Let's teach this dog a lesson in front of all his kind!—Athena ("Little Wolf")
Athena is the goddess of wisdom and strategy. She is one of the Olympians, the daughter of Zeus, Odysseus' former mentor, and Telemachus's friend. She served as the overarching protagonist of the Troy and Cyclops Sagas and later returned as one of the two main protagonists of The Wisdom Saga, and lastly as the overarching protagonist of the Vengeance Saga and Ithaca Saga.
Biography[]
Act I[]
In Warrior Of The Mind, where Athena makes her debut, she tells the story of how she met Odysseus. When Odysseus was a boy, she set a challenge in the form of a magic boar that only the most skilled warrior could kill. The young Odysseus successfully killed the boar by outwitting it. Believing she could guide him, Athena approached him, offering to be his mentor. He agrees, and they train together. Years later, when Odysseus shows doubts in the wake of Polites sharing his 'Open Arms' philosophy, she tells him not to disappoint her.
In The Cyclops Saga, Odysseus does disappoint her when he not only spares Polyphemus but also reveals his name and home to the cyclops. The two argue, and Odysseus claims that she is alone. The two then part ways and do not reconnect for ten years.
Act II[]
Athena in the Ithaca Saga
In The Wisdom Saga, Athena befriends Telemachus, Odysseus' son when she tries to assist him in a fight against Antinous. Realizing what she should do after talking with Telemachus {We'll Be Fine}, she dives into Odysseus's memories. There, she viewed all the events that happened after her departure, from The Ocean Saga to The Thunder Saga. Once she finds out Odysseus is being held captive on Calypso’s island, she heads up to Mount Olympus and asks Zeus to free him. Zeus agrees to let Odysseus go if Athena can win his 'game' and convince the five chosen Olympians that he should be released. He calls upon Apollo, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Ares, and Hera, all of whom Athena convinces relatively quickly to agree with her. Her success angers Zeus, sending him into a rage and attacking Athena by throwing several thunderbolts at her. She makes her final appeal to Zeus to let Odysseus go as she collapses from her wounds.
After recovering from her injuries, Athena helps train Telemachus to be her new Warrior of the Mind, During Odysseus' arrival, she helps Telemachus face a large group of suitors. She appears to Odysseus at the end of I Can't Help but Wonder, wondering what the world could be if they had more empathy and saying that she feels bad for teaching him and others to be so cruel. Odysseus, touched by her change of heart, claims that it is not a world he would be able to see in his lifetime. He does say though that she can try to create that world on her own as she’s immortal, and he has to see Penelope. Athena understands and respects his choice, leaving him to see his wife.
Abilities[]
- Quick Thought: This ability allows Athena to slow someone's perception of time to a near halt, allowing them to move and strategize much faster than the average person.
- Quick Thought Dimension: Athena is able to transport people to the Quick Thought Dimension, which appears to her as a large, silver hourglass. She often uses this form of the ability to have full conversations with other people in less than a second.
- Time Dive: While in the Quick Thought Dimension, Athena can "dive" through someone's memories and observe them in the order that they occurred.
- Used in: Warrior of the Mind, Remember Them, My Goodbye, Little Wolf, Love in Paradise, God Games, Odysseus, I Can't Help but Wonder
- Quick Thought Dimension: Athena is able to transport people to the Quick Thought Dimension, which appears to her as a large, silver hourglass. She often uses this form of the ability to have full conversations with other people in less than a second.
- Projection: Athena can send projections of herself somewhere else or she can cloak herself to become invisible. This ability is often used together with Quick Thought.
- Life Creation: Athena is capable of creating incredibly powerful magical animals, as seen with the magic boar she had created as a test of skill in her attempt to find a student.
- Used in: Warrior of the Mind
Appearances[]
The Troy Saga[]
- Warrior Of The Mind (Debut)
The Cyclops Saga[]
The Wisdom Saga[]
The Ithaca Saga[]
Trivia[]
- Along with Hera and Aphrodite, Athena was one of the three goddesses whose feud resulted in the beginning of the Trojan War. She seems to be the only one to acknowledge it, albeit indirectly, when she apologises to Odysseus for all the grief he was put through.[1]
References[]
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