Ovo_do_bonde

The war is over - Troy has fallen. After ten long years, you, the sovereign of the crown of Ithaca, cast your sails home. But Poseidon, god of the sea, cursed your journey, and now, many trials stand between you and the loving embrace of your wife and child: Polyphemus the Cyclops, Scylla and Charybdis, the mermaids, the Land of the Lotus Eaters.. .you and your companions will even travel to the land of the dead.

And the memories that haunt you: the ghosts of those you killed on the battlefields? Do you even want to get back to your spouse and the burdens of government? What if you find love or peace somewhere along the way? Not all houses look the same. And what songs will the poets sing about you - will they hail you as a hero? ...or an assassin?

Origin Of My Family

As you settle into the soft skin and slowly drift off to sleep, covered by a thin sheet, your mind wanders to the family that is waiting for you in Ithaca.  Telemachus, his son, his... wife, Penelope...


  Argon was Penelope's first gift to you.


  You met Penelope when they were both very young, right after they claimed the throne of Ithaca.  You can still remember the first time she saw her perfectly.  You were wandering through the unfamiliar rooms of the palace, looking for a place to escape for a moment, to gather your thoughts, and you found yourself in the weavers' chamber.  Penelope was bent over a loom, working on a tapestry, a naval scene for the throne room.  She was small and dark-skinned.  She reminded you of some kind of bird.


  Not long after, you got married.  You needed someone to rule by your side.  Your marriage was one of convenience, like all marriages, but also of...


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