God of War: Daughter of War

Flurry found that they sailed for a few more weeks, roughly a month by her reckoning even though she was still trying to calculate the time difference they had experienced previously, before they passed through the last of the markers and reached what the goshawk had revealed to them in the message. The previous markers were just things that a Spartan would recognize, each enchanted with power so that when the Eyes of Truth and the Lantern of Helios were used on them they would break apart and reveal more of the path to them, causing her father to follow them. She found that they were very lucky to have recovered all of the supplies that Artemis and Apollo had gathered, with Athena and Hecate's help, as she was sure that without them some of the people would have started to starve, since there had to be more than anyone could have foreseen. Still, fishing seemed to help them out, as two of the ships were outfitted with the majority of the people that could do such a thing, so they caught and prepared the additional food while Flurry and Hecate delivered parcels to the rest of their group, allowing all five ships to survive while they sought out their promised destination.

While they did so Flurry found that Aphrodite was true to her word, there were more lessons to be had and the Goddess of Love really wanted to show her everything she had to offer, while insisting that they end each session with Flurry plowing her, meaning she must have fallen in love with the addition she could create with the spell.

In addition to all of that she discovered that Pandora had no desire to learn about that aspect of life, it didn't interest her in the slightest, which was fair since she was busy making sure she embraced the Spartan lifestyle, or at least everything that their father thought she was ready for. Flurry also discovered that Peirithous wasn't the only godly child among their ranks, as she found the twins Zora and Lora, two of Aphrodite's daughters who had taken a liking to her father before he took Ares' place as the God of War, were present and helping as well, just as Ceryx, Hermes' son, was doing his part as well. It was nice to see, especially since everyone had been so divided during the end of the assault on Olympus, but now they were a united front, working together towards a common goal, and that unity was about to bear the greatest of fruit for all of them, they just had to be patient. Artemis continued to look ahead of the path with her birds, trying to figure out where the magical path ended, before eventually returning them to the ship as she shook her head for a moment, as they were unable to see beyond a certain point, like they had to see it with their own eyes before her birds could.

Despite that fact, however, Flurry grinned as she stood at the front of their ship, the flagship of the entire group since the other four followed behind them, as the fog in front of them eventually parted to reveal a massive island in front of them, one that had some high peaks. She flew into the air as soon as she spotted it, where she got above the landmass and let her grin remain as she took in the rest of the island, as there was a massive clear area right in front of where they were heading, an area that was tiered and seemed to have a great flow since there were two decent rivers cutting through it, feeding all sorts of life. Beyond the area where they would set up a new home, they would be foolish not to pick that area first, there was a vast plain that looked great for farming and growing crops, a forest that seemed to have all sorts of nice food that they could harvest and tend to, and it was full of life. By that Flurry found all sorts of animals, from oxen to dogs, birds to dogs, pigs to horses, and everything else she had seen across the islands of Greece, and there were more of them than she was expecting to see when she looked down at the landmass, especially when she found that the various lakes and rivers were full of fish and other useful items.

The landmass was beautiful, pristine, and utterly peaceful, in the fact that no one was fighting over it, in fact she couldn't see any monsters either, meaning it was just as described by whoever wrote the letter, it was a paradise that they could settle in, causing her to fly back down to the ship and land in front of the others.

"The Land Between Realms... we've made it." Flurry said, as the path that had brought them here died out awhile back, so they had to be at their destination, something that caused all of the crew and civilians to cheer, as now they could walk on solid ground once more and not be stuck on the ships for the foreseeable future.

As the ships moved towards their destination Flurry spoke with Artemis about what she had seen, allowing the goddess to send out some of her birds to confirm her findings while Kratos, Deimos, and the other gods listened to the conversation, allowing them to think about what they were hearing. When the first ship reached their destination they turned for just a few seconds, allowing them to lower several walkways for some of the people to get off, with Kratos' group being the first ones to touch down, because he wanted to take no chances in case there were monsters out there. It wasn't long before he nodded to the crew and they started to offload the ship, following him to the center of the area that seemed to have been naturally made to house a settlement, one large enough for everyone that was part of their group, and he knew they didn't have to worry about room since there was more to the island thanks to what Flurry had seen. While he and Deimos worked with the first crew Flurry and the other gods focused on finding areas for the other ones to stop in so they could do the same thing, eventually leading to all five crews being able to start offloading their ships so they could focus on the next problem.

If they were going to live here, even for an unknown amount of time, they needed shelter, though that was when Artemis, Apollo, and Athena showed them something they hadn't noticed before, all five of the ships were actually designed to be dismantled and put back together into the form of buildings.

"Well, this is good to know." Deimos commented, though he wasn't too surprised by this discovery, as the three gods that had created the group of ships had plenty of time to observe, plan, and craft everything they deemed necessary to make a settlement, though while four of the ships were pulled ashore Apollo kept one intact, giving them a fishing vessel to use, plus it could help them explore anything else that was around the island, "So, how should we build our new settlement? We aren't going to follow Olympus' example, are we?"

"No. We will build with importance in mind." Kratos replied, as there were parts of a city that would do well on the upper reaches of the area, while others, like a dock for example, would be better suited for the watery area, causing Athena to nod as she pulled out a sheet of paper so they could start laying out exactly what he had in mind, "We may be gods, Deimos, but we must be better than the previous generation... better than those who failed, anyway."

While they focused on building the unnamed settlement, and figured out where everyone was going to live, Flurry took a bit of paper with her and flew up into the air, as she decided that making a map would help the parties that were sent out to gather other supplies, since it was only a matter of time until their stores dwindled down to nothing. With that in mind she surveyed the land and made notes of what she saw, jotting down where the various animals roamed so hunters could be sent out to study them, figuring out everything that needed to be figured out, while making note of where sources of water and other resources could be found. What really interested her was the fact that there was a large mountain with a tall peak a few days away from the new settlement, something she could easily reach thanks to her wings, one that could give her a good view of the entire island based on what she was seeing. Other than that she found that every environment that she and her father had encountered over the years, from icy reaches to the center of a volcano, the latter being far off in the distance from the main island, to much more simple areas like plains and fields.

The Land Between Realms was a fascinating place, perfect for them to rest in before worrying about the future, though as she explored the island she noticed that she and her people weren't the first to arrive on this place, as she spotted what seemed to be a fairly large circular temple, roughly the size of the chamber the Flame of Olympus had been in, down in the middle of a lake.

"This must be the home of the god who invited us to this place." Flurry commented, where she flew down to the structure and landed outside it, landing on a bridge that looked like it was leading right to an opening, heading inside no less, but as she walked forward she noticed that the animals seemed to stay away from this place, causing her to stop as she reached the entrance, "Hello? Is anyone home?"

If this was where the god that had shown them the way was located she wanted to make her presence known before she invaded their home, since it could be a goddess as well, though as Flurry stood there for a few moments she found that no one was coming out to greet her, nor did anyone say anything in response to her speaking. What did happen, however, was a familiar figure flew down to where she was standing, the goshawk that had delivered the original message that had brought them here, and landed inside the building with a caw that seemed to be inviting her inside, hence why she just followed it without delay. She found that the inside was definitely circular, matching the outside perfectly, and that there was a chamber that looked like it was supposed to be a bedchamber of some kind, for a traveler to be exact, but most of her attention was on the walls around her, possessing carvings and icons of various cultures. One she recognized as soon as she saw it, as it happened to be in the art style that the painters and artisans of Greece used, though another was in a more simple design that seemed to convey it's meaning far easier, and the others seemed to be of cultures she had no idea about, meaning her host was likely a traveler between realms.

Suddenly the name of this place made sense, there were other pantheons out there, not just the ones she and the rest of her family were used to dealing with, and this realm literally existed in a plane of existence that was separated from all of them, hence the area of time difference they sailed through to reach this point, and, judging by the map that was resting on a nearby wall, there was one to the north, the closest after her home realm.

"This... is amazing." Flurry said, where she found that the goshawk landed nearby and seemed to stare at her with it's odd crystalline eyes, like it was studying her for some reason, but she understood one thing, this had to be the wanderer and, more importantly, they wanted her to know about this place, especially the northern land, which had a marking near it that made it seem more important than the other realms, "Why let me see this place?"

The goshawk tilted it's head for a moment before taking to the air, flying outside, and headed to the north, where she just followed it for a moment and found that it seemed to be enveloped in a shimmering light before disappearing into thin air within a matter of seconds, as if by using magic. Flurry floated there for a moment, her wings beating, as she realized that the bird seemed to be beckoning for her, and possibly her family, to eventually come to the north at some point, why she had no idea, causing her to sigh as she realized that she'd have to think about this later. With that in mind she returned to exploring the rest of the island and noted down everything else she found, though nothing was as important as the odd temple, and once she was done with her map Flurry turned around and headed back to the new settlement. While she did that she also found that the Land Between Realms seemed to work on an identical day and night cycle to Greece, which told her that all of them had to run on that rule as well, though that also meant they wouldn't have to get used to a new time system, something everyone would appreciate.

She found that everyone was definitely working together to set up their new settlement, Athena was ushering people to put the structures down into locations that made the most sense while everyone else seemed to be focused on the rest of the important areas, while Artemis working on the beginnings of a hunters lodge for example, though all the gods came to her as she landed away from the people.

"This island is simply amazing... we could spend weeks searching every nook and cranny, confirming the information that is on this map." Artemis remarked, as once they gathered around Flurry the younger goddess unfurled the map she had made and showed it to them, allowing them to see that it was definitely an interesting landmass they had been allowed access to, though she was already making note of the information of the various animals for her hunters to use.

"What is that in the center of the island?" Athena asked, because it stood out to her, it was far too unique and she suspected that Flurry had already checked it out before returning to their position, hence why her question was directed to Flurry as Kratos chatted with Artemis about the first group of hunters she was sending out.

"That's the home of the Wanderer. I don't know what to call them, or even what their gender is, but someone wanted us to come here, and that structure seems to be their home." Flurry replied, which the gods looked at each other, because this was just confirmation that someone had visited Greece and none of them had noticed before this point, and if Zeus knew he had said nothing, though that ship had sailed with his death, meaning there was no way to confirm or deny anything, but her focus was on what else she had seen, "Also, the goshawk returned... I'm positive that it's the Wanderer, who doesn't want to show us their true form, but all I was able to figure out was that it headed to the north, to a whole new realm that none of us have been to."

"You don't think it was inviting us to follow it, do you?" Pandora inquired, because the bird in question had brought them to this place by delivering a message to them, and since it seemed to appear before her sister again she was sure that it might have been hoping to get her and a few others to follow it to another part of the world.

"Even if it is, we will not heed it. Our people need us." Kratos stated, as he understood that Flurry and Pandora would want to explore more lands, especially Pandora since she was trapped in a cage for a long time and there was no telling how much she got to see before Zeus captured her, though he had to admit that part of him did want to leave now that they had reached their destination, a voice he chose to ignore.

Flurry nodded and joined the others in setting up their new settlement, though even then she knew her father better than even some of the gods, thanks to traveling with him for a long time and listening to some of his thoughts, and she could tell that part of him wasn't satisfied by this discovery. Her father was happy that the people were safe, that they didn't have to suffer or fight for supplies in the destroyed realm they had left behind, along with the fact that they had saved as many as they could, but there was more to him than what the other gods had seen. Despite his success as a leader of Sparta, doing what he could to spread their name while keeping his people safe, she knew her father would no doubt partly blame the destruction of Greece on himself, that he let his anger get the better of him and that it caused him to make a couple of very questionable decisions, even if they were for the right reasons. If she was right in her thoughts she knew that it would only be a matter of time before he thought about embracing the idea of leaving for another adventure, following the goshawk to a whole new realm, possibly to figure out a way to control his anger and reach a degree of control he had never seen before, even after she appeared in his life.

Such a thing made her smile as Flurry followed the others into the settlement once more, because while she was sure that her father would leave at some point she also knew it wouldn't happen before their new home was complete, causing her to look forward what the future held for them and the rest of their people.