All you gotta do is not open this bag!
- Aeolus, to Odysseus (Keep Your Friends Close)
Aeolus is the wind god that lives on a floating island, known as Aeolia in Greek mythology and is able to control the weather and help sailors.
Appearance[]
Aeolus' design has many interpretations around the internet, the most notable few being found in animations of their debut song, "Keep Your Friends Close." Aeolus' "canon" appearance, designed by Giulia Toneatto, as shown in Jorge's livestreamed releases of certain sagas and his TikTok account, has fair olive skin and blue eyes. Their hair is blond and straight, and it reaches down to below their waist. One small section of hair near their face is tied near the bottom with a small blue and silver band. They wear a turquoise jumpsuit with one strap sleeve on their left shoulder. The jumpsuit has bright blue cloud motifs. They also wear silver arm bands, also with blue cloud motifs. A slightly darker piece of fabric sits around their waist, with the bottom edge being cut to resemble a cloud shape. They are barefoot.
Personality[]
Aeolus is shown to be mischievous and playful towards Odysseus in Keep Your Friends Close, but is not truly trustworthy, as they instigate the crew to open the wind bag after instructing Odysseus to keep it closed. They also showed up to presumably taunt him as his ships are blown toward the Land of the Giants by the unleashed winds. Why they do these things is unknown, but it can be assumed it was for their own amusement.
Trivia[]
- In Greek mythology, there are three figures named "Aeolus", related to each other, and not all sources agree with which of them received the position of keeper of the winds (a job which sometimes isn't even seen as a divine position).
- The oldest of them was a son of Hellen and the ancestor of one of the Greek nations.
- Another Aeolus, described by Homer as the keeper of the winds, was the grandson of the previous one.
- The third and last one, was a son of Poseidon and grandson of at least one of his two namesakes, and taught people the use of sails in navigation and how to understand the winds.
- Jorge Rivera-Herrans admitted that he misinterpreted the fact that Aeolus lived in a floating island, making it a flying one in the sky rather than floating on the sea, not connected to the sea floor.
- In Greek mythology, Aeolus ruled over both the gentle and storm winds, the latter being the ones that had to be kept under control. The Winions (who act as their minions in the musical) could represent the wind god's subjects, being both sweet but also dangerous, and able to travel great distances (given their presence in multiple islands).
- While Aeolus is pretty relaxed around Odysseus in the musical regardless of circumstances, in the Odyssey, when the winds brought the king of Ithaca back to the floating island due to the bag being opened, Aeolus made him leave again as he realized Odysseus had been forsaken by the gods, and refused to help him a second time.
- In the musical, Odysseus is said to be sent toward "the Land of the Giants." In the Odyssey, however, Odysseus is sent back to Aeolus' island by the winds in the bag.
- Aeolus' pronouns have been debated by fans of the musical. As of right now, none are officially confirmed. The debate typically mentions the use of the pronoun "him" to refer to Aeolus in Luck Runs Out, but this has been debunked as the actual lyric is "ask 'em for a hand," not "ask him for a hand." Another point that is usually argued is the fact Aeolus is referred to as "god" and not "goddess" on multiple occasions, but this can be chalked up to not wanting to alter the song's syllable counts, as well as the term "god" sometimes being used to refer to a being of higher power, regardless of gender.
Appearances[]
The Ocean Saga[]
- Keep Your Friends Close (Debut)
The Wisdom Saga[]
- Love In Paradise (Keep Your Friends Close snippet)