The Voyage of Heroes Cast of Characters

The Gods

Aphrodite: Goddess of love and beauty, wife of Hephaestus; patron god of Vancuse

Ares: God of war, son of Hera and Zeus, patron god of Aryana

Artemis: Goddess of wild places and animals, patron god of Cedonia

Athena: Goddess of justice and battle, patron god of Athenos

Demeter: Goddess of grain and harvest, patron god of Demos

Dionysus: God of wine, patron god of Illamos Valley

Hades: God of the dead, oversees the Chasm

Hephaestus: God of volcanoes and metal working, husband to Aphrodite, patron god of Helena

Hera: Goddess of marriage and family, wife and sister to Zeus, patron god of Portaceae

Hermes: Messenger to the gods, patron god of Tillaceae

Poseidon: God of the seas, brother to Zeus and Hera, father of Pelias, patron god of Astoria

Zeus: The god of the gods, husband and brother of Hera, father of many bastard children

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Titans

Atlas: Brother to Prometheus, bearer of the skies, father of the nymphs who guard Hera’s garden

Prometheus: Friend to mortals, titan who gave mortals fire in their darkest times

Typhon: Son of Hera, father of the hydra, Nemean lion and the Chimera

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The Poli

Portaceae

Iolalus: Current Solon of Portaceae, cousin to Hercules

Maxinia: Head of the Herenes (priestesses of Hera)

Orpheus: Musician striving to be an engineer

Illamos Valley

Admes: Servant in the Palace of Salemnos

Aeson: Husband of Polymele, King of Illamos Valley, father of Jason

Jason: Prince of Illamos Valley, son of Aeson and Polymele, cousin to Odysseus

Odysseus: Son of Anticlea (sister of Polymele), commander of Illamosian vigiles, husband of Penelope

Polymele: Queen of Illamos Valley, granddaughter of Hermes, mother of Jason, aunt of Odysseus

Aryana

Pelias: Bastard son of Poseidon and Tyro, half-brother to Aeson, commander of Arean vigiles, member of the Osteria Council

Demos

Paris: Son of Priam

Priam: President of Demos, elected after the coup that drove Athamas’s line from power, member of the Osteria Council

Vancuse

Castor: Son of Leda and Tyndareus, twin brother to Pollux, brother to Helen and Clytemnestra

Clytemnestra: Sister to Helen, Pollux and Castor; wife of Agamemnon

Helen: Betrothed to Jason, sister to Clytemnestra, Pollux and Castor

Pollux: Bastard son of Zeus and Leda, twin brother to Castor, brother to Helen and Clytemnestra

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The Kingdom of Colchis

Aby: Prince of Colchis, son of Aeetes, brother of Medea

Aeetes: King of Colchis, nephew to Nephele

Chalciope: Elder daughter of Aeetes, mother to Phrixus (younger), half-sister to Medea and Aby

Medea: Younger daughter of Aeetes, niece to the sorceress Circe

Phrixus (younger): Son of Phrixus (elder) and Chalciope, husband of Glauce

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The Tale of the Pelt

Athamas: King of Demos

Helle: Daughter of Nephele and Athamas

Ino: Current queen of Demos, wife to Athamas

Learches & Melicertes: Twin sons of Ino and Athamas, toddlers

Nephele: Former queen of Demos, ex-wife of Athamas, water nymph

Phrixus (elder): Son of Nephele and Athamas

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The Argoa

Perseus: Captain of the Argoa, born in the Astoria polis, raised in the Docklands, bastard son of Zeus

Other Crew: Agamemnon, Bellerophon, Hylas, Menelaus, Theseus

Others

Acrisius: Member of the Osteria Council, grandfather of Perseus

Charon: Skeletal creature who rows people along the River Styx and into Hades’s Chasm

Chiron: Centaur, serves as teacher and mentor to high-born children 

Circe: Sorceress, aunt of Medea

Hercules: Bastard son of Zeus,

Io: Lover of Zeus, mortal 

Iole: Daughter of Hera, former Herene 

Lena: Member of the Osteria Council

Orseis: Lover of Poseidon, nymph

Pasiphae: Member of the Osteria Council