Atlas
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Atlas (also known as Atlas I) is considered the founder of the Atlantean race. He and his twin brother, Gades, were the firstborn sons of Cleito of Lansinar and the Old God. In Lansinar, Atlas was a political leader and administrator, but the religious movement led by his daughter, Calypso Aeaea, and their practice of human sacrifice led to the Lansimakhia, the First Battle of Lansinar. Atlas was put on trial and imprisoned in an Eternity Capsule, a timeless, deathless state. His son, Atlan, succeeded him as the Prince of his people, and Atlas’s followers, the Atlanteans, were exiled from Lansinar. He is the Atlas mentioned in Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias as the first king of Atlantis.
This is the Atlas mentioned in Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias as the first king of Atlantis, the mythical island described as a powerful and advanced civilization. According to Plato, Atlas was the son of the god Poseidon and a mortal woman, Cleito. This makes him distinct from the Titan who held up the sky.
Biography
Atlas and his twin brother, Gades, were the first of five sets of twins born to Cleito. Public Atlantean tradition holds that these were all virgin births; only their immediate bloodline knows the connection to the Ichthultu (later known only as the Old God). The Cult of Ichthultu first began spreading within his faction in Lansinar. From Ichthultu’s psionic messages, Atlas and the other Princes learnt the Old Craft with his daughter, Calypso Aeaea, becoming the most proficient at the Craft.
With Atlas’s blessing, Calypso became the High Priestess of this faith, solidifying its influence. Her ascension marked a turning point, transforming the Cult from a clandestine group into a significant religious movement. This also led to Atlas being fully recognized as his people’s secular leader.
The rise of the Cult eventually led to conflict with the ruling powers of Lansinar, known as the Boreades. Their attempted political suppression of the heretical cult erupted into violence when it was discovered that the Cult had been engaged in human sacrifice. This conflict became the Lansimakhia, the First Battle of Lansinar, pitting the sons of Cleito and their followers against the small army of the Boreades.
The Boreades were victorious, but too many had rebelled for them to deal with adequately. The Boreades likely made a deal with Atlas, allowing his followers to go into exile in exchange for his own surrender. Atlas was put on trial and found guilty of his followers’ crimes. His punishment was to be placed into an Eternity Capsule, a small stasis capsule that holds a prisoner in a timeless, deathless state.
Atlas’s son, Atlan, succeeded him as Prince, and his followers (the Atlanteans), including the other Princes and their kin, were expelled from Lansinar. Atlan would later be retroactively declared the first King of Atlantis, known as the Dead King, and is considered the father of the Atlantean royal house.
Timeline for Atlas
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Atlantean Chronicles Birth of Atlas and Gades
In this year Cleito (1051) of Lansinar, daughter of Evanor, begat twin sons Atlas and Gades, the first and second Princes, by the will of the Old God.”
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles Fragment #67. No father is listed for any of Cleito’s sets of twins; Atlantean tradition holds that all were virgin births. -
Atlantean Chronicles Birth of Atlan
In this year Atlan, the eldest son of Atlas (521), is born.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles Fragment #84. Atlan is considered the father of the Atlantean royal house and was retroactively declared their first King, known as the Dead King, to separate him from the then-living King Orin Atlaneas, his son. -
Atlantean Chronicles Birth of Calypso Aeaea
In this year Calypso Aeaea, the daughter of Atlas (574) is born.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles Fragment #88 -
Atlantean Chronicles The Cult of the Old God emerges
It is in this year that the faith of the Old God begins to move amongst the followers of Atlas (1181); his dream is known to them.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles Fragment #116. The first reference to the “followers of Atlas” is the Atlanteans as a distinct group. -
Atlantean Chronicles Calypso becomes High Priestess
In this year, in concealment and shadow, Calypso Aeaea (986), daughter of Atlas (1560), the first sorceress of the Craft, becomes High Priestess of the Dreamer and is favoured by the Old God. The faith of the Princes is strong. — Atlantean Proto-Chronicles Fragment #160. This and other fragments suggest that the faith of the Old God was an underground cult within Lansinar even in these early times. We know little of the Cult’s activities, but it seems that Calypso’s ascension was important in galvanising an underground “club” into a full religion. Her investment also saw Atlas properly recognised as the people’s secular leader for the first time and the ritual marriage of several the Princes and their descendants. Mention is also made of her mentor, a shadowy seerer called Kumarbi.
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Atlantean Chronicles The Lansimakhia
This year, there has been strife in Lansinar. The offerings to the Old God are discovered, and the faith of the Princes is revealed. The Lansimakhia, the First Battle of Lansinar, between the sons of Cleito of Lansinar and the armies of the Boreades. — Atlantean Proto-Chronicles Fragment #175. In Atlantean mythology, this is the rebellion of Atlas and his brothers against the tyrants of the Sky-Fathers and their followers. In Lansinarian histories, it would probably have been recorded as suppressing a heretical cult. The was said to have been halted instantly by the intercession of Aurakles (309), who had been abroad, and that a slaughter was stopped by Orin (292)‘s pleas to Aurakles.
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Atlantean Chronicles March of Atlanteans
0 year of March of the Atlanteans:
In this year, proud Atlas (1704) the First bears his imprisonment eternally. Atlan (1183), son of Atlas, becomes Prince; the Atlanteans are expelled from Lansinar. The Ten Princes, their kin, and faithful stride upon the March. Elasippus (742) the Pathfinder leads the way.
— Atlantean Proto-Chronicles Fragment #178, It appears that the Boreades were merciful or otherwise cut a deal with Atlas to spare his followers in exchange for their exile and his own imprisonment.
| Atlas | |
|---|---|
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| High King of Atlantis | |
| Reign | 2001 BOC – 1857 BOC (Retroactive declaration) |
| Predecessor | Retroactive declaration. |
| Successor | Atlan |
| Biographical Data | |
| Species/Race | Old Ones |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 3561 BOC Lansinar |
| Family | |
| Children | Atlan Calypso Aeaea |
| Father | Ichthultu |
| Mother | Cleito of Lansinar |
| Siblings | Gades Ampheres Evaemon Mneseus Autochthon Elasippus Mestor Azaes Diaprepes |
| Affiliation | |
| Allegiance | Ichthultu |
| Religion | The Old Faith |
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