Odysseus

Odysseus is a playable character in Warriors: Legends of Troy. He is the famous Greek general who came up with the Trojan Horse plan. Feeling responsible for causing the war due to his part in the early pledge, he wants his resourcefulness to be used to its fullest.

Role in Game
Many years before the Trojan War, Odysseus, King of Ithaka, meets with King Tyndareos of Sparta, who is having a hard time trying to find the perfect man to be the husband of his daughter, Helen. Because she is considered the most beautiful woman in the world, many kings compete among themselves for her hand in marriage. Odysseus offers a solution: before Helen's husband is decided, all the kings must make an oath to protect the Helen's marriage, no matter who is chosen to be her husband. In return for this solution, Tyndareos must convince his brother to give his daughter, Penelope, to Odysseus as his wife. Tyndareos agrees to the solution, and the kings are tricked into peace by a simple oath. But when Prince Paris of Troy steals Helen, her husband Menelaos gets furious and calls his brother, Agamemnon, and all those who made the oath to help him get Helen back. As Odysseus is bound by his oath, he joins Agamemnon and Menelaos in the Trojan War.

After the Trojan banks are cleared, Odysseus, Achilles, Patroklos and Ajax are ordered by Agamemnon to secure the area around their future camp. Despite the flood of Trojan troops, the four of them successfully clear the area.

Years later, Apollo sends a plague among the Greeks to punish Agamemnon. After Achilles learns that the plague was caused by Agamemnon taking the daughter of Apollo's priest, Odysseus convinces the king to give the girl back to stop Apollo's wrath. Agamemnon commands him and Ajax to not only return the girl to her father, but to take Briseis from Achilles' tent as compensation. Left with no choice but to obey, Odysseus and Ajax do what the king asks.

After Achilles withdraws from the war, the Greeks suffer countless defeats against the Trojans, and Odysseus realises that he needs to regain the troops' morale. Gathering information from a captured spy, he and Menelaos sneak into the camp of the Thrakens, one of Troy's allies, in the dark night. They manage to take the Thrakens by surprise and slay them, but the Greeks continue to lose against the Trojans.

Soon, Prince Hektor, Troy's champion, breaks the wall of the Greek forces, and Agamemnon finds himself completely surrounded by Trojans. Odysseus, Ajax and Menelaos rush to the king's aid and bring him to the banks. While the other two defend the Greek ships from stone throwers, Odysseus carries Agamemnon to safety.

With the Greeks at their lowest point, Odysseus accompanies Agamemnon as he brings Briseis back to Achilles in hopes of having him return to battle, but to no avail. However, when Patroklos is killed by Hektor, Achilles rejoins Odysseus and the other Greeks in battle and kills Hektor, an act that strengthens the morale of the troops.

After the Tojans mourns over Hektor's death, they are led back into battle by Queen Penthesilea and her Amazons. Odysseus confronts her, questioning why she was helping the Trojans. After he is defeated, he retreats back and Penthesilea follows him, hoping that he would lead her to Achilles.

Later, Achilles kills Memnon and Prince Deiphobos as the Greeks invade Troy, but he himself is killed by arrows shot by Paris. Odysseus and Ajax fight their way through the Trojans and retrieve Achilles' body, carrying him safely to his camp for a proper burial.

Then the two of them find a secret passageway into the city and steal the Palladion, for prophecy holds that this artifact must be taken from the Temple of Athena if Troy were ever to fall. However, Ajax is cursed with madness by Athena and eventually commits suicide.

To seize victory and end the war, Odysseus builds a wooden horse and hides himself, Menelaos and several other men inside while the others take their ships and hide. When the Trojans see the horse, they consider it a gift to Athena from the Greeks to calm her anger. They take the horse into the city, and Odysseus and the others emerge as night falls. He opens the gates, allowing the Greeks that were waiting outside to charge into Troy and attack the Trojans by surprise. Odysseus and Menelaos run to the palace and find Helen, Priam and Paris. The prince shoots an arrow at Menelaos' right shoulder, and Odysseus steps up to fight. He triumphs over Paris, but it is Menelaos who kills the Trojan prince. As the angry king proceeds to kill Helen, Odysseus stops him, stating that enough have already died. Having lost everything, Priam asks the Greek kings to allow a part of Troy to remain in the world. Odysseus proceeds to negotiate, but is interupted by Agamemnon, who proclaims that all of Troy must be destroyed and kills Priam. Odysseus states that the Trojan king's death was unneccessary, but the greedy king does not listen and continues on proclaiming the fall of Priam's household. Disgusted, Odysseus leaves and overlooks the city of Troy as it is consumed by fire.

With the oath fulfilled, Odysseus sets sail with the Greeks for home, not knowing that he will soon be plunged into another long journey.

Quotes

 * "My advice to King Tyndareos was intended to keep the peace, and instead it unleashed this carnage. I started it and I must finish it."

Gameplay
If certain items are equipped, Odysseus can throw more daggers.

Moveset

 * ,undefined: Overhead slash from sword.
 * ,,undefined: Advances forward for a few paces to slash to the side.
 * ,,,undefined: Momentarily sheathes his sword and hurls five daggers.
 * ,,,,undefined: Momentarily sheathes his sword to throw seven daggers.
 * ,,,,,: Series of wide horizontal slashes. In between the sequence, Odysseus quickly rotates his wrist for back hand swings. The last slash has him pause a moment to twirl his wrist for a normal slash.
 * Dashing : Crushing downwards slash.


 * undefined: Hurls a throwing dagger.
 * undefined,undefined: Hurls daggers twice.
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 * ,: Quickly bashes his shield twice into foes.
 * ,: Smashes targets with his sword.
 * ,,: Ducks for a moment to swing shield into opponents.
 * ,,,: Turning circular swing from shield. Odysseus emits a stunning shockwave, which lowers the guard of foes in its range.
 * ,,,,: Sweeping kick. Odysseus emits a stunning shockwave during the animation.


 * L2,undefined: Throws enemy weapon.
 * R2,:
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Finishers can be performed by weakening a foe's guard or health. When the button for a Focused Attack flashes on a target, approach them from a different angle to see another Finisher.
 * Finishers


 * Front - Pauses a moment before he stabs his sword through a foe's face. Occasionally Odysseus steps to the side and trips his foe to fall forward.
 * Rear - Slashes enemy's neck.
 * Downed Enemies - Looms above opponent before slicing their head.
 * Mid-Range - Quickly sheathes sword to throw a dagger into an opponent's face.
 * Mid-Range - Aims a dagger into an opponent's foot. Odysseus then hops forward to fling another dagger through his stunned enemy's head.

Fighting Style
Odysseus shares the same attack traits as Paris: he is a speedy attacker with somewhat hampered defenses. His attacks may be quick, but they also tend to be stationary and may not cause opponents to stagger. He doesn't have many attacks to distance himself from his foes and his shield stunning attacks have shallow range. His lack of maneuverability is what distances him from his agile counterpart. However, he is one of the two characters in the game who has long ranged attacks to deal with multiple foes at once. When all else fails, rely on his daggers for damaging opponents since Odysseus can use them without too much pause. They will not break through an enemy's defenses, but they are powerful when carefully timed after a wounding strike or Parry.

Trivia

 * During the Koei-Tecmo company visit in the Weekly Toro Station's broadcast, Toro and Kuro use their own version of Odysseus's Trojan horse in order to sneak into Shibusawa Kou's office.