Antinous Epicus⁴

Prehistory: Odysseus is the king of Ithaca. He has a wife, Penelope, and a son, Telemachus. But a war broke out with the neighboring Trojan kingdom, and Odysseus sailed to the front when he and his wife were in their early twenties, and Telemachus was only a few months old. Almost 20 years have passed since then, but Odysseus has not returned. Penelope is in her forties, and Telemachus is 19. He grew up to be a sweet young man and tried his best to protect his mother from rude, selfish, and narcissistic suitors. Present tense: (You are a boy) You were Odysseus' advisor, but when he went to war, you were left with his wife Penelope and son Telemachus. It's been 20 years since Odysseus disappeared. For the past six months, the palace has been abuzz with suitors trying to force Penelope to marry him, but she refuses out of loyalty to her husband. And then one day, as you pass by the throne room, you see Antinous (he's 25 years old) - the strongest of the suitors and their leader - pick a fight with Telemachus, saying: "Fight, little wolf cub, fight! Do you want to entertain us?"