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Achilles
The Iliad
— BASICS —
— FIRST IMPRESSIONS —
APPEARANCE Achilles stands at 5'10" and bears a physique that is at once powerful and graceful. His skin is tanned by years spent in the sun (note that he is a few shades darker than what is shown by the PB I've chosen). His long golden hair waves and curls past his shoulders, often tied back, and a beard covers his jaw. His eyes are blue flecked with green. He is stated by Homer to be the best looking of the Achaeans (I can't make this up).
CLOTHING He wears belted tunics and eschews pants, and prefers sandals to boots but will suffer the latter. When outdoors, he is often barefoot. While elaborate clothing is not customary in Solvunn, he gravitates toward items with a bit of decorative embroidery or color.
DEMEANOR His countenance is often shaped by intensity, such that one might be intimidated to approach, but when he warms to someone he will readily display gentler looks. He has impeccable carriage, defaulting to shoulders held back and head held high, which gives the illusion of greater stature, makes him all the more intimidating, and speaks to his noble lineage.
AURAL He speaks in a rich tenor which carries easily, all the better for everyone to hear him. He is an impassioned speaker whose words reveal his emotions: when he is angry his voice raises in volume and intensity, when he is sad he tends to be more quiet and strained, and so on. He is also gifted with a lovely singing voice.
OLFACTORY His natural scent is earthy and musky but pleasantly so. He often smells of the sea. When he is granted the opportunity to do so, he takes care to bathe with scented oils.
— SKILLS —
Strength Equal to that of three ordinary men.
Speed He can keep pace with a team of horses.
Battle Prowess Lauded as "the best of the Achaeans" for his preeminence in battle, he is proficient with spear, sword, and bow.
Medicine Trained by Chiron in the art of medicine, he has extensive knowledge of herbal remedies and other first-aid fixes, and even slightly more advanced procedures such as setting bones and amputations.
— RUMORS —
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— HAUNTS —
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— ITEMS —
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— MAGIC —
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- magic
- magic
- magic
— OUT OF CHARACTER —
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▶ CHARACTER
NAME: Achilles
CANON: the Iliad
CANON POINT: Book 24
AGE: 28
BACKGROUND: I’ve compiled it here. I’ve used sources other than Homer to flesh out the events prior to the Iliad (which takes place in the final year of the Trojan War).
PERSONALITY:
The trait for which Achilles is best remembered is his unconquerable rage, on which the thrust of the epic’s plot hinges. When he is disgraced by Agamemnon, Achilles’ retaliation is harsh and immediate: he decides that since he is rewarded the same regardless of whether or not he fights, he simply will not fight, as a form of protest. Not only does he withdraw from battle and take his Myrmidons with him, but he asks his mother to make an appeal to Zeus that he should side with the Trojans. His ire is so great that he effectively punishes not only the man who slighted him, but the entirety of Greece’s fighting force. Even so, he holds to a scrap of pity for his comrades and concedes that should the Trojans make it all the way down the beach to where the Achaeans’ ships stand, he will allow his Myrmidons to intervene in the fight. It is of course Patroclus who wrests this concession from him: cruel and pitiless though Achilles may often be, his childhood companion can squeeze compassion from him.
It is important to realize that this is not merely the act of an overgrown child pouting on the beach after his toy has been taken away from him. In this cultural context, a warrior’s honor is tied to the treasures he amasses in battle: in fact, “honor” and “value” are synonymous in the ancient Greek tongue. Thus, when Agamemnon revokes a prize which Achilles himself captured, the message Achilles receives is essentially that as a warrior he is not valued. With their alliance thoroughly dishonored, it is reasonable for Achilles to break off his end of the deal. After all, he has no personal issue with the Trojans (yet): he fights out of loyalty to the intricate network of alliances forged by the exchange of gifts, and out of a desire to gain honor for himself. Phoenix, his wise and aged mentor, even asserts that it is right for him to remove himself from the war under these circumstances. What this episode reveals, then, is that Achilles has an acute sense of honor, and it is to this that his moral compass is oriented.
However, his rage and pride are potent enough to throw his moral compass off kilter. Even when Agamemnon offers a litany of luxuriant prizes, Achilles just digs his heels in further. The damage is already done. It is not the material prizes he wants: it is the immaterial honor that is tied to them, which is much harder to restore once tarnished. Phoenix warns him that once reparations have been offered, justice will no longer weigh on his side should he reject the offer. But Achilles stubbornly refuses to listen to the embassy’s entreaties. This is not the only time his emotions overthrow his moral sensibilities. When he does rejoin the battle – fueled by inhuman rage toward Hector, which is unleashed upon the death of Patroclus – he violates a covenant more sacred than that forged by the exchange of gifts among men. He does not stop after he has claimed Hector’s life in retribution: he has his men take turns stabbing the Trojan prince, and he then ties the corpse to his chariot and drags him in circles before the walls of Troy. Such shocking cruelty defies the laws of heaven and the gods themselves. It also reveals a brutish sense of justice that promotes the notion of an eye for an eye.
From the beginning of the epic onward, one gets the sense that Achilles experiences emotion only in a full-blooded fashion. When he is in rage, that rage possesses him and claims his attention to the exclusion of all else. So too with his grief. For example, when he receives the news of Patroclus’ death, he is inconsolable. He cannot enter the battle quickly enough, refusing to even eat or sleep while he waits for the dawn. He sees bloodshed as the only means by which to relieve his grief. He even asserts that he would rather die than sit idly by and leave his companion unavenged.
To reduce Achilles to an amalgamation of primal instincts, however, would belittle his heroic virtue. When the dust finally settles in the aftermath of his rampage, the audience sees a glimpse of Achilles unperverted by the cruel demands of war. He presides over the funeral games held in Patroclus’ honor, and he shows himself to be even-handed in awarding prizes and compassionate toward the men who honor his fallen companion. He is also the one who suggested, before Agamemnon invoked his wrath, that the Achaeans consult a seer to determine why Apollo was angry and what ought to be done. It is for his leadership skills, and not just his awesome strength and eminent lineage, that his men follow him.
After he is able to honor Patroclus with proper funeral rites, a more compassionate side to Achilles emerges: he returns from godlike – simultaneously more than and less than human – to just human. He decides to atone for his cruelty by allowing Priam to recover Hector’s body, so that the aged king can grant his son a proper funeral. He is convinced in part by Priam’s plea for Achilles to consider his own father, who would be of a similar age and tormented by uncertainty in regard to whether or not his son will return safely. Thus, his capacity for empathy mitigates his rage. While his anger has cooled, it has not dissipated completely: he warns Priam that Hector’s corpse ought to remain covered, for should he see him it will stir his rage anew. This suggests that he at least possesses awareness of his flaring temper, as well as some tentative restraint. As Achilles himself admits, even the gods cannot rage on forever.
POWERS/ABILITIES:
Achilles is by no means immortal, although Zeus is his great grandfather (via Peleus, whose father is Aeachus) and Nereus his grandfather (the ancient sea god, via Thetis). He is, however, acknowledged as the strongest and swiftest among the men fighting at Troy, not only in the Greek army but from among both armies – a title that is proved by how terribly the tide turns against the Greeks when Achilles abstains from the battle. It is also stated that the gate which leads into the yard of his hut requires three men to push it – “three of the rest of the Achaeans: but Achilles could push it home by himself.” This implies that his strength is beyond the limits of an ordinary man.
His battle skills include proficiency with spear and sword, and presumably with bow and arrow as well, although he seems to strongly prefer the more confrontational spear.
Popular legend proclaims that as an infant his mother dipped him into the River Styx to make him impervious – except for in his heel, by which she dangled him. However, he does take on injuries in the Iliad, which would seem to refute this idea of his supernatural defenses. I will therefore be playing him without imperviousness.
INVENTORY:
- his spear of Pelian ash
- his armor, forged by Hephaestus
- his shield, forged by Hephaestus
- his lyre
MOONBLESSING: Iris, with jellyfish traits
▶ SAMPLES
[REDACTED]
HANDLE: Kath
CONTACT:
OVER 18?
CHARACTERS IN-GAME: Matthias Helvar
enelmord▶ CHARACTER
NAME: Achilles
CANON: the Iliad
CANON POINT: Book 24
AGE: 28
BACKGROUND: I’ve compiled it here. I’ve used sources other than Homer to flesh out the events prior to the Iliad (which takes place in the final year of the Trojan War).
PERSONALITY:
The trait for which Achilles is best remembered is his unconquerable rage, on which the thrust of the epic’s plot hinges. When he is disgraced by Agamemnon, Achilles’ retaliation is harsh and immediate: he decides that since he is rewarded the same regardless of whether or not he fights, he simply will not fight, as a form of protest. Not only does he withdraw from battle and take his Myrmidons with him, but he asks his mother to make an appeal to Zeus that he should side with the Trojans. His ire is so great that he effectively punishes not only the man who slighted him, but the entirety of Greece’s fighting force. Even so, he holds to a scrap of pity for his comrades and concedes that should the Trojans make it all the way down the beach to where the Achaeans’ ships stand, he will allow his Myrmidons to intervene in the fight. It is of course Patroclus who wrests this concession from him: cruel and pitiless though Achilles may often be, his childhood companion can squeeze compassion from him.
It is important to realize that this is not merely the act of an overgrown child pouting on the beach after his toy has been taken away from him. In this cultural context, a warrior’s honor is tied to the treasures he amasses in battle: in fact, “honor” and “value” are synonymous in the ancient Greek tongue. Thus, when Agamemnon revokes a prize which Achilles himself captured, the message Achilles receives is essentially that as a warrior he is not valued. With their alliance thoroughly dishonored, it is reasonable for Achilles to break off his end of the deal. After all, he has no personal issue with the Trojans (yet): he fights out of loyalty to the intricate network of alliances forged by the exchange of gifts, and out of a desire to gain honor for himself. Phoenix, his wise and aged mentor, even asserts that it is right for him to remove himself from the war under these circumstances. What this episode reveals, then, is that Achilles has an acute sense of honor, and it is to this that his moral compass is oriented.
However, his rage and pride are potent enough to throw his moral compass off kilter. Even when Agamemnon offers a litany of luxuriant prizes, Achilles just digs his heels in further. The damage is already done. It is not the material prizes he wants: it is the immaterial honor that is tied to them, which is much harder to restore once tarnished. Phoenix warns him that once reparations have been offered, justice will no longer weigh on his side should he reject the offer. But Achilles stubbornly refuses to listen to the embassy’s entreaties. This is not the only time his emotions overthrow his moral sensibilities. When he does rejoin the battle – fueled by inhuman rage toward Hector, which is unleashed upon the death of Patroclus – he violates a covenant more sacred than that forged by the exchange of gifts among men. He does not stop after he has claimed Hector’s life in retribution: he has his men take turns stabbing the Trojan prince, and he then ties the corpse to his chariot and drags him in circles before the walls of Troy. Such shocking cruelty defies the laws of heaven and the gods themselves. It also reveals a brutish sense of justice that promotes the notion of an eye for an eye.
From the beginning of the epic onward, one gets the sense that Achilles experiences emotion only in a full-blooded fashion. When he is in rage, that rage possesses him and claims his attention to the exclusion of all else. So too with his grief. For example, when he receives the news of Patroclus’ death, he is inconsolable. He cannot enter the battle quickly enough, refusing to even eat or sleep while he waits for the dawn. He sees bloodshed as the only means by which to relieve his grief. He even asserts that he would rather die than sit idly by and leave his companion unavenged.
To reduce Achilles to an amalgamation of primal instincts, however, would belittle his heroic virtue. When the dust finally settles in the aftermath of his rampage, the audience sees a glimpse of Achilles unperverted by the cruel demands of war. He presides over the funeral games held in Patroclus’ honor, and he shows himself to be even-handed in awarding prizes and compassionate toward the men who honor his fallen companion. He is also the one who suggested, before Agamemnon invoked his wrath, that the Achaeans consult a seer to determine why Apollo was angry and what ought to be done. It is for his leadership skills, and not just his awesome strength and eminent lineage, that his men follow him.
After he is able to honor Patroclus with proper funeral rites, a more compassionate side to Achilles emerges: he returns from godlike – simultaneously more than and less than human – to just human. He decides to atone for his cruelty by allowing Priam to recover Hector’s body, so that the aged king can grant his son a proper funeral. He is convinced in part by Priam’s plea for Achilles to consider his own father, who would be of a similar age and tormented by uncertainty in regard to whether or not his son will return safely. Thus, his capacity for empathy mitigates his rage. While his anger has cooled, it has not dissipated completely: he warns Priam that Hector’s corpse ought to remain covered, for should he see him it will stir his rage anew. This suggests that he at least possesses awareness of his flaring temper, as well as some tentative restraint. As Achilles himself admits, even the gods cannot rage on forever.
POWERS/ABILITIES:
Achilles is by no means immortal, although Zeus is his great grandfather (via Peleus, whose father is Aeachus) and Nereus his grandfather (the ancient sea god, via Thetis). He is, however, acknowledged as the strongest and swiftest among the men fighting at Troy, not only in the Greek army but from among both armies – a title that is proved by how terribly the tide turns against the Greeks when Achilles abstains from the battle. It is also stated that the gate which leads into the yard of his hut requires three men to push it – “three of the rest of the Achaeans: but Achilles could push it home by himself.” This implies that his strength is beyond the limits of an ordinary man.
His battle skills include proficiency with spear and sword, and presumably with bow and arrow as well, although he seems to strongly prefer the more confrontational spear.
Popular legend proclaims that as an infant his mother dipped him into the River Styx to make him impervious – except for in his heel, by which she dangled him. However, he does take on injuries in the Iliad, which would seem to refute this idea of his supernatural defenses. I will therefore be playing him without imperviousness.
INVENTORY:
- his spear of Pelian ash
- his armor, forged by Hephaestus
- his shield, forged by Hephaestus
- his lyre
MOONBLESSING: Iris, with jellyfish traits
▶ SAMPLES
[REDACTED]
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INFO
IC
OOC
NAME Achilles, son of Peleus
CANON the Iliad
CANON POINT Book 24, after returning Hector's body to Priam
INFO link
MOONBLESSING Iris
AGE 28
SPECIES human
GENDER male
APPEARANCE link
HEIGHT 5'10"
BUILD 100% grade A Greek beef
HAIR blond and flowing
EYES hazel
VOICE a rich and sonorous tenor
FEATURES he's preternaturally hot, I don't know what else to tell you
PLAYER Kath
TIMEZONE CST
CONTACT aristosachaion#4902,whaleen
CANON the Iliad
CANON POINT Book 24, after returning Hector's body to Priam
INFO link
MOONBLESSING Iris
AGE 28
SPECIES human
GENDER male
APPEARANCE link
HEIGHT 5'10"
BUILD 100% grade A Greek beef
HAIR blond and flowing
EYES hazel
VOICE a rich and sonorous tenor
FEATURES he's preternaturally hot, I don't know what else to tell you
PLAYER Kath
TIMEZONE CST
CONTACT aristosachaion#4902,
HUGGING
yes
KISSING
yes
FLIRTING
yes
ROMANCE
yes; Achilles is polyamorous
SEX
absolutely; he is dtf 24/7
FIGHTING
hell yeah
INJURY
heall yeah
DEATH
maybe; contact me first
MIND-READING
yes; Achilles is generally an open book and says what he thinks 90% of the time anyway
MANIPULATION
yes; contact me first
OTHER
yes
KISSING
yes
FLIRTING
yes
ROMANCE
yes; Achilles is polyamorous
SEX
absolutely; he is dtf 24/7
FIGHTING
hell yeah
INJURY
heall yeah
DEATH
maybe; contact me first
MIND-READING
yes; Achilles is generally an open book and says what he thinks 90% of the time anyway
MANIPULATION
yes; contact me first
OTHER
BACKTAGGING
yes
THREADHOPPING
yes; no permission needed in network threads
FOURTHWALLING
GO RIGHT AHEAD; Achilles will be pleased to know that his fame has endured
CRAU
N/A
OFF-LIMITS
I'm cool with most things; I'll let you know otherwise.
OTHER
I'm down to space jam btw; also fine with underage characters. Achilles is misogynistic due to [jazz hands] Ancient Greek culture, so let me know if you're uncomfortable with anything he says or does.
yes
THREADHOPPING
yes; no permission needed in network threads
FOURTHWALLING
GO RIGHT AHEAD; Achilles will be pleased to know that his fame has endured
CRAU
N/A
OFF-LIMITS
I'm cool with most things; I'll let you know otherwise.
OTHER
I'm down to space jam btw; also fine with underage characters. Achilles is misogynistic due to [jazz hands] Ancient Greek culture, so let me know if you're uncomfortable with anything he says or does.
FAVORITE
YES
MAYBE
NO
- tentacle play
- clothed sex
- semi-public sex
- femdom
- experienced partner/inexperienced partner
- body worship
- vaginal penetration
- intercrural sex*
- hair pulling
- biting/scratching
- oral sex*
- handjobs/fingering
- breast play
- orgasm denial
- spanking
- light mess
- light bondage
- food play*
- anal penetration*
- rimjobs
- dubcon
- heavy bondage
- noncon
- bathroom play
- vore
- extreme violence/torture
( timeline )
THE MYTHOS OF ACHILLES birth |
( information )
FIRST IMPRESSIONS vision |
ABILITIES combat |
HISTORY Timeline of Achilles |
INVENTORY armory |
( cr chart )
» Aang blessed of Aeolus ❝Well....did he say he was sorry? That should be good enough, right? You don't have to fight him over it.❞ |
» Ana Ramir daughter of Jolanda ❝Respect me, and I'm all ears. Tell me where you're coming from on this shit, I'll listen. Maybe you won't be such a stranger in a strange land anymore.❞ |
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» Aqua loved of Zephyrus ❝Of course I remember, and it is kind of you to do the same. You played a beautiful tune on your lute.❞ |
» Asher Millstone ???? ❝Look, I get that you think you're some kind of big deal. And you know what? Maybe you are, back home! But that doesn't matter here. Nobody cares. When are you gonna just accept it, dude?❞ |
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» Dipper Pines brave-hearted ❝And honestly? That's kind of relieving to know. Sometimes it's easy to think you're the only one with problems.❞ |
» gold-clad ❝When in doubt, fair Hero, fight. It is what you do best. It is what you were made for. Fight, and I will fight with you. You can believe in that much.❞ |
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» Graham Humbert bow-famed ❝My time will come again some day, but I hope to have enough time here to feel prepared for it this time. ❞ |
» Haise Sasaki son of Arima ❝I'm afraid my culture varies in our expectations of men. Where I come from, it's important to consider the collective good, rather than stand out, as it's seen as obtrusive.❞ |
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» Kisuke Urahara man of many arts ❝I'll be certain not to aim for your heels, then, just in case.❞ |
» Koltira Deathweaver godlike ❝Let us begin anew, then.❞ |
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» Kung Jin son of Kung ❝Trust me. It feels way better to let people know about the feelings you have for your companion rather than stifling them.❞ |
» Lance ???? ❝So you're, like, some sort of pirate...?❞ |
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» Lancer spear-famed ❝But nothing's really sacred or constant these days. ...Besides bloodshed and all that. Y'know, the usual.❞ |
» Loki god of lies ❝So, tell me, what weight of a million choices before dictates what we do now?❞ |
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» Lucina daughter of Olivia ❝Don't you dare speak of father—!! He is ten — no, a hundred times the man you will ever be, coward! You don't deserve to speak of him, least of all in such manner!❞ |
» Oliver Hampton ???? ❝I don't know. You just seem different. Not, like, in a bad way.❞ |
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» Olivia gentle-hearted ❝You don't love me like I love you. Like I need you to. ...Like I deserve. And we both know you never will.❞ |
» my second self ❝Let my arms be refuge for your form as my ears are reciprocal to your thoughts, and I shall not leave you with aching.❞ |
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» Rhys of Thersites' stock ❝Let me tell you, most people have an ego the size of a small planet, but you... you really undersell yourself.❞ |
» Shizuo Heiwajima son of Kichirou ❝But the fact that I have to think about it at all is pretty bad, you know? In that sort of way I'm really pretty weak.❞ |
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» Sieglinde Sullivan bright-eyed ❝Let us then think of it in that way, for I should be most glad to be kin.❞ |
» Sigma Klim son of Klim ❝I'm still here to learn as long as you're still here to teach, dude. I'll make that guy proud of you.❞ |
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» Sonia Nevermind white-armed ❝Well family is very important...? ❞ |
» Stiles Stilinski son of Stilinski ❝They probably think they're doing right by judging you, but they forget you're doing what you think is right, too.❞ |
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