Good point! No, probably not going to want to eat it.

Sounds like a bad case of indigestion.

So, I guess I'll just stick to P-Cubed.

Hmm,

Not clear what use the Predecessors (who built the alien DSG and who are related to the cteph's) would have for the Unlife, while not a lot is known of them, it is known that the Unlife are generally immune to the ctephs' mental powers. It's really hard to suck someone's brain who is "brain dead" not much there to feed on.

Or in Gygaxian: "psionics don't work on the undead"

This makes the undead a major threat to people who depend on such mental powers for defense/offense.

So, I would agree such an alliance seems unlikely.

Tizzy.

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I am pretty sure they are related, the name comes from basically the same place. Which in greek is basically head with feet and applies to squids, octopuses, etc.

They don't really look the same though, the Cthephalopons or "squids" that the orks know sort of look like smaller (ork sized) wingless versions of a certain ancient deity of theirs (and the Predecessors) who also uses an awkward spelling of his/its name.

Even as their ancient deity inspires horror, so do they and they feed on the horror and fear that they generate in their prey/victims/enemies. They are basically emotional vampires, but are not dead.

As you can imagine, orks do not like things that cause them fear. "What is fear?" So they are particularly despised.

Preaching to the choir on that one, there is a reason not all of those guys are hanging out together on that moon.

The whole Sobek, Ra, Horus, Amun, Sobek-Ra, Sobek-Horus, Amun-Ra thing just got so confusing. Talk about a love-hate quadra-angle. Hmm, I guess that's a love-hate square?

Not really sure where Sobek's hanging out at the moment. I know of at least one active temple of his in the Wilds of Eton, the swamp dragons really like him.

But that makes sense since he likes to gulp things/people down and so do swamp dragons.

You are correct! The various Pantheons are the ORIGINAL soap operas, what you see on your earth are but pale reflections.

You think trying to write regular episodes of a soap for 35, 50, 60+ years is hard Try 35M, 50M, 60M+ years!

The plots get both complicated and seriously rehashed!

Oh yeah, Phaestus loves to talk about Aphrodite and Aries and the rest of his family!

Anything with Aphrodite is going to be good.

But if I have to hear one more time about him playing midwife for Athena's birth? Ugh. That one gets old, yes, a guy thinking he's doing brain surgery and the tumor turns out to be a fully grown woman is weird....the first 3,145,992 times you tell the story, but after that it really gets old!

But Aphrodite, ah, she's a sight for sore eyes. Even though I've heard the horror stories, I'd still like him to set me up on a date with her!

Or at the very least score me an invite to one of those legendary parties she and Bacchus through in the Lustorium!

Good point, historically of course, most mono-oculared folks are too big to fit on a spaceship, but, of course, being avatars they can change that.

Not sure why none returned to help out, they are very good at concentrating on things, you know, very single focused and all that. Really crappy at watch repair though, no depth perception. Also lousy fighter pilots, except the ones that are Ghedae, they're pretty good. Or at least the two I know of are. Really not that many of them.

Maybe we'll see some more in the future?

Well....that's sort of a loaded statement. And it depends on what you mean by treatment of.

1) there are multiple groups of cyclops, some of whom work for Hephaestus, some of who don't and who are really upset about it, considering him an usurper who profits off the others work.
2) There has been a lot of bad press about 'toiling for Hephaestus' in dingy caverns under a volcano, but..
a) He's also in those caverns toiling away beside them, under volcanoes is where you get the best access to the Elemental plane of Earth
b) And yes, over the years, there have been some of what your world might call 'union negotiations and strikes' but this is just how the crafts go.
3) The Cyclops are considered persona non-grata by most of Olympus, so obviously a lot of bad press there. But that's politics. Remember the cyclops are basically 'cousins' so to speak of the Titans which makes them suspect to the Olympians. This complicates many things.

That is a common problem with Beta reading, and a danger, in some cases reality shifts out from under you as you read.

Didn't happen this time, but it did in Book 2.

Yes PO recovery, stuck in a bed is a great time to go on an adventure! Whether outer space or the Abyss, both are fine.

However, correct me if I am wrong, are you chewing on your intestines? That's what it looks like.

Is that normal after surgery?

In the Abyss, we usually chew on other people's intestines, not our own...

Just saying...