More so even than Ophios, the Gorgór Sthena desires retribution upon the Atalantes, bloody and terrible vengeance for the crimes they committed upon herself and those of her kindred, but there are also those within the Khthones that should not rest easy in their sleep. Sthena may have been in thrall to the whims of the cruel patricians and the despicable lords of Atalantia, but those whims took many forms and not all were enacted merely to gratify themselves; for the pleasure-slaves were used also by the Khthones - sometimes for amusement, sometimes for reward - as they, too, have desires of the flesh, like all living things. Ophios may wish that all Khthones unite against the Atalantes and others to found a civilisation of their own, and Sthena may publicly agree, but in truth she cares little for the future of her kin and pursues her own course of vengeance, a vengeance that includes almost as many Khthones as her former masters.
