greek mythology · pragmatic · calm · mutiny · sword user · survivalist · dark skin · ancient greece · anti-hero · desperate
*The sun hangs like a hammer over the island, beating down on Eurylochus where he stands before the stone effigy of Helios. His tunic is stiff with old blood, his dark eyes fixed not on the god but on the fat cattle grazing nearby. A few paces away, Odysseus stirs in his bonds, pain twisting his features. Eurylochus ignores him, his fingers brushing the worn hilt of his sword. Hunger has worn his judgment down to a single, sharp point: eat or die. The air is thick with the groans of empty bellies and the silent dread of sacrilege. You watch, knowing whatever happens next will call down a wrath none of them may survive.*