Part 5: Phaedra, the Fourth Colossus

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Phaedra's location on the map: G-5

Artwork/Pictures -
Phaedra Centerfold, left page (Artbook)
Phaedra Centerfold, right page (Artbook)
Phaedra (Artbook)
Phaedra (Artbook)
Phaedra Concept Sketch (Artbook)

Dormin's Hints -
 "One strategy to consider is to hide thyself underground... "
"Trickst it to reach its back... " 

Notes -
- Phaedra is a  horsey! He stands roughly 98 feet (30m) tall, and is 89 feet (27m) from head to, uh, "tail"? 

- One would expect him to make  horse sounds, but it's something else, and kind of unnatural. 

-  I've reached his tail-bone or what-have-you from a flat-footed jump several times before. One of my jumps in particular is definitely high enough, but he angled to where I was on the backside of it. I wasn't screwing around; I was trying to pull off a jump I'd done several times before, since Agro was being worthless  

- Alternate mounting tricks include  waiting for him to peek in the tunnel I was hiding in, and jumping on to his reins. Another involves hopping off of Agro and on to a joint on his hind legs. I'll probably try recording these for next time. 

- I think the earlier reference (by Turos Kensei) to Greek mythology is looking like it fits nicer than I originally thought, honestly I've always gone "welp, minotaur. Greek mythology, check", and didn't read in to it past that. Anyhow, Phaedra's name itself seems mis-placed, given the mythology. Also, Phaedra is derived from the Greek word "phaidros", which means light. Doesn't seem to fit either, but maybe I'm not looking at it from the right angle. Then again, this seems to be a notifier of the mythology rather than using the name as a double-meaning.

- Here's a condensed version of Phaedra's (from mythology) general backstory. The colossus identifier is spoilered of course.

Phaedra was the wife of Theseus, who you may recall as the slayer of the minotaur (as well as a ton of other stories/slayings, but whatever). Prior to meeting Phaedra, Theseus already had a kiddo named Hippolytus whose mother was Hippolyta, an Amazon queen of sorts. Other accounts place Antiope, another amazon, as his mother, but whatever. Bottom line is that Theseus lost interest in them when Phaedra came around. But Phaedra, oddly enough, had the hots for Hippolytus. Edgy, eh? I've read mention of Aphrodite being behind this, since Greek gods are jerks in general.

She made advances on Hyppolytus who turned her down rather flatly. She ran to Theseus, in a fit, and claimed that Hyppolytus raped her. Perfectly harmless joke, right? Well, Theseus believed her, and used one of the three wishes he earned from Poseidon (Wiki it if you want more on that) to curse Hyppolytus so that when he rode near the sea  his horse would get spooked by a sea monster, run in to the water in a fright, and pull Hyppolytus down with him, until they both drown.  Another version cites that it wasn't a sea monster, but a wild bull. I think the latter fits quite nicely, given Quadratus and his location

- Something I forgot to touch on in this update's original notes: