Party Animals is the first episode of season 25, Titan Takedown.
Introduction[]
Walking through the city streets of Athens. That's right, it's Athens, the big time, folks! Spotlights that come from eternal lamps lit by the fire of none other than Prometheus, that Titan fuck-up who dared to cross Mount Olympus! That's right, this is an Olympian town, an Olympian city, and you know the big man, lord of lightning, on the throne of thunder, the Zeus is loose! Big Z is on top!
Overseeing the festival that now unfolds, you see ancient Athens of myth and legend. We all know what the Athens of myth and legend was like, right? Big spotlights, right?
Lasers, nightclubs, all right? People pulling up in stretch carriages with horses, all right? Bottle service with dryads and satyrs carrying massive amphora of incredible wine, ambrosia, nectar of the gods.
Getting lit up here in Athens, but we do not go to the center of revelry and frivolity here, no no no. We are not going to those brightly lit places. I invite you at home to envision the city streets, a little bit darker corner of Athens, as four figures walk side by side through the shadows on their way to a clandestine meeting.
Synopsis[]
The party is introduced on the streets of Athens--Julius Mortem, the half-mortal son of Cronos, Thea Kitterloo, the cousin of the Minotaur and also cursed by Poseidon, Adonis Thanaformus, king of Lagnosia cursed with undeath by Hades, and Tabatha, goddess of loving your cat who has a bitter rivalry with her sister Aphrodite. Each one gets a flashback which sets their past and their present circumstances. Thea is revealed to be the owner of a bar called Party Animals.
The party encounters Asterius the Minotaur at a chance meeting, and he offers to get them a slot in the Titan Takedown (the Spartans had to vacate their slot after they were told they couldn't bring all three hundred of them), as fellow feeling to his cousin Thea. The party accepts his offer, Tabatha picks his pocket and gets the keys to his chariot, and they drive off to make it to the arena where the Takedown is happening, an annual bout that commemorates the Olympian Gods vanquishing the Titans. The ultimate prize of the Takedown is the winner gets to take an Olympian Throne and use the power of Olympus for a year. They incidentally take the team name of Party Animals to advertise Thea's bar of the same name.
Their first bout is against Herc's Heroes--Hercules, Achilles, Odysseus, and Helen of Troy. A tense back-and-forth match ensues, but the party escapes through strategic use of their abilities and some luck. During the battle, it's revealed that appealing to the crowd and earning the worship and adoration of the people can make them stronger.
Locations[]
- Athens
- Lagnosia
Featured Characters[]
The Party Animals[]
New[]
- Zeus
- Kronos
- Dana
- Aphrodite
- Hippolotamus
- Chimedes & Arimea
- Asterius
- Poseidon
- Queen Alexandra
- Sofia
- Dmitri
- Hades
- Hestia
- Argus
- Cassandra
- Orpheus
- Hercules
- Achilles
- Odysseus
- Helen of Troy