ROTE Springfest during the Trojan War
Happy Springfest beloveds! For @springfest-rote, I have been paired with the wonderful @impiousgherkin to create a Trojan War ROTE fanwork! Raph created FOUR phenomenal works of art in three different styles, enthusiastically supported the writing of all the scenes we thought of (nine or so scenes and 11.3k words), and encouraged a darker fic overall.
Like ROTE, the Iliad is focused on the struggle between fate and free will, the social obligation of kings to protect their people, the strong emotions of an unreliable narrator, and the relationship between this heroic fighter and his social-justice-oriented not-a-fighter soulmate.
There will be exhaustion, blood, and gore. There will be death. There will be a Trojan Dragon.
Check out The Ballad of Beloved. Summary;
“Pelides,” they cheered for me. Peleus’s son. “Aristos Achaion,” they screamed, best of the Achaeans, best of the Greeks. Sometimes, they chanted the name my parents gave me, “Achilleos.” In the cacophony of voices, it shortened and blurred, their impatient tongues gliding the vowels together. Even if they had slowed their speech, it would not have been my name, for I had been granted a truer one over a decade ago, when my mouth first graced his in the rocky meadow by Chiron’s cave.
A retelling of the Iliad where Fitz is Achilles and Beloved is Patroclus. The war has raged on this beach for ten years with no sign of ending. Contains references (and spoilers) to the Farseer trilogy and Tawny Man trilogy.