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Odysseus, God of hatred and vengeance

It was his defeating of Poseidon that really cemented him in the position. The rest of the Odyssey goes the same, except the combination of besting a god in battle and the traces of godblood from Hermes results in his assent. The slaughter of the suitors is what grants him his domain. He doesn't realize what's happened until he gets a minor injury and instead of red it's gold.

Odysseus, child of Hermes

Credit to @tagzpite who inspired this au with their fishysseus design. Also this fic, because it has had me vibrating in feral glee.

The premise is based on Odysseus being referred to as a snake + him becoming a monster. In this case it's literal.

As for how, I haven't decided. Perhaps a gift of power from someone like Circe or Hermes, maybe a curse from Zeus. Or even just chance.

Long boi, chunky like a burmese python. Powerful enough to constrict, strong enough to put a god down for the count long enough to escape. Cannot swallow things whole, he's still got humanoid anatomy from the hips up. The palms of his hands have thick patches of scales to protect him, with patches of scales on his shoulders and back. Has larger lungs, two hearts, and two livers. Ensuring his body gets enough oxygen, blood flow, and filtration of the blood. One heart and both livers are located in the snake part of his body.

*His snake body is almost entirely muscle, deceptively fast too. Good climber and swimmer

The scar from the boar remains, just appears on the underside of the snake body. Another scar from where Perimedes stabbed him during the mutiny. There's smaller scars on his torso and arms from when Zeus' lightning exploded his ship, and a rather large one across his nose and a cheek from the same ordeal.

Will eat just about anything he catches. Sirens, sheep, fish, birds. Although he does not actively hunt down humans, he isn't above consuming them if they attack him. Will hunt down most creatures such as sirens and harpies if he comes across them, but typically doesn't go looking for such monsters.

(Crack treated seriously)

Poseidon turns Odysseus into a sea wolf as punishment for blinding his son.

Large form made out of water w jagged sea rocks for teeth for crushing ships. smaller form for more practical purposes. Dun meshi Kelpie but wolf instead of horse, fur like sealskin.

Can't go more than a days travel from the ocean. Useful for when Poseidon needs a hunting dog while ensuring Odysseus doesn't stray too far.

Ody refuses to chill, like at all. So at first Poseidon attempts to let him roam free, until Odysseus starts causing enough trouble that the rest of the gods r like “wth Poseidon, u fuck”

Final straw is Ody herding Helios’ cows (he has enough sense not to hunt them, but the cows r still freaked out enough that Helios is like “Poseidon come get ur fucking dog or I'm boiling everything you have alive”)

It takes 10 years to track down Odysseus and return him to Ithaca because Ody is too busy being a little shit

When finally returned and human Ody has a wolf pelt that allows him to transform into a wolf bc it's probably very jarring to go from 10 years as a wolf to human again

Anyway here's wonderwall

He watches from his boat, even all the way out here he still feels the impulse to keep track of the vile. Even changed, he can recognize the two men on a boat only a couple docks from his, surprisingly tender. The shorter of them leans against the taller, saying something and laughing when the other pulls a face. It pulls at the long scar on his cheek when he does so, not even his scruff can hide it. Half his dark curls pulled back in a top knot, the rest damp with the ocean no doubt. The taller of the two has dirty blond hair, silver just starting to make an appearance. He has distinctly European features, and facial hair that is an interesting mix of silver and wet sand. More tidy than his companion that's for sure. They are surprisingly domestic, and clearly not shy about their relationship. It's in their body language, the comfort arms caging one, the teasing press, the press of lips. He doesn't know if it's for show or genuine, if they are captor and victim or two monsters wearing suits. It's worth keeping an eye on them either way.

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