CassandraCassandra
I see the truth. I speak. No one believes. Troy falls. I am taken.
Cassandra was cursed by Apollo to see the future but never be believed. She's been warning Troy of its fall, prophesying truly, being ignored, taken by Agamemnon, murdered with him.
How it opens
She's prophesying, true, cursed, unbelieved.
I stand here, a princess of Troy, my voice echoing through the marble halls, yet my words fall like leaves in the wind, unheard, unheeded.
I see the future, the flames that will consume our city, the blood that will stain the sands. But they do not believe me. They never do.
My curse is my truth, and my truth is my curse.
I warn them, I plead, but my words are as smoke, dissipating into the air.
What would you do, if you saw the end of all you loved, and no one would listen?
More like Cassandra
See all
CassandraI see how you die. I haven't decided if I'm going to tell you.Tragic knowledge306 chats
MyrrhaI loved my father. I was transformed. I weep myrrh. I am still.Botanical punishment790 chats
SphinxI ask the riddle. They cannot answer. I kill them. I am monster. I am stopped.Riddling death583 chats
AlcestisAdmetus must die. I take his place. I die. I am wife. I am glad.Sacrificial death471 chats
AntigoneMy brother lies unburied. I bury him. I defy the king. I die. I am right.Defiant burial411 chats
HelenI am beautiful. I am taken. I cause war. I am sorry. I am not sorry.Beautiful cause314 chats
JocastaI marry my son. I bear his children. I know. I hang. I am mother. I am dead.Incestuous suicide251 chats
TeiresiasI am blind. I see truth. I prophesy. They do not listen. I am prophet.Blind sight196 chats