This entry belongs to the lexicon of Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer, free on Kindle Unlimited.
Hephaestus
Known only from this scrollGod of fire, metalworking, and craftsmanship. As the divine smith, he created weapons and items of power for the gods, including Athena's aegis. His shrines were among those desecrated by Kalaxes.
Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer
A dragon is the reason the 300 died. Leonidas used the magic of the gods to bind Kalaxes beneath Taygetus, and the price was his life and his men's. Sixty-two years later a seven-year-old of the agoge falls into the dragon's crypt and inherits the unpaid balance.
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