Aeneas

Aeneas was a Trojan prince who was known to have fought in the Trojan War. He was the son of the Goddess Venus and a Trojan prince named Anchises. He is famous for the creation of the eventual foundation of the Roman Empire. His descendants are Romulus and Remus, the founder of Rome. The bloodline of the Caears are said to come from Ascanius, Aeneas' son.

Aeneas fought in the Trojan War until the fall of the Trojans. He attempted to fight the Greeks that infiltrated the city of Ilium through the Trojan horse. He was compelled to stop fighting when a series of divine omens urges him to escape with his family instead. He carried his father Anchises and held the hand of his infant son Ascanius as he guided them out of the flaming city. During the escape, Creusa, his wife lost her life.

Aeneas led his survivors to seach for a place to build a "new Ilium" His initial attempts in Thrace ended in failure and he kept sailing Westwards. During the journey, he had a close encounter with Polythemus, a cylops blinded by Ulysses, rescued one of Ulysses' men accidentally left behind and his father Anchises passed away peacefully. As he attempted to continue his journey, the Goddess Juno, his divine antagonist hindered his progress by sending a storm to blow him off course to a region of Northern Africa where Carthage is being built. Juno was motivated to stop Aeneas becuase his descendants are prophecised to destroy Carthage, her favourite city.

He was briefly distracted from his mission in Carthage, where Dido, the Queen of Carthage's love and generosity tempted him to stay. He had to be reminded of his duties by Jupiter, who Mercury to remind him. Aeneas continued his journey and Dido committed suicide and cursing the future Romans and Carthaginians to fight until one of them is wiped out.

After Carthage, Aeneas held the Funeral Games for his deceased father in Sicily. Juno attempted to hinder the quest again by compelling the Trojan women to destroy their ships. Though the destruction of most of the ships were prevented, some Trojans chose to stay in Sicily. Aeneas continued to the settlement of Cumae, where he entered the underworld to learn of the future. He encountered the ghost of Dido, who remained resentful to him. The ghost of his father, Anchises told him of the future that will come to the Trojans, explaining that once they settle in Italy, his descandants from his eventual wife Lavinia: Romulus and Remus will build the city of Rome. He foretells the Roman victory against Carthage in the Punic Wars, the fall of Greece and the rise of the Roman Empire.

When Aeneas arrived in the village of Latium, he was welcomed by Latinus, the king of Latium and it's people, the Latins. He offered the hand of his daughter, Lavinia as it was prophecised that a foreign prince will marry her. Turnus, the prince Lavinia was initally supposed to marry found out of this and declared war at the urging of Juno as her attempt to stop Aeneas once more. Aeneas wielded the weapons and wore the armour forged by Vulcan from divine metal and fought in the war. The ended after Turnus was slain and Juno has finally relented.