So I heard in the Greek camp, Achilles' armor was worn by another, his friend Patroclus, who, by Achilles' understanding, was only fighting enough to save the burning ships. I also heard that Achilles prayed to Zeus hoping that Patroclus will return with himself and the Greek ships unharmed. Zeus, who is a neutral third party, decided to only grant one of the two wishes. When Patroclus stepped out on the battle field, he began taking out our people left and right. The rest of the soldiers retreated as fast as they could, I being one of the fastest retreaters. Zeus' son Sarpedon is one of the casualties of pseudo Achilles, so I think I know which wish Zeus will not be granting. Hector was one of the last soldiers to retreat, acting not like himself at all. Apollo saved the Trojans from a fallen city by pushing Patroclus back. Apollo persuades Hector to go after Patroclus, but the driver of Hectors chariot ended up getting killed. Apollo wounded Patroclus and Hector finished him off. Patroclus' last words were foretelling my brothers own death, and saying that my brother didn't actually get the kill, all he got was the boasting. After that Hector takes Achilles' armor back to camp. A fight broke out over Patroclus' body. Hector promised half of the war's spoils to whomever could bring the corpse back to our camp, but in the end the Greeks got Patroclus. This was around the time Achilles found out about the death of his friend. From what I heard, with the terrible cry he let out that made the Trojans retreat, he was quite grief stricken. He decided to take revenge on the person who killed his dear friend, which happens to be my brother. Hector, knowing that Achilles has returned to battle, but unknowing of the soon to come revenge, does not listen when he was urged to back down and retreat. Our power is ending. With Achilles back, we have no chance to win. If one person from the Greek side can kill many of us, we are doomed. Oh, did I mention he is not nearly as good as a fighter as we will be facing in the morning? Also, the fact that Hector has Achilles' old armor might make him feel good, but if he is going to fight the man who had the armor before, I would think that wearing the old armor might be a bad choice. The previous owner would know the strengths and weaknesses of the armor, so he would know exactly where to aim to severely injure or kill my dear brother. I hope Hector is thinking about this, and I hope this nightfall will help refresh his mind and thoughts and decide that maybe he should retreat, but I don't think he will because he worries what everyone will think if he, our best fighter, decides to back down.
I don't think I can sleep tonight...
Until next time...
Paris
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