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
Neoptolemus I of Epirus the Princess Deidamia in Greek mythology, and also the mythical progenitor of the ruling dynasty of the Molossians of ancient Epirus. On the death of Alcetas, Neoptolemus and his brother Arybbas agreed to divide the kingdom, and continued to rule their respective portions without any interruption of the harmony between them, until the death of Neoptolemus, which, according to German historian Johann Gustav Droysen, may be placed about 360 BC. The first epigraphical evidence of the Molossian League goes back to 370 BC under Neoptolemus. Neoptolemus I of Epirus Neoptolemus I of Epirus () (370–357 BC) was a Greek king