When James Stockdale was shot down in Vietnam, he was taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese. He spent seven years being tortured and subjected to unimaginable loneliness and terror. He had little choice over the fact that he was shot down, or that he was taken prison.

Persephone was the product of an over-protective mother named Demeter. So much so that she kept her a far distance from such gift-bearing suitors as Apollo and Hermes.