Coeus

Coeus was a son of Uranus and Gaia. He was the Titan of Farsight, Intellect, and Knowledge, and was also the Titan Lord of the North.
==History==
===Early Life===
Coeus was the second son born to Gaia and Uranus, the respective personifications of the earth and sky (after Oceanus). The Titans were the eldest of the three races born to Gaea the Earth and Uranus the Sky, before the Hekatonkeries (Cottus, Gyges, and Briares) and the Elder Cyclopes (Arges, Brontes, and Steropes). All were detested by their father, but he detested the younger children so much (mainly for their ugliness) that he imprisoned them in the terrifying abyss of Tartarus, which was itself deep within the Earth. Enraged, Gaea told her remaining twelve children (including Coeus), the Titans, to take the mighty Scythe that she had forged, and avenge their brothers by overthrowing their arrogant and sadistic father. However, while Coeus detested his father, he was ambivalent at the prospect of murdering him and so were most of his other brothers and sisters, and did not step up to take the Scythe. However, after his younger brother Cronus did, Coeus agreed to help him in the murder. Nonetheless, Coeus' elder brother Oceanus, as well as his sisters Theia, Tethys, Themis, Phoebe, Mnemosyne, and Rhea all refused to participate, saying that they all had important things to attend to.
===Murder of Uranus===
While preparing to ambush his father Uranus, Coeus hid himself in a deep pit, which he covered with leaves and twigs. Together with his brothers Iapetus, Crius, and Hyperion, Coeus held Uranus down, after which Cronus used the Scythe to slice Uranus into a thousand pieces and claim his supremacy over the universe. However, right before Cronus sliced him up, Uranus predicted that one day Cronus himself would suffer the same fate at the hands of his own child. After defeating his father, Coeus roared with laughter, along with Hyperion, Crius, and Cronus. Afterwards, Cronus hurled all of the remaining pieces of Uranus into the sea as a gesture of loathing against his brother Oceanus for not helping slay their father. Much later, these particles would mix with the ocean spray to form Aphrodite.
=== The Titan Lord of the North===
After Cronus claimed his supremacy as the Titan King of Mount Othrys, and ushered in the "Golden Age", Coeus was justly rewarded for his help with control over the North. Coeus was one of Cronus' most loyal followers, held in great esteem by Cronus himself. Coeus was also the only Elder Titan who was naturally clairvoyant, and could accurately predict the future. As a result, all of Coeus' siblings, nephews and nieces would frequently approach him with questions about the future.
In time, Coeus married his beautiful sister Phoebe (the Titaness of Mystery), and fathered three children with her: Leto (the Titaness Protector of the Young), Asteria (the Titaness of Prophetic Dreams), and Lelantos (the Titan of Air and Hunting Skills). Unfortunately, since Coeus lived far up north, and Phoebe lived near the Oracle of Delphi, they could not see each other very often.
Shortly after the birth of his children, Coeus no longer visited Cronus on Mount Othrys, not even during the latter's weekly Sunday dinners. While he claimed to be too busy, Cronus knew that the actual reason was Coeus' secret fear of his brother's might and infamous temper.
Coeus' daughter Asteria later married Perses (the Titan of Destruction), and gave birth to the goddess Hecate.
===Zeus Rescues His Siblings===
However, years later, after Cronus hired a young Titan by the name of Zeus (actually a god in disguise, Cronus' son in disguise), Coeus was very entertained by the latter's excellent singing, dancing, and "Satyr jokes", and took to visiting Cronus on Mount Othrys much more often. Shortly thereafter, Zeus encouraged Coeus to participate in the newly established Titanic drinking contests. As the Titan King of Mount Othrys, Cronus would always win, since he could not let his siblings or nephews overcome him in anything.
One evening, when Coeus was dining with his brothers and nephews, Zeus prepared nectar mixed with sleeping potion for Coeus, and a powerful emetic for Cronus. As before, Zeus entertained them all with his great singing, dancing, and jokes. Near the end of the Titanic banquet, Zeus encouraged all of the Titans to have yet another drinking contest, and handed out the prepared goblets. As before, Cronus won the contest, but the emetic caused him to disgorge all his swallowed children, from the last devoured to the first devoured (the boulder Rhea replaced Zeus with as a desperate attempt to save him, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia) while Koios was temporarily knocked out by the sleeping potion, and could not stop them from escaping.
===First Titanomachy===
Shortly thereafter, all six of Cronus' children quickly declared war against their father, as well as the other Titans, which resulted in the terrifying 11-year-long Titanomachy. Coeus initially had the upper hand in his battles with the gods, since he was a very skilled and more experienced swordsman. However, the gods quickly became skilled warriors as well, and with the help of their new extremely powerful weapons (Zeus' Master Bolt, Poseidon's Trident, and Hades' Helm of Darkness), as well as the aid of the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkeries whom the gods freed from Tartarus once again after Cronus locked them up once more, the gods finally prevailed. During the final battle, Zeus used his Master Bolt to shear off the top of Mount Othrys, and hurl Cronus from his Black Throne, defeating the Titan King and cutting him up into a thousand pieces just with his scythe just as Cronus had done to his own father. Shortly thereafter, the gods invaded the ruins of Mount Othrys, and finally overwhelmed the remaining Titans (including Coeus himself).
In the aftermath of the battle, Coeus was chained up by the Elder Cyclopes, after which the Hekatonkeries forced him to kneel before Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Zeus proceeded to taunt his uncle Coeus, prompting the latter to hang his head in shame. Zeus proceeded to hurl Coeus into Tartarus, along with Hyperion, Iapetus, Crius, and Cronus' remains. The Titans would be imprisoned in the maximum-security zone of Tartarus, surrounded by huge bronze walls, and a lava moat, guarded by their Hekatonkerie brothers. Years later, Coeus, briefly went crazy and tried to break out of Tartarus but was ultimately subdued by Cerberus.
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