Rogue's Gallery: Hawkules

Rogue's Gallery: Hawkules is the 35th installment in the Rogue's Gallery series, centering on Hawkules. It was published in the January 2016 Pirate101 Monthly Newsletter.
==Transcription==
“Welcome to the Pirate101 Rogue’s Gallery. Subject, Hawkules.
Greatest Hero of Aquila, Hawkules, son of Immortal Zeus, was raised by his step-parents, a humble shepherd and a gentle weaver. On the night he was left with them he showed his heroic nature: two Ophidian brigands attacked the couple’s simple cottage only to be knocked out cold by the infant Hawkules. The old couple gaped at each other in disbelief. It was obvious their charge was no ordinary mortal.
In the years that followed Hawkules proved to be more than a little...boisterous. The time his stepfather found him juggling the entire flock was bad enough. When asked to dig a water trough, Hawkules dug a canal bigger than an aqueduct. A request to patch a fence resulted in a massive stone bulwark surrounding the entire village. Finally, the old shepherd sat down with his stepson.
“Son, you’re no shepherd. The sheep are terrified of you. The wolves are terrified of you. Even the MANTICORES are terrified of you. You were born to be a hero, so go do something heroic. Go to Nova Aquila and join up with a Legion.”
And so began Hawkules’ legendary military career. His prowess at besting the enemy grew so rapidly that soon Generals were fielding him instead of their other soldiers. Hawkules took on entire Legions by himself and his fame grew to the point where he became private army of his own, hiring out his talent to whichever general he thought could gain him the most glory.
As his legend continued to grow throughout Aquila he began to have more and more trouble finding work. Armies would often desert their posts the moment they heard Hawkules had been hired by their enemies. The hero was leaving untold Legions of unemployed soldiers behind him in every region he traveled through.
During the Trojan War, the opposing sides signed an “Aggression Pact” in which both sides agreed the other would not hire Hawkules, thus allowing themselves the luxury of fighting a proper war. It seemed Hawkules’ career as a soldier was over. So, he offered his services directly to the Emperor himself.
The Emperor was more frustrated than pleased. He tasked Hawkules with Ten Great (and impossible – or so the Emperor thought) Labors to keep him out of his feathers... but Hawkules made short work of the first five tasks and was about to undertake the rest when he was cajoled into the quest for the Golden Fleece. Little did he know that fateful journey would lead to his first step out of Aquila and into the myriad realms of The Spiral.
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==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Hawkules
*Hawkules's stepmother
*Hawkules's stepfather
*Zeus
===Events===
*Trojan War
===Locations===
*Spiral
**Aquila
***Nova Aquila
===Creatures===
*Manticore
===Events===
*Trojan War
===Sentient species===
*Immortal
*Ophidian
===Miscellanea===
*Golden Fleece
Category:Rogue's Gallery episodes