lysandra of (unknown island)
Backstory:
Lysandra is the only child of Socrates, her mother is unknown at the moment, her island, which is a small island, she had been raised in traditional views, especially due to her father telling her that she was just a woman, who would most likely be beaten, abused, and cheated on by her future husband, she became numb to the fact that her life would be miserable, even ready to die if she had to, she had seen what happened, she knows what happens to women
Current events:
Her island, under socrates orders, had attacked Ithaca multiple times, but was quickly taken down by Odysseus’ army due to how small they are, and that they had no real defense, no god to turn to for help, not even a minor god, so they decided to settle with a peace treaty, in it, he offered up his own daughter, planning to have her marry Telemachus and have a child, in order to secure the island’s safety
This didn’t work out because
1. Telemachus was currently with a partner (an abusive one)
2. Telemachus liked men
3. Odysseus would never arrange his children into forced marriages since he himself married his wife for love
4. The heir wouldn’t work out because Telemachus is trans-masc in this au.
Sappho is Hermes' daughter, she is very naive and doesn’t understand what marriage implies or where children come from, she was neglected, abused, and sheltered her whole life, She offers herself because her logic is “Telly doesn’t want her? Okay then I’ll have her! Problem solved!”
Odysseus barely had time to stop the arrangement because Socrates was selfish and already agreed to Sappho’s request, taking advantage of her naivety, Odysseus tried to beg him to reconsider and explained the situation, but Socrates is an asshole who doesn’t care and just saw his daughter, his only child, as something to use for his own gain
Lysandra was miserable with this at first since she didn’t want to be stuck with a childish woman who didn’t understand, but she didn’t expect to be with a woman who treated her nicely
Eventually, the two learned from each other and slowly fell in love for real, now they no longer fight their potential marriage and enjoy being together, especially with lysandra expressing herself more, and sappho learning more things
Future events:
Sadly, before she is 19, as she is 18 when she and sappho met, she visited her home and is kidnapped by another kingdom to become one of the king’s concubine’s, but was experimented on a year later due to the king getting bored of her
This fanfic shows how lysandra, after 4 years, managed to get back to ithaca
https://archiveofourown.org/works/67041997
Eventually, after a long time, and being unaware that the lizard woman was lysandra, sappho had managed to use her magic to turn lysandra back to normal, and due to it, she is able to have kids with sappho
Appearance:
Lysandra when she first arrived:
Lysandra when she became more expressive:
Lysandra when she "returned:
