In the foothills of Ancient Greece, gods and goddesses spar. Ares hurls a spear at Athena. The spear passes cleanly through a puny mortal before bouncing harmlessly off of Aegis, Athena’s famous shield. They both hear thunder and look up in panic. A lightning bolt strikes the ground between them, singeing both of their eyebrows clean off. The spectacle of the battle is beyond what any mortals can bear to look out without dying of shock.
Not far away, a smaller battle is being waged. A battle in which godlings also spar, but not with legendary shields of bolts of lightning.