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Palladium

By Elizabeth Stein for Mythos Atlas. About the author. Editorial notes are grounded in the site's cited sources and can be challenged through the contact page.

Description

A sacred wooden statue of Minerva that fell from the heavens and guaranteed the safety of the city that possessed it. As long as Rome held the Palladium, the city could never fall to its enemies.

Powers & Abilities

City ProtectionDivine FavorInvincibility BlessingSacred Authority

Origin

"According to legend, the statue fell from the sky and was first kept in Troy. Aeneas rescued it during Troy's fall and brought it to Italy, where it became Rome's most sacred treasure."