PS: This is the second update. The third will have to wait until after midnight or tomorrow morning. You know how it is.
The most beautiful goddess?
Where had this apple come from? Who was it meant for? Who was the most beautiful goddess?
Sune had originally come here today to demand an explanation on behalf of Lliira, the Goddess of Joy. After Waukeen returned, she had reclaimed her divine portfolio and divine power from Lliira. Lliira had gone crying to Sune, and Lady Firehair naturally had to stand up for her.
But now the golden apple before her had captured Sune's attention. Lady Firehair temporarily forgot all about standing up for Lliira. The Goddess of Love and Beauty cradled the golden apple, examining and turning it in her hands, her eyes shining brighter and brighter.
"This is a real golden apple, a genuine golden apple from Mount Olympus!" Sune carefully turned the golden apple in her hands. She quickly recognized its origins.
It was a treasure from the Greek pantheon. Legend had it that golden apples first appeared at the wedding of the God-King Zeus and Hera, Queen of Heaven.
Gaia, the Earth Goddess, had brought a lush, leafy tree back from the western coast as a wedding gift for Zeus and Hera. The tree was laden with golden apples. The God-King Zeus had assigned the three daughters of Nyx to guard the sacred garden where the golden apples grew, with the hundred-headed dragon Ladon helping them.
Golden apples possessed miraculous powers. Mortals who used them could remain forever young and immortal, and even deities could benefit from their miraculous power. They could improve their features and become more beautiful, use a golden apple as an Elixir of Immortality to reincarnate and retain their divine station when faced with