The Agon, named for the Greek god of contests, is the main event around which Lore centers. For seven days every seven years, Zeus turns the other Olympian gods mortal and sends them to Earth, where they spend the week fighting to stay alive. For centuries, the descendants of ancient Greek heroes have participated in the hunt. At the time Lore is set, only four groups of descendants, called houses, remain: the Kadmides (descendants of Kadmos), Achillides (descendants of Achilles), Odysseides (descendants of Odysseus), and Theseides (descendants of Theseus). The houses of Jason, Herakles, Meleager, and Bellerophon died out long ago, and Lore is the last mortal of the Perseides (House of Perseus).

The rules of the Agon are set out in an origin poem written by Zeus himself. The hunt is punishment for long-forgotten transgressions committed by the other Olympians. If a hunter manages to kill a god, then they ascend to godhood for the next seven years. They then are hunted in the next Agon. In the intervening seven years, the gods may walk amongst their house and lead their followers to greatness and power on Earth. The Agon offers hunters the ability to

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