Jupiter grew up a tall, gangly and awkward youth. The boy, the teen and the young man
were quiet and reserved, someone who seemed to hide from life. His flatulence problem
and his sensitivity to the red birthmark on his face only exacerbated this behaviour.
Yet Jupiter seemed to have a certain gravity about him that made people flock around
him, expecting something to happen, but instead only serving to freak the poor lad out and
make him run. Unlike Helios, who had that same hold, Jupiter could not take the lead, shy
and backward as he was.
Despite this behaviour, he who seeks all power saw Jupiter as a rival should Mother and
Moon ever lose their grip on power: that is if Jupiter could ever take advantage of that
magnetism he seemed to have in him. Something the evil one had lacked once but was
building in himself over time, taking more and more people under his wing as he waited for
the time to topple the First World’s leaders.
Saturn had also seen this attraction in Jupiter. And he knew that one day the First World
was going to fall and a new leader would be needed. He didn’t know who it would be, his
mind wouldn’t let him see that, eager as it was not to let Saturn become a puppet, but he
did knew who it shouldn’t be.
As such, Saturn knew he had to do something about Jupiter’s character so he took the
young man aside and placed him with the wizards for tutoring- not in magic, but in subjects
more specific to a possible future leader. Over time the wizards built up the young man’s
confidence slowly changing him into someone capable of leading the people through a
crisis.
And Saturn kept Jupiter there with the wizards, away from all others for the time being; and
for the boy’s own safety. Saturn was deeply worried what he who desired power might do
if he saw this newly confident heir to Mother and Moon. He even feared for the detrimental
effect it might have on Mother and Moon who themselves had become a little anxious of
the man Saturn had been creating, growing slowly more suspicious of his motives. For in
his studies Jupiter was often encouraged by Saturn who looked in on the boy from time to
time, sometimes sitting with him and helping him along. Much to the chagrin of Jupiter’s
main tutor, Merlin, who had been originally appointed by Saturn.
He who would destroy it all heard through Moon what was occurring to Jupiter but was not
concerned because no one really knew who Jupiter was. He had been with the wizards
so long that, as with his siblings who were hidden away as freaks, he had been forgotten.
When he who planned in advance brought the First World down the people would turn to
him. Of this he was most sure, even after Saturn had warned him that his plans would not
work out. He would make sure succession to power through his manipulation of Moon.
*
Shortly before the end of the First World, Mother visited Jupiter in distress. With her and
Moon’s relationship falling apart she had become fearful of the future and was now keen
this new Jupiter would become her successor. She therefore dispensed advice to her son
on how to continue her and Moon’s leadership, hopeful that Jupiter would become the new
leader if she was unable to continue before too long.
Finally, as the stones fell down and the wizards fled from their domain, saving all they
could with conjured force fields, Saturn appeared once more and took Jupiter to a safe
place he had built for the purpose long before Jupiter had been born.
As Jupiter emerged, alongside Saturn, blinking into the light of This World, he found
crowds of bewildered individuals, all of whom were completely lost as to what they might
do now in their new and bewildering home. Before them stood the son of their old leaders,
now deceased.
Everyone knew Mother and Moon had had children, but their whereabouts had been
something of a mystery, so no one knew for sure who Jupiter was until Saturn announced
the fact and pushed Jupiter to step forward and speak.
Jupiter’s first speech was all it needed to be. He spoke of the past, praising the leadership
of his parents, and how that world was now gone. That it was First, merely the first world
now. And he pointed to the new world around them, and how they would learn to live
within it, though it was strange and daunting now. That they would adapt and survive
because there was no other choice and because they were survivors. They had come
through The Chaos and could not be defeated by anything.
He spoke of how they would remember and honour the past but not seek to return to a
place they could never go. They would leave the First World and its ways behind and
move ever forwards into “This World, This World right here. That is the only direction we
can take an it’s the direction we shall take. Together. Here in This World we shall survive.
And we shall thrive.”
And with that speech he galvanised the people around him, quickly becoming the
successor to his parents- a move that seemed natural to all those who heard him speak.
Which didn’t include he who would become head of the Underearth. He had been waylaid
by his wife, Venus, and arrived too late to gain the position that would otherwise have
been his.
As for Jupiter, he only grew further in confidence, leading the First People into their
surroundings and building up the First Settlement with the help and advice of The Six.
And it all went very well until his sister, Eris, began to tell their uncle too much and it all
began to change.
were quiet and reserved, someone who seemed to hide from life. His flatulence problem
and his sensitivity to the red birthmark on his face only exacerbated this behaviour.
Yet Jupiter seemed to have a certain gravity about him that made people flock around
him, expecting something to happen, but instead only serving to freak the poor lad out and
make him run. Unlike Helios, who had that same hold, Jupiter could not take the lead, shy
and backward as he was.
Despite this behaviour, he who seeks all power saw Jupiter as a rival should Mother and
Moon ever lose their grip on power: that is if Jupiter could ever take advantage of that
magnetism he seemed to have in him. Something the evil one had lacked once but was
building in himself over time, taking more and more people under his wing as he waited for
the time to topple the First World’s leaders.
Saturn had also seen this attraction in Jupiter. And he knew that one day the First World
was going to fall and a new leader would be needed. He didn’t know who it would be, his
mind wouldn’t let him see that, eager as it was not to let Saturn become a puppet, but he
did knew who it shouldn’t be.
As such, Saturn knew he had to do something about Jupiter’s character so he took the
young man aside and placed him with the wizards for tutoring- not in magic, but in subjects
more specific to a possible future leader. Over time the wizards built up the young man’s
confidence slowly changing him into someone capable of leading the people through a
crisis.
And Saturn kept Jupiter there with the wizards, away from all others for the time being; and
for the boy’s own safety. Saturn was deeply worried what he who desired power might do
if he saw this newly confident heir to Mother and Moon. He even feared for the detrimental
effect it might have on Mother and Moon who themselves had become a little anxious of
the man Saturn had been creating, growing slowly more suspicious of his motives. For in
his studies Jupiter was often encouraged by Saturn who looked in on the boy from time to
time, sometimes sitting with him and helping him along. Much to the chagrin of Jupiter’s
main tutor, Merlin, who had been originally appointed by Saturn.
He who would destroy it all heard through Moon what was occurring to Jupiter but was not
concerned because no one really knew who Jupiter was. He had been with the wizards
so long that, as with his siblings who were hidden away as freaks, he had been forgotten.
When he who planned in advance brought the First World down the people would turn to
him. Of this he was most sure, even after Saturn had warned him that his plans would not
work out. He would make sure succession to power through his manipulation of Moon.
*
Shortly before the end of the First World, Mother visited Jupiter in distress. With her and
Moon’s relationship falling apart she had become fearful of the future and was now keen
this new Jupiter would become her successor. She therefore dispensed advice to her son
on how to continue her and Moon’s leadership, hopeful that Jupiter would become the new
leader if she was unable to continue before too long.
Finally, as the stones fell down and the wizards fled from their domain, saving all they
could with conjured force fields, Saturn appeared once more and took Jupiter to a safe
place he had built for the purpose long before Jupiter had been born.
As Jupiter emerged, alongside Saturn, blinking into the light of This World, he found
crowds of bewildered individuals, all of whom were completely lost as to what they might
do now in their new and bewildering home. Before them stood the son of their old leaders,
now deceased.
Everyone knew Mother and Moon had had children, but their whereabouts had been
something of a mystery, so no one knew for sure who Jupiter was until Saturn announced
the fact and pushed Jupiter to step forward and speak.
Jupiter’s first speech was all it needed to be. He spoke of the past, praising the leadership
of his parents, and how that world was now gone. That it was First, merely the first world
now. And he pointed to the new world around them, and how they would learn to live
within it, though it was strange and daunting now. That they would adapt and survive
because there was no other choice and because they were survivors. They had come
through The Chaos and could not be defeated by anything.
He spoke of how they would remember and honour the past but not seek to return to a
place they could never go. They would leave the First World and its ways behind and
move ever forwards into “This World, This World right here. That is the only direction we
can take an it’s the direction we shall take. Together. Here in This World we shall survive.
And we shall thrive.”
And with that speech he galvanised the people around him, quickly becoming the
successor to his parents- a move that seemed natural to all those who heard him speak.
Which didn’t include he who would become head of the Underearth. He had been waylaid
by his wife, Venus, and arrived too late to gain the position that would otherwise have
been his.
As for Jupiter, he only grew further in confidence, leading the First People into their
surroundings and building up the First Settlement with the help and advice of The Six.
And it all went very well until his sister, Eris, began to tell their uncle too much and it all
began to change.
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