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===Mount Olympus===

Despite the name of the world, this environment is present in only two of its levels: the first, [[Shields Up... and Down]], and at the end of the last, [[A Cloud of Darkness!]]. It is a place at high altitude where everything is made of white marble. Despite this, the growth of vegetation seems uninhibited. There is grass to be seen on most of the platforms, and also trees as scenery elements. Some small trees can uproot themselves and move from one place to another, where they replant themselves. Apart from the mountains and the marble structures, there is a very calm sea to be seen. This sea, like the sky, is a very bright blue colour, which parodies the stereotypes of Greek summer weather. At first, there are only some white cumulus clouds in the sky, but towards the end of the first level the atmosphere becomes darker and more tempestuous, with many grey clouds that obscure the light. Apart from the marble platforms, there are floating shields with faces on them. These can serve as platforms, but also to block fireballs launched by [[minotaur]]s.

Despite the name of the world, this environment is present in only two of its levels: the first, [[Shields Up... and Down]], and at the end of the last, [[A Cloud of Darkness!]], though early concept art sugestedthere was going to be more levels taking place in this area. It is a place at high altitude where everything is made of white marble. Despite this, the growth of vegetation seems uninhibited. There is grass to be seen on most of the platforms, and also trees as scenery elements. Some small trees can uproot themselves and move from one place to another, where they replant themselves. Apart from the mountains and the marble structures, there is a very calm sea to be seen. This sea, like the sky, is a very bright blue colour, which parodies the stereotypes of Greek summer weather. At first, there are only some white cumulus clouds in the sky, but towards the end of the first level the atmosphere becomes darker and more tempestuous, with many grey clouds that obscure the light. Apart from the marble platforms, there are floating shields with faces on them. These can serve as platforms, but also to block fireballs launched by [[minotaur]]s.

This environment makes many different references to paganism. The most obvious are the pillars and dilapidated marble structures which resemble the ancient temples that exist in Greece today, for example the Parthenon. There are also statues of some members of [[Globox's species]], as if they were mythological heroes. The marble doors that link the different sections of the levels have a symbol above them of an eye in a triangle, a reference to Egyptian mythology. There are constellations in the sky, of a flying [[pig]] and a member of [[Globox's species]] playing the lyre. These constellations reference astrology. Small [[minotaur]]s, who reference the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur mythical creature], appear in this environment. In the stormy section of the level [[Shields Up... and Down]], a white hand comes down from the sky and launches bolts of lightning onto the heroes. This is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus Zeus], the king of the Olympians in Greek mythology, who could throw thunderbolts.

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 ===Mount Olympus===
-Despite the name of the world, this environment is present in only two of its levels: the first, [[Shields Up... and Down]], and at the end of the last, [[A Cloud of Darkness!]]. It is a place at high altitude where everything is made of white marble. Despite this, the growth of vegetation seems uninhibited. There is grass to be seen on most of the platforms, and also trees as scenery elements. Some small trees can uproot themselves and move from one place to another, where they replant themselves. Apart from the mountains and the marble structures, there is a very calm sea to be seen. This sea, like the sky, is a very bright blue colour, which parodies the stereotypes of Greek summer weather. At first, there are only some white cumulus clouds in the sky, but towards the end of the first level the atmosphere becomes darker and more tempestuous, with many grey clouds that obscure the light. Apart from the marble platforms, there are floating shields with faces on them. These can serve as platforms, but also to block fireballs launched by [[minotaur]]s.
+Despite the name of the world, this environment is present in only two of its levels: the first, [[Shields Up... and Down]], and at the end of the last, [[A Cloud of Darkness!]], though early concept art sugestedthere was going to be more levels taking place in this area. It is a place at high altitude where everything is made of white marble. Despite this, the growth of vegetation seems uninhibited. There is grass to be seen on most of the platforms, and also trees as scenery elements. Some small trees can uproot themselves and move from one place to another, where they replant themselves. Apart from the mountains and the marble structures, there is a very calm sea to be seen. This sea, like the sky, is a very bright blue colour, which parodies the stereotypes of Greek summer weather. At first, there are only some white cumulus clouds in the sky, but towards the end of the first level the atmosphere becomes darker and more tempestuous, with many grey clouds that obscure the light. Apart from the marble platforms, there are floating shields with faces on them. These can serve as platforms, but also to block fireballs launched by [[minotaur]]s.
 This environment makes many different references to paganism. The most obvious are the pillars and dilapidated marble structures which resemble the ancient temples that exist in Greece today, for example the Parthenon. There are also statues of some members of [[Globox's species]], as if they were mythological heroes. The marble doors that link the different sections of the levels have a symbol above them of an eye in a triangle, a reference to Egyptian mythology. There are constellations in the sky, of a flying [[pig]] and a member of [[Globox's species]] playing the lyre. These constellations reference astrology. Small [[minotaur]]s, who reference the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur mythical creature], appear in this environment. In the stormy section of the level [[Shields Up... and Down]], a white hand comes down from the sky and launches bolts of lightning onto the heroes. This is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus Zeus], the king of the Olympians in Greek mythology, who could throw thunderbolts.