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Hercules, the strongest man alive with 
a mighty heart to match.

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Orpheus, charmer of nature 
and master of music.

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Castor and Pollux, the twin tricksters 
hatched from an egg.

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The Boreads, sons of the North Wind 
who could hurtle through the air.

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For untold times these heroes had roamed
ancient Greece,

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creating new legends wherever they went.

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But none of their adventures was so great 
as when they joined forces

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for the sake of a young man named Jason.

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Years before, Jason’s uncle Pelias had 
ruthlessly usurped the throne of Thessaly

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from Jason’s grandfather.

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When Jason returned to his 
father’s stolen court,

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the cowardly king set him a seemingly 
impossible task:

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cross the teeming seas to Colchis,

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and steal the golden fleece of a flying 
ram from under King Aeetes’ nose.

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If Jason retrieved the Fleece,

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Pelias promised to relinquish the throne.

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Touched by his heroic mission,

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the Gods spread Jason’s call for help,

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and soon he had assembled 
a not-so-motley crew.

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These heroes, alongside countless sailors,
soothsayers, and rebel demigods,

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named themselves the Argonauts 
after their sturdy ship.

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But the path ahead was marked with 
untold terrors–

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enough to test even the fiercest heroes.

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Their first stop was Lemnos, an isle of 
women who had killed all the island’s men.

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As punishment, Aphrodite had cursed them
with a sickening stench–

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but that didn’t stop Jason fathering twins
with the queen.

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The rest of the crew also found themselves
embroiled in new romances;

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until Hercules chastised them 
for not behaving like heroes.

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Eventually, they sailed on 
to the Mount of Bears,

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an island where a group of ancient, 
six-armed monsters

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lived alongside the peaceful Doliones.

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While the clan welcomed the Argonauts 
with open arms,

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the monsters surged down from the 
mountains

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and hurled rocks at the docked ship.

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Hercules held them off single-handedly,

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before his comrades joined the fray.

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Bolstered by their victory, the triumphant
heroes sailed onward–

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only to be blown back to the island 
several stormy nights later.

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In the tempest, the Doliones thought these
new arrivals invaders.

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The Argonauts were similarly unaware of 
their surroundings,

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and fought blunderingly in the dark, 
slaying wave after wave of foe.

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But the morning light 
revealed a horrible truth:

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their victims were none other 
than their previous hosts.

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Yet again, Jason had allowed 
the crew to be distracted,

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this time at a terrible cost.

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Ashamed at his conduct, he resolved 
to focus only on the Fleece,

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but even this haste proved ruinous.

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When Hercules’ squire was abducted 
by a water nymph,

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Jason sailed on– oblivious to the 
absence of his most powerful crewmate.

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The remaining Argonauts continued 
their quest,

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until stopping at the sight of an old man 
surrounded by a swirl of harpies.

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This was Phineas, a seer cursed by Zeus
to endure old age, blindness,

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and endless torture for giving 
away his prophecies.

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Moved by his plight, the wind brothers 
set upon the flock,

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providing Phineas with a brief respite 
from his punishment.

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In return,

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the seer told them how to overcome
the terrifying trial that lay ahead:

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the Symplegades, a pair clashing rocks 
that reduced ships to splinters.

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But first, the Argonauts would have to 
maneuver past the mouth of hell,

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around the island of the bloodthirsty 
Amazons, and under psychedelic skies.

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These adventures cost the crew both 
in men and morale–

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and some feared they might 
be losing their minds.

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Upon, reaching the clashing rocks, 
the exhausted crew quaked with fear.

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But Phineas’ advice rang in their heads.

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The Argonauts released a single dove

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and sped through in its wake 
to emerge unscathed.

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With this narrow escape, the Argonauts 
finally had Colchis in their sights.

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Yet while Jason rested and celebrated 
with his crew,

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he could feel his time among them 
was drawing to a close.

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As the fleece gleamed in his mind, he knew
he would have to retrieve it alone.

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But he could not guess

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that this final task would have 
the most horrible price of all.