Ashes of Love and War - TodoMomo

✨NOTES ✨

Hello! Hello! Welcome to another TeaPlease fanfic and my first true multi-chapter fic!!! 🥰🥳 This story already has over 100K written, but I'll be posting chapters in small sections to make it manageable. 

A long note section before starting:

First: This is an AU, so characters will act differently to fit in with the time period and setting this is cast. I'm especially pointing this out because there will be mention of war, violence and slavery. And before you get upset that Shouto and the rest of the BNHA cast overlook the moral wrongness of slavery and killing, just remember that the whole Greek economy ran on war and slavery. The only reason Sparta was such a powerhouse was because slaves did all the manual work. With that said, I will try to keep the BNHA characters as in character as possible.

Second: A little history lesson, and sorry to those of you who love history, this is going to be really condensed and simplified.

So the Trojan war was a fabled war between the Greeks and Trojans (Troy was probably in modern day Turkey above Istanbul). It started when the Greek gods were having a party but didn't invite Eris, the goddess of strife and discord. She was pissed so threw a golden apple into the party goers and said it was for the fairest woman. Of course, the Greek goddesses couldn't share that title so Athena, the goddess of wisdom, Hera, the goddess of the family, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love, all started fighting over the golden apple. They then turned to Zeus, the head of the gods, and asked him to choose. Only problem was that Zeus was a wuss and didn't want to get involved so had a human, Paris, choose which goddess was the most beautiful.

Paris ended up choosing Aphrodite and, to reward him, the goddess made the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, fall in love with him. Only problem was that Helen was already married and so when she eloped with Paris her husband got super angry and gathered up all the Greeks to go fight against the Trojans. And since the gods were always down for a good battle, they all got involved too. Apollo, the sun god and patron god of Troy, Ares and Aphrodite all supported the Trojans while all the other gods supported the Greeks. The war lasted ten years and ended when the Greeks tricked the Trojans into thinking they had left, but were really hiding inside a wooden horse.

Commission by: Honawaka

A couple of shout outs. Thank you to all my betas: C's Melody and FlourChildWrites, could not have done this without you both. Seriously, thank you for pushing and encouraging me throughout this! And thank you Evieeburn125 for the fantastic art that will be included later in the piece!

For chapter 1 also thank you Estelle for giving this another set of eyes.

Disclaimer: The BNHA cast is not mine.

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✨GLOSSARY:✨

Chapter 1:

1. Erotes - Aphrodite supposedly had multiple servants called Erotes, each representing a different form of love. In later stories these were combined and became her son, Eros. For this story, however, I'm keeping them separate.
2. Hetaeras - mistresses
3. Helots - slaves
4. Cassandra of Troy - one of Apollo's priestesses. She was considered a beauty and even Apollo fell for her, but when she refused the God's advancements he cursed her to foresee the future but have no one believe her.

Chapter 2:

1. Yes, both of Todoroki's eyes are gray right now and he doesn't have a scar.
2. Momo is not weak, she just thought the most practical way for both Tokoyami and herself to survive was to make a deal with Shouto.
3. Halberd spears – sorry, these actually weren't used until the 14th or 15th century, but we'll just say Momo had a prototype. It's a spear with a hook like an axe head.

Chapter 4:

1. Helots - Slave

2. Styx River - In Greek mythology, Styx is a deity and a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld

3. Chimera - a fire-breathing female monster resembling a lion in the forepart, a goat in the middle, and a dragon behind.

Chapter 5:

1. Proteus - a sea god, famous for his ability to flicker from one form to another when enemies pursued him.

Chapter 6:

1. Nereide - The Nereids were sea nymphs in Greek mythology. They helped sailors on their voyages when they faced fierce storms. Unlike what we consider mermaids, they didn't have fins.

2. Charybdis - is actually Poseidon's daughter, but for this story I'm making her a type of monster to suit my purposes. The Greek Charybdis takes the form of a huge bladder of a creature whose face was all mouth and whose arms and legs were flippers and swallows huge amounts of water before belching them back out again, creating whirlpools. In some variations of the tale, Charybdis is just a large whirlpool rather than a sea monster.

3. Prometheus - is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who is credited with the creation of humanity from clay, and who defies the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity as civilization.

Chapter 7:

1. Teppodama Hassaishu - otherwise known as the 'Eight Bullets' in English, these men are Overhaul's top guards. In this story they are the leaders of the Stymphalian.

2. Stymphalian - were a group of monstrous birds in Greek mythology. They devoured humans, and had beaks made of bronze. Their feathers were sharp and metallic and could be thrown against their prey, while their dung was poisonous. In one story they were not birds, but women and daughters of Stymphalus and Ornis, and were killed by Heracles because they did not receive him hospitably...nice guy!

Chapter 8:

1. Artemis - Goddess of the hunt and twin sister to Apollo, the god of the sun.

2. Hetera - a higher level mistress than a normal slave.

3. Kota Izumi - Kota is a small boy who stands at a height comparable to Minoru Mineta. He wears a white collared shirt with buttons, dark shorts, and black boots. Kota has short, spiky black hair and wears a red hat with golden, spike-shaped horns on the front. After Izuku Midoriya saved him from the villain, Muscular, he starts wearing red sneakers that are the same as Izuku's.

4. Marjoram - an aromatic southern European plant of the mint family, the leaves of which are used as a culinary herb. It's a very close relative to Oregano, and although its scent is similar, it's much less pungent and far more pleasant. It's got a slightly camphorous, woody, herbal scent with a hint of spice. Ancient Greeks would use the fragrance for their hair.

5. Tamishiro - Tamashiro is a small boy with dark marks around his red eyes and messy, blond hair. He also has sharp, pointed teeth. He's a student from Masegaki Primary School.