u/Numerous_Worker_1941

A story I’ve been working on for a while now

We follow Gaius, a young man who has enters the school of Augurs. He specializes in divination via chickens. He can see the threads that bind people to future possibilities. The fates visit him often, but only he can see them. He meets Alectryon, a demi-god stuck in a roosters body.

Gaius is friends with Cyrus, a Greek blessed by Hades with the powers of smelling out gems and getting stronger every time he kills someone. They hear whispers of war with Carthage.

Enter Marcus and Aurelius, two friends who join the Roman army and march to Cannae. At the battle Ares and Hercules join the Romans, but Ares ultimately betrays Hercules and joins Hannibal and Baal.

Marcus witnesses the betrayal and vows to see the gods killed. He comes up with a plan to steel artifacts of power to fight them. Aurelius leaves Cannae wounded and dying. He finds Hercules in similar condition. With the last of his life force Hercules bestows Aurelius with his power.

Aurelius goes to help Scipio while Aurelius seeks out the armor of Achilles.

All four characters meet and Rome and learn of an army being formed by Ares and Baal to flank the Romans at Zama. They try to stop them but are thwarted. As Baal and Ares army march through a pass chasing the 4, Cyrus turns to face them alone. He kills them one by one slowly gaining more and more powerful. He wipes out the army by himself turning his power to Demi god status. He attacks Ares and holds his own, but it ultimately sent to the underworld.

Gaius and Aurelius help Marcus seek out the sandals of Hermes, the good is killed in the process, something Aurelian disagrees with. He also obtains Perseus’ Harpe sword, capable of cutting down gods.

With his new weapons Ares and Baal are defeated easily.

Marcus is going mad with power and seeks more. He leaves to hunt down the Pantheon.

As more bodies pile up Aurelius and Gaius attempt to stop them.

They get to mount Olympus as Marcus is attempting to kill Zeus for his thunderbolt. Gaius betrays Aurelian, locking him in a room, for his own mission of breaking his threads from the fates.

We learn he has been pulling the strings all along that would lead to this moment.

Marcus sits on the throne of the god, looking over the wasteland he created. He vows to stay out of mortal affairs.

Gaius walks down a Roman road, his rooster by his side. The Fates cry out “his threads we can’t see his threads!” As he marches towards a destiny of his own creation.

Aurelius is last seen drilling new recruits to the Roman army.