Bia

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**Bia** is the greek goddess of power, might and force as a physical concept in which objects are under dominion. Bia is closely related to her brother Kratos, and are often seen together when laboring either for their parents, Styx and Pallas or Zeus, who they pled allegiance to prior to the Titanomachy.

## History

### Background

Bia is the goddess of force. Although oftenly confused or described as being a goddess of physical strength and prowess, both for her title and strong phisique, Bia is more closely related to gravity and the physical force in which objects and matter are susceptible to. This trait is usually shown by her displays of power, where she will remove or add to the weight of objects or living things, as well as pulling or repelling them.

### Early Life

Bia is the second-oldest child of the titans Styx and Pallas. Bia grew up being taught about martial arts and strength by her father, but intervened and taught generosity and humility by Styx. Bia always nourished a relationship of competition with her older sibling, Kratos, and is said to have gotten into constant fights with him and always ended making up with each other. Bia and her siblings all grew up in the shores of the Mavroneri river in many temples that Pallas built himself for his family, siblings and in account of Styx, who was bound to the river and exacted tasks for the underworld.

### Titanomachy

As tensions and threats of war grew between the Titans and Olympus, Styx and Pallas decided to part ways with their parents and plead allegiance to Zeus and the Olympians. Bia and her siblings were well-trained and old enough to fight in a large scale combat, and were invited by their parents to join. As Styx was the first non-olympian deity to ally herself to Zeus, Pallas, Kratos, Bia, Zelos and Nike were all humbled and blessed by Zeus and became one of his most trusted allies. During the war, Kratos and Bia were in the frontlines of Zeus main war-band, functioning as shields for the flanking forces. During the main combat that ended the war, Bia was most-notably responsible for dissipating a gargantuan-sized wave sent by Eurybia, her grandmother.

### Prometheus

After Prometheus stole the Fire of Olympus and gave it to the first human civilizations, Zeus was enraged and decided to punish him for his mischief. Zeus tasked Bia and Kratos to capture Prometheus and bring him to Olympus. Bia and her brother located Prometheus, and they engaged in battle. Bia was easily neutralized by Prometheus, and used The Beacon of Force to weaken his attacks in order to allow Kratos to strike with his terrible fists. Defeated by Kratos and Bia, Prometheus was brought to Olympus and specifically chained in Mount Caucasus, to remind him of Bia who restrained his very ability to move, and punished by having a lappet-faced vulture eating his liver everyday for eternity, to remind him of Kratos' terribleness and his defeat. Both Bia and Kratos do not aggree with his punishment, but remain silent and do not question Zeus' authority.

## Appearance

Bia has the appearance of a beautiful young woman. She flashes proudly her muscles and seems to be specially eager to show her arms. Bia also has a carved rune in the left side of her face and a second rune that runs over her chest, representing the power over force she holds. Her hair is black, and her eyes have many colors ranging from blue to lilac, that are often glowing back and forth between different shades. Bia's most amazing feature is her harpy eagle-like wings, that glow kinetic force around the edges. Bia dresses in casual, military fashion, and uses no armor for protection.

## Artifacts

* **The Beacon of Force:** As an infant, Bia received many gifts as a celebration of her birth. One of these gifts was The Beacon of Force, given by her uncle Astraeus, who had a premonition about Bia's powers and strengths. Astraeus then forged this artifact, a hollow, round-shaped bar with carved runes that denounce its hollow insides, that augments Bia's gravitational abilities. Although this artifact is always carried by Bia, wrapped at her belt, it was only used twice: Once in the titanomachy, when dampening the enormous wave sent by her grandmother Eurybia; and once again when neutralizing Prometheus.

## Relationships

* **Pallas:** Bia is very fond of her father and constantly counts on his wisdom and humble attitude with her. Although she is a very physically strong goddess, Bia doesn't always feel confident about her decisions and her own personality, and often relies on her father's advice to be reminded of her inner strengths and accept herself.

* **Styx:** Styx became very distant of her children as they grew up, and tries perhaps to hard to show her affection when opportunity rises. Bia somewhat carries resentment for Styx's growing absence, but tries to be understanding of her function and be as affectionate during their reunions.

* **Kratos:** Bia is very close and competitive with Kratos. They are oftenly seen together and always complete tasks for Kratos as a team. They seem to be very trusting with each other, although Bia thinks Kratos lacks self-restraint and awareness of consequence and most times seem to be the voice of reason between the two.

* **Zelos:** Bia is not close to Zelos. Although saying she loves Zelos and is very protective of him (specially since he is her younger brother), Bia does not trust him for his deceitful and violent nature, and also in account of some of his past labors that felt fundamentally wrongful for Bia.

* **Nike:** Bia and Nike are very loving towards one another and do not spare constant shows of affection. Bia loves her youngest sister for her optimistic and reliable nature, and seems to be always in good terms with her.

* **Zeus:** For Bia, Zeus became some of a father figure. Zeus rarely treats Bia and her brother only as assets and trusts them closely.

* **Prometheus:** Bia has more than once visited Prometheus in an act of Mercy. In some occasions, Bia spared him of his punishment for more than days and even fed the imprisoned titan. Despite his resentment, Prometheus cherishes Bia and occasionally gives her advice and shares knowledge. Bia has more oftenly stayed watchful of Prometheus since he promised "not to hurt you once I'm unleashed".