If there would ever be a successor to Zeus as Lord of Olympus, it would be his brother Poseidon. As the god of the sea, storms, horses and earthquakes, Poseidon commands a truly magnificent degree of power. And, now that his son Bellerephon is returning to Greece at last, his power can only grow.
Poseidon has not strayed from outside the top 3 Olympians in over 288 years, a feat only surpassed by Apollo at the height of his power, many centuries ago. As it is, Poseidon can lay claim to the title of most favoured Olympian, even with Ares and Artemis currently outranking him, as Ascendant and Second respectively.
Ares may be the god of conquest, but Poseidon arguably challenges that status. The two Olympians, neighbouring as they are, are more often at war than not, and the southern penisulas of Greece are a broken land, ravaged by centuries of near endless war. Poseidon seems to take pleasure in ridding other gods of their followers, most flagrantly was the recent annihilation of Corinth during a previously thought minor skirmish. 6,000 of Apollo’s devout were drowned beneath a colossal tidal wave, and 1,000 more were forced into slavery. A near fatal blow to Apollo’s power, Poseidon was unrepentant. “A necessary act”, he called it.
What else will be “necessary”, before the god of the sea is satisfied?