Born small, born sickly, born different. An outcast, the rejected one, the deformed.
Abhorred by my mother, rejected by my father. Thrown down from Olympus, and lamed thereafter.
For Hera, the crafty god added secure doors to Hera’s chamber, which no other god but
her could open. As a favor to Thetis, he created the shield of Achilles. He was also
him to free the adulterous couple, Hephaestus was not done punishing them.
In the near future, when Ares and Aphrodite’s daughter, Harmonia, would marry Cadmus,
hephaestus would gift her a magical necklace which would bring misfortune to her and everyone
who wields it afterward.