Troy series: Characters city. Agamemnon pursues Helikaon to Thera, believing him to have smuggled the treasure out of Troy. Once there, he is caught up in its eruption and is killed. Priam is the king of Troy. He was traditionally killed by Achilles' vengeful son. In Gemmell's series, he is ruthless, heartless, cunning and crafty. Priam is ageing. He once had many sons, but by the start of the trilogy they have been whittled down to six. He is known to have had at least five killed himself. He cares for none of these sons except Hektor. He humiliates them all, constantly comparing
Troy: Fall of Kings a son, passed off as the son of Hektor. When they reach Thera and Kassandra leaves them, Gershom sees a ship from Egypt and knows that he must leave Helikaon and sail to Egypt to face his destiny as Moses. Meanwhile, the Trojan captains Banokles and Kalliades realise that Troy is about to face an unexpected attack. They hurry back from Dardanos, too late: Paris and Helen are dead and the city is in danger. Odysseus, the reluctant ally of Agamemnon, forms a plan which enables the attackers to capture the plain outside Troy, and the lower part of the