A Call to Arms is the first episode of the Blood of Zeus series.
Synopsis[]
Demons attack the polis near the home of the outcast Heron, who finds allies in the wise elder Elias and the fierce Amazonian warrior Alexia.
Summary[]
Alexia and her men are chasing two Demons, who manage to slip away from her and head towards the town.
Meanwhile, Heron collects some ore, but manages to earn only two drachmas. Returning to his mother, Electra, disappointed he couldn't earn more for his work, they then hear noises, and Heron checks it out. Alexia arrives on horseback and informs the townsfolks that she is looking for a Demon. The townspeople deny seeing any, and she continues on her way. Heron sees Elias had injured his leg and helps him out. He goes to take some water to clean the wound; however, he sees a dead woman in the fountain and is then attacked by a Demon. The Demon attacks him, but Alexia returns and starts fighting him. In a pinch, Heron helps Alexia, but the Demon manages to escape. She and her men search the town for the Demon. She sees a man hiding his face and attacks him. She sees he has the same wound she inflicted on the Demon and tells her men to arrest him.
Alexia gathers the people of the town and explains that an army from the east descends upon them. She burns the man with a hot iron to reveal that he is a Demon. As the man turns, he tries to tell them that they are the strong and the humans are the weak, but she beheads him before he finishes speaking.
Heron wonders how such a thing could exist, and Elias tells him about the war with the giants. He tells him how the gods defeated the Titans, but as the last titan fell, he swore a curse on the gods, and when his blood struck the sea, the giants were born. The war between the giants and gods continued as neither could conquer the other. One day, Zeus convinces two giants to take up arms with them, and in a final battle against the giants, with the two giants' help, the gods defeat them giants. Hermes then gathers their souls while the giants' remains are cast into the ocean. Hephaestus forges a grand automation Talos to stand guard over the cauldron with the souls so the evil could never return. Ages pass, and one day, a giant's body is cast ashore. A man finds it, and upon touching it, he starts to be poisoned by the evil. Eventually, other men join him, and they eat the giant flesh, turning into Demons.
In the morning, Alexia tells Heron that he fought bravely and invites him to join her in fighting against Demons and protecting the town. Heron has no such desire as they had forsaken him and his mother. Heron wants to leave, but his mother tells him they can't and tries to tell him who his birth father is. However, at that moment, people from the town come wanting to test if Electra is a Demon. Heron starts fighting them, but as they overwhelm him, Electra burns her arm to prove she isn't a Demon.
Seeing Alexia leaving, Heron states that he should have gone with her. Elias tells him that war is upon them, and they need to prepare. He tells him to climb the mountain, and there he will find a rose bush, and underneath it, there is an adamantine ore from which they will make him a sword like no other.
As Heron leaves, Ares shows in front of Elias, revealing that Elias is Zeus. They thought they couldn't intervene. However, Zeus explained he said that they couldn't fight for them. Ares wants to help, but Zeus tells him that if the man is meant to inherit the earth, they must do so on their own accord.
Characters[]
- Alexia
- Heron
- Aratus Theogonis
- Electra
- Zeus/Elias
- Hades
- Poseidon
- Hermes
- Apollo
- Hephaestus
- Talos
- Seraphim
- Ares
| Blood of Zeus | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Heron • Zeus • Hera • Seraphim • Electra • Alexia • Evios • Kofi • Ariana • Hermes • Apollo • Ares • Poseidon • Hades |
| Species | Human • Demon • God • Titan • Giant • Wraith • Centaur |
| Items | Cauldron • Hades' Bident • Adamantium Sword |
| Location(s) | Olympus • Underworld • Corinth |
| Season 1 | (Episodes: A Call to Arms • Past is Prologue • The Raid • A Monster is Born • Escape or Die • Back to Olympus • The Fields of the Dead • War for Olympus) |
| Season 2 | (Episodes: A Shadow Emerges • Weights & Measures • Winter is Born • Funeral Games • Judgement Day • Crossing Paths • The Hidden Realm • The Three Trials) |
| Season 3 | (Episodes: A Breath Before Dying • Hades' Choice • Hellebore • Brothers' Journey • The Head of the Maenads • The Tower of the Winds • Land of the Dead • A Champion's Challenge) |