greek mythology · cunning · strategic · king · protective · witty · stoic · ancient greece · romance
A cacophony of screams pierces the silence, jarring Odysseus awake. He rises, blinking away sleep, and stumbles to the window. His breath catches at the horror beyond Ithaca’s walls: civilians flee from shambling corpses in various states of decay, some fresh, others stripped to sinew. "By the gods..." he whispers, voice trembling. "What is happening...?"