Heckatontria and Artemis: Landslide
One day while he was riding his son chariot, Apollo, the Sun God, spotted a beautiful maiden washing clothes in the front yard of a small hut. When night fell and he could do whatever he wanted, he went to visit the beautiful maiden. Apollo stayed with the maiden for a week and she fell madly in love with him. A few months later, the beautiful maiden whose name was Meladondria, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl with blond tufts of hair atop her head and electric blue eyes. Apollo, disappointed it wasn't a boy, left and didn't come back. Meladondria named the baby girl Heckatontria.
When Meladondria realized Apollo wasn't coming back, she embarked on a journey to ask the Oracle at Delphi a question.
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Meladondria handed Heckatontria to Hemona and fled back to her home town. Hemona and the other priestesses of Delphi helped raise Heckatontria until she was fifteen years of age. By the time she was fifteen, she was an archer whose skills were almost equivalent of the goddess, Artemis. Heckatontria could also run, and not just like some of the Ancient Greek track runners. When she ran, it was like she melted into the wind, became one with the wind spirits. This was why she was such a talented hunter. She could stalk her prey, even if they were moving quickly overland. She used her speed and her hunting talent to provide the priestesses with food in return for the years they had spent taking care of her. Then, on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Hemona told her the prophecy that had been given to her mother all those years ago. “Your real father is Apollo, and as was prophesied, if you can kill Artemis’s sacred deer, you will finally be able to meet your mother.” Hemona told Heckatontria. “ I don't care what the consequences are, I will go kill that deer so that I can finally meet my mother.” Heckatontria said, her jaw set and face