I’d reckon it’s pretty hard for anyone, even a goddess, to keep a promise and stay unchanging for millennia. If Athena is so wily and untrustworthy, couldn’t she also go against the whole “no love” thing, since everyone likely expects her to be detached all the time? Just a thought 
Welp, your opinion of Athena is yours and that’s that. No need to put down the author’s Athena, which is the canon for the work 
When a god like Athena did that promise or Artemis put their magic in it and also involved they will and the fates. It is not a mere political campaign promise. Breaking it could destroy the god. Athena is a very special god case she just born from daddy brain . Athena wa never see as a person it was more like an ideal.
However, this Athena is more like a person more down to earth so I could see that she maybe has empathy and love. But like my character knows she did the promise and is very angry She could believe otherwise. I personally don’t like Athena being a loving person same I won’t like a celibate Zeus or a Slut Artemis.
There are many many versions of the myths involving the gods including
The myth of Erichtonius-
Athena needed weapons and armor, so naturally she went to Hephaestus, in payment he demanded her love.
In some versions, she become his fiance, but when discovering that he was lame, she ran from the marriage bed in horror.
In another version, she agreed to love him, not realizing he meant sex.
Either way his divine seed gets on her, and she wipes it off.
The seed makes its way to the earth, where it impregnates Gaia, the earth.
Gaia, not being happy about this, refuses to give birth.
Athena decided to rescue the baby from Gaia, and puts him in a box, which she gives to sister priestesses, warning them to not open the box.
At least one of them gets curious, and opens the box. In some versions of the story, the baby is wrapped in a snake like a security blanket, in some versions, the baby is part snake.
Either way the sisters are so horrified that they commit suicide, or the snake killed them.
The baby, or snake baby thing, grows up to be King Erichthonius of Athens, with his foster mother Athena being his own personal guardian deity.
Upon his death, Zeus turned him into the constellation the Charioteer.
Not that Rohie is required to use that myth, although it would be amusing to put a little tidbits like Aphrodite being her husband’s second choice, or Athena mentioning that it’s easier to raise a baby that isn’t half snake.
This is like the clothes thing all over again, methinks.
true but that’s before the not love promise. And she never “love” him. With love I mean empathy and caring about other welfare even if it is against her plans or intelligence. She never shows that . I already say that @Rohie in her story could portray her like a lethal lettuce and it is true in her universe lol. However, my character or myself could see her as a manipulation mistress acting like caring just to gaining my MC favour. It will be true for my character but of course not for nobody else.
However, I could talk about historical myths and how many people see them. The advantage of not regulated code in Greek mythology is the multiple ways of expressions they had. For instance in medieval Spain she is put like some sort of Virgin and her protection power was emphasize and the logic intelligence one remove … How could be a Women intelligence They were created by God to serve men!
Wow, you’re mc interprets this way differently than mine.
My breakdown would look more like this (in the rewritten version though)
Athena: Don’t really trust her after everything that’s happened but my mc still likes and has some affection left for “Auntie” particularly if her story proves to be even partly true. Also my mc probably wants some family and “auntie” is the closest he’ll ever get to that as he doesn’t want “daddy” Hades in his life and a brotherly relationship with Aeson doesn’t quite seem possible from where he stands.
Besides she’s smart and cunning and he likes that.
Hades: The worst “dad” ever. Was perfectly happy playing “father” to Aeson but couldn’t get any further than the “uncle” sham with us. Hate and loathe him the most of all the Gods.
Ares: Hot piece of ass, sure he wants to kill us, but he’s at least up front and refreshingly honest about it.
Aphrodite: No feelings about her whatsoever
Hera: Refreshingly honest, cold-blooded too, but in his life on the run my mc has learned to appreciate that quality for what it is.
Zeus: Probably behind those little packs of killers in my mc’s mind so he hates him, though still slightly less than “daddy” Hades.
Except for “auntie” though he will try to avoid the Gods whenever he can.
Heh. Just goes to show how good a game this is if people are this invested in it One reason my MC’s views might be different is simply that these are the closest to my own views on the Characters. I don’t regularly roleplay myself so it was a refreshing change of pace, but yeah. After all this, I still like Hades the best, he seems to be one of the most genuine of the Gods.
I find it funny that the goddess of wisdom didn’t see the sex thing coming 
Well hang on now. We haven’t seen Aphrodite’s trial yet…
She was just new born basically. And Athena never understood well the emotions. That traumatic event making her denied emotions and make the promise. I would like to see a conflict between the promise ans emotions in one of my other characters. My main just won’t give her a chance.
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not sure if this has been mentioned, but do you guys think there will be trials themed for all the gods? that’s quite a lot of hoops to jump through 
I think answer is yes. This won’t be a only one PART
EDIT sorry I wrote book instead of part before. Like Guen parts are called books I called this book too.
Wait didn’t Rohie say that it will be only one game, even when it’s a long one?
I thought that maybe the Gods decided by drawing lots (again) who will hold trials and not that we will have a trial for everyone of the twelve.
I put book instead of part. Maybe other gods trials are FETCH ME WINE DEMIGOD WHERE IS MI WIG? i don’t want have a zeus trial if his present is Viagra. (I know is not Viagra but looks like it)
Aw yis, bring it on! My 60-40-60 Lavei is so ready for a pageant! He’s gonna nail those short answer questions! World peace! Freedom! Puppies for everyone!
Yeah, okay too fast with typing, sorry. 
But I thought the story would soon start to shift to part two…And that the main concern will be the uncovering of the actual plot and whatever secrets the gods will tell the MC and Aeson, so I honestly don’t expect all of the gods to have a trial. (I mean we also need time in between the trials for quests and figuring out what the gods don’t tell us)
I guess all have trials but we don’t see them all like only a vague reference.
Or said war starts sooner as the gods did expect/hope…
Or! There’s no war at all and Lavei can now have a sorta normal life 