#troilus

As sly as a fox -> Odysseus

As strong as an ox -> Hector

As fast as a hare -> Achilles

As brave as a bear -> Patroclus

As free as a bird -> Paris

As neat as a word -> Nestor

As quiet as a mouse -> Phoenix

As big as a house -> Ajax the Great

As mean as a wolf -> Ajax the Lesser

As sharp as a tooth -> Pyrhus/Neoptolemus

As deep as a bite -> Hecuba

As dark as the night -> Sarpedon

As sweet as a song -> Briseis

As right as a wrong -> Palamedes

As long as a road -> Achises

As ugly as a toad -> Thersites

As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture -> Helen

Strong like a family, strong as I wanna be -> Agamemnon

Bright as day -> Helenus

As light as play -> Chryseis

As hard as nails -> Philoctetes

As grand as a whale -> Antilochus

As warm as the sun -> Cassandra

As silly as fun -> Sinon

As cool as a tree -> Polyxena

As scary as the sea -> Diomedes

As hot as fire -> Troilus

Cold as ice -> Chryses

Sweet as sugar and everything nice -> Scamandrius/Astyanax

As old as time -> Priam

As straight as a line -> Menelaus

As royal as a queen -> Andromache

As buzzed as a bee -> Laocoon

As stealth as a tiger -> Idomeneus

Smooth as a glider -> Teucer

On a quiet night, my lord, my love, you came with tears in your eyes, and told me your son had been slaughtered.

For hours you wept at my side, before sorrow turned to rage and innocents were brought to dust by your bloodied hands.

I held our child close as Olympus shook. I felt his breath, I heard his heartbeat. I held him and watched as the clouds filled with thunder. I imagined our child dead in my arms as your son had been, and it felt like the fates whispering in my ears.

I saw ruin in your eyes that night, love, and I saw it every night after. He was doomed from the start, wasn't he? And we were doomed as well. They'll storm our walls soon, as well. They'll tear us apart before your eyes, as well.

I want to ask why, but I know you don't have an answer either. It's alright love. I can't blame you. The years pass, and the ruin stays in your eyes, in mine, in my husband, in our sons. The Greeks make their way to our Scaian gates.

On a quiet night my lord, my love, I came with tears in my eyes, and told you our son had been slaughtered.

(explanation under the cut!)

Artwork I made of Troilus, Achilles, and Patroclus for the fanfic I’m currently writing.

I’m a hardcore Patrochilles fan in every version. And after learning about the myth of Prince Troilus and the prophecy of Troy, I became really fascinated by the version where Achilles is captivated by Troilus’s beauty and wants to claim him.

Since almost no one has written fic about a “what if Achilles didn’t kill Troilus” scenario, I scoured the entire internet. I found exactly one fic and it looks like the author dropped it.

So I decided to take matters into my own hands and started writing my own fanfic: Achilles x Troilus x Patroclus, where Troilus is taken by Achilles to be a beautiful ornament, and to be shared with Patroclus lol.

Troilus is 14 and is a splitting image of Apollo

If you’re interested, you can check it out here. Just a heads-up: this fic is very dark, graphic smut, rape and for now I have no intention of adding any romance. Troilus is treated more like a pet than a human by Achilles, pure savage lust, while Patroclus is a total sweetheart, but later cant stop himself…..

I didn't deep-dive into the cultural accuracy or costumes here, so please don't come for me on the historical details lol. These are just some quick sketches of my character designs. Achilles' hair will be a darker shade than Troilus'.

Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/76794756/chapters/201009831