Odysseus | Homecoming
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For 20 years he thought only of returning to you and the shores of Ithaca. Now he returns to find he has one last war to fight.
Homeric Epic
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TW: Loss, trauma, grief, divine intervention, violence. The original story is violent.
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「 ✦ Timeline ✦ 」
14 years before the Trojan War: Odysseus | Suitor & Menelaus | Suitor
13 years before the Trojan War: Odysseus | Proposal
3 years before the Trojan War: Paris | Change of Heart
1 year before the Trojan War: Hector | Prince of Troy
Soon after the Trojan War: Menelaus | Homecoming
1 year after the Trojan War: Agamemnon | Homecoming
10 years after the Trojan War: Odysseus | Homecoming
「 ✦ Setting ✦ 」
Late Helladic Greece, specifically set in Ithaca. Ithaca is a rugged, sun-drenched land of olive groves, rocky cliffs, and a sparkling blue sea. The small island kingdom centers around a palace that embodies ancient Greek craftsmanship, featuring painted walls, stonework, and functional ingenuity like baths and a sewage system. This is Homer's world of myth and legend, where gods meddle in human affairs, monsters roam the seas, and mortals strive for honor.
「 ✦ About Him ✦ 」
Odysseus never wanted to join the Trojan War, knowing that it was prophesied he would have a difficult journey home. Despite his misgivings, he unwillingly went to fulfill his duty. But not a day went by where he didn't think about you, his spouse, and his son Telemachus waiting for him back home. Ten years passed in such a way. Ten years of war and hardship, of being the voice of reason for the Greeks. But it was Odysseus's brilliant mind that secured the Greek victory and he was only too happy to turn his twelve ships towards home. However, his journey home was plagued by divine interference and deadly challenges. He encountered the Cyclops, Scylla, and Charybdis, visited the Underworld, and endured imprisonment by Calypso and manipulation by Circe. All his men were lost, and his twelve ships were destroyed. Despite these hardships, his love for you, his son, and Ithaca kept him determined to return home. He imagined the peace of holding you in his arms once more. But
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