Disclaimer: All I own are a handful of Original Characters and some parts of the plot. Any recognizable characters belong to Homer and Troy (2004). The main plot follows the storyline of the movie and does not belong to me either. Flashbacks, however, to the days before the Trojan War will belong to me.

Prologue

History shall always remember the name of Achilles, son of Peleus, the lion of Phthia and the lord of the Myrmidons. Death came for him at Troy just as the oracles said would happen. So shall history remember Patroclus, son of Menoetius, who fell on Troy's shores leading the Myrmidons in Achilles' place. Eternal honor and glory are theirs. Their names will never be forgotten.

The Myrmidons sailed home after that terrible war with a new leader, but without glorious Achilles they eventually faded into legends of a past, heroic age.

My name shall not be remembered throughout the ages like Achilles, like Patroclus, like Odysseus. Yet, through the memory of the Sack of Troy, through the memory of Achilles and Patroclus, the echo of my own glory will survive.

I am Alkippe, daughter of Peleus, blessed by the war god Ares. I am Queen of Phthia, now that Peleus sleeps beneath the green turf. I am the Queen of the Myrmidons. I will be the Forgotten Queen.

History will not remember me, so let me tell my story this once to you, listener.