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

80 – Dynamic RPG Countries (Travis and Tetara) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

Travis tells us about his world of Tetara. Travis runs Tetara as a paid game on StartPlaying. Each group's campaign runs in a different region of Tetara. As the campaign progresses that group gets to shape their region through their actions. After a region has been molded through play, Travis tends to run a second campaign in that region to explore the consequences of the first campaign.Here's a map of Tetara: https://gocorral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tetara_world.jpgIf Tetara sounds interesting to you, Travis runs Tetara campaigns on StartPlaying: https://startplaying.games/gm/travisthegingergmIf you want to check out Travis's book series, Sanctum of Aevum, its available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/T.C.-Bieda/author/B07ZWX4MC5Our website: https://gocorral.com/stsWant to be on the show? Fill out this survey: https://forms.gle/U11TbxtAReHFKbiVAJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/p97dfEauFjSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SettingtheStage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  3. 78 – D&D in Suburbia (Ryan and Serenity Springs)
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