It Takes Three

The Death of Patroklos 

                Finally, Zeus awakes from Hera’s trickery. Poseidon is caught for meddling with the Greeks. It was clear he was helping, otherwise the Greeks wouldn’t have been winning. A lot of tensions are beginning to rise further up here on Mt. Olympus. Zeus is angry with Hera and Poseidon for their deception, Ares is devastated and angry at the death of his son on the battlefield, and Athena is trying to calm down Ares and to not have anyone cross Zeus again. Hera came over to me and asked myself and Iris to go meet Zeus on Ida. First Zeus lets me go and help Hektor on the battlefield. He was partially knocked out. I helped him, disguised as a Trojan hero and told him to return to battle and that a path would be cleared for him by the Gods. Hektor marches back into battle with renewed confidence. The Greeks were trying to stand tall but I shook fear into their hearts and that shook them to the core and they ran and hid. With this advantage the Trojans push onward towards the Greek ships. I even helped tear down the rest of the Greek wall so more and more Trojans can push through. Hektor is close enough to the ships and burns the first one! A true victory for the Trojans. The Greeks are trying to fight back but Hektor is pushing them hard. There is so much joy in my heart right now. Watching the Trojans attack the Greeks, The Greek heroes crying and going back to Achilles for help, clearly their last resort. Even with the burning of the ships Achilles still won’t help. The only help I see coming is Patroklos in Achilles armor. I hear Achilles pray to Zeus for success for Patroklos and for him to return home safe. I wonder what Zeus will do with that? The battle continues. The Trojans get pushed back, they think it is really Achilles! Those fools! Patroklos then takes on Sarpedon, Zeus’ son. Sarpedon perishes. Things are not looking to me. The Trojans are praying to me to heal their wounds and of course I grant this favor. Zeus eventually allowed me to go down and retrieve Sarpedon’s body as there were continuous fights around it. I took the body to Lykia for a proper burial. But I had to also watch the battle continue. Patroklos almost broke into Troy! I stopped his momentum. This Greek forward motion needs to stop. I went down disguised, again, as a Trojan and told Hektor to keep fighting. Hektor and Patroklos meet in battle and chaos erupts. I have had it with the Greeks and I knocked off all of Patroklos’ armor. Patroklos is stabbed by a Trojan warrior and then by Hektor. Patroklos warns Hektor of his impending death through his last words. Not a great message for Hektor, but Patroklos has been removed from the picture.

                A lot is happening at this point of the war. Again there is a power struggle on Mt. Olympus. A lot of the Gods are starting to realize the impact of this war as well. Not even the Gods children are safe on this battlefield. Even Zeus lost a kid today. Seems that no one is really safe anymore from what is fated to occur in this war. It’s hard to say who is winning at this point in the war. The Trojans have burned a ship, but then were pushed back and Troy was almost broken into, but then Patroklos was killed at the hands of the Trojans. Much like power is going back and forth on Mt. Olympus by several Gods fighting to do what they want, the war keeps going back and forth between the Greeks or Trojans winning. Then we have the issue of Achilles. The ships are burning and he still won’t return to battle. What will make him return? Patroklos then basically pretends to be Achilles and it works. Everyone is scared. And in the end Patroklos is such a strong fighter that it takes three people to kill him, Including myself! A GOD! I worry now what Achilles will do with the news of his death. And if it took two men and one god to kill Patroklos, what will it take to finish off Achilles? I worry that the Trojan advancements today toward the ships may actually have led to Patroklos coming to battle, which then may have some terrible consequences later. 



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