Epirus Bow (Immortals)
The Epirus Bow is a weapon that features in Immortals.
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History
The Epirus Bow's origins were dated to the time of the war between the various godly immortals. The Twelve Olympians lost the divine weapon on Earth during their mythic, ancient war against the Titans before locking the vanquished rebels deep within Mount Tartarus. It was considered a weapon that had been forged by Hercules with legends of this being circulated among mortals. During this conflict, the weapon became lost though the victors became declared as gods whilst the vanquished were called Titans that were imprisoned in the bowels of Mount Tartarus. The law of the gods held that their kind were not to intervene in the affairs of man unless the Titan themselves were released from captivity. King Hyperion sought out the Epirus Bow in order to use it to release the Titans from their imprisonment as part of his vengeance against the gods of Olympus. He intended to use the weapon to rule all of mankind and attempted to discern the location of the artifact which saw Heraklion legions destroying every shrine to the Greek gods. Thus, he lay siege and took control of the Sibyellines Monastery during his quest to retrieve the bow. The Sibyellines oracle was noted to be able to see where the Epirus Bow resided whilst the gods themselves came to realise that Hyperion was getting closer to finding its resting place. Ultimately, it was discovered in Kolpos encased in stone and recovered by Theseus which he used to save his comrades when they were captured by a Heraklion patrol. According to the oracle, the bow in the hands of Theseus would bring about Hellenes victory over Hyperion. However, at the pit, Theseus along with his friends fell into a trap where a Heraklion hound took the weapon which was brought to King Hyperion.
Eons later, the ruthless, genocidal King Hyperion declared a brutal war against humanity, scorching Greece and capturing the virgin oracle Phaedra to use her prophetic visions to track down the artifact's resting place. Hyperion intended to use the weapon's supreme power to shatter the walls of Tartarus, liberate the trapped Titans, and completely annihilate the Gods of Olympus who failed to save his family. Meanwhile, a peasant warrior named Theseus, who was secretly trained in combat by Zeus in human disguise, discovered the glowing relic encased inside a stone structure within a labyrinthine temple. Theseus claimed the weapon to defend his people, but he later lost possession of it during a chaotic ambush by Hyperion's forces, who used a loyal jackal beast to retrieve the artifact. Hyperion successfully brought the weapon to the massive stone wall blocking Mount Tartarus, firing a devastating shot that shattered the divine seal and released the vengeful Titans to trigger a apocalyptic war between the immortals.
They return to Phaedra's temple to kill Hyperion but are lured into an ambush, and the bow is seized by Hyperion's hyena. Ares directly intervenes to save Theseus, killing the attackers. Athena then provides them with horses to reach Mount Tartarus. Zeus suddenly descends and kills Ares for disobeying his law, while sparing Athena's life as she did not physically interfere like Ares did. Zeus tells Theseus that he and his allies will receive no more aid from the gods, as he must justify the faith that Zeus has in him alone. Theseus warns King Cassander, leader of the Hellenic resistance, of Hyperion's plans to destroy the Hellenes and release the Titans, but Cassander dismisses the gods as myth, intending to negotiate peace. Hyperion uses the Bow to breach the city's immense wall, killing many defenders. Theseus rallies the Hellenic army and leads them against Hyperion, but Hyperion storms through, kills Cassander, and, before Theseus can stop him, uses the Epirus Bow to blast open the mountain and free the Titans. Zeus and the gods descend to battle the Titans, and they urge Theseus to fight Hyperion; Zeus destroys the Epirus Bow with Ares' Warhammer. The gods prove more powerful than the Titans, but are overwhelmed, and all are killed except Zeus and a badly wounded Poseidon; as Athena dies, she begs Zeus to not abandon mankind. Hyperion mortally wounds Theseus, but Theseus overpowers and drives a knife into him in an 'embrace'. Zeus collapses Mount Tartarus on the Titans and Hyperion's men, and ascends to Olympus with Athena's body and Theseus.
Overview
In appearance, the Epirus Bow was a sleek, minimalist range weapon crafted to serve as a supreme celestial relic and an instrument of absolute structural destruction. It possessed a highly specialized, divine nature that remained dormant until held by an individual with a strong will, operating under a strict cosmic balance where its immense power could easily alter the fate of both mortals and gods. The weapon functioned as an absolute kinetic force multiplier, completely bypassing standard physical durability and acting as a direct metaphysical tool capable of breaking immortal seals. Its design focused entirely on generating unlimited, self-contained ammunition, ensuring that a marksman never needed to carry physical projectiles or a traditional quiver into battle. Regarding its construction and visual traits, the weapon was heavily patterned after a modern recurve archery design, featuring clean, unornamented crystalline or metallic limbs that lacked any traditional decorations. The bow lacked a conventional physical arrow rest or complex mechanical sights, maintaining a completely smooth, translucent profile that radiated a soft, golden bioluminescent aura when handled. This distinct, non-traditional geometry gave the relic an exceptionally futuristic, majestic aesthetic that projected an immediate image of ancient, reality-shattering authority.
The celestial weapon known as the Epirus Bow demonstrated an exceptional suite of energy-generating, concussive, and anti-immortal capabilities upon being unsealed in Greece. It exhibited the primary supernatural power of automatic projectile generation, allowing the archer to draw back the string to instantly manifest a solid arrow of pure light-based energy. For defensive purposes, it utilized a localized property of spatial force, generating immense shockwaves that could easily blast through stone fortresses, demolish defensive structures, and shatter reinforcing walls. It displayed a localized property of absolute trajectory precision, enabling the wielder to execute improbable aiming maneuvers, such as firing multiple energy arrows in rapid succession to strike down several armored targets simultaneously. Their offensive capabilities were absolute against cosmic entities; it was one of the few objects capable of delivering fatal wounds to immortal Olympians and breaking the divine chains of the imprisoned Titans. The bow also functioned as a localized temporal anchor, ringing with a distinct, sharp metallic chime whenever the bowstring was pulled back to full draw. Additionally, it demonstrated a profound structural disruption mechanism, as its energy impacts completely disintegrated physical barriers, leaving charred, smoking craters where standard arrows would simply bounce away.
It was described as being a weapon of unimaginable power.
Though seemingly a bow, it did not come with arrows but instead generated its own magical weapons with no need for physical arrows. Once the string was pulled, a light-based arrow was formed which hit their targets with great concussive force.
Users
- Theseus : a male Hellenic who, according to the oracle, the bow was fated to return and be wielded by Theseus in order to defeat King Hyperion.
- Hyperion : a male warlord who lost faith in the gods an intended to retrieve the bow in order to free the Titans and gained the weapon after it was brought to him by a Heraklion hound who had snatched it from Theseus.
Appearances
- Immortals: (2012)
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