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Orion James Luis was born and raised by his mother in Greece. He'd never met his father, a man who fell in love with a Greek woman during his many travels about two decades ago. An American man who never stayed in one place long enough to commit to the family he created in a small town in Greece, who could not possibly understand the depth of his wife's illness as he paid the bills by being anywhere but home. A man that made his family because of his job, and in the end, chose said job over his family.

When he was little, Orion spent a lot of time with his grandparents in Athens, because his mother would fall too ill to care for herself, even without the added complication of a child to worry about. As he got older Orion no longer became a burden during his mother's illness, but her sole caretaker. He was not yet 17 when she passed, once again leaving him in the care of his grandparents.

It wasn't until then that his grandmother told him the story. His mother had wanted him to be strong in the face of the illness that had taken her health during the pregnancy with him. She'd chosen to name him after the Hunter Orion, having idolized him during her study of the gods. What his mother had forgotten was that although Orion was a name of great strength, his soul had also been cursed in love.

Almost everyone knew the story of Artemis, the pure Goddess who loved Orion - and even though there were different versions of the tale, as with most myths, one thing remained true. In the end, Orion's love for her is what brought about his demise. The story that didn't reach everyone, however, was that Orion was said to have been born again. Orion's heart had belonged to Artemis, but he was later born a devoted priest of Athena, and his dedication to the Goddess of War came above all else.

Orion's grandmother told him that this man had met a woman, this man who scorned love fell for a priestess of the erotes, themselves. The two, so dedicated to their duties and their families made a promise that some day they would be born again, and when that day came, they would finally be free of other burdens, and be together.

Now, as interesting as his grandmother's story sounded, Orion saw it folklore and superstition, and nothing more. He dismissed it without a second thought until his grandmother took him aside one day to reveal more of the story. They were from a long line of priests of Athena, she explained, telling Orion that the gods had been trapped away in a Labyrinth for countless years and were due to return and reclaim their rightful place again. More importantly, if he truly was the soul reborn, it would likely be soon. And when the gods did come back, they would need support from their followers, whatever believers remained - and he would need to make a decision about where his loyalties would lie.

Orion eventually forgot about this story, time passed and he graduated high school. Getting accepted into the famous art school of Cetanose College, he found a small apartment nearby and a job at the local dog shelter walking and fostering dogs. He tried to make a normal living there, but things began to happen. He met people that were not quite right, others that claimed to be gods, and a beautiful girl named Ivy. Who told him about the dreams she had of a lover she lost in a past life, her devotion to the Erotes, and Orion's own role in all of this.

Just when things were starting to get too unreal, Ivy was moved away by her family and Orion never heard from her again. It wasn't long after that he found himself in Purgatorium, answering to a whole new set of gods that his history books hadn't explained.

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