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…But There Is an I In Win A quick, subtle, gritty sound of a metal boot inconspicuously prowling whispered in Wrathious’ ear. A man had found Wrathious sharpening her blade on a large stone camouflaged by the flourishing greenery of the Asian Forest. The on-going war had General Wrathious pitted in an enervating hunting game against the General of an opposing brigade. Immediately, Wrathious recognized the familiar sound. In one sweeping motion Wrathious decapitated the General, slicing through the man’s armor with immense strength. Though she was unaware of her origins, Wrathious was a demigoddess, and she was capable of a plethora of feats beyond those of a mortal. However, this status being unbeknownst to her, Wrathious was unable to explain her incredibly powerful, yet sometimes diffident behavior. With the General now killed, Wrathious’ army quickly decimated the remaining soldiers of the opposing fleet, who now, under no militaristic guidance, were defenseless. However, this engagement was just a miniscule stepping stone when compared to the battle that was to come in the following days. For with the death of the empire’s only remaining general, nothing was standing between Wrathious and the emperor, which meant complete victory of the opposing empire. That night, Wrathious played out the entire battle in her mind. Her plan was to ambush the emperor’s palace, using an advanced aerial tactic with the aid of a select few of her most skilled men. However, each time Wrathious reached the step in her plan when she was to slay the empress, she found herself unable to continue. For the empress had never done anything to deserve an early death, and for that Wrathious knew she would be unable to take her life. Wrathious then devised a plan; she would swear her loyalty to Ares, the God of War, in return for a way to be victorious without having to deal with the immense guilt of slaying an innocent woman. The following morning Wrathious’ traveled to a temple of Ares. Once inside of the temple, Wrathious found herself juxtaposed by a large stone statue of Ares, seated in an enormous stone throne. Wrathious approached the large altar in front of the statue. Wrathious then placed a large basket of fruits, breads, and herbs on the altar as an offering. Then Wrathious presented her plea, stating, “Oh mighty God of War, dust thou have it in thy to aid thee in the war in the days to come. In return, I shall swear unto thy my eternal servitude.” At this the entire temple began to quake. The stone statue began to awaken with life, the solid stone structure transfiguring into the tan skin of a man, and the solid stone clothing transforming into beautiful silk garments. Now, a 40 foot, flawlessly constructed, man stood peering down at Wrathious, examining her. Ares then spoke, catechizing Wrathious that she knew what exactly she was swearing herself into. Ares strongly deterred Wrathious from pledging her service to the god, stating that being a servant to a god is an incredibly tedious and demanding life. However, Wrathious was incessant on receiving aid from Ares, and swore to him that she understood what she was engaging herself in. With this, Ares raised one of his hands, holding it over Wrathious, unleashing a powerful and resplendent light upon her, and when the light ceased, Ares had evanished. However, despite the wondrous event that had just occurred, Wrathious felt no different, but nevertheless, Wrathious returned home to finish preparing for the up-coming battle. The following day, Wrathious readied her army to siege the Emperors palace. The brigade set off, and once there, Wrathious adapted her army to a new plan. Wrathious was to siege the Emperors palace herself, rather than enter with an entire squad of men. Wrathious made her way throughout the palace, clandestinely killing all guards in sight. Wrathious was to assassinate the emperor as planned, however, she would capture the empress, knowing she would be unable to take her life, and keep her prisoner until Greece had completely taken control of the empire. Howbeit, Wrathious had built up such rage, she had forgotten her original plan to wait for the emperor to travel to his study to assassinate him, in order to keep the Empress from witnessing her husbands death, and abruptly intruded into the royal sleeping quarters. However, it wasn’t until Wrathious found herself savagely slaying both the emperor and his wife that she realized what Ares had given unto her, tempestuous impetus. Wrathious ragingly exited the palace, stained with blood. By the unexpected timeliness of the act, in addition to the beast-like expression on Wrathious’ face, the army immediately knew what had occurred. Wrathious’ rage had caused her to oppose the plan that she and her soldiers had devised, highly disrespecting her army, causing the men to abdicate. Wrathious then realized that she had lost the one thing that gave her importance, and with this humiliation, Wrathious pleaded that Ares remove the burden he had set upon her. However, Ares disavowed Wrathious’ request, roaring from Mount Olympus that he had tried to dissuade her from making such a promise in order to receive aid where aid is not needed, and with this, Ares reached an enormous hand down from Mount Olympus and conveyed a shrieking Wrathious to her eternal service. This is why, if a person displays ruthless power, it is said that they are expressing Wrath.