Mercury's Mission
Jove commands Mercury to fly to Ogygia and decree Ulysses' release. Calypso, though furious at the double standard of the gods, eventually complies.
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"None of us other gods can cross Jove, nor transgress his orders."
Island Description
🌲 Alder & Poplar
🦉 Sea-crows
🍇 Luxuriant Vine
💜 Violets
The Blueprint of Survival
Stage I: Felling & Squaring
Ulysses cuts down 20 large trees (alder, poplar, pine) at the far end of the island. He adzes them smooth and squares them by rule.
- 🪓 Bronze Axe
- 📐 Adze
- 🔩 Bolts & Rivets
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Neptune's Wrath
"He gathered his clouds together, grasped his trident, stirred it round in the sea... earth, sea, and sky were hidden in cloud."
Divine Intervention Log
Ino (Leucothea)
Gives Enchanted Veil
Minerva
Binds the Winds
River God
Stills the Stream