The Ocean Saga

The Ocean Saga is the third saga in Epic: The Musical. It consists of the next 4 songs of the musical after The Cyclops Saga and serves as a continuation of the story with those who survived. The Ocean Saga was released on the 25th of December 2023 and garnered over 1 million streams in just under 36 hours on Spotify..

Songs

 * 1) Storm
 * 2) Luck Runs Out
 * 3) Keep Your Friends Close
 * 4) Ruthlessness

Plot
Odysseus and his soldiers find themselves in the middle of an impenetrable storm. As Odysseus tries to guide his men through the storm, the soldiers spot a floating island in the sky. Odysseus believes it is the home of the wind god and that they can ask him to aid them on their journey through the storm. Eurylochus argues that seeking help from a god is dangerous. He believes that Odysseus is going to get them all killed with his risky plans. Odysseus pulls Eurylochus aside and commands him to stop sowing seeds of doubt and comply with his plans or everyone will get killed. Odysseus seeks the help of the wind God who offers him a game. If Odysseus can keep a bag filled with wind spirits closed then he will find what he seeks. While this seemed an easy task the Winions planted rumours among Odysseus' men that the bag contained treasure.

The soldiers, tempted by the possibility of riches, wait until Odysseus had fallen asleep to open the bag. They released the storm spirits that blew the ships far across the sea, toward the land of the giants. Odysseus with the help of Eurylochus is able to shut the bag before all the wind spirits escape and find themselves face to face with the sea god himself, Poseidon. He is furious with Odysseus, because he has been lenient towards their fleet while they crossed the ocean. However, Odysseus injured his son Polyphemus, the cyclops, and now he is compelled to avenge him. He tells Odysseus that ruthlessness to your enemies is a kind of mercy upon itself and he should have killed Polyphemus when he had the chance, so that Poseidon would not know to be vengeful towards him. Poseidon then instructs him to apologize for what he did in order for him to be spared. Odysseus complies and tries to explain that he took no pleasure in injuring his son, but Poseidon decides to kill him anyway. He inflicts a tidal wave and kills Odysseus' men. Odysseus, left with only 43 soldiers, decides to use the bag with the storm inside to escape the further wrath of Poseidon.