Kronos

God Power Deconstruction: Select an enemy building to deconstruct it. Resources from deconstructed buildings are returned to the builder. Civilization Bonus Moves the buildings of Kronos followers to alternate locations at a cost of resources.

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The second of the Atlantean gods is Kronos, a second generation Titan born of Gaia and Oranos. With the help of Gaia, Kronos rebelled against Oranos and freed his siblings from their imprisonment within mother Earth. Kronos then ruled of the universe and took his sister Rheia as his wife. Fearing a prophecy that his own children would turn on him, as he had turned on his father, Kronos swallowed his own children as they were born. Rhea gave birth to her sixth child, Zeus, in the dead of night and fooled Kronos by giving him a stone to swallow. Zeus was then entrusted to Gaia until grown, at which point he returned and forced Kronos to regurgitate the five older children. With the help of his brothers and sisters, and other allies weary of Kronos's rule, Zeus led a war of rebellion, called the Titanomachy, through which the gods Olympus threw done the Titans and imprisoned them in the underworld. There Kronos plotted revenge.

Kronos was known as the god of time. In The Titans his special power is the ability to "time shift" buildings. By selecting any of your buildings (but not Town Centers or Wonders) and clicking on the time shift icon you can create a mirror image of the building that you can move on the map with your cursor. The building can then be placed anywhere else on the map within your line of sight. The building deconstructs from its original location and rebuilds at the new one. This time shift takes time and can be disrupted or even destroyed by enemy attacks, but the ability to move a Palace, Barracks, Tower, etc., quickly to a strategic location, can be a powerful weapon. As soon as the building has completed shifting it can begin producing and fighting, if it has fighting capability. Time shifts do cost resources that depend on whether the building has an attack or not. Buildings such as the Palace, with a good attack, cost more to deconstruct.

Kronos's god power is Deconstruction. Target any enemy building you can see on the map and Kronos will deconstruct it. The owning player gets the resources back but loses the service of the building. This is a great way to take down an enemy Palace or Tower that stands in the way of an attack or guards an important point on the map. Kronos's mythological improvement is Focus, which increases the movement speed of Oracles and the rate at which their line of sight expands. Focus thus improves the scouting ability of your Oracles.

Kronos has two other bonuses, as well. Siege weapons and myth units are cheaper to build.