Hector full artwork
Common · One of 400

Hector

“The Iliad's most decent man, killed by its angriest.”

A Duty legend of Heroes & Mortals

2 known connections · an open question

The living story

The story so far

Hector held Troy's walls for ten years knowing prophecy said they would fall. He killed Patroclus in Achilles's armor, then faced Achilles himself outside the gates — and ran, and turned, and died like a man.

Happening now

Priam ransomed his body, and Troy buried him with full honors. In the underworld's hero quarter he walks with the other decent dead, which is the best company.

What may come

His son Astyanax was thrown from the walls; his wife Andromache enslaved. The songs remember the family Troy cost — that is Hector's real monument.

Connected

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At a glance — details & stats
Element
Duty
Faction
Heroes & Mortals — the glory-seekers
Rarity
Common
Personality
Troy's greatest champion, who knew the city would fall and defended it anyway.
Edition
One of 400
Stats
power 90 · speed 78 · charm 88