KING THEIODAMAS â Character Profile
(Father of Hylas, King of the Dryopians)
Title: King of the Dryopians
Age: Late 40s to early 50s
Archetype: The strong, silent, emotionally constipated father who loves harder than he speaks
Inspirations: Joe Bell, Billy Elliotâs father, Tim Lockwood, Quirin, Massimo
A rugged, blueâcollar king with calloused hands and a soft heart he doesnât know how to show, who would burn the world down for his son but struggles to express it without sounding like heâs scolding him.
Build: Broadâshouldered, thickâarmed, âworks with his handsâ strong
Height: Tall, imposing, but not in a threatening wayâmore like a protective wall
Heavy brows that default to âconcernedâ
A nose shared with Hylas, but broader with age
A scruffy saltâandâpepper beard
Hair: Dark brown, graying at the temples
Expression: Looks stern even when heâs trying to be gentle
Posture: Always braced, always ready to shield someone
DisneyâHercules style translation:Â Â
Rounded shapes, expressive eyebrows, a simple but iconic silhouette, and a face that can shift from stern to heartbreakingly soft in one raised brow.
đ§ Personality Overview
Speaks in short, blunt sentences
Slow to anger but volcanic when pushed
Protective to the point of overbearing
Loving, but expresses it through actions, not words
Stoic, but feels everything intensely
Traditional, but not hateful
Selfâsacrificing, often to an unhealthy degree
The contradiction that defines him:
He loves his openly gay son fiercely, but his fear for Hylasâs safety makes him hover, restrict, and warnâ
and to outsiders, it reads as homophobia.
To Hylas, it reads as âDad doesnât trust the world with me.â
To Theiodamas, itâs âIâd rather be misunderstood than risk losing my boy.â
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â¤ď¸ Relationship With Hylas
The heart of his character.
He raised Hylas alone after tragedy
He sees every danger before Hylas does
He worries constantly about how the world treats queer men
He doesnât have the vocabulary for modern acceptance
He tries to protect Hylas by controlling the environment
He doesnât realize this sometimes hurts more than it helps
He apologizes awkwardly, usually by fixing something or cooking something
He is terrified of losing Hylas the way he lost others
Hylas: âFather, Iâm not fragile.â
Theiodamas: âI know. The world is.â
â¤ď¸ Relationship With Evadne
Theiodamas was not yet king when he met Evadne. He was a quiet, broadâshouldered young man who preferred working with his hands to speaking in court. She was the oppositeâwarm, luminous, expressive, with a voice that carried like sunlight through leaves.
Evadne (as Galatea) had that gentle, ethereal beauty that made people soften around her. But what caught Theiodamas wasnât her beautyâit was her kindness. She spoke to him like he wasnât intimidating. Like he wasnât a wall. Like she could see the man behind the silence.
Their relationship was built on contrast:
Evadne talked; Theiodamas listened.
Evadne dreamed; Theiodamas built.
Evadne soothed; Theiodamas protected.
Evadne laughed easily; Theiodamas smiled only for her.
She was the only person who could make him laugh without trying.
He was the only person who could make her feel safe without speaking.
Evadne had a way of touching his arm when he grew tense, grounding him instantly.
Theiodamas had a way of standing behind her in crowds, a silent promise: No one will harm you while I breathe.
They were opposites, yesâbut they were also perfectly matched.
đ Marriage & Parenthood
When Hylas was born, Theiodamas cried for the first time in years. Evadne teased him for it, but she held him close, whispering:
âHe has your eyes. And your stubbornness. Gods help us.â
Evadne was a gentle motherâsoft, patient, endlessly encouraging.
Theiodamas was a protective fatherâquiet, steady, always watching.
But Evadne made sure Hylas inherited both of them:
She taught Hylas to love freely.
Theiodamas taught him to stand firm.
Together, they were a perfect balance.
đ Her Death & Its Impact on Theiodamas
Evadneâs death was not dramaticâit was quiet, the kind of tragedy that steals rather than strikes. A sudden illness. A night of worry. A dawn without her.
Theiodamas didnât scream.
He didnât break anything.
He didnât cry in front of anyone.
He simplyâŚfolded inward.
The palace noticed the silence first.
Hylas noticed the absence of laughter.
Theiodamas noticed the empty space beside him in bed.
More afraid of losing what remained
His overprotectiveness of Hylas began here.
But from fearâthe kind that comes from losing the love of your life and realizing the world can take anything from you without warning.
To outsiders, he became stern.
To Hylas, he became a fortress.
To himself, he became a man living on borrowed light.
đ How He Still Loves Her
Even years later, Theiodamas:
Sleeps on his side of the bed
Keeps her hair ribbon in a drawer
Touches her carved likeness when he passes it
Talks to her in the quiet moments, when no one is listening
Sees her in Hylasâs smile and feels both joy and ache
He never even considered it.
Evadne was not replaceable.
She was his onceâinâaâlifetime.
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Physical strength and endurance
Strategic mind (heâs a king, but a practical one)
Capable of enormous emotional growth
Protective instincts that make him a formidable ally
Overprotective to the point of suffocation
Accidentally intimidating
Comes off as judgmental when heâs actually scared
He is the kind of father who would stand between Hylas and a god without hesitationâbut would struggle to say âIâm proud of youâ without clearing his throat three times first.
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𧊠Key Influences Integrated
The guilt, the fear, the fierce love, the âIâm trying but I donât know howâ energy.
The blueâcollar exhaustion, the stubbornness, the eventual emotional breakthrough.
The awkward, fumbling attempts at affection.
The stoic protector who communicates more with presence than words.
The gentle giant energy, the âfew words but all heartâ vibe.
A grounding force in Hylasâs life
A source of emotional tension and eventual healing
A symbol of generational change
A king who rules like a father: stern, fair, and deeply human
A man who learns to let his son shine without trying to shield him from the sun
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