![]() Oh, and lots of smearing bodily fluids about. So we have an escaped soldier, dying of his wounds, a mythical garden guarded by nymphs, and a peculiar journey. Throw in some erotica, that being what LYD does, and along came this rather odd little tale, full of lust, insanity and magic (I never get tired of those themes!) there was a story in his Books of Blook about stories written on skin, I think (it was a long time ago). I think there may be a smidge of Clive Barker influence in the idea of tatoos that are really living things, a body that is more than a body. Laurie Lee's A Moment of War was very much on my mind as well. It was around the time that I saw Pan's Labyrinth, which informed my choice of a Spanish Civil War setting, although I read around the subject a fair bit before letting loose. I swated up on wikipedia (having some knowledge of the relevant mythology) and decided I wanted to do something quirky. So that's most of the motivation for this one. The name means originating from Hesperus, the evening star Venus.The Dark Fantasy editor over at decided we would do a series of stories featuring nymphs, so I piled in.Though they were the daughters of Nyx in some myths, Zöe claims her mother to be Hesperis.Zoë Nightshade (disowned, later became a Hunter of Artemis).Musical Aptitude: They are known for singing to people that come to their garden.Battle Prowess: As daughters of Atlas, they can fight better than a regular demigod.Audiokinesis (limited): Using their singing, they can convince people that visit their garden to dance with them to death.Superhuman Strength: As daughters of Atlas, they have enhanced strength.Chronokinesis (limited): As nymphs of the sunset, they can tell the time and next sunset. ![]() ![]() As she distracted Ladon to help Percy and Thalia evade it, the Hesperides disappeared, but not before the oldest of them called Zoë a fool. Zoë retaliates by waking Ladon with a shout, and calling her sisters cowards when they chided her for insanity. Burne-Jones depicts the Hesperides dancing around an apple tree. Despite Zoë's greeting them as her sisters, they denied kinship with her and tried to persuade the three of them to turn back, warning them that they will be no match for Atlas, then they called Ladon. Ladon, a hundred-headed dragon, was also placed in the garden by Hera to guard the apples. The Hesperides appeared when Percy Jackson, Thalia Grace, and Zoë tried to get to their friends through the garden. Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Titan's Curse Percy noted that he never realized how beautiful Zoë was until he saw her sisters. The Garden of the Hesperides was created in 1873 by Edward Burne-Jones in. They have caramel-like skin, glassy black eyes that were like volcanic rock, and silky black hair that tumble loose around their shoulders.Īll the Hesperides wears white Greek chitons. The tree was placed in the garden of the Hesperides for the nymphs to guard. In The Titan's Curse, the Hesperides are described as gorgeously beautiful yet dangerous. Examples include Jason and the Argonauts, Luke Castellan and Percy Jackson. They are fond of men, as they aren't allowed to leave their garden and rarely get to see any men. When someone comes to their garden, the Hesperides 'dance' with the person to death, unless it is a man. She became a Hunter of Artemis after being disowned. Zoë Nightshade betrayed her sisters by giving Hercules a weapon and aiding him in stealing the golden apples. Hera doesn't trust them very much and had a dragon with one hundred heads, Ladon, guard the tree as well. They keep thieves from stealing Hera's golden apples. The Hesperides guard the Garden of the Hesperides, located in a far western corner of the world, near Mount Tamalpais and where their father supports the weight of the sky. Hesperides were born from the Titan Atlas and minor sea goddess Hesperis. ![]()
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