The Chronicles of Atlantia

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The Chronicles of Atlantia
by Abigail Drew
inspired by Erin Halfelven’s Girlery

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Atlantia - a town that doesn't exist. Where magic is real, half the people you meet on the street have superpowers, and once you're there, you can never leave.

Billions of years ago, when Uranus still reigned as the supreme God of the Earth, he built a city in the sky. This was the Atlantis of myth. He populated this city with the other Titans, his direct offspring, and a certain segment of the human population which were not exactly slaves to the Titans, more like pets. They were companions, friends, and even lovers. More than anything though, they were toys.

Uranus, long before Prometheus and Epimetheus were even born, had already begun playing with his human pets genetics. He unlocked in his Atlanteans, as Gaians came to call them, various special abilities that were the forerunners to superpowers and magic.

Over time, the other Titans left Atlantis, regarding it as a place where human "pets" were allowed too much freedom... And when Cronus castrated Uranus and took over control of the Titans, Uranus fled to Atlantis and sealed the city. No one could enter, nor leave. Not even a Titan.

In this state Atlantean civilization prospered beyond all Gaian ken, and when Zeus and the Olympians took control from Cronus and the Titans, Uranus reopened Atlantis, though he remained secreted deep in the heart of the city, fearing for his life should Zeus ever become aware he still lived.

By this time, Atlantean civilization was so far advanced that even their science was beheld as "magic" to the Gaians they began trading with, and over time, Zeus became concerned if Atlantis might not be a threat. He sent Athena to investigate, and when she reported strong evidence of the presence of an elder god, Zeus became enraged.

Zeus became so enraged he sent a massive lightning storm to attempt to destroy Atlantis. This seemed to have the opposite effect as intended and Atlantis lit up bright as a star, but remained whole. Zeus then forced Hephaestus to cause the entire Atlantic Ocean to erupt its volcanoes at once, in an attempt to disrupt whatever mechanism allowed Atlantis to fly… Atlantis held firm. He then told Poseidon to send a massive tsunami to attempt to submerge Atlantis, but the city merely rose higher in the sky and became even more like a star. It was now night, but Atlantis shone so brightly that the entire earth was covered in light as though it was day. Finally, Zeus turned to his son Apollo, and asked him how the Atlanteans might fall. Apollo, instead of answering in words, simply took up his silver bow, and fired a single shot. The arrow winked out of existence just outside Mount Olympus and Zeus, in a rage, bellowed: “What was that supposed to do, the arrow’s gone!” But with the word “Gone” there came a cry so loud and so piercing as to make the Earth itself tear asunder in grief. It was dawn, and Atlantis was no more.

Some Atlanteans escaped Atlantis due to a forewarning from Apollo himself, and they were to find the site of modern Atlantia and start a new town of superhumans. This is the story of a Gaian who one day suddenly found himself the newest citizen of Atlantia.