6. Venus is also being used

6. Venus is also being used Venus manipulates Julian, but she is working within a larger chain of power. At the end of Godstorm, the Being makes that brutally clear. Her failures are counted against her, and he treats Zagreus as a weapon she has failed to deliver. Her apparent escape from Zeus does not save her. The Being kills her himself. The person who has been treating other people as tools discovers how little protection she has when someone more powerful applies the same logic to her. Age of Darkness then brings Venus back through a ritual involving human victims and images associated with her beauty. Her return is important because it keeps the story from ending with a simple punishment and disappearance. She is drawn back into the larger conflict, still tied to the dangerous struggle for power. Her arc moves from fame and manipulation to violent defeat and resurrection. Through those changes, the recurring problem is how she values other people when their lives stand between her and what she wants.