The new gods sat on their high thrones in the Palace over the clouds, and Zeus sat highest of all with his thunderbolts at his side. Only Hades, the eldest of them, god of the dead, remained in his own Palace in his dark kingdom—the Underworld. There were no more wars, no more monsters coming to claim their right to rule, but only they, among themselves, sometimes argued and sometimes fought. Zeus with his thunderbolts, stronger than all other gods combined, had but to raise his thunder, and order would fall in place among his fellow gods once more.
