Hydaspes the Odraz

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In Greek mythology, Hydaspes (Ancient Greek: Ὑδάσπης), was a river god of Pentapotamia with an extraordinary swift stream that flows into the Saronitic Syrtis. It is the modern day Jhelum River ("Vitasta" in Sanskrit).

Hydaspes was a Titan-descended god, the son of the sea-god Thaumas and the cloud-goddess Elektra, an Oceanid. He was the brother of Iris, the messenger goddess of the rainbow. By default, Hydaspes possible siblings were Arke and the Harpies.

"He [i.e. Hydaspes] had the genuine Titan blood; for from the bed of primeval Thaumas his rosyarm consort Electra brought forth two children — from that bed came a river and a messenger of the heavenly ones, Iris quick as the wind and swiftly flowing Hydaspes, Iris travelling on foot and Hydaspes by water. Both had an equal speed on two contrasted paths: Iris among the immortals and Hydaspes among the rivers."

By the Heliad Astris, the daughter of Helios and the Oceanid Ceto, Hydaspes fathered Deriades the king of Pentapotamia (Punjab).

"The whole army was led to battle by the emperor of the Deriades, son of Hydaspes the watery lover in union with Astris daughter of Helios, happy in her offspring — men say that her mother was Ceto, a Naiad daughter of Oceanos — and Hydaspes crept into her bower till he flooded it, and wooed her to his embrace with conjugal waves."

About Odraz Eggs

An Odraz egg is a highly reflective shell that is mirroring back the color spectrum to you. Thus you see it as a rainbow, although at first sight you might think the egg contains multicolored pigments. It's a common misconception!

About the Odraz Creature

Odraz skin cells don't contain any pigments. It isn't pigments that generate its rainbow-like appearance. Rather, this rainbow appearance comes from the fact that hatched Odrazes, like their egg form, are mirroring back the color spectrum to you at a high frequency. In fact, Odrazes are mirroring back more colors than the eye can see. Odrazes' colorfulness, thus, is limited by our ability to only see a finite range of the color spectrum. But they are still quite breathtaking in any case, right?

Odrazes change the configuration of their mirroring effect quite frequently, often depending on their mood. A more red-orange appearance indicates that they might be angry, whereas a blueish appearance indicates sadness.

Because Odrazes change their mirroring regularly, a lot of Arkians find it difficult to keep track of which Odraz is actually "theirs" because the next time you see yours, it might look totally different. It's best to use tags around their neck so you can identify your Odraz in a couple of hours! You don't want to lose yours!