Greek Tragedy - The Old Guard

Prologue

The year was 334 BC.

Adonis of Macedon, youngest brother of the man who would one day come to be known as Alexander the Great, was given a legacy and strict path to follow before he could even walk. Though he never actually knew his brother, much too young to remember the man from his childhood, Adonis found himself enrolling to join Alexander's army anyways, to fight for what would become an empire, at the age of 16, younger then most but with natural skill in combat, his father saw no better time then in the glory years of war to push another son deep within. When Adonis died for the first time, it was a slow and painful death, hit with an arrow and left to bleed out among the dead of both armies.

He laid there amongst rotting corpses for days before he realised death would not come. And so he kept fighting, rising to the top of the army and surviving even the worst of wounds. The men around him had announced him dead many times, and yet Adonis continue to rise again, to keep fighting, for years to come, not knowing what else to do. He no longer believed in the reasons of this war, of why he took so many lives, began to think maybe he never did, and the guilt of his actions fed into his anger, making him a fearsome opponent, ruthless. Adonis wanted to die, and yet it seemed, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't, and the other men started to notice. The whispers began, the boy was said to be sired by a god, and the rumours of his miracles spread like fire, eventually making their way to the ears of Alexander. The men worshipped Adonis, believed him a messenger of the gods, if not one himself, and far more suited for the throne then Alexander.

With Adonis now challenging his rule, Alexander vowed to end the boys life himself, brother or not, Alexander would not relent his power. The time came at night, deep within the mountains, a place Adonis can't quite remember. There was no one there but the two men, and the battle was bloodier and far more gruesome then any fought by either before. Both brothers refused to submit to the sword of the other. Alexander watched the boy rise every time he sliced him down. Again and again, the boy got up, no matter how lethal the wound. The fight lasted for ten days, and ten nights. A few days in, the boy stopped trying, allowing his commander, his Lord, his brother, and now his enemy to take his life countless times. It was only then, on the tenth day, that he had finally admitted it to himself. That he accepted the fact that death was not coming for him today. With a quick jerk of his sword, Adonis ended the fight, along with Alexander's life.

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Yo, so I'm bad at this, but I could not get the idea of Adam out of my head, so I hope you enjoy. If you have not watched The Old Guard on Netflix yet, or read the comics, I highly recommend you do!
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