After Hephaestus was hurled from Olympus by his mother Hera, he was willing to offer his services to the highest bidder - even if the bidders were the Atlantean followers of Leto, daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus. The volcanic forges found in many Atlantean towns are one legacy of this partnership between Titan-worshippers and the Olympian god of smiths. The forges draw their power from the eternal flames that burn in the depths of Tartarus.