The Apokine is the parent of Euanthe, Sokrates, and Cassander. They are described as a warmonger, as they led the failed war of expansion called the Golden War.
Art suggests that the Apostolosian ship the Callisto was named after the Apokine (though this is before the ship actually received a name).[1]
History and Involvement[edit | edit source]
The Apokine and their spouse celebrated the start of the Golden War with a banquet. This was one of a few (and last) times the whole family was in the same place apart from official ceremonies. Cass recalls that their parents stopped doing hands-on parenting once their children reached school age.[2]
During the war, their eldest child, Euanthe, was assigned to a front line military position, while their other two children were assigned positions meant to keep them safer. When Euanthe was seriously injured, Cassander, the youngest, was selected as the heir until Euanthe recovered enough to retake the role. Toward the end of the war, Sokrates defected from Apostolos. Cassander stayed on Counterweight, but they stayed in contact with their parents.
Both the Apokine and their spouse were harshly affected by their lost war of conquest, which impacted their marriage as well.[2]
They are killed by Argus Korba during a confrontation between them and their deposer and child, Sokrates.[3] The Apokine is buried on Apostolos, rather than the (colonized) traditional burial ground of Apokine.[4]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ When Apostolosians were created in the COUNTER/Weight worldbuilding episode, their society's gender system was binary by default. The Apostolosian gender and pronoun system was invented and elaborated as play continued, and because of this after-the-fact retcon, Apostolosian characters during COUNTER/Weight are often referred to with binary pronouns. In later seasons, Apostolosians are more consistently referred to with "they" pronouns (unless they specifically choose to use others), and it has become standard practice both by cast and fandom to apply these pronouns to COUNTER/Weight-era Apostolosians as well, even if those pronouns weren't consistently used at time of production.