Mount Olympus is a location featured during the second half of Season 5 of Once Upon a Time, as a major plot line for many characters who died throughout the series. It first appears in "Souls of the Departed" and is based on Mount Olympus from the 1997 film Hercules.
History[]
In "Souls of the Departed", Regina's father moves onto Mount Olympus after completing his unfinished business which kept him in the underworld. Hercules and Megara are able to leave the underworld after defeating Cerberus, which allows them to go to Mount Olympus, where his Zeus is waiting for him.
In "The Brothers Jones", Hades tries to send Killian Jones and his brother Liam over the edge of the cliff to send them to hell. Liam protects his brother by standing up to Hades, who throws him over the edge. Killian holds onto Liam, who tells his brother to let him go, having learnt his lesson and believes he must pay the consequences of his actions, letting go of Killian and falls into the fiery waters below. This transforms into a clear ocean with ships, which allows Liam to go to Mount Olympus for his sacrifice and his crew who he sacrificed the souls of so he and Killian could survive a storm, hundreds of years beforehand. Liam asks his brother if he wants to join him and his crew, but Killian declines, saying he still has unfinished business so can't go to a better place just yet. Liam understands and bids his brother farewell, just as he and the crew make their way to Mount Olympus.
Mount Olympus is seen again the episode "Sisters", when Regina and Zelena's mother Cora is able to pass onto Mount Olympus after she completes her unfinished business by reuniting her daughters as sisters. In "Last Rites", Killian is ready to move onto Mount Olympus after completing his unfinished business where he must help Emma defeat Hades while in Storybrooke. As Killian says goodbye to King Arthur, who stays in the underworld, he is greeted by Zeus, who is here to escort Killian onwards, eventually reviving him, returning him to the land of the living - where he is reunited with Emma - instead of sending him to Mount Olympus.
Trivia[]
- Mount Olympus changes depending on the characters who are departing the Underworld. For people like Liam Jones, it appears as a peaceful sea for him and the crew he and Killian once sailed with, due to their history as navy sailors, while for Rumple, it is seen as the Storybrooke well when he is reunited with Belle, because that is where they got married. For other people like Hercules and Megara, Henry Mills and Cora Mills, it appears in a standard way, as how it would appear to everyone who had died.
- Killian Jones is the only one who reached the way point of Mount Olympus, but got resurrected before reaching the location. Zeus resurrected him as a reward for defeating Hades by greeting him in a tunnel.
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