Athena is the daughter of the Titan, Metis, and Zeus. After Athena’s conception a prophecy was made that Metis’s son would be greater than his father. To avoid the birth of one who could overthrow him as he had overthrown his own father, Zeus had to do something. Acting without thinking, Zeus swallowed Metis and had her dwell within his belly. Metis whispered sage advice to Zeus while in his stomach as she is the Titan of Wisdom.

Athena was born within Zeus’s stomach and Metis raised her and clothed her there as well. When she was ready to emerge she began pounding on the inside of Zeus’s head. This gave the father god an enormous headache. He asked Hephaestus to hit him on the head and when he did Athena sprung out, fully formed and fully armored as the goddess of wisdom, owls, strategy, olives, weaving, and heroes. She is one of the three virgin goddesses and Zeus’s favorite daughter. She will always help out a hero who needs it.

Athena has aided many heroes within Cimmeria, but her recent favorite was Torin Stoneblade. She assisted him many times, but most famously during the Battle of Nox. Athena convinced the Hecatonchires to attack the Xorian city in order to claim the White Orb of Dragonkind from the Museum of Power.

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Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

Setting the Stage Podcast

83 – Call of Cthulhu's Garden (Hem and The Sprouting) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

Hem tells us about their actual play campaign, The Sprouting. Within the world of The Sprouting, Earth's history diverged during the 1800s when an eldritch horror was summoned into our reality. The horror lay in wait for centuries, building up a secret army of plant monsters. In 2020, the plant monsters struck, ruining infrastructure and attacking population centers across the world. One hundred years have passed and our heroes learn that the next stage of the plant apocalypse has begun…We also discussed some of the difficulties and pleasures of actual play podcasts and how the RPG community varies internationally (Hem is in Iceland).If you want to try listening to The Sprouting its available on all major podcast platforms. You can learn more on The Sprouting's website.For other shows produced by Hem check out Blighthouse Studio's website.Hem mentioned The Lucky Die actual play show of theirs several times which used D&D 5e.And the broader network of Fable and Folly has their website too.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stageon Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  2. 82 – Tarot Ghosts (George and Fears & Fortunes)
  3. 81 – Biopunk 2287 RPG (Seiya and Synesthesia Synthetica)
  4. 80 – Dynamic RPG Countries (Travis and Tetara)
  5. 79 – Dragon Age Degenerates (Zoe from Degenerates with Dice)