"Poseidon be praised!" exclaimed the weary and relieved helot sailor, as the ebon trireme emerged from the sea and led the first of the Olympian fleet to within landfall of the desolate beaches of the Aegyptus. The flagship of the flotilla bore upon its deck, the stalwart figure of Deimos, Infamous Demigod of Ares and most feared of the assembled pantheon of divine scions of Hellas. The polyglot armada of vessels had crossed the sea from the north to the delta of the this once fabled