Flight of the Fire Thief land, his sister is kidnapped. He then sets up a siege to get her back. Mayor Makepiece: Mayor of Eden City. He tried to drive the Wild People off their land to sell it for a ridiculous amount of money. Sheriff Spade: Sheriff of Eden City and Mayor Makepiece's partner. Zeus: Prometheus's cousin. He punished Prometheus by chaining him to a rock to have his liver eaten every day. He then gave him a task to find a human hero so to call of The Avenger. Hera: Zeus's wife. She gets bored watching the siege of Troy, and orders Zeus
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