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A God Walks Up to the Bar

The gods and beings of ancient myth never went away. They just moved on with the times.

Hermes is a busy god. Messenger of Olympus, trusted agent of Lord Zeus, and irredeemable scamp and trickster. Through wit and cunning, he puts out the fires and conflicts that threaten the fragile stability of the supernatural world. And he does so with style.

Half-giant thugs, vampire crimelords, hot-headed werewolves, freakish chimeras: so many creatures slip through the cracks of a world that long stopped believing in legends. And when you look like a pretty-faced youth who stands five foot eight inches tall, not everyone is going to take you seriously. Sometimes, even a god’s only defense is a sharp tongue and even sharper mind.

If you’re lucky, when the day is over and everyone gathers for a cold drink at the bar, you might run into Hermes and hear tales of his adventures as a myth living in the modern world…

The Trickster’s Lament

It is a hard thing to be a god. It is harder to be a god with a moral compass.

Hermes is not having the best time. He walks a fine line, and his duty as messenger of Olympus weighs heavily on him. Being a god in the modern age means living in a world that no longer believes in gods. How much can one deity accomplish when no one respects him anymore? And why do his instincts tell him that he, the son of Zeus, is losing favor with his own family?

Tensions abound. The upstart Young Gods play dangerous games using entire cities as their boards. Formless monsters strike from the nighttime shadows, terrorizing hapless mortals. Agents of rival pantheons scheme to thwart Olympus’ designs. In the thick of it all, Hermes does what he does best: trick, lie, and cheat his way to victory.

He may be disrespected. He may be kicked about. He may even be falling out with his pantheon. But Hermes is a trickster. He knows how to play dirty in a world that doesn’t play fair. But though he can best man, beast, and god, he isn’t prepared for his wiliest opponent yet: his own conscience.