“Argus's hundred eyes blinked in sequence last night, spelling nothing in any alphabet. Hera's watchman dreams.”
Even the all-seeing one sleeps in shifts.
Common · One of 400
Argus
“Hermes lulled him to sleep and killed him; Hera set his eyes in her peacock's tail.”
A Eyes legend of Monsters & Beasts
2 known connections · an open question
The living story
The story so far
Argus guarded Io the heifer for Hera with a hundred eyes, until Zeus sent Hermes, who played the pipes until the eyes closed one by one, then struck. Hera memorialized him in the peacock's tail.
Happening now
His eyes watch from every peacock feather — Hera's surveillance network, still operational. Nothing escapes them, which is the point.
What may come
Io, freed, wandered to Egypt and became a goddess. Argus's eyes watched her go, all hundred of them, and did not blink.
Connected
Whispers about Argus
Monsters & Beasts
The children of gods and nightmares. Every one of them is someone's whole story — the hero was just passing through.
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At a glance — details & stats
- Element
- Eyes
- Faction
- Monsters & Beasts — the dread ones
- Rarity
- Common
- Personality
- The hundred-eyed watchman, Panoptes the all-seeing, set by Hera to guard Io.
- Edition
- One of 400
- Stats
- power 60 · speed 40 · charm 70
Joe was here.
“the elders say: the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones — the oldest stories are still happening. You’re in one.”