Athena is the goddess of warfare and wisdom. I'm her sister, Aphrodite. I used to be the goddess of love and beauty, but the temple economy being what it is these days... well. I defied my dad (Zeus), and married a mortal. (Dixicrat). And so I kinda got banned from Olympus, and lost my job as a goddess.
Actually, things are rather nice as a mortal, and I'm glad that I got out of the goddess business before everything collapsed. Mom and Dad have had to resort to doing doing sponsorships and collecting royalty checks and stuff like that. Athena got a great job in France working for a wargaming company, and Hermes has taken a job in the United States, with a Floral delivery company. We all should have seen it coming, really: we haven't had a new temple dedicated to any of us in centuries. Kinda a bummer, if you ask me. You get used to all the attention, and the flowers and incense and people chanting your name and invoking you and stuff like that, and then one day... it's all over with, and you can't help but kinda wonder what you did wrong.
So, I've become the wife of the most wonderful man on Earth, and even had a few children, along the way. My dad Zeus is kinda proud, even if he doesn't admit it; but Hera, my mom, doesn't approve of me having mortal children
at all. My sister Athena hasn't said much about it, which I think is pretty wise, but we don't talk much these days. (OK, really, we don't talk at all.) I occasionally see Hermes, but he's always here and gone again so quickly that we never have a chance to talk. So I really don't know how he's doing or what he thinks. (But he always brings flowers, and I think that's kinda sweet.)
So anyway, Athena has wisely decided to manifest herself as the AI in computer wargames... like the one you bought. You can tell her how merciful (or brutal) to be with all of the options and stuff, and if you need help figuring out how to defeat her, there are many good mortals here on the forum to help you.
And if you behave yourself but need a little encouragement because you're discouraged because you keep getting beat...?
I, Aphrodite, will give you a reassuring smooch. I might not be the goddess of love and beauty anymore, but I still know a little bit about making mortals happier!
