At this moment, on the vast, endless plains of the Underworld, a barren expanse where the earth was dark as obsidian and rivers of pale fire flowed beneath the horizon, an unfathomable gathering had taken place.
Thousands upon thousands of gods had assembled from every corner of the world and the realms beyond death: Olympians, Chthonic deities, elder Titans, spirits of the sea and sky, and even forgotten divinities whose names had not been spoken since the dawn of time.
Their divine presence filled the air with a pressure so immense that the very ground seemed to tremble beneath the weight of their combined power.
At the forefront of this divine host stood Hades, the King of the Underworld, his calm yet commanding gaze sweeping across the gathered deities.
