[NOTE: I will not be posting updates here in the future. You can find the rest of the story on AO3.] Folk healer Lyric of Lalaia longs for more. Her life is pleasant and quiet, containing her like a painted pot. But as it turns out, even flowers grieve. When a handsome mercenary comes to her for healing, a choice presents itself: she can continue wilting in the stillness, or she can follow a perfect stranger into a world unknown, to seek the sea that beckons her. In this reimagining of the Eagle Bearer's journey, Alexios stares down a hardened world alongside a woman made of light and honey. Theirs is a story about freedom, faith, and family- and what it means to love a hero. • -- ٠ ✤ ٠ -- • ✤ A canon-divergent retelling of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. ✤ Contains sexual content; canon-compliant & graphic violence; mentions of past abuse; conversations around sex work, child loss, death, familial trauma, and grief. ✤ An acknowledgement: The story contains OCs that belong to me and a couple of my very dear friends, and a majority of them have been imported from other worldstates in which we have previously written together. It has been a joy to bring life to them in Greece. Thank you Knot & Root for your support and participation! Lyr & Zeph would be lost without your characters, just as I would be lost without you. ✤ Please note: edited versions of chapters 1-8 were uploaded, as well as an updated story summary, on Nov. 13th, 2023. Edits were to improve clarity, grammar, and syntax to improve flow. Nothing about the story has changed!

Death submits to no one, not even Dread and Destruction. They are both weapons of flesh and bone, of warm blood and beating hearts, and they cannot be controlled. a Deimos!Alexios story [highest rankings] #1 in Alexios #1 in Deimos #1 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Ana's life takes an unexpected turn after a fatal encounter sends her back in time to ancient Greece. With only her wits and knowledge of the past to guide her, she sets off on a journey of self-discovery. As she navigates her way through the Spartan-Athenian conflict, Ana realizes that her fate is intertwined with an ancient world that spans lifetimes. With the help of the mercenary Alexios, she faces her destiny as a hero and learns that anything is possible with courage and determination.

"Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this." Fate decrees two kindred souls from two different empires will find one another, and the spear shall be made whole again. an Assassin's Creed: Odyssey story. [semi-hiatus] [Highest Rankings] #1 in Alexios #1 in Assassin's Creed

Deimos was not the only child to be taken by the cult of Kosmos. One of the 'other' tortured Children of Chrysis never truly stood a chance - unless a bargain was struck between them and a misthios. Eos, a very lost child of Kosmo, will only have so much time to show her brothers and sisters the truth; otherwise, she'll have to kill them. However, with the cult already beginning to fall, it may already be too late. With a past life that involves a Demi-god, a lycaon and oracles, Eos may be the key to finding the sanity in those lost to the cult or, she may just be their destruction. And, her past might have just as many secrets as our Heroes does... [Takes place during the main game and after - with elements from The Legacy of the First Blade DLC towards the end]

Nysa is a hard-working girl with big dreams. She wants nothing more than repair her father's ship and sail around the Greek world. She works day and night to see her dreams come to fruition and she is almost there. That is, until a mysterious organization called the Cult of Kosmos gets in her way. Now, she must put her dreams as she and a smooth-talking, know-it-all, misthios named, Alexios team up in order to stop them from taking over the world. #1 in Alexios #1 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey The latest installment of a series, "Never Knew I Needed" is a retelling of the events following Assassin's Creed Odyssey inspired by Disney's The Princess and The Frog. ------- ~Beta~ ~Completed~ If you like this story, check out my other assassin's creed fan fiction, "Transformations" a retelling of Assassin's Creed Unity inspired by Beauty and the Beast!