With Hermes' help, the five Goddesses journey to the Cavern of Souls, a portion of the Underworld where Gaea has housed the spirits of all women unjustly killed by men.īy pooling their divine powers, the Goddesses withdraw these spirits - save one Athena notes a 'special destiny' for - and reincarnate them into grown women. This dissuades neither Ares, who plots to surpass all Olympus, nor Artemis, who has already allied with five other Olympians: Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, Demeter, Goddess of the Harvest, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth, and Hermes, Messenger of the Gods.

Zeus eventually loses patience with the debates, proclaims the issue beneath him, and leaves his wife Hera likewise refuses to engage. The former proposes cowing man into obedience through force and bloodshed the latter, creating an all-female race who will enlighten man. Zeus, King of Olympus, hears competing proposals from Ares, God of War and Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt on the matter.

Many millennia later, the Gods of Mount Olympus discuss a pressing issue: their worshipers' dwindling faith. Moments later, the caveman is shocked to see his mate's corpse twitching, and hear a voice whispering from the Earth.Ī blinding light suddenly flies from the cave-woman's corpse, into the sky above. His pregnant mate tries to console him, but her pity enrages him, spurring him to attack and kill her. Synopsis for 'The Princess and the Power!'ĭuring the late stone age, a caveman is exiled from his tribe for failing a hunt - a failure that has also cost him his hand. 2 Appearing in 'The Princess and the Power!'.1 Synopsis for 'The Princess and the Power!'.

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