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Kronos (Saturn)

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You've heard the word "chronological" right? Well, meet Mr. Chronological himself: Kronos, god of time. Kronos was the Titan king of the gods who gained his throne from his father Ouranos after he chopped off his dad's man-parts with a sickle. (Um...ouch.) Despite the hostile takeover, Kronos was actually a pretty good ruler; the time he was in charge was called the Golden Age, and all mankind was super-happy.

Of course, not everything was golden in the Golden Age. Kronos might have been a good ruler, but he was a pretty terrible dad. When Ouranos prophesied that Kronos would lose his throne to one of his kids, Kronos decided to start eating the baby gods as soon as they were born. Yep. Unfortunately for Kronos, he missed a little godlet named Zeus, who fulfilled the prophecy by nabbing Dad's throne. Oops.

Basic Information

Name	Kronos
Nickname	Saturn, Chronus, Cronus, Time Guy, the Worst Father Ever
Sex	Male
Current city	Elysium (I served a lot of hard time in Tartarus before that)

Work & Education

Occupation	Titan King of the Gods (got fired) God of Time Ruler of Elysium, Land of the Blessed Dead
Education	Gaia's School of Revolution Night School of Tartarus

Beliefs

Political views

Pro-Zeus (but only because he makes me)

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Parents	Ouranos (Dad), Gaia (Mom)
Siblings	Koios, Krios, Iapetos, Hyperion, the Cyclopes, the Hekatonkheires, Oceanus, Rhea, Theia, Mnemosyne, Themis, Tethys (yeah, we're a big fam)
Children	Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, Zeus (you may have heard of them)
Friends	Atlas, Koios, Krios, Iapetos, Hyperion (these guys all fought beside me in the War of the Titans)
Enemies	Ouranos (my father, who I castrated...) Gaia (my mother, who helped get me thrown into Tartarus) Rhea (my wife, who also helped get me locked up—what is it with family?!) Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, Zeus (my children, who rebelled against me because I liked to eat them…we've made up now, though)

Relationships

Relationship status	Married to Rhea (which got pretty complicated when I started eating our kids)
Interested in	Goddesses (Anybody, please... I'm so lonely.)

Favorites

TV Shows	Dr. Who 24 Quantum Leap
Quotations	"This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Molds iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats the highest mountain down." – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (you only get three guesses, or Gollum will eat you) "Time is on my side." – The Rolling Stones "Revolution is like Saturn—it eats its own children." – Georg Buchner "Time devours all." – Proverb
Books	A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking King Lear by William Shakespeare (I felt a lot like Lear, when I got booted off my throne) "In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka (reminds me of my time in Tartarus) Le Morte d' Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre Fences by August Wilson (Wilson definitely understood the trouble between fathers and sons) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (love how this book plays with time) The Time Machine by H.G. Wells "The Passing of the Year" by Robert Service "The Secret Miracle" by Jorge Luis Borges
Music	Time by Pink Floyd Golden Age by Beck (reminds me of my days on the throne) Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash (brings me back to Tartarus) Time is on My Side by the Rolling Stones Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin (fathers and sons… it's complicated.) Time by Tom Waits For the Longest Time by Billy Joel The Hours by Phillip Glass Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel (ah, history)
Movies	Chronos The Shawshank Redemption (If they ever make a prison movie about my time in Tartarus, I think Morgan Freeman should play me.) Back to the Future Hot Tub Time Machine Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (I'm a lot like Sirius Black—imprisoned for no good reason.) Time Bandits Sliding Doors The Dictator (At least I was never as bad as this guy.) Timecode Cronos Memento The Time Machine

Activities & Interests

Likes	Hourglasses Digital Watches Rolex Prison Breaks Time Machines Retirement Shuffleboard
Interests	Coup d'états Time
Groups	Titans Former god kings Clock makers

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