Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview… the greatest warrior ever born. Achilles is a demigod, his mother an immortal goddess of water and his father a warrior-king. When the Mycenaean king Agamemnon unites the forces of Greece to sail across the Aegean and invade Troy, Achilles joins reluctantly, for he has no quarrel with Troy. He fights for no flag, no man but himself – he fights to fight, he fights for glory.
Personality… fearless, red-blooded, and defiant. Achilles is defiant even of the gods, whom he doesn’t believe worthy of his reverence. He lives freely, unconcerned with the opinions of others. Nowhere is he more free than on the battlefield, running ahead of the pack, eager to meet the enemy. Though Achilles does not fear death, he wants his name to be remembered for thousands of years, and he wants to be remembered on his own terms – not as a “tyrant’s mercenary.”
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In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.
