On Theros, Kytheon led his Irregulars and learned discipline from Hixus during imprisonment. Heliod later armed him against a titan sent by Erebos. With his friends beside him, Kytheon brought that enemy down.
He then aimed the divine weapon at Erebos himself. The god turned it back with his whip. Kytheon's protective magic held around his own body, but it did not cover his companions. Their deaths shattered the confidence victory had just encouraged.
His spark carried him to Bant, where a stranger heard his name as Gideon. A new world offered escape from the battlefield, not release from its memory. Nearly invulnerable skin had not made him a guardian who could protect everyone.