U432

Universe 432

The main differences in U432 is that the Greek Pantheon is more tangible and real, representing constituents of an alternative race of men. Many elements of Classical Greek society appear to predict and rhyme with modern culture, as the Romans never existed and the Greeks maintained hegemony beyond the Medieval period. The schism resulting in the absence of the Romans is tied to a more catastrophic loss during the Trojan War that essentially made the Trojan people extinct, preventing them from later travelling to Italy and founding Rome. Greek society remains the dominant culture into modern times, and modern tropes such as 'fast food venues' and 'consumerism' find their primordial foundations in Classical Greek culture.

The Greek Pantheon are not fallen angels and neither are they 'ascended' heroes (as if men could do such things). They are instead believed to be a unique race of men, known as the Leukosopro (derived *from Leukos Prosopon, meaning White countenance*). Differing from the temporal state of men, they are long lived and unregulated by bodily functions. It is believed that they are descendants of mixed relations with another rebellious race of angels, not exactly related to the third which fell. These 'men' were known for producing states of disorder until finally ordering themselves in Greece. Their unions with humans are therefore a transgression.

## Differences Catalog

* A more catastrophic defeat of Troy prevents the founding of Rome
* Greek Hegemony maintains itself into the modern period unabated
* The Greek Pantheon represents a tangible race of 'men' which are later killed off during the Christian period
* Roman Numerals are '*Egyptian Numerals*'
* Heracles and Greek Mythology as a whole is radically different and more tamed
* All animals speak a secret and universal language, but their intelligence is largely the same.
* The Greek chronology is largely different, with Hercules taking place late into the story (after the conclusion of the Trojan War, among other things)
* There are still eight planets, despite only six appearing in the Hercules film. This is because the Greeks only knew of six at the time.
* Thebes is counted as "The Big Olive" as it is the most populated city in the world at its time and a precursor to New York. Despite these things, it is no longer the technical dominant city.
* Bengalese students studying in Athens bring eastern "martial arts" to Greece at an early period. It never catches on, neither do the Greeks develop their own form.
* The Constellations are different. Perseus is excluded (as the Satyr laments that none of his students were ever in the stars). Gemini includes only one woman, who is clothed in a dress.
* The tradition of theatric performers forming the imprint of their hands in cement develops in the ancient world, but not in Greece.
* The Law of Physics are different in order to account for supernatural abilities, among other things.
* The Venus de Milo loses its arms due to Hercules' carelessness while throwing rocks in a fountain.
* Legal contractual agreements (and their related terms, such as *boilerplate)* originate in Greece. However, they are commonly delivered orally.
* Hades has a potion (and cauldron chasm) with a brew that deprives Pantheons of their immortality and power.
* The Hydra operates differently, growing two heads for each one cut off instead of only regrowing the single one.
* Hercules finds a new apparent line of tares. Tares are already apparent, and the visage of the Muses reveals the tainted state of the 'Pantheon'
* Christianity spreads slower, but still overcomes paganism and results in the defeat of the Pantheon
* Paul's letter to the Romans is replaced with an epistle to Philadelphia or *Alasehir*
* The Catholic Church is never founded, and Greece's government instead represents the Beast
* Revelation is tied to the Fall of the Pantheon

## Constants

* Biology is the same.
* Oedipius is still a play and is popular in Thebes.
* History leading up to the founding of Ionian Greece is the same.
* Unless otherwise stated, too untame, or if contradictory, the Mythology is the same

## Shared with

The Lion King also takes place in this universe, and all animals share the traits seen in that film.

## Notes

Satyrs are not related to jews despite the Satyr's use of a Yiddish word.