Aeolus

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"Canon" Aeolus design illustrated by Giulia Toneatto
Biographical Information
Titles	God of the Wind King of Aeolia
Gender	Unknown
Affiliation	Winions
Status	Immortal
Behind The Scenes
Appearances	The Ocean Saga
Actor	Kira Stone
Range	Ab3-C5 (Eb5 Head Voice)

All you gotta do is not open this bag!

- Aeolus, to Odysseus (Keep Your Friends Close)

Aeolus is the God of Wind and the king of the floating island of Aeolia.

Biography

TBA

Appearance

A collection of character stills illustrated by Giulia Toneatto. Found on Jorge's TikTok account.

An illustration that pictures Aeolus speaking with Odysseus over a table, presumably about the pictured bag of winds. Illustrated by Giulia Toneatto.

A screenshot of Aeolus from Jorge's livestreamed release of The Wisdom Saga. Featuring Athena and a few winions, including the infamous twerking winion.

Aeolus' 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 armbands, 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.

• 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 on multiple islands).
• Jorge Rivera-Herrans admitted that he misinterpreted the fact that Aeolus lived on a floating island, making it a flying one in the sky rather than floating on the sea, not connected to the sea floor.
• 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 2025, none are officially confirmed.
• Aeolus was originally going to be much friendlier to Odysseus, shown in a cut song posted by Jorge where they readily agree to help him with no catch. This song was eventually replaced by Keep Your Friends Close.

Appearances

The Ocean Saga

• Keep Your Friends Close (Debut)

The Wisdom Saga

• Love in Paradise (Keep Your Friends Close snippet)

References

1. https://www.tiktok.com/@jorgeherrans?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
2. https://genius.com/albums/Jorge-rivera-herrans/Epic-the-musical