Athena

Athena was the codename for the original Fortnite: Battle Royale map used in Chapter 1 (Season 0 - Season X). It has about 13 variations throughout Chapter 1. It was replaced by Apollo, which was then replaced by Artemis.

Storyline
Athena was name of the Fortnite: Battle Royale map that was used in the entirety of Chapter 1. It was held together by the Zero Point, a powerful orb of energy that was used to maintain the island. Many forces had seeked to destroy the Zero Point, which, in result, would destroy the map itself. This included The Seven, The Cube, The Devourer, and more. The Zero Point was contained in a structure called The Vault, which was directly underneath a location called Loot Lake. The Vault had also contained items that had been removed from the outside world, thrown into the Vault. During The Unvaulting, players had managed to take a look into the Vault and could “unvault” a single weapon.

Unfortunately, because everyone was distracted from the Vault, an opportunity was given for another character, known as The Prisoner, to Strike the island. The Prisoner managed to destroy two locations and awaken The Devourer from it’s ancient slumber beneath Polar Peak.

Singularity was known as the protector of the Vault. Due to the Devourer now being on the loose, she was forced to leave The Vault and take over the Pressure Plant. From there, she created the Mecha, which was going to be used to defend the island from the Devourer. After weeks of preparation, the Singularity’s Mecha was ready. In the event known as The Final Showdown, The Mecha and the Devourer fought. Eventually, the Mecha had won, but the Zero Point was now out of it’s shell, exposed to the outside.

Athena had lasted a total of 747 days before the Zero Point was destroyed by The Seven.

Trivia

 * Athena is named after the mythological Athena, who is the Greek Goddess of wisdom, war, weaving, and crafts and is also the favourite daughter of Zeus.
 * Four locations from this map returned in the Chapter 2 map, Apollo, they are: Pleasant Park, Retail Row, Risky Reels and Salty Springs.
 * There are also many locations similar to locations from this map, such as Lazy Lake (Loot Lake & Tilted Towers), Frenzy Farm (Anarchy Acres& Fatal Fields), Misty Meadows (Happy Hamlet), Compact Cars (Junk Junction), Weeping Woods (Lonely Lodge& Wailing Woods), Believer Beach (Paradise Palms) and Slurpy Swamp (Flush Factory& Moisty Mire).
 * Five locations returned on the Chapter 3 map, Artemis, they are: Greasy Grove, Shifty Shafts, Loot Lake (as a landmark), Tilted Towers (frozen over), and Sunny Steps (as a landmark).


 * In the Chapter 2 map, Apollo, the central island's outline is a scaled down version of Athena.

Transition to Chapter 2
After The End event, the Athena map was destroyed (sucked into the black hole) and replaced by the Apollo Map. Apollo is the map that is used in Chapter 2, it features the return of some of Athena's locations, especially after Chapter 2: Season 5.

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