Talk:Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow

hi, I added a lot of stuff to the article, this is my first major edit thing but if there is anything wrong then well.. yknow =) ItzRice! (talk) 06:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

This articles and its sisters are truly hopeless; I have work ahead. I mean, even what there is has no grammar. And all there was when I turned up was three blurbs.Fuzzibloke 10:01, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

what the hell?

this article was fine once, somebody seems to have erased all the prior formatting.

Overmage (talk) 04:34, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Improvement suggestions

I read the article with great interest and noticed some missing information that might be important or possible mistakes I would like to have a second opinion on. So here is a numbered list of items, in no logical order, that I submit to anybody interested:

1. Shouldn't there be a mention of the fact that Helikaon killed and tortured the Mykene hero Alektruon about a year before the story takes place to explain why the Mykene hate him so much?

2. And how about the warning the priest gave Agamemnon against the great horse, which is the symbol that can be found on the flags of Helikaon’s ships, leading the Mykene king to put a blood price on Helikaon’s head?

3. Shouldn’t there be a mention of Helikaon’s raid on the Mykene pirate island following the attack in Dardania?

4. Should it be specified that it is Anchises who asked Odysseus to take Helikaon aboard his ship and “lose” him?

5. Aren’t there 4 discs missing in Argurios breast plate by the time he is shot by Kolanos? I believe he lost 2 long ago in a battle, as is explained while he burnishes his armour before going to see Priam, and 2 more during the battle in the stairs of the megaron...

6. Maybe I should double check this one, but isn’t it Argurios who produces the feather before dying beside Laodike? I remember finding it strangely sentimental for a tough warrior like him and it would sure make more sense that it was Laodike who kept it, but does anyone remember?

7. Do we know for sure that Attalus still wants to kill Helikaon at the end of the novel? It seemed to me the author wanted us to believe he might have decided to stop killing people when Attalus almost apologized to Helikaon during his recovery. He had a knife in his hand at that moment, but we also don’t know for sure if Helikaon gave him back the “killing” knife... Maybe a less assertive sentence would be better, no?

8. In Helikaon’s description, we learn his true name, but what about Golden One, Burner, Butcher, and Lord of the Silver Bow? Surely Golden One is worth mentioning, no?

9. I would have expected Helikaon’s description to tell us how he refused to be king, how he is not married because he wants to marry for love, and how he has never been in love... that is, until he meets Andromache.

10. Should Laodike’s description mention how she is disliked by both her parents?

11. Should Ox’s description mention he has six children, one of them being Thea?

12. Should there be a mention that there is still a blood price on Gershom’s head, that he is in hiding and being searched all over the Great Green?

13. Where do we learn in this novel that Andromache has a birthmark? That she is the Shield of Thunder who will bear the Eagle Child, etc etc? It seems to me that this information might come from the sequels and not from this particular novel. In that case, wouldn’t that be considered a spoiler?

14. Wouldn’t Halysia, Phaedra and the little girl who called Helikaon Appollo deserve a character description as well? How about Kreusa? Hektor? Axa? Polydorus?

So here it is, my list of questions I would like to discuss about. Of course, I could have added a lot of this information without seeking a second opinion, but I really don’t want to overload the article or insert wrong information, and I certainly don’t want to offend the original author of the article. So if you liked the novel, please tell me what you think. Thanks!

Arya81 (talk) 19:06, 23 September 2008 (UTC)