This is a disease that only occurs for grifix with very intense magic flow. There is a certain protein in the magic that can lead to the corrosion of the magic arteries if the flow is very intense. The protein is genetic, and it is transmitted by the same gene that causes a light coat for a grifix. It is very unlikely that this genetic disease will occur on darker coat grifix because they don’t have this gene.

Symptoms:

The arteries corrode and the magic flow starts losing its intensity. Their flow and magic power decreases.

The magic orbs start to become smaller, and they alter their shape to lesser shapes or to irregular ones. Orb system satellites are usually the first to go.

In advanced stages, the orbs will fall off and the magic gem flow will cease to happen. The grifix will have very weak magic.

Treatment:

The effects of the disease can not be reversed permanently, it is chronic. There are ways to slow it down or reverse the effects just slightly, but they are not permanent.

Angel Yokai seem to be able to stop the illness progression - if they want to. Usually they don't.

Everfree Healers:

Everfree Healers go through very strong sudden flows of magic during rituals, prophecies and communicating with the Stars. This leads to the illness occurring even in grifix without magic gems or orbs.

Before the Great Migration, light coated grifix with powerful magic were allowed to become healers. But this disease proved to be a real issue with them. Many died from ruptured magic arteries as a result. When they were able to figure out that darker coated grifix were not suffering from this, light coated grifix stopped taking on the role of Healer.

Summary: it is still true that dark coated grifix are generally stronger, but that is not always true. The disposition for magic arteries corrosion is the reason why stronger light grifix are not allowed to become healers in the Everfree Village.

Members of the house take on the role and name of characters from ancient pony myths (ancient greek/roman myth character names). They go by the name of the role they chose, but once they leave the house or pass away they can be replaced with somebody new with that same name and role.

The most important roles are harder to get, and come with greater responsibilities. As for minor characters… They are most of the time ignored and chosen by the entertainer, as long as there is nobody else with that name.

Based on their roles, the regular entertainers are split into groups serving the “gods”, which are grifix with more important roles in the house. Twelve of these “gods” form the Council of Olympus. They sit on thrones above the amphitheatre and roleplay the gods. It might look like they are in charge, but at the end of the day, the House Mother Rhea’s word is the one that truly counts. Her throne sits above all the others’.

Hades

A dark grifix in charge of all the beings of the underworld. Grifix under him are called “Underworld Grifix” and they wear dark, gloomy clothing, representing characters of the Underworld.

Aphrodite

Aphrodite is in charge of the seducers of the house, grifix that are gifted with her beauty. They are given a room filled with a special rose flower scent that draws the customers in and induces a form of “love daze”. They bring the most profit for the house.

Artemis

Artemis and her hunters are the guards and protectors of the house. They are a group of females that carry bows and arrows, protecting the house.

Athena

Athena is a wise grifix wearing battle armor. She is known to make very wise decisions, so grifix will often request individual meetings with her where they would bring her offerings in exchange for her wisdom.

Demeter

Demeter, as the goddess of harvest, is fueling the plants of the house with her magic, making them all flourish.

Of course if one were to actually touch those plants they would discover that is not so true… Demeter is actually in charge of a group of plant nymphs (dryads and anthousai) that inhabit the house, disguising themselves as plants.

Poseidon

The one in charge of all the beings from the underwater world. Grifix under him are called “Underwater Grifix” and they wear blue/green clothing, representing characters from water.

Apollo

He is a beautiful grifix in charge of the musicians and writing many of the plays.

Hermes

Hermes is in charge of collecting all the money and information from the House. He delivers it all to Rhea. He is in charge of a small group of grifix that help gather everything. They are spread throughout the house and make sure to pick up any payment other entertainers receive, be it material or information. They are very nosey, they know every bit of juicy information and rumors.

Ares

Ares is the house master of the Circus Maximus, a separate house that is affiliated to the House of Olympus.

Hera

Hera is the “mother” of the house’s children. She is in charge of training and raising new entertainers.

Zeus

Zeus is the king of the Gods, in charge of the “overworld grifix”. The overworld grifix are a group of entertainers wearing light colored and pastel clothing, representing characters from the surface world and the sky.

Hephaestus

Hephaestus is a fiery grifix. He usually appears when he must gift another character with weapons or other important items. (He does not actually make those items, but visitors won’t know that)

Dionysus

Dionysus, as the god of parties and wine, is the one in charge of the servers. Grifix under him are the ones that provide drinks for the visitors of the House.

Appearance

The House of Olympus is built around a central amphitheatre where mythological plays take place. Characters represented by entertainers appear in the plays, but the roleplaying doesn’t end there. No member of the house will ever break character, and visitors can interact with the characters they represent.

The regular entertainers are split into various groups. Most of the entertainers tasked with acting in the plays are split into three groups: the underworld, the overworld and the underwater world, representing the domains of the three brothers (Hades, Zeus and Poseidon).

Around the amphitheatre, the house is built like a labyrinth, so that most visitors would end up walking around and getting distracted by various attractions until they are finally able to find the exit.

The place is designed so that if someone leaves the amphitheatre they are taken around through attractions that make them spend money or end up alone with entertainers that would get involved with them. It’s not with the purpose of trapping them inside but the idea is that they will likely only reach the exit after they spent everything and entertainers took out every piece of information from them through seduction.

Melpomene's House is a well renowned Entertainment House, specialising in theatre and musicals. They are known to put on old pony plays, relying on the old Manehattan aesthetic.

While the building is not one of the biggest, it is very distinctive. Inside you will find a grand stage hidden behind a red curtain. Once the curtain falls, the spectacle begins…