The Telesterion ("Initiation Hall" from Gr. τελείω (TEL-ee-o), 'to complete, to fulfill, to consecrate, to initiate, perfect') was a great hall and sanctuary in Eleusis, one of the primary centers of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Devoted to Demeter (Goddess of Fertility and Agriculture) and Persephone (Goddess of Vegitation and Queen of the Underworld), these initiation ceremonies were the most sacred and ancient of all the religious rites celebrated in Greece.
Story Overview[]
Chronologically, this album takes place between As Embers Turn to Dust and Empyrean[1]. Humans have been living in the Cepheus Ring and Acheron isn't yet habitable.
The album starts with Enyo remembering her time as a Vanguard, finding Anicetus as it continued terraforming Acheron. She then visits her twin sister, Alithea, still sleeping in cryosleep. She has been studying Alithea and learning what it takes to augment someone in order to rival the abilities of the Titan Born. Finally, with everyone in the Cepheus Ring watching, she enters the Allodynia Lance and successfully becomes the first augmented human. She implores the others to join her and augment themselves too. She then takes her followers to the nearby planet of Empyrean to begin its terraforming process and vows to destroy those who were too cowardly to become augmented.
Story Details[]
The Allodynia Lance is the tower Enyo stands on (on the album cover for Telesterion). Telesterion takes place "in the middle" of this fictional world's timeline. Most of this album is from Enyo's perspective. At this point in the story, neither planet is colonized yet. It takes place when the First Cepheus Ring was already inhabited by generations of old earth humans. The humans that all live in Cepheus Rings are considered Hyperions "From the Sky".
Enyo possessed a few traits of the Titan Born which included, simply stated, far longer life expectancy. This allowed Enyo, over time, to reverse engineer the Titan Born. Specifically her sister, Alithea. Enyo's process of trying to save her sister and in a way, avenge he mother Andara, come at a cost. The Allodynia Lance is the event where Enyo makes a sort of a trinity between the Titan Born, the Anicetus Titan, and herself. Consider The Allodynia Lance a huge ritual. The entire population of Hyperion; all the factions, creeds, cultures, etc. are there to witness what some would consider an "advancement in human progress".
Additional Artwork[]
Telesterion Mechina Logo
Track Listing[]
| # | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Etimasia | 6:13 |
| 2 | Realm Breaker | 7:29 |
| 3 | The Allodynia Lance | 7:53 |
| 4 | Tyrannos | 5:53 |
| 5 | Gene Heresy | 10:44 |
| 6 | Telesterion | 8:47 |
| 7 | The Archivarius Chaos Ritual | 6:48 |
| 8 | Homeworld Salient | 6:12 |