex with her. Apollo is incensed that Persephone is not interested in him.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 22: A Wolf in the Henhouse (Part 1)

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Artemis; Persephone; Hermes; Apollo

First Line: ... How bad is it?

Synopsis: Persephone cuts herself badly in the kitchen. Apollo uses his healing power to help her, but uses the occasion to be physically close and to work his way past her defenses, pretending to be concerned for her. He also tries to poison her against Hades.

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First Line: Episode 23: A Wolf in the Henhouse (Part 2)

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Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Apollo; Persephone; Hermes; Artemis

First Line: Still no reply... maybe Apollo was right?

Synopsis: Apollo sneaks into Persephone's bed as she sleeps and, despite her protests, cajoles her into having sex with him.

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First Line: Episode 24: A Wolf in the Henhouse (Part 3)

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Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Apollo; Persephone

First Line: Someone's very distressed.

Synopsis: Persephone dissociates, trying to protect herself from the ugly experience of sex with the self-obsessed Apollo. She sends Hades a text that finally includes enough detail to make clear who's sending, and he responds at once.

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Character(s): Hades; Persephone

First Line: Episode 25: Aidoneus

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Aidoneus [Hades] (in dream); Helios (in dream); Rhea (in dream); Kronos (in dream); Hades

First Line: Little one.

Synopsis: Hades dreams of being swallowed by his father, and wakes resolving to see his therapist again. When he receives the text that he now realizes is from Persephone, he is horrified that he has ignored her and missed the opportunity to communicate.

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First Line: I originally wrote this chapter to be episode 10 of Lore Olympus.

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Lore Olympus

Character(s): Zeus; Hera; Hades; Minthe; Poseidon; Amphitrite

First Line: Zeus! There you are!

Synopsis: Hades gives Hera the fur coat as a gift. She has a vision that the coat should belong to Hades' unknown future bride, and returns it to him.

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