A five-year-old child with an unusual gift starts a chain reaction when she reanimates a gargoyle, setting the stage for her rise to power a dozen years later as the Oracle of Delphi. Alessandra awakens the grotesque prince from slumber ... Mismatch warns the child who will be queen of a family curse ... Phoibe turns to her shadow friend for protection ... Lantos delivers a message and mission to a priestess ... Theodocia chooses serving her goddess over her gladiator boyfriend ... Niko wins an audience with a member of the elite ... Cleon grants a final favor to his betrayer ... Herakles takes an oath to protect a special child with an unusual gift ... The fate of the world rests in the hands of a child and the seven strangers who will become her allies and enemies. It's the beginning of the end - and not even the gods can stop what comes.