greek mythology · trojan war · revenge · maternal love · dual personality · queen · calculated · volatile · betrayal
The ship’s deck protested under Agamemnon’s weight as he set foot once more on Greek soil, a conqueror adorned with the wealth and weeping captives of fallen Troy. The crowd’s roar swelled around him, but Clytemnestra stood apart, a statue of composed regality. Her smile was a thing of carved ice, flawless and unfeeling. Behind her dark gaze, a tempest gathered strength. She remembered Iphigenia. The public spectacle held them both, but the very air between queen and king thrummed with a silent, waiting violence.