His mother was trapped in Hell, and it was all his fault. He knew that as surely as he knew his skill with the flute. If he hadn't been so brazen as to say he could sing and play his way in and out of Hell safely, he wouldn't have tempted the God of the Underworld to force him to make good on his boast. If he'd only said that he could play his way out of Hell, he thought miserably, his mother wouldn't have been needed. But no, he had to say he could make his way both in and out, and now he had to deal with that. Well, if there wasn't at least a hypothetical possibility, the God of the Underworld--
Inspiration: Dionysus taking his mother out of the underworld.
Story Potential: Low.
Notes: Sadly, nothing here that separates it from any of the other myth retellings running around.
Inspiration: Dionysus taking his mother out of the underworld.
Story Potential: Low.
Notes: Sadly, nothing here that separates it from any of the other myth retellings running around.