Start of sadness

the day Artemis took Atalan into her care, she noticed that the priest was near and stopped him, questioning him, for a priest, lying to a god is a sin, so they always speak the truth when in their perchance, it didn't help much that the gods can use something called Mortal lie detection, which each god has the ability to tell when a mortal is lying to them, this helps when negotiations are held and can even give them an advantage if the god is clever enough, however, the gods can't tell if other gods are lying to them, and even, this makes it harder to tell if a being with divinity is lying to them, so mortals with a divine trait are able to lie and manipulate gods easily, but since this was rare, this priest couldn't hide anything, he then told her everything.

priest:" I'm sorry virgin goddess of the hunt and moon, I have broken my oath of nonbias and fairness to all judgment of the children inspected by the royal family for money and power"

Artemis:" what do you mean, you mean to tell me you intended this child to die needlessly, BASTARD, A INFANT SHOULD NOT DIE FOR ANY REASON AS PETTY AS MONEY OR SUCH, TELL MY WHO PAID YOU DO DO SUCH AN ACT"

Artemis was the Greek goddess of hunting, wild nature, and chastity and was regarded as a patron of girls and young women and a protectress during childbirth, so when children or anything she considers an Allie are involved, she tends to get very territorial and have a very short fuse, and the priest told her everything, the plan, and the child they wanted dead.

priest:" my family isn't all that rich, and we may even go bankrupt soon, so when I was given the chance to give them a noble status with the ability to make money, I saw that as a blessing from some of the god's and accepted"

Artemis:" that wasn't a blessing from a god, it was a test to see if you are worthy of your title priest, and you clearly failed"

priest:"... I see, I took it the wrong way, I have failed"

he then started coughing as blood came out, the priest was poisoned.

Artemis:" damn it, tell me, who hired you"

Priest:" the Duke Deimos E. Daerd, he offered not only everything in his possession, but he also offered his land and servant's as well as his children as slaves"

the Priest died as Artemis looked and saw the contract, and after reviewing it, it was legitimate, she was concerned, offering his family as slaves, his title, his land, his servants, everything, as a duke, he wouldn't just give these up unless he has an ambition that would be able to surpass these or made them worthless when he got what he wanted to make such sacrifices, making her worry, she got an idea who the child belonged to, so she took him to the only place that may have known, in the kingdom's castle in Babylonia, the king's sister Artoria Pendragon, the female name for her ancestor, and her husband Nugal Pendragon are there as they see their son is back in the goddesses arms, grabbing and hugging him as he was safe, but wondered what she was doing. having everything explained to them, Artoria was furious, breaking the chair she was in as she literally had anger around her body as it looked like a red, bloodlust mist, however, the father stayed calm only to think of where this noble has gone, however, Artemis took their attention.

Artemis:" I would like to say it's not safe to let him know for now"

Artoria:" WHAT DO YOU MEAN, the priest lied and sent our son away, that's more than enough reason to take him back"

Artemis:" if he did this to kill him, what will he do once he finds out he's alive"

they were both now concerned, Artoria calmed down as they thought about this.

Nugal:" and how do you think we should handle this, on one hand, he'll likely send assassin's of the highest caliber at him to kill him, so we can't take him back, also, who's to say people will not call out favoritism on this as they could flame the priest forsaken their children as well"

Artemis:"... it is true, though I think it would be believable, I mean, you are direct descendants of Gilgamesh, Leonidas I, Hercules, Achilles, Arthur, and Mordred Pendragon, so their would be a believable story brought to light, though, I see what you mean"

Artoria:"... my son's life is being targeted already, and he was hardly born that long ago... why, just why"

the normally stoic and fearless Warrior who leads armies to battle after battle with authority and fairness was brought to tear's on this as Nugal made a bold move to help his son.

Nugal:" then goddess Artemis, I ask of you, take our son in and raise him under your protection"

the 2 were surprised as this was bold, but made sense, Artemis and her Familia never settle in a place to long, and are always on the move, so if he stayed with her, he'd be able to hide with some of the best guards, however, Artoria wanted her son and grabbed her husband by his collar as she yelled her protest against that.

Artoria:" WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN, we can just hide him here and tell them not to say a word, that way we can keep him with us"

Nugal:"... Artoria, you know as well as I do that won't work, he can't hide in here forever, and sooner or later, he'll get out, and what's to say the duke didn't have inside help, if you do care for our son, you'd want him safe"

Artoria let him go as she understood but refused to as she wanted to stay with her son, as hard as it was for her to admit, this was the only way to make sure he was safe, and after the 2 said their goodbyes to him as they handed him to Artemis, Artemis promised to make sure he was raised right and trained to be able to defend himself and defeat the noble went the time came to face him, though they asked for one thing, when the time came for him to make his own mark, his name is to be Alcaeus Achilles, his last name would be left alone as that is for his family name along with him having a necklace he cannot lose no matter what to prove he was their son, 2 promises as she would give him a temporary name till he turned 10 and make sure he didn't lose that necklace no matter what, this was a memory that Artemis remembered as Atalan made his name known, which might cause trouble for him if he wasn't careful.

Artemis:" Atalan"

Atalan:" yes goddess"

Artemis:" I need you to not mention your name, and wear a wig for a while"

Atalan didn't question it as he put on the wig and found as he had a blond hair on with as he had to hide himself for some reason, though Artemis seemed worried as he was getting noticed.

Artemis's thought's:" if this goes on, then that man and his allies will be aware of him and he'll be in danger, we have to hide him until he's ready to fight back"

Artemis:" Atalan, we're going to intensify your training further"

Atalan:" WHAT, why, what did I do"

Artemis:" you did nothing, but... you're in for a tough future, I'm sure of it, so you need to be prepared for that day, I don't want you to die, remember, so if my training can save your life, even if by a hair, I will not lighten up on it, I want you prepared for the world when you go out in it, while I can't tell the future and am far from having all the answers and knowing what's right and wrong to do all the time, I will not let you leave my care unprepared, for that, I am betting my life on your training saving you somehow... I'll even give you a reward each time you complete your training, what do you say"

Atalan:"... RIGHT, I'll do my best goddess"

the Duke that tried to kill Atalan wasn't just anyone, thank's to Dunamis given by the gods, this make's it difficult to counter him as he is a level 6 adventurer, a Dunamis is a form of divine power given to mortals from a god or goddess to make them able to grow their power and fight monsters, it is said to be the grace given by Gods and Goddesses to their Familia members and is part of a gods divinity itself, while not having any true divine traits or powers per say, and the power itself on level 1 is nothing someone using their Ki can't accomplish anyway, over time, especially taking into consideration skills, development abilities, and blessings taken into account, they get strong enough to overpower said Ki user without a Dunamis and is also the only way to become a strong adventurer, this grant's the user immense power from the start despite all there current attribute's or "status" being at 0I at the beginning until they get a Dunamis from a god, though some who have strong godly blood in them can have high status from the start even if it doesn't show on their Status and others can use Ki to increase their "Level" by 1 or 2 levels based on how much godly blood they have in them or Ki they are able to use, though some people have very little godly blood in them currently since bloodline is hard to maintain with big factors in them already and Ki is one of the many Skills hard to master and maintain, especially when fighting, and is set up like this.

( Adventurer's name in full)

(Name of their deity) Familia

(Adventurer's level)

Strength 0I-999S (EX is 1600)

Vitality 0I-999S (EX is 1600)

Dexterity 0I-999S (EX is 1600)

Agility 0I-999S (EX is 1600)

Magic 0I-999S (EX is 1600)

Attack 0I-999S (EX is 1600)

Defense 0I-999S (EX is 1600)

Resistance 0I-999S (EX is 1600)

Speed 0I-999S (EX is 1600)

Mana 0I-999S (EX is 1600)

Magic (name of magic, the chant to use the magic, and the effect/way to use it)

Development Abilities

(name of their abilities that help them in certain tasks) ( letter to signify how strong this ability is from I to EX)

Skill's (these improve a certain field that is able to improve their skill in something based on what the skill intends to do)

(The name is the skill): ( how the skill works and affects the adventure) (letter to signify how strong this skill is from I to EX)

Blessed ability

(this is a blessing of a legendary person known in history just like familiar servant's, and those that get a familiar or familiars with the same incarnation as this will get an added boost in their power in both master and servant)

Curse (this is a type of magic that is constantly active to the adventurer, even after death sometimes, and doesn't require Mana or a chant to use, but Mana does strengthen it, and the person cannot turn it off of their own accord, but they can manage or suppress it if they please with training/practice of their curse/curses)

(Name of the curse): (how the curse affects the person and their life/abilities)

the duke not only is strong, but he also is known to have a special and rare skill called Clairvoyance, a skill that allows him to see the future, and at B as well, meaning he can see future event's and how they played out, Artemis wasn't sure how Atalan would affect his plans, but clearly he would play a major part in it as he was being killed as a baby, but as the next in line king, he couldn't just kill him straight out, so instead, he would have to be creative on it, and make sure to do it well, luckily, once a person sees a future, it changes so they can't see that part of it again, though, nothing would stop him from putting 2 and 2 together as Atalan is destined to do great things as he was targeted as a baby, so she made sure to make him have as least of a profile as possible as he may be in danger otherwise, thankfully, they don't have his exact look right as they only said a kid, thankfully, Hobbit's are as small as 5 year old's or so with a height between males being 3'5" to 4'1" and females being between 3'2" and 3'6" so some would probably think it was a Hobbit, but she can't be to careful as this could be bad later on, to ensure this child stop's this man's plan, she will make sure he's ready, that is, if she herself doesn't get him killed first with her already spartan training going even harder on him now.