Cursed by love!

In Germany, 1885, the first automobile was created. It was a mechanical marvel and it was credited to Karl Benz, a genius and intellectual god some say. There is some truth I suppose, the car was created by an intellectual god but it was bestowed to the human as a gift, but with many stories about god’s giving gifts, one should err on the side of caution.

The idea came to him in dreams, after seeing plans created by the inventor Leonardo Di Vinci the Italian designer. His designs revolutionised travel many years later, but they were to be a curse for humanity created through jealousy and hate.

Karl was a poor child, but he was incredibly determined to make something of his life and having wit and genius he strove for something more. From the moment he was born he drew the attention of one god for his mechanical mind and so he was gifted the stimuli to engineer fantastic inventions.

He grew up and went to University, later creating the finest vehicle known to man, a wonder of the modern world. It would have been wonderful if Hephaestus had not discovered what had brought Benz into the world.

You see Aphrodite had one of her many affairs with a mortal and it led to the birth of a child who Aphrodite absolutely loved. After birthing him she switched him with a mortal who died tragically in an explosion. Aphrodite feigned mourning knowing that her husband had caused the explosion to rid the world of another one of her illegitimate children.

He marveled in knowing he had hurt her as shed hurt him and she had left the boy alone to give him a chance bestowing gifts that she hoped Hephaestus would covet and protect. In secret they both showered the boy with love as he grew and bestowed gifts only gods could grant.

Unfortunately, a mother can never give up her child fully and when she told the truth Hephaestus flew into a rage. He could not switch his love for the boy of and wanted to continue to be his benefactor, but he had to do something to the human world that once again caused him pain.

The curse was made, the boy would be successful, and his invention would hold a place in time, but it would cause death, pain, disease and poison the world that accepted it as a gift. The boy would be loved in his own time, but he would be a victim of his mother’s cheating ways and in the future his name would be a blemish on human history.