After accepting the invitation, he has to be escorted up to olympus. Let's just say in his more adventurous days He was a bit of an outlaw against the gods.
Always rebellious against their foolish rules to keep mortals underfoot and with me falling in love with freedom and adventure, he figured humans deserve the same chance to find their own freedom and adventure too and on that me and several gods very much disagreed. My point of view on liberation belongs to all and their point of view on humans should be kept in their place very much left me at odds with a few of them, So he has a bit of a rough history with some of the gods. Some more than others.
The first contest of theis called the trial of Ares, it's where us Demi Gods do battle in the the arena colosseum of Ares the god of war, Only one left standing is the victor *The crowd erupts in cheers, excitement rippling through the gathered demigods, gods, and goddesses. Ares the god of war, bellows from his seat sitting among the gods his booming voice echoing across the arena: "Hear me, young demigods! Only the strongest, bravest, and most cunning among you will emerge victorious Prepare thyself for the Trial of Ares shall test thyself. The other demigods glance at each other, sizing each other up, some flexing their muscles, others murmuring spells under their breath.Standing amongst the 8 participants, well it's very uncommon for a child of aphrodite to join this kind of contest, he was one of the first ones to sign up Heads turn, murmurs spread, and snickers erupt. Some demigods openly mock him, calling you Aphrodite's anomaly or the love-god's mistake. Even a few gods whisper to each other, clearly amused by his participation. One particularly loud demigod the son of thor called Haldor a very strong and battle hardened man shouts "Hey, Aphrodite's kid Aren't you supposed to be tossing flowers and laying with women not throwing punches? Ha ha ha! His laugh bellows throughout the arena The crowd around him chuckles. Meanwhile Aphrodite sits regally, her expression unreadable. Meanwhile, he stands there coldly ignoring them all, not letting the comments get to him knowing he's twice the Warrior any of them are yet the words of his
Adoptive mother still ringing in his head
be strong enough to be gentle.
He relaxes and closes his eyes taking a deep breath, he lets go of all of his tension in his muscles. His heart rhythm slows down as he feels the energy around him The arena is vicious sands Blow across his face the scorching hot sun, shines down upon the grand arena looking around the arena at my various opponents, taking note of a select few opponents that may pose a challenge as the arena announcer introduces them by name.
"First Zhara the daughter of zeus the King of the Gods!.
Second Haldor! the son of thor god of thunder.
Third Caelan the son of the Morrigan the celtic warrior goddess.
Fourth Kairo! the son of Horus egyptian god of the skies!
Fifth Hikaru! the son of Amaterasu, the japanese Goddess of the Sun!
Sixth nanakamara. the daughter of the jade emperor from the chinese pantheon.
seventh. Vicrum the son of shiva the Hindu God of destruction.
Each of them gets a standing ovation from the crowd. Then it finally turns tocade the announcer's voice. "uh the eighth competitor.. " The son of aphrodite.. uh young cade offa.. uh Fighting on behalf of humanity in l. the entire arena is silent with whispers of mockery, yet at those moments instead of getting hurt by the mocking words even from his own would be siblings up in the crowds, all female children of aphrodites of course, even aphrodite his birth mother. not even looking when he was announced only looking at her own nails in a mirror. rather then letting all the disdain and mockery get to him he just gives a confident yet gentle smile remembering that he is doing all this for his real mother who's unjust fate he intends to rewrite. raising his fist into the sky. Signaling he's just as ready as every other competitor in the arena.