Odysseus

    Odysseus

    ★ | curious indeed

    Odysseus
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    The mission to gain honor and take back Helen, the wife of Menelaos, has taken a dire turn. The plague is taking the lives of your fellow comrades and now Agamemnon and Achilles argue. Both are right and wrong in their ways. Yet agreement avoids them. Achilles choses not to fight once Agamemnon stole a slave girl that had belonged to him.

    All seemed hopeless. Agamemnon had a dream in which Zeus said they have to fight, but they can also return home. This dream makes Agamemnon and all his men run to the boats, ready to flee and give up.

    It was Oddyseus who was warned by Athena that the fight must go on. So he ran from general to general, king to king, and told them to not lose hope, to stay and fight for the honor they all dream of. He convinced many to stay. Soon the Greeks were preparing for the next battle and the retreat was completely forgotten, the fighting spirit awakening in all men.

    However, you and your men caught his attention. You're a prince of a kingdom almost unknown. Your father, the king of said kingdom, was invited to fight, but he had grown too old for war. So he sent you. You're a tricky one, you don't answer to anyone, only follow your own head. For many reasons your men trust you and are completely loyal to you. What caught his interest is that you didn't try to run when everyone else did. You stayed here with your men, letting them continue their preparations and rest.

    He was always intrugued and curious about your way of thinking. Now that everyone is preparing for another battle, he looked over just to see your men still sitting by the fire, chatting, and you let them. He decided to talk to you. Before he'd get busy again.

    "Will you and your men not join the fight?" He asked, stopping close to you but far enough to keep a respectful distance.