#also I love Hecuba and Apollo btw

[literallyjusttoa]

On a quiet night, my lord, my love, you came with tears in your eyes, and told me your son had been slaughtered.

For hours you wept at my side, before sorrow turned to rage and innocents were brought to dust by your bloodied hands.

I held our child close as Olympus shook. I felt his breath, I heard his heartbeat. I held him and watched as the clouds filled with thunder. I imagined our child dead in my arms as your son had been, and it felt like the fates whispering in my ears.

I saw ruin in your eyes that night, love, and I saw it every night after. He was doomed from the start, wasn't he? And we were doomed as well. They'll storm our walls soon, as well. They'll tear us apart before your eyes, as well.

I want to ask why, but I know you don't have an answer either. It's alright love. I can't blame you. The years pass, and the ruin stays in your eyes, in mine, in my husband, in our sons. The Greeks make their way to our Scaian gates.

On a quiet night my lord, my love, I came with tears in my eyes, and told you our son had been slaughtered.

(explanation under the cut!)

Real quick explanation time! Since Asclepius is an Argonaut alongside Nestor, a man who is still alive (though old) by the time of the Iliad, and Asclepius' sons fight in the Trojan War, is seems possible, if not likely, that Asclepius was killed within a decade of the start of the Trojan war. This means that Hector, who was middle aged by the war, had to have been born before Asclepius' death. If you follow the versions of the myth that call Hector Apollo's son, this means that Apollo had already been with Hecuba, and seeing as they had a second son, Troilus, after Asclepius' estimated death date, they were likely still close. How might Hecuba have felt when she heard the news? When Apollo was punished and she could not pray to him? When a man who was her children's half-brother was killed by the king of Olympus? Especially when at this point, multiple prophecies had been made that foretold her kingdom's destruction? Idk I think about her a lot and I think about them a lot and I think about Troy a lot, so I made this.

[idamante]

I HAVE SOME! MY TIME HAS COME!!!

I've told @dootznbootz some of these (copy pasted too) but I think some of y'all need to hear my appreciation for the Trojan family...

under read more because... yeah.

Priam has trauma over the first sacking of Troy. for all his worth, is stuck in the past. He will forever be the ten-year-old boy who saw his brothers die, the boy whose other younger brothers blame for the sacking, and the slave his favorite sister Hesione had to bargain her freedom with. That tragedy will play in his eyes forever and ever; when everyone moved on, he is still that same boy looking at the carnage.

Priam is the third youngest of Laomedon's kids (his other brothers are Thymoetes and Hicetaon) and he used to be called Podarces. He has TONS of older siblings but his favorite is his sister Hesione, who just loves to spoil him. When she got chained to a rock and about to be sacrificed to Apollo, he was so sad and kept begging his dad not to let her die, but his dad is kind of a jerk. Heracles was the one who rescued her but got mad when Laomedon wouldn't give him the horses he promised him. So... with Telamon, he sacked Troy. Hesione tried to hide Podarces and his younger brothers, but they were found. He is about to become enslaved by Telamon, but Hesione said she'll marry Telamon herself and buys Podarces out from slavery. In honor of his sister's sacrifice, Podarces changes his name to Priam, which meant 'to buy'

Hecuba is Priam's "favorite wife" 🤡 HONK HONK he likes her but like. "yeah you gave me kids girl, thanks for that" dw he starts realizing how badly he treated her when the war comes around. ten more years of living in bliss before everything comes crashing down.

ALL of Hecuba's kids have a few 'non-human' traits, due to her nymph blood. (In my AU Hecuba is the daughter of a river god, and she a nymph.) Most of them have an affinity for water, but they take over their mother's traits differently.

All of Hecuba's children were born beautiful, and extremely enchanting (but Aeneas defeats them in terms of physical appearance lmao), and also strong. She's also the reason why they seem to 'grow up so fast' e.g. most of her kids starting families young etc.

Hector has eldest daughter syndrome <3 while his sister Iliona was firstborn she wasn't... really around? She prepares for her marriage, does things considered to be a good princess, and she actually doesn't care about her siblings that much. She barely has a relationship with them outside of Hector

Helenus and Cassandra were Priam's favorite twins, always asking for fortunes and prophecies and making it a game. But in time, especially since Cassandra started to become 'insane,' he found them 'unnerving' to be around, of how they will say that Troy will be destroyed... he doesn't like being faced with this future.

Priam is a good king, but he was NOT a good warrior. after seeing his older brothers killed right in front of him, and his younger brothers blaming his inaction for their deaths, he had a great fear of war, battlefield, and blood. that's not a good look on a king, especially during that time. so he talks. he talks, and he relents, remaining passive, but also knows when to put his foot down. he KNOWS he needs to have a son soon, someone stronger, someone who will be much better than he ever will be. However, one son isn't enough. whe doesn't want to see his city destroyed because his children weren't enough to defend his walls, so he marries one wife. and another. then another. to the point that he only sees them as some sort of breeding stock

damn Priam needs to stop having kids. he cant btw he has trauma and wants to see his lineage last a long time <3333333

Aeneas was mostly raised by the Trojan court because his dad is mostly considered as an 'embarrassment' for passing off the idea that he was born from Aphrodite. which is incredibly funny because Aeneas DOES look a lot like what his mother symbolizes. however bc of the stigma around his birth and dad, he doesn't really talk much about him :((((((

Paris retains some form of accent thanks to being raised in Mt. Ida for a long time. he tries not to slip into it, but when he's angry he slips to the accent and gets lost in his ranting. or maybe when he's upset he does it.

Paris and Deiphobus have MAJOR beef. Dei is just mad he realized he wasn't the second in line to the throne when Paris showed up and kicked his ass lmao

Aeneas actually liked Creusa, she was like, his childhood sweetheart. had issues with physical touch when he realized he couldn't embrace her anymore during the sacking of troy, though.

Troilus is such a cutie patootie, basically the baby of the family. its obvious he isn't Priam's kid, but WHO CARES? he can make everyone's day brighten up just by existing. no wonder the trojan halls are bleak after his death.

the trojan family generation trauma continues on to -> the roman family generation trauma (thanks, aeneas/j)

Any head canons about the Trojan royal family? 👀

unfortunately i don't have much :'D the trojan royal family really intrigues so i do want to get a bit more into it (y'know. pre trojan war sibling stuff potential :0). If i do end up with some hcs i'll be sure to share em!

[inc0rrectmyths]

Do you know about Cassandra and when Apollo gave her the gift(/curse) of prophecy, and generally anything else about her?

I've decided I want to write a book about her from Apollo's point of view, but I'm having trouble finding out some things about her.

Cassandra also known as Alexandra was a Trojan princess. Said to be the daughter of king Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. She was the fraternal twin sister of Helenus. Her other siblings where Hector and Paris.

The oldest version of her story is that she was a priestess in the temple of Apollo. And was admired by the god. And to make her fall in love with him, Apollo gave her a gift to see the future. And in return Cassandra promised that she would do anything Apollo asks her to do. But after receiving the gift, Cassandra went back on her word and refused to be involved with the god. The enraged Apollo, turned his gift into a curse that Cassandra will be able to see the future and make prophecies but no one will believe her. She also predicted the destruction of Troy but no one believed her.

During the fall of Troy, Cassandra took shelter in a temple of Athena. But was brutally beaten and r*ped by Ajax. This deed of his ruined the purity of the goddess's temple. And later Athena and Poseidon killed Ajax with a lighting bolt from Athena and then Poseidon destroying Ajax's ship.

Once Troy had fallen, Agamemnon took Cassandra as his concubine. They both had twin sons named Pelops and Teledamus who were murdered by Aegisthus. Cassandra and Agamemnon were later killed by both Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.

Some later versions of the story is Cassandra fell asleep in a temple where divine snakes whispered in her ears so that she could hear the future. And this story never had Apollo in it.

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Hope this helped!

These are the only things I know about her. Btw, your idea sounds really interesting! Looking forward to it :)