The Titans campaign plot holes

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I read this in the aom subreddit about the plot holes in the New Atlantis campaign

1–Why do the Atlanteans start out in a frozen wasteland in the middle of nowhere? After all that happened to their homeland, and the sacrifice of Arkantos, the Greeks, Egyptians, and Norse decide to just leave them on a frozen place with no chance of survival?

2–And why did only the Titans help them? Why did the Greek Gods just abandon them? I can understand Poseidon doing so, but what about Zeus? With Arkantos a God now, you’d think he’d be helping them at the very least.

3–And how are Kastor or any of the Atlanteans at fault for unleashing the Titans and devastating Greece, Egypt, and the Norse lands? It was the Greeks who attacked first! True, they did so because the Atlanteans are worshipping the Titans, but seeing how the Titans helped them find a new home, is that really not understandable?

4–And Kastor only pursued them with the intention of talking with them before fighting. But Melagius decided to call for help from the Norse and Egyptians, and they agree to help the Greeks immediately rather than hearing the whole story. From the Atlanteans’ perspective, old allies are suddenly attacking them without warning or provocation.

5–And why didn’t Arkantos himself try to warn the Atlanteans of the consequences of building temples to the Titans?

6–And why was Kastor upset with the Titans being unleashed considering that he’s supposed to worship them? Yeah, they were causing destruction, but they were still the Atlanteans’ deities nonetheless.

7–And why is Prometheus in league with Kronos? He allied with Zeus against the Titans in the Titanomachy, and he created the human race. He’s actually the most benevolent of the Greek pantheon. He stole fire to help the humans, and Zeus punished him for it.

8–Apparently, according to the text, Prometheus was cast to the Underworld for conspiring with Poseidon to release Kronos. But why would Prometheus do that? He joined Zeus in the Titanomachy because he could see the future, and knew Zeus would win. With that being said, there’s no reason he would turn against humankind?

9–And after Kronos is beaten and driven back to Tartarus, what then? The Atlanteans are still worshipping the Titans anyway, so the conflict is never truly resolved in that matter. One minute, Atlantis is at war with three nations, the next, they’re united against the Titans, and now all is peaceful?

10–And why did Gaia help the heroes? She was angry with Zeus for locking up the Titans and opposed him on many occasions. And why is Oranos in league with Kronos after he used his sickles against his groin?

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Those aren’t even the biggest plot holes.

Generally the behaviour of gods in mythology is often illogical, else there wouldn’t be much conflict. Conflict is almost always based on misunderstandings. That’s the nature of things. Pretty much every dramatic story is based on people making the wrong decisions based on the wrong assumptions. Also AoM was never completely in line with the real mythology, they always had some details being different. But Mythology is not a unified clear truth anyway. There is no Greek Mythology “Bible” that has the definitive answer to all Mythological questions. Different ancient Greek people believed in slightly different versions of the same Myths.

Having to flee to the frozen wasteland after their home gets destroyed makes some sense. Most other places where probably already full of people living there. The wasteland might have been more empty and the Norse only started attacking them recently. Not really clear. What is more strange is that they managed to develop a whole unique civilisation while living there for just 10 years. And this civilisation has no traits based on them living in a wasteland and is all around them living on an island in the Atlantic. How did they turn from fully being Greeks to fully being their own thing in just like 10 years?

What happens after the campaign in more logical. Gaia becomes the main god of the Atlanteans but they keep fighting against left over Kronos worshippers. This part is even canon now with the Aztec campaign having you fight Kronos worshippers alongside Kastor.

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After Titanomachy Prometheus was chained to a mountain by Zeus. In Greek mythology, the eagle sent by Zeus tortured Prometheus for 30,000 years. Bound to a cliff in the Caucasus Mountains, Prometheus had his immortal liver eaten by the eagle every day; the organ would then regenerate each night, ensuring the gruesome cycle continued indefinitely.

The endless punishment finally came to an end when the hero Heracles (Hercules) arrived and killed the eagle with one of his arrows, freeing Prometheus from his chains.