Odd Thought
Oct. 11th, 2011 12:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
weirdletOdd thought to use in a fantasy story sometime- a young godling is thrown from the heavens, and left to live as a demi-mortal in a body that is less than fully-functional. Thor becomes Hephaestus, and learns to live with it.
Taken in by the folk of a roughly Stone or Bronze-age village, he's nursed back to health and is loosely adopted by one of the local families. Once he gets over the shellshock of, you know, hitting the earth from heaven's heights and the utter rejection of his elder gods, he starts inching out of his shell, making friends, and bargaining for his mobility. He's young, strong, and in a world where folks can get turned into serpents and rocks, having broken legs is not completely soul-shattering. Besides, there's Adventures to be had with his new mortal friends!
Being Hephaestus isn't that bad when you've got bros who look out for you. And being able to trade the secrets of metal (or the like) in exchange for some support gear, well, that just makes Adventuring easier.
Taken in by the folk of a roughly Stone or Bronze-age village, he's nursed back to health and is loosely adopted by one of the local families. Once he gets over the shellshock of, you know, hitting the earth from heaven's heights and the utter rejection of his elder gods, he starts inching out of his shell, making friends, and bargaining for his mobility. He's young, strong, and in a world where folks can get turned into serpents and rocks, having broken legs is not completely soul-shattering. Besides, there's Adventures to be had with his new mortal friends!
Being Hephaestus isn't that bad when you've got bros who look out for you. And being able to trade the secrets of metal (or the like) in exchange for some support gear, well, that just makes Adventuring easier.
