Hestia

### Realationships

Siblings: Poseidon, Hades, Zeus, Demeter, Hera; Niblings: Athena, Artemis, Persephone, Hebe, Hermes, Hephaestus, Apollo, Dionysus, Ares; Grandlings: Anteros, Eros, Asclepius, and so many more; Cousins: Innumerable. And Prometheus.

**Hestia** (*Ἑστία*) is the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, domesticity and chastity. She is a daughter of Rhea and Cronus, and a sister of Hades, Demeter, Hera, Poseidon, and Zeus. *"Hestia’s name means literally “Hearth”, and she both tends and is the sacred fire at the heart of every home. When humans first learned to tame fire, Hestia came into being. When fire alone held back the ice, that was Hestia. She is light, and warmth, and life itself. ... [S]he is the goddess of that force which tames the natural world, turning it to human usefulness. In this capacity, she is the goddess of domesticity, architecture, and the proper functioning of both home and the state."*

## Titanomachy

**Hestia** In these days she's regularly to be found among the mortals, in their rising buildings, or arguing with their governors. But mostly she is with the women tending their own hearth fires; an extra set of hands to bless and create the feast for a new *oikos* or the birth of a child, advising new wives in the managing of the household business that is their domain to rule, or sitting with Elders trading gossip, recipes and tips. She is not given the gift of foresight, but she sees the present with glittering clarity and how the past led there. Thus she can plan for the future, like managing grain and oil from a lean summer, anticipating a harsh winter.

She is not always found on Mt Othrys - she is too keenly aware of her father's growing rage, her mother's mounting anxiety, her siblings' fractious squabbles, and a thread of tension that signals *trouble on the way*. But she tends the Great Fire and tries to mollify Kronos in his rages, distract him with good food and wine, and keep her family safe. That's the duty of the eldest daughter, is it not? She would leap first into the Abyss if she thought it would save the rest of them. She fears she might yet have to. It matters not if they would do the same for her.

## Agathe

### Description

Agathe is the Mother Superior of *Les Sœurs De L'éternel Retour in Marseille*.

**Agathe** is the Mother Superior of *Les Sœurs De L'éternel Retour in Marseille*. Hestia is not in Versailles. Sister Agathe, however, is (by the time of game) Mother Superior of the Convent of *Les Sœurs De L'éternel Retour in Marseille.*

## Hester Casella

### Description

Hester Casella is a professional civic busybody who runs (is) **Prytaneum House** and it's operations and one of the Council.

**Hester Casella** is a professional civic busybody who runs (is) **Prytaneum House** and it's operations and one of the Council. She is, to the best of everyone's knowledge, one of those unshakeable 'New Women' of the age now passing. The kind who pins you down after a Committee meeting with a list of corrections to your speech, cross-referenced with campaign promises, three years worth of conversations she cannot possibly know about, and an invitation to dinner; then vanish in a cloud of honeysuckle and amber before you know what you've agreed to.

But no one can disagree that she's effective, invested in the workings of the City, and that the dinners at Prytaneum House are *exquisite.* And it *is* nice to have a place that's a neutral ground, to actually get work done between sessions, across the aisle or the neighborhood or whatever petty factionalism is tearing things up that week. One almost wonders how infrastructure improvements ever got done without it. Almost.

Hester is a handsome woman of indeterminate years, both youthful and seasoned at once. She's hardly fashionable, indeed quite behind the times - retaining a steadfast dedication to smart, ankle-length skirts, button boots, and crisply trimmed blouses with wide collars. While she's relaxed her hair from it's former Gibson pompadour glory with great reticence, her auburn hair stays long, pinned up in soft waves. Often there's a pencil behind her ear, and a slim leather notebook always just a pocket away.

## Non-Player Characters

### Titanomachy NPCs

* **Annika** is a Greek in their late 50s, currently serving as the lead human baker in the kitchens of Mt Othrys at Hestia's hearth.
* **Manou** is a strong Greek cook in their 40s, they can be found in the kitchens of Mount Othrys, most likely serving as their butcher.
* **Xenia** is a Thracian in their mid-20s, currently serving as an assistant cook in the kitchens of Mt Othrys.

### Roaring 20s NPCs

* **Farouk Moloudji** is renowned for the rosewater jellies and mint tea who runs a tea shop in Little Marrakesh and knows Hester.
* **Carlisle Argyle-Hughes** is a douchebag and Celeste's son who turned out Gale and the four cats after his mother died. Moira had been carefully devaluing his assets for the last several months, and he experienced a series of escalating misfortunes. Small ones, mostly, his car had appalling number of flat tires, his best suit had an unfortunate smear of bird excrement on the back that has set in. Until Trixie and Philip found him and he said some stupid things. Deceased.
* **Celeste Argyle-Hughes** was a great philanthropist and friend of Hester Casella. She founded and supported a number of important City institutions, including the Children's Hospital, Main Library, downtown Lyceum, the Arboretum and persisted in leaving her name off of all of it. She also gifted **Hester** the land Prytaneum House is built on and was a great supporter of the ballet, symphony, and opera, and lover of cats. Gale Prince was her companion for some years prior to her death. Deceased.
* **Agata Sokolowska** was Hestia's first acolyte in America and Viktor's mother. Her son, Viktor, continues to serve in a similar capacity. Deceased.
* **Andrea** is a young transgender woman with a street gang background and a serious dedication to keeping secrets. She's a better cook than housekeeper.
* **Angelo Martinelli** is an Italian man in his thirties, worked as Hestia's driver until he moved out to San Francisco with his girl.
* **Aristide Norton** is a 17-year-old runaway living at Prytaneum House. The highly charismatic African-American teenager needs a job and loves baseball. He has a real talent for showing up everywhere.
* **Dascha Belsky** is a Russian immigrant in her late 20s who fled her abusive husband and is now a resident of Prytaneum House who helps as kitchen staff. Her English is steadily improving and, like Khadija, she has nice flowered headscarves. Her sister lives near Daisy Duke's Diner.
* **Dmitri Belsky** is 7-year-old Dascha's child with tight, dark curls and green eyes; is absolutely trouble at the House.
* **Dorothy Morton** is a young black woman in her early 20s learning to be a housekeeper and cook, though better at the former than the latter. It's unknown whether she is deaf or has selective mutism, but it's unquestionable that she is wildly competent and has had a rough time finding work.
* **Eleni Stefanidis** is a young Greek woman doesn't speak much English, though she is a quick study and not easily fazed by anything on top of good training in *relevant history* from her grandmother. She's an exceptional cook with a little too much attention to detail for a position in a large house. With beginnings at Prytaneum House, she has since accepted a position as Athena's housekeeper.
* **Estelle Sanders** was a piano teacher in her twenties at Prytaneum House until she up and left last year who dated and then ghosted Oz Harper.
* **Ivan Máselník** is a 20-something veteran of Slavic descent living at Prytaneum House who was injured in the War. His mother is poorly and they've had a falling out over Ivan's romantic preferences.
* **Karolina Máselník** is a Slavic immigrant in her mid-50s from a military family whose her estranged son, Ivan, was injured in the war. Though brusque and taciturn, she is efficient, with reliable and plain cooking.
* **Khadija Ahmad** is the main cook at Prytaneum House and an immigrant from the Middle East, she's been with the House at least 10 years. Khadija has lovely headscarves and likely knows the truth of Hester Casella and her family. There's family troubles in the widow's background. She's in her late 50s.
* **Mariana Olivetti** is an immensely-opinionated widow in her mid-sixties, a former resident of Prytaneum House, and now the main housekeeper. She does 'the rounds' checking on folks in the care network and her shopping at the same market as Lucia Agosti.
* **Mrs. Feng** is a totally terrifying tiny Chinese woman in her late sixties teaches ladies' self-defense at Prytaneum House, size be damned.
* **Nora Greenberg** is a stressed twenty-six-year-old who teaches piano at Prytaneum House. She's a member of the housekeeping staff and the girls' dormitory captain.
* **Raymond Powell** is a mixed race man in his forties who works as a handyman and groundskeeper at Prytaneum House.
* **Siobhan O'Connor** is Khadija's sixteen-year-old assistant cook of Irish descent who has been at the House a year or so. Her family is no longer in the picture and though she wants to be a flapper, she is quite bad at wearing heels.
* **Viktor Sokolowski** is Hester Casella's driver and a lot more besides.

* Aristide Norton
* Celeste-Argyle-Hughes.jpgCeleste Argyle-Hughes
* Dascha and Dmitri Belsky
* Khadija Ahmad
* Nora Greenberg
* Siobhan O'Connor
* Viktor Sokolowski
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## Locations

### Titanomachy Locations

#### The Hearth

**The Hearth** is where the First Fire lives far away from the austerity of the throne room, deep in the kitchens of Mt Othrys. is where the First Fire lives far away from the austerity of the throne room, deep in the kitchens of Mt Othrys. Because the Palace of Kronos has two Fires. The first is Great Fire in the throne room, all austere stone and flat planes and the clean-burning fire of Authority. It is ever-tended, ever-burning, a symbol of strength contained but ever-ready to be unleashed. Kronos thinks the Great Fire is the first Fire.

He forgets that Fire was first tamed for heat and life, and to defend against the perils lurking in the Darkness. The First Fire is far away from the austerity of the throne room, deep in the kitchens of Mt Othrys. It's a working Fire, it feeds the wide kitchen hearths and small braziers, torches and candles to illumine the dim, grim halls with some cheer and warmth. This Hearth is a much nicer place to be...and this Fire knows that unlike its counterpart, it will always endure.

* The Hearth
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### Roaring 20s Locations

* **Prytaneum House** is a haven within the City for those who need it.

#### Hestia's Warehouse

**Hestia's Warehouse** is a warehouse in the heart of the City belonging to Hester Casella. It holds stockpiles of food and rations, and if you dig deep enough you'll find an illegal printing press somewhere for striking laborers. Otherwise, it is empty. A great place to sneak into, or for private meetings. There's also a second warehouse, one she acquired during a series of incidents with Alex Rocher.

## References

1. ↑ Sara L Mastros, 2019 Orphic Hymns Grimoire.
2. ↑ Wikipedia - Hestia [1]
3. ↑ Theoi - Hestia [2]
4. ↑ Cicero, Rackham. 1933. *De natura deorum*. [3]
5. ↑ HellenicGods.org - Hestia [4]
6. ↑ Helena, Hannah, Agathe, or: Why Hestia is Not In Versailles - [5]