The Cave Quest
A long time ago, the Greek philosopher Plato wrote the book The Republic based on Socrates teachings. Inside there was a section called Allegory of the Cave.
Wikipedia describes it as follows:
“Inside the cave
Socrates begins by describing a scenario in which what people take to be real would in fact be an illusion. He asks Glaucon to imagine a cave inhabited by prisoners who have been chained and held immobile since childhood: not only are their arms and legs held in place, but their heads are also fixed, compelled to gaze at a wall in front of them. Behind the prisoners is an enormous fire, and between the fire and the prisoners is a raised walkway, along which people walk carrying things on their heads "including figures of men and animals made of wood, stone and other materials". The prisoners watch the shadows cast by the men, not knowing they are shadows. There are also echoes off the wall from the noise produced from the walkway.
Socrates suggests the prisoners would take the shadows to be real things and the echoes to be real sounds, not just reflections of reality, since they are all they had ever seen or heard. They would praise as clever whoever could best guess which shadow would come next, as someone who understood the nature of the world, and the whole of their society would depend on the shadows on the wall.
Release from the cave
Socrates next introduces something new to this scenario. Suppose that a prisoner is freed and permitted to stand up. If someone were to show him the things that had cast the shadows, he would not recognize them for what they were and could not name them; he would believe the shadows on the wall to be more real than what he sees.
"Suppose further," Socrates says, "that the man was compelled to look at the fire: wouldn't he be struck blind and try to turn his gaze back toward the shadows, as toward what he can see clearly and hold to be real? What if someone forcibly dragged such a man upward, out of the cave: wouldn't the man be angry at the one doing this to him? And if dragged all the way out into the sunlight, wouldn't he be distressed and unable to see "even one of the things now said to be true," viz. the shadows on the wall (516a)?
After some time on the surface, however, Socrates suggests that the freed prisoner would acclimate. He would see more and more things around him, until he could look upon the Sun. He would understand that the Sun is the "source of the seasons and the years, and is the steward of all things in the visible place, and is in a certain way the cause of all those things he and his companions had been seeing" (516b–c). (See also Plato's metaphor of the Sun, which occurs near the end of The Republic, Book VI)
Return to the cave
Socrates next asks Glaucon to consider the condition of this man. "Wouldn't he remember his first home, what passed for wisdom there, and his fellow prisoners, and consider himself happy and them pitiable? And wouldn't he disdain whatever honors, praises, and prizes were awarded there to the ones who guessed best which shadows followed which? Moreover, was he to return there, wouldn't he be rather bad at their game, no longer being accustomed to the darkness? Wouldn't it be said of him that he went up and came back with his eyes corrupted, and that it's not even worth trying to go up? And if they were somehow able to get their hands on and kill the man who attempts to release and lead up, wouldn't they kill him?" (517a)”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave
Now you all must be wondering what this has to do with you... Well, Kronos is on the rise once again and guess where he is taking residence. If you guessed in that same cave that Socrates described to Plato then you are correct! Kronos is there with Austin Mahone son of Apollo, a couple of the demi-gods who took a wrong turn heading to Camp Half Blood, and the members of a type of camp for the children of the Roman gods. What he is doing is he is kidnapping demi-gods, minor gods, and whoever else that he can use to bring down Mount Olympus. He does the exact same thing as they do in The Cave. He shackles down his victims and horrify them with shadows on the wall. Now since everything moves with the flame of the west, the cave is now located in California at the Lava Beds National Monument.
Wikipedia describes it as follows:
“Inside the cave
Socrates begins by describing a scenario in which what people take to be real would in fact be an illusion. He asks Glaucon to imagine a cave inhabited by prisoners who have been chained and held immobile since childhood: not only are their arms and legs held in place, but their heads are also fixed, compelled to gaze at a wall in front of them. Behind the prisoners is an enormous fire, and between the fire and the prisoners is a raised walkway, along which people walk carrying things on their heads "including figures of men and animals made of wood, stone and other materials". The prisoners watch the shadows cast by the men, not knowing they are shadows. There are also echoes off the wall from the noise produced from the walkway.
Socrates suggests the prisoners would take the shadows to be real things and the echoes to be real sounds, not just reflections of reality, since they are all they had ever seen or heard. They would praise as clever whoever could best guess which shadow would come next, as someone who understood the nature of the world, and the whole of their society would depend on the shadows on the wall.
Release from the cave
Socrates next introduces something new to this scenario. Suppose that a prisoner is freed and permitted to stand up. If someone were to show him the things that had cast the shadows, he would not recognize them for what they were and could not name them; he would believe the shadows on the wall to be more real than what he sees.
"Suppose further," Socrates says, "that the man was compelled to look at the fire: wouldn't he be struck blind and try to turn his gaze back toward the shadows, as toward what he can see clearly and hold to be real? What if someone forcibly dragged such a man upward, out of the cave: wouldn't the man be angry at the one doing this to him? And if dragged all the way out into the sunlight, wouldn't he be distressed and unable to see "even one of the things now said to be true," viz. the shadows on the wall (516a)?
After some time on the surface, however, Socrates suggests that the freed prisoner would acclimate. He would see more and more things around him, until he could look upon the Sun. He would understand that the Sun is the "source of the seasons and the years, and is the steward of all things in the visible place, and is in a certain way the cause of all those things he and his companions had been seeing" (516b–c). (See also Plato's metaphor of the Sun, which occurs near the end of The Republic, Book VI)
Return to the cave
Socrates next asks Glaucon to consider the condition of this man. "Wouldn't he remember his first home, what passed for wisdom there, and his fellow prisoners, and consider himself happy and them pitiable? And wouldn't he disdain whatever honors, praises, and prizes were awarded there to the ones who guessed best which shadows followed which? Moreover, was he to return there, wouldn't he be rather bad at their game, no longer being accustomed to the darkness? Wouldn't it be said of him that he went up and came back with his eyes corrupted, and that it's not even worth trying to go up? And if they were somehow able to get their hands on and kill the man who attempts to release and lead up, wouldn't they kill him?" (517a)”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave
Now you all must be wondering what this has to do with you... Well, Kronos is on the rise once again and guess where he is taking residence. If you guessed in that same cave that Socrates described to Plato then you are correct! Kronos is there with Austin Mahone son of Apollo, a couple of the demi-gods who took a wrong turn heading to Camp Half Blood, and the members of a type of camp for the children of the Roman gods. What he is doing is he is kidnapping demi-gods, minor gods, and whoever else that he can use to bring down Mount Olympus. He does the exact same thing as they do in The Cave. He shackles down his victims and horrify them with shadows on the wall. Now since everything moves with the flame of the west, the cave is now located in California at the Lava Beds National Monument.
The Prophecy
Five Campers Are To Go To The Cave Where The Lord Of Time Lies
Three Are To Get Trapped In The Cave, One Is To Be Killed, And One Is To Turn Over To The Dark Side
Five More Campers Are Sent To Retrieve The Lost Ones
Only Five Are To Return To Camp While The Other Five Are Lost Forever To Return Later In Form Of Ghost, Fire, Ice, Plant, And Air
Five Campers Are To Go To The Cave Where The Lord Of Time Lies
Three Are To Get Trapped In The Cave, One Is To Be Killed, And One Is To Turn Over To The Dark Side
Five More Campers Are Sent To Retrieve The Lost Ones
Only Five Are To Return To Camp While The Other Five Are Lost Forever To Return Later In Form Of Ghost, Fire, Ice, Plant, And Air
((All Those Who Want To Participate In This Quest, PM Me With The Name(s) Of The Characters You Want To Participate. Title The PM: 'The Cave' So That I Know..))
Participants
1.) Janelle Cox
2.) Daisy Spade
3.) Elsa Chase
4.) Silena Valerio
5.) Katrina Keo
6.) Charlotte Chandler
7.) Risa Harata
8.) Riku Harata
9.) Savhanna Marcum
10.) Black Annis Harrison
2.) Daisy Spade
3.) Elsa Chase
4.) Silena Valerio
5.) Katrina Keo
6.) Charlotte Chandler
7.) Risa Harata
8.) Riku Harata
9.) Savhanna Marcum
10.) Black Annis Harrison
