# Again the Gods Make Change explained — The Lost Continent

> Chapter companion for The Lost Continent by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne.

## What happens

Deucalion bids farewell to Tob and his crew as they sail away to found a new colony, rejecting the old gods in favor of worshipping Deucalion as a hero-god. Meanwhile, Ylga helps Deucalion escape the camp and arranges for him to meet Tob's ship, leading to his eventual departure into the Dangerous Lands of Atlantis.

## Themes in this chapter

### Tradition vs. Change

Tob's rejection of the old gods and his plan to worship Deucalion as a hero-god symbolizes a radical break from tradition, while Deucalion pleads for preserving the old cult.

### Rebellion and Revolution

Tob's decision to found a new kingdom and establish a new religion represents a rebellion against the established order of Atlantis.

## Character check-ins

### Deucalion

Pleads with Tob not to abandon the old gods; later escapes with Ylga's help and chooses to be left ashore in the Dangerous Lands.

### Tob

Captain who rejects the old gods, declares Deucalion a future god, and sails to found a kingdom in the Tin Islands.

### Ylga

Arranges Deucalion's escape from the camp and leads him through the night to meet Tob's ship.

### Phorenice

Mentioned as having threatened Deucalion with mutilation and as a brilliant speaker who might sway the mob.

### Nais

Mentioned as being held captive by Phorenice in a stone coffin.

## Key lines

> We want no priest, except one we shall make ourselves, and that will be me. And as for the old Gods⁠—well, I have laid my ideas before the fellows here, and they agree to this: We are done with those old Gods for always.

Tob declares that he and his crew will create their own priest and abandon the old gods entirely.

_Highlights the theme of tradition vs. change and Tob's revolutionary stance._

> I pour this wine as a libation to Deucalion, great lord that is today, Hero that shall be tomorrow, God that will be in time to come!

Tob performs a libation to Deucalion, proclaiming him a future god.

_Illustrates the new religious practice and the elevation of Deucalion to divine status._

> I shall lop off his right hand and his left foot, so that he may be a fighting man no longer, and then I shall drive him forth crippled into the dangerous lands, where he may learn Fear.

Phorenice threatens to mutilate Deucalion and exile him to the Dangerous Lands.

_Reveals Phorenice's cruelty and the danger Deucalion faces._

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