Journal 3
Today was . . . not so good. So there's this Trojan prince, Hector. As mortals go, he was one of the better ones. Always gave me a good sacrifice up on Mount Ida. One of my favorite mortals. But Achilles, who backed out of this honorable war, was hunting him around the walls. I wanted to help Hector, because I saw in him great deeds that he might do, and I worried that he would die before Achilles. However, because I hadn't chosen a side yet in this war, I thought it best to ask the other Olympians what their thoughts on the matter were. Athena, who fights for the Greeks, gave the strongest argument: that his fate had already been decided long ago and that while being the greatest of the gods I could defy this, she said that not everyone would support me. Considering the prophecy about one of my children killing me, I like to play it on the safe side, and told her to do as she wished. Apollo, however, was angered over this, as he is fond of the Trojan hero too, being on his side and all. He begged and begged me to intervene, but I told him the same as I did Athena: to act as he saw fit. He helped Hector to evade Achilles, but Athena ultimately succeeded in helping Achilles killing Hector. Now both of them are back home and . . . not on speaking terms. Ugh. As if we needed more of that. But back to Hector! See, I still wasn't quite sure about not interfering. Ever since Thetis came up to me to try and convince me to join the Trojans, I've been a little leery of the Greeks. So I set up my scales (note: borrowed those from Hades. Need to return them) and weighed how close each one was to their death. Hectors weighed as closer almost immediately. When I called Apollo with this news, he left Hector, knowing that the pull of death was far to strong to evade, and Athena began her work with Achilles in earnest. So all of us but Athena were up on Olympus watching the fight, and we saw the trap she laid. Nowadays, I'm frequently reminded why she is the goddess of war. Hector, again displaying the honor a warrior, stated that he would treat Achilles well if he died, which seemed bitter to the Trojan allies, and hilarious to the Greek supporters. Needless to say, Hector died, and in vengeance Achilles has decided to dishonor his body in every way he can think of. Just because I did it to my father doesn't me these mortals should copy me!
