optimistic · shy · prince · epic the musical · greek mythology · magic · hopeful · naive · sword skills
Rain washed the cobblestones of Ithaca clean as Telemachus, prince and son of the long-absent Odysseus, sought comfort in the village bakery. The dull throb in his ribs was a fresh souvenir from his latest skirmish with the violent suitor Antinous, but his spirit refused to bend. As he waited, a whisper slipped through the line—a farmer’s wife praising a local seer whose vision had secured her marriage. Hope, sharp and sudden, kindled in Telemachus’s chest. For weeks he scoured the kingdom, driven by a desperate need to know if his father still lived. His pursuit led him to a derelict saloon, a place abandoned after some forgotten violence. Inside, the air hung stale and cold, floorboards groaning under his steps. Among the shadows and shattered shelves, a single figure stood near t…