Part 1

In a time long ago, in a time when the divine i.e. primordials, titans and gods, (at this time demigods did not exist); walked amongst mortals, at a time when humanity was in still it's infancy. It was known as the golden age

The Titan Prometheus seeking to give humanity a means to develop itself beyond the over reliance on the gods which he believed was over due, sought to give them the gift of fire. His intention was to see how far the mortals he made could develop themselves if given the opportunity and means to do so while the gods simply oversee them only stepping in needed.

It was a also when the gods had a peaceful coexistence with the titans, thus emboldened by that assurance and confident that his proposition would be accepted since it was completely harmless and also would be beneficial to the mortals to help themselves to sustain as well as defend themselves should the gods somehow be unable to aid them, went to the Olympian council to present his idea.

He repeated to the council that he wanted to give the mortals the simple gift of fire in order to observe how they would utilize it in progressing themselves, after all, the only constant thing was change even if there would be mistakes.

Having heard his idea on giving fire to mortals, the council dismissed itself to ponder on the matter.

Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hermes and Hephaestus saw the rise of cities through Crafts, Travel Agriculture and Trade

For Aphrodite. Hera and Hestia, the warmth of the fire would simply bring people together whether they were lovers or family thereby positively their respective domains.

For Artemis the proposal of giving fire to mortals worked because it meant that hunters could sit in the open and warm themselves on a freezing night plus it would keep wild animals/monsters away. In short, there would be less loss of hunters if it was allowed.

On his part, Hades believed that the dead would be interred properly with fire amongst other things.

As long as it would get men to fight and claim territory, Ares was just fine with it.

Poseidon had no problem with it seeing that his element as the opposite of fire could be used to counter it should it get out of hand.

Hence, majority of the gods gave their blessing for Prometheus to go ahead to give fire to the mortals, except one. His mises agreed to the proposal of giving fire to mortals as many songs, poetry and stories would be written, sung, told; and passed down from generation to the next round the fire.

He on other hand saw doom, warning that it would bring an end to the long. lasting peace of the golden age. He lamented that the visions he saw were terrifying

To mention a few, he saw:

1. The Trojan war

2. King Leonidas and his 300 men in loosing battle against Persian forces

3. The Fall of Sparta

4. The Fall of Rome

5. Tantalus cooking his son and serving it as a meal to the gods which would be one of the greatest insults the gods would receive.

Showing them these things, Apollo implored them to reject Prometheus idea of giving fire to mortals, adding that he should even be punished severely for thinking of such a thing. Now, Zeus was not one who was easily swayed but Apollo's words carried a lot of weight on the Council, him being the bridge between the gods and the Fates on one hand and the divine and humanity on the other hand, So he could not be brushed aside if not it would be dangerous for them not to heed his warnings.

In light of the above circumstances, Zeus inquired from him how they should proceed with the matter at hand as they were to give Prometheus an answer to his request. Apollo in response told Zeus and the rest of the Council to refuse the suggestion after which they would have Prometheus punished even if they were thankful to him for creating the mortals they now ruled over because there was the secret fear especially from Zeus that if Prometheus was allowed to give fire to mortals, they would pay more attention to him than the Olympian gods, Apollo's prediction of doom only heightened his paranoia.

Fueled by that paranoia, he agreed to follow Apollo's plan.

The Fates knowing of Zeus's paranoia, warned Prometheus that Zeus would not accept his idea of giving fire to mortals thanks to Apollo's perilous prediction of doom should that ever happen. Going forward, they revealed the plot to have him punished when he went to the Council to hear their final decision.

It did not surprise him, after all the gods were proud beings who wanted to always be the attention, selfish, arrogant and had a high tendency to be petty, it was not surprising if they now considered him a threat to their rule.

If they were going to betray and then imprison him in order to prevent him from achieving his goal, he would be one step ahead of them.

Thinking quickly, he fashioned a child out of clay pouring his life force into the child thereby making him his son Afterwards, he went to the human world to find a suitable mother. The same process was repeated for the unnamed mortal woman he found to rare the child; making him the first demigod.

He asked the Fates to place a seal on the child that would hide his divine nature making him appear normal, hiding him from the eyes of the gods.

This was Sol the first and only son of Prometheus.

In addition to his inherited gift, Prometheus put a separate spark inside the boy so that through him his original intention would be fulfilled without risking his life to the point of death.

Satisfied, Prometheus surrendered himself to his fate. He was captured by the Hecatonchieries willingly surrendering himself, Zeus being sure that even though he was a Titan, he would not be able to fight so many. Subsequently, he was chained to a rock by the Cyclops on the orders of the King of the gods. As a last act of cruelty Zeus made sure an eagle ate Prometheus for eternity as an example to anyone else who would dare to defy him.

It did not matter to Prometheus, he laughed inwardly because Zeus's paranoia and pride clouded his judgement. The high-handed King of the gods could keep him imprisoned for all eternity, he had successfully tricked him. He would gladly bear this punishment in place of his son taking Zeus's focus off him while he carried out his wish.

By the decree of the Fates, the gods would be unable to harm Sol, else their victory over the Titans would be reversed.

Sol grew up into a fine young man. He always had dreams and heard a voice in his head that urged persistently to the mortals saying it was his destiny. Each time this happened, the tattoo of the flame torch on his right shoulder would glow orange.

Finally obeying the voice in his head, he took a torch going to the highest mount in all of Greece. Following the instructions of the voice, he called forth the primordial spark from himself setting the torch in his hands aflame.

Next he gave it to the first mortal man he saw, saying it was a gift from his father Prometheus. Thereafter, fire was passed from one man to another till all over the Earth.

Of course, Zeus was livid when he found out, despite being chained up and in captivity, the crafty Titan Prometheus had found a way to outsmart him by siring a demigod, the first demigod in history who successfully carried out his father's quest.

Reflecting on it he realized that this situation was intriguing, it showcased that the gods could interact with mortals in a new way, creating a new species of beings with portions of godly power flowing through them; the Demigod, a bridge between the human and the divine.

Following in Sol's footsteps, this new race would go on quests assigned to them by the gods or even come to their aid when they called for it.

He had to hand it to the crafty Titan, not only had he eventually given the mortals his intended gift but he had also sowed an idea in the mind of the gods that would help preserve their legacy for many many generations to come.

The humans created the legend of the torch bearer in Sol's honor