DR: Odysseus

Name: Odysseus
Age: Appears to be in his late 30s but is much, much older than that
Height: 5’8”
Birthday: “December 12” Sagittarius
Race: Revived human
Sex: Male
Lineage: Grandson of Arcesius and Autolycus, Son of Laertes and Anticleia
Patron Goddess: Athena
Weapon:
-Mist form: Leaf keychain
-Non-Mist form: Bow
Personality:

Controlled, first and foremost. He has a temper but he is a calculating man and after a decade of war and coping with Achilles' temper tantrums and a further decade of terrible sea-going adventures, it is difficult to rattle his calm unless you really tap into his pride or put yourself or others at serious risk. Beyond that, he is arrogant. He is manipulative and convinced of his own superior intelligence and physical prowess. He survived ten years of war against other humans and a further several years of a great many terrifying monsters and supernatural forces trying to murder him. He feels fully justified in his exaggerated sense of his own prowess and importance.

Deadly Flaw: Hubris - excessive pride

Odysseus has great faith in his own abilities, but this can lead him to rash behavior like shooting all of Penelope’s suitors and then “cleansing his halls with fire.”

Background: See: The Iliad and The Odyssey though the relevant points are summarized below.

Odysseus ruled Ithaca until his death of natural causes, whereupon he handed his kingdom off to his son, Telemachus. He dwelled in the Elysian Fields with his wife until he was approached by Hermes to return to the world and aid in the rearing and training of the next generation of heroes, with the promise of moving to the Isles of the Blest with his wife when his task is done. Amused at being asked and intrigued by the prospect and the reward, he agreed to serve for as long as he might be needed, leaving his wife to begin renovations to their villa in Elysium and plan their new home in the Isles of the Blest upon his return.

Other Info:

Has a deep wound on his right thigh from a hunting accident as a child involving a boar.
He is very much enjoying this modern world and does not share his fellow heroes’ antipathy for technology.
While he is fond of flattery, he is very difficult to manipulate.
Skilled with sword, spear, and shield, though he favors his bow.
Favors being a well-rounded individual and, since learning it, has a great fondness for the term “Renaissance man” and encourages the camper to do such.

Mythological background:

_{-The Iliad: Thoroughly reluctant to leave his wife and kingdom to steal Helen back from the Trojans, he pretended to have gone insane. When they forced him to abandon his ruse to save his son’s life, he relented and in turn, tricked Achilles into revealing himself and joining up. The Trojan war raged on for 10 years until the final climactic days when Achilles ragequit the battle because Menelaus had stolen his favorite slave. Without Achilles, the Trojans gained the upper hand until Achilles’ right-hand man Patroclus dressed in Achilles’ armor to rally the Greeks. When he was killed by Hector, the mightiest Trojan fighter, Achilles reentered the fray and slew Hector. The stalemate continued until at last Odysseus thought of the decoy that would come to be known as the Trojan horse which led to the final destruction of Troy. In the battle, Odysseus hurled Hector’s infant son from the walls and, as a result, was cursed by the gods.
-Odyssey: His voyage home had many complications. His ships were blown off course to the island of the Lotus eaters where he lost several men to their sloth. He managed to escape Polyphemus and blind the giant, survived the Laistrygonians, outwitted Circe, listened to the sirens while tied to the mast, snuck by Scylla and Charybdis, and finally ended up on the island of Thrinacia where his idiot crew slaughtered and ate some of Apollo’s sacred cattle. The resulting wrath killed all of his men and threw Odysseus to Calypso’s island of Ogygia. Athena at last frees him from the titan’s daughter and he makes it home after 20 years. His wife has been holding off a number of suitors who want to take over as king of Ithaca. Odysseus proceeds to pretend to be a beggar to see what is going on until at last he tricks the suitors into agreeing to a contest for Penelope’s hand: shooting an arrow using Odysseus’ massive bow through 20 axe heads. None are successful and he reveals himself by doing it and then slaughters all of the attempted usurpers. He is reunited with his wife and goes raiding nearby kingdoms to replenish his own that the suitors have been ruining. He rules Ithaca for the rest of his life.}