“Shadows of Olympus: The Legacy Unveiled.

Prologue: The Unrewarded Deed

Long ago in ancient Greece during the golden reign of the Olympian gods and goddesses, a
reward long forgotten and buried was uncovered by Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war
strategy. This deed was none other than Hephaestus' pivotal aid in the battle between Zeus and
the titan Typhon. While other gods fled in fear, Hephaestus stayed back, crafting thunderbolts
that played a crucial role in Typhon's defeat and subsequent imprisonment in Tartarus by Zeus

Chapter 1: The Descendants

Fast forward eons later, Hephaestus' deed remained unrewarded. Seeking a loophole in Zeus'
decree forbidding gods from contact with their mortal children, Athena discovered Hephaestus'
forgotten contribution. His reward? To live as a mortal on Earth for a number of years. Thus,
Hephaestus took the form of Howard Stark, unknowingly married to Maria Carbonel, who was
part Atlantean.

When Hephaestus took over Howard Stark, he realized that Maria wasn’t fully human so he
shared his secrets with her and she also confessed about her roots. Their marriage was fruitful
with the birth of Antony (Tony). When Tony was 5years old, an odd couple visited his home and
had a long conversation with his parents. After the meeting, his parents told him he would be a
big brother soon and he was so happy. When Tony clocked 6, he came home to meet his precious
baby sister who was named Thaddia.

Thaddia’s birth was a bit complex as she was a primordial demi. Her parents had a long history
themselves but to make it short. Her parents were Jack and Lyssa Williams. Jack was born
sometimes in the 18th century in London. He was Ra’s Al Ghul’s nephew. Jack learnt about his
family’s origin from the historical records and texts written in their forbidden original language,
from the teachings, he had an epiphany change in perspective from his uncle’s ways and decided
to protect and not kill unless absolutely needed. He united with his cousin Nyssa and both were
very close as she too had left her father’s side due to his cruelty. It was from Jack that she learnt
how to make the Lazarus pit reuseable. When word of this new knowledge got to Ra’s Al Ghul,
he conspired with the Nazi who buried Jack alive and took Nyssa. Nyssa was later rescued and
searched for her cousin. He was found soon after and in early 19 th century he made a full
recovery. Years later, he met Lyssa who happened to be Maria’s cousin also part Atlantean. While
he was buried, he had a cosmic visitation from the Greek Primordial god, Erebus to help sire a
child by becoming his avatar and as a reward whoever his wife would be that of Nyx but the
clause was that they had to raise the child with the Starks due to their shared Olympian and sub-
Olympian heritage hence their visit.

Chapter 2: Shadows and Secrets

Despite their different upbringings, Tony and Thady were thick as thieve and loved each other
dearly. When Tony was 13 and Thady 7, Hephaestus was called back to Olympus as his time was
up and after settling all his affairs, he allowed the Og Howard take back himself. The cover story
was that he was out searching for Steve Roger’s crash site and body and in the process had an
accident hence the gaps in his memories. He took to heavy drinking and developed an erratic
behavior so often that the household knew when the mood was about to strike and made sure that
everyone was out of sight. In one such incident, Tony was grievously injured, as he was pushed
down the stairs, leading Maria to confront him. All this while Thady was spending time with her
parents. When news of the accident happened, Thady for the first time, drew on her powers in
anger and nearly caused a chaos event as all the surrounding shadows bent to her will. They got
to Tony on time and stayed till he was healed while in the hospital. Unbeknownst to them,
Howard was visited by Jack, Lyssa and Nyssa, their conversation shrouded in secrecy and the
only other party with this knowledge took it to his grave (Jarvis).

Howard's suspicions grew, noticing Tony's genius and Thaddia's unique abilities. To protect
them, Maria suggested enrolling Tony into MIT early, where he met James Rhodes forging a
lifelong friendship. Meanwhile, Thaddia honed her skills with the Williams, training as a military
medic.

Chapter 3: The Cardinal Shadows

Years later, tragedy struck as Howard and Maria perished in a mysterious accident orchestrated
by Obadiah Stane whom had temporarily taken over in the leadership position due to Tony’s age.
He tried to have Thaddia and the Williams killed so that he could steal her shares in the company
which Howard had given her as her inheritance. This led them into hiding, and training Tony
from afar in combat and strategy. They had Nyssa look after him and she trained him.

Tony now 21, took over the company and began searching for his hidden family with the help of
JARVIS and Rhodey. James had met Thaddia during one of the long vacations from school when
he visited the Williams with Tony and really saw her as his little sister alongside Tony as his
brother. Thady took to calling Rhodey, Jimmy Ni and Tony Ni san but later changed their names
to Crickey and Nikky respectively.

As Tony ascended to lead Stark Industries, Thaddia now 15, was on her own journey which led
her to Seoul and aiding the South Korean military with a mission. The mission was to infiltrate
the North and find out about the validity of a secret weapon they claimed to have and destroy it.
She found the secret weapon to be a group of gifted children around her age and instead rescued
them. While this happened, the alarms went off and the mission was exposed but the attention of
the soldiers were not on the other members of the team but on somewhere else, on further
investigation they found the persons to be Thaddia and four other children. The south team broke
to rescue the children but couldn’t go back south without risking a war of retaliation. So, to
prevent this, they escaped to Japan with the help of the rescued children. On getting to Japan,
contact was made with the South and were told to lay low for a while. During this period, the
children were taught and trained about the world. they asked to be adopted by the adult members
of the team. Thaddia formed the Cardinal Shadows along with the other children. The children
had no actual names given to them while in the North.

The names given to the children after their adoption processes went through were: Drake Tatsuya
Adkins (code named Aoi Kage meaning Blue shadow) age 15, Diana Kameyo Hoist (code named Kuro
Kage meaning Black shadow) age 14, Cielo Sora Costas (code named Aka Kage meaning red
shadow) age 14, and Chiara Hikari Costas (code named Core) age 12. Thaddia was given the Japanese
name Keiko and code name Shiro Kage meaning White shadow.

The gifts they had were similar to Thaddia’s Shadow and Air manipulations as Drake’s was
Flight and Water manipulation, Diana’s was an Impenetrable Shield made from Earth/ Metal
manipulation, Cielo’s was Healing and Fire manipulation, and Chiara’s was Technomancy (the
ability to control Technology).
Chapter 4: Uniting Forces

They eventually moved back to South Korea and continued their training. At the ages of 18 for
Drake and Thady, and 17 for Diana and Cielo, while Chiara was still undergoing training but was
scheduled to join her siblings a few years later, our four shadows relocated to America after
Thady made contact with Tony. They decided to stay away from one another to protect
themselves from Obadiah and SHIELD and enlisted to the Navy. Due to their extensive
experience and previous military records, they were given fast-tracked promotions and
eventually a squad of their own. The shadow squad expanded and eventually were made into a
unit separate from the military.

Tony now 37 and Thady 31. His conflicts with Obadiah escalated, leading to the Afghanistan
affair. With the help of the Cardinal Shadows, Rhodey and his allies, Tony was found and Thady
went to him. However, he kept Thaddia at arm's length to protect her.

This went on for Years until, Tony now 44 and Thady 38 broke the long-held distance and
returned home due to the Accords that sparked the Avengers Civil War. Thaddia's team stepped
up in the absence of the Avengers, earning recognition as a formidable force.

Chapter 5: Confronting Fate

When Tony came out of his medically induced coma, he told Thady everything that happened in
their distance staring from his palladium poisoning, to what he saw on the other side of the portal
that Loki opened in New York, Ultron and Sokovia, the Accords, and their parents’ murder and
eventually the Rouges betrayal.

It was around this time that they decided to unite their extended family by calling for a meeting:
Rhodey, Pepper, Happy, the Keeners (Harley, Abby, and Rose) and the Parkers (Peter and May),
to tell them everything about themselves and not keep any secrets. The revelations were taken
nicely as they (Rhodey, Pepper and Happy) had an idea of the secrets.

With this information, they went to go to the accords committee and on the side called upon their
divine parents to seek their aid in the coming war with Thanos.

Thor, Bruce and Loki arrived on earth with the Asgardian survivors after Ragnarök, seeking aid
from Tony. The Accord committee agreed to assist on the condition that Loki be put on probation
and Thor and Bruce sign the Accords and join the Protectors (the new group formed by the
Accords committee with Tony and Rhodey). The agreed after reading the accords and signed.

With Thanos looming, Tony, Thaddia and their family, including Thor, Bruce, and Loki, united
to face the threat.

During the elaborate planning on how to best face the threat, the President requested that the
rouge avengers be let back to America to join in the fight but the committee made sure that their
handler was SHIELD and not Tony / the Shadows. Steve Rogers tried several times to contact
Tony but at each turn failed, while some such as Black widow, Falcon, Hawkeye, Wanda and
Bucky made up with Tony, after the committee exposed everything behind the “civil war” to the
public. The gods could not give direct aid to their children due to the law of not interfering with
the affairs of mortals but gave indirect aid by sending a few demi-kids (as they like to call
themselves) to aid their cousins, Captain Marvel and the Guardians (of the Galaxy). The Rouges
were added as part of the soldiers to fight against Thanos’ army in Wakanda while Tony, Rhodey,
the Shadows, Peter, Dr. Strange, Thor, Hulk, Loki, Vision, Valkyrie, Captain Marvel, the
Guardians and the demi kids went on to fight Thanos and his children (the Black Order).

The battle was fierce, costing lives (Black Widow and Falcon) but ultimately leading to Thanos'
defeat, the infinity stones were returned to their places, and order was returned steadily. As for
Steve Rogers, well he faced the consequences of his actions and inactions.

The Starks, Shadows, and their allies navigated post-war challenges, facing consequences and
rebuilding trust. Through it all, they honored their legacies, embraced their powers, and forged a
new era of heroes, shadows, and family.

Epilogue: The Legacy Continues

As peace settled, Tony and Thaddia reflected on their journey, embracing their roles as leaders
and mentors. Over time Thady and Loki began a romantic relationship, they got married and had
a set of twins (boy and girl) who were named Von Theo and Helga Eudora for both parents’
heritage. Tony also married Pepper and had a daughter, Morgan. The Keeners and Parkers
decided on an adoption to further unify their family and also protect themselves. Thus, Tony
ended with three brothers (Rhodey, Drake and Loki by marriage), six sisters (May, Rose, Thady,
Diana, Cielo and Chiara), Pepper (his Wife), Happy (his body guard) and Four children (Morgan,
Abby, Harley, and Peter.)

With these new additions to their family and the world at large, they stood ready for whatever
challenges the future held, knowing that their legacy of resilience, unity, and heroism would
endure.

THE END.