Titans

The Titans are a race of immortals that ruled the universe after the Primordium and before the Olympians. Cronus was their king and Rhea was their queen.

History
The Titans were one of three sets of beings born to Gaia and Uranus, the personifications of the Earth and sky, respectively. Uranus had earlier imprisoned his elder children, the Cyclops and the Hekatonkeries, in Tartarus because of his respective contempt and fear of them. While Uranus no doubt took delight in his wicked works, Gaia was outraged by the treatment of her sons and conspired with her remaining children to overthrow Uranus. She presented them a new weapon she had forged (a large and jagged scythe), urging them to take it in order to rise up and take action against their father. All of them refused to do so out of fear of their father — except Cronus, the youngest and most terrible of the Titans, who agreed to kill his father and punish him for his cruelty. Taking the scythe, Cronus convinced his four brothers, Hyperion, Crius, Coeus and Iapetus to help him. Gaia lured Uranus down to the earth to meet her for a romantic dinner while Cronus and his brothers lied in wait to ambush their father. Hyperion, Crius, Coeus and Iapetus leaped forth from their hiding places and grabbed Uranus by each of his arms and legs, pinning him to the ground. Cronus then sprung out and attacked, taking the scythe in his hands and cutting off his father's genitals. He soon chopped Ouranos up into a thousand pieces and threw his severed genitals into the sea so as to insult to his brother Oceanus for refusing to participate in the conspiracy. Fresh from his victory, Cronus seized supremacy amongst the Titans and became their king.

He took his sister Rhea as his queen and ruled for countless eons. Mankind was first created in his reign though they were unsophisticated and simple — this time later came to be known as the "Golden Age". Like his father before him, Cronus grew into a corrupt tyrant along with many of the other Titans.

Shortly after releasing his brothers, the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkeries, Cronus became disgusted by their awful smell and the noise they made and summoned the other two most powerful Titans, Hyperion and Atlas, to reimprision them. He also hired Kampê, the most terrifying monster in Tartarus, to guard them.

Eventually, Cronus learned that he was destined to be overthrown by his own offspring just as he had usurped his father. To evade his fate, Cronus would devour his five elder children before a desperate Rhea saved her sixth and last child, Zeus by substituting a stone for his father to consume as advised by Gaia. Raised in secrecy, Zeus would grow to adulthood and free his siblings to wage war against Cronus and the other Titans.

The Titans originally had the upper hand against the gods in battle as they were more experienced and skilled but with the help of the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkeries and their extremely powerful newly crafted weapons, the gods quickly gained the upper hand. After eleven years of battle, the younger immortals emerged victorious; Zeus used Cronus' scythe to slice him into thousands of pieces just as he had done to his father, scattering his remains into Tartarus. Cronus' brothers were also cast into Tartarus, while Atlas was condemned to hold up the sky as punishment for leading the Titans' forces. With the Titans defeated, Zeus and his siblings assumed power as the the new rulers of the cosmos.

The Olympians Incarnate
The Titans find a way to recover and escape from Tartarus during the Third Age, as the Titan Prometheus plans his revenge against Zeus and the rest of the Olympians with the help of his uncles.

First Generation
The First Generation of Titans were children of Gaia and Uranus.

Oceanus
Father of the Waters and Titan of the Oceans and Water. For not participating in the overthrowing of his father, Oceanus was to receive the severed genitals of Uranus after they were thrown in the ocean.

During the Titanomachy, Oceanus fought alongside the Titans against the Olympians. Ultimately losing and choosing to remain in the oceans for eternity.

Coeus
Lord of the North and Titan of Farsight, Intellect and Knowledge. Granted Lordship of the North by his brother Cronus after helping him overthrow Uranus.

During the Titanomachy, Coeus fought alongside the Titans against the Olympians. He was later banished to Tartarus after the Titans lost the war.

Crius
Lord of the South and Titan of the Stars and Constellations. Granted Lordship of the South by Cronus after helping him overthrow Uranus.

Banished to Tartarus after losing the Titanomachy against the Olympians.

Hyperion
Lord of the East and Titan of the Sun, Light and Power. Granted Lordship by Cronus after helping him overthrow Uranus.

Banished to Tartarus after losing the Titanomachy against the Olympians.

Iapetus
Lord of the West and Titan of Mortality and Pain. Granted Lordship by Cronus.

Theia
Consort of Hyperion and Titaness of Splendor and Shine.

Granted demi-immortality by Zeus in exchange for her loyalty and banished to Lesbos.

Rhea


Queen of Mount Othrys and Titaness of Earthly Elements and Motherhood.

Did not directly fight during the Titanomachy, but sided with her Olympian children against the Titans.

Themis
Lady of Conduct and Titaness of Divine Law, Justice and fairness.

Granted demi-immortality by Zeus in exchange for her loyalty and banished to Lesbos.

Mnemosyne
Lady of Remembrance and Titaness of Memory.

Neutral during the Titanomachy. Later becoming one of the Wives of Zeus.

Phoebe
Wife of Coeus and Titaness of Prophecy and Mystery.

Tethys
Wife of Oceanus and Titaness of the Seas, Freshwater, and nursing mothers.

Cronus


King of Mount Othrys and Titan of Agriculture.