Thetis goes and visits her dead son by his grave. Since Patroclus is not burried, he still has communication with her. He asks why she is there, and not with Pyrrhus, but she does not respond so easily. Finally, she says that Pyrrhus has been killed by Agamemnon's son for taking his bride. 

     While Patroclus and Theits were talking, he was telling her all the fond memories that him and Achilles had shared together. After hearing how much he truly did love Achilles, Thetis decieds to do Patroclus a favor. She carved Patroclus' name next to Achilles on the headstone so that they may be together in the underworld. Finally, the two souls meet as if they had never met before, to reincarnate and rekindle what had once been so dear to them.

    Achilles is furious that his lover is killed. He continues to drag Hector's body around for many days. Hector's father comes and asks for his body back so that he may have the proper burial. Achilles agrees and returns Hector's body.

     Achilles is still mourning the loss of his companion, but goes out to fight anyways. With a swift throw of an arrow, Achilles is struck through the heart by Paris, whos arrow was guided by Apollo to fulfil the prophecy.

     As Achilles is dying, he had one last request: that his ashes and Patroclus' ashes be burried together. After Achilles dies, his son Pyrrhus shows up and says that they will not be burried together because it would tarnish Achilles' outstanding reputation; he would not let it be ruined by some random slave.

   As the prophecy was fulfilled, Troy was taken down by the Greeks. The Greeks packed their camp up that they had called home for ten plus years and set sail. They burried Achilles' ashes with a great bid headstone, but not with Patroclus, like he had asked. Because of this, Patroclus was a wandering spirit left in the inbetween world.

    During the war, anything valuable or anyone who is captured was given away as war prizes. When the battle is over for the night, Patroclus sees a girl that is a war prize and wants to save her from becoming a slave to King Agamemnon. Achilles agrees and takes Briseis as his war prize. Unlike most who take girls as war prizes, they did not hurt her in any way, but instead treated her with respect and Patroclus even taught her Greek.

     King Agamemnon decides that he deserves Brises and takes her right from Achilles' camp. Achilles refuses to fight anymore until Agamemnon apologizes for not being respectful and returns the girl. Agamemnon will not apologize and fights on without Achilles.

     Because no headway is being made in the war, Thetis asks Zeus to intentionally make the Greeks lose so that Agamemnon will apologize to Achilles and he will have his honor back. For many battles Achilles still did not fight, until the Trojans were breaking down the walls of their fort.

    Because the war is getting so bad, Patroclus goes out and poses in Achilles battle suit because Achilles still won't fight. Paatroclus kills many Trojans. It is only after Patroclus' helmet is knocked off that the Trojans realize that it is not Achilles, but in fact Patroclus.

    Hector kills Patroclus and takes Achilles' armor. Achilles then takes revenge on Hector and kills him. As a sort of trophy, Achilles drags Hecotor's body around to show his victory over Hector.

    The rising action takes place when Achilles and Patroclus are on Mount Pelion with Chiron. After many years of studying and learning from Chiron, one day messengers from Phthia come to inform Achilles that he is summoned by the king, his father, for somethign urgent. They quickly pack up and go back to Phthia.

     The news is that Helen, wife of King Melenaus has been abducted by the Trojans. Because it is King Agamemnon's brother's wife, he bids the Greeks to go to war to get Helen back. Every suitor who took the oath is called to fight on Helen's behalf. 

    Thetis does not want her son, Achilles, to go into the war because she knows that he is going to die so she takes him and hides him away in Scyros. He is disguised as a women. Upon Thetis' force, he has taken a wife and she has become pregnant. Patroclus goes looking for Achilles and finds him in Scyros dressed as a girl. Once they are reunited, Achilles wants nothing to do with his wife or future child. 

      While in Scyros, Odysseus and is brother Diomedes go looking for Achilles and Patroclus and find them hiding. They tell them that it is pertinent for Achilles to go to battle against the Trojans. If Achilles does not fight, his legacy will be lost and he will become crippled and lose his notoriey.      Achilles agrees and Patroclus promises that if Achilles fights, he will, too. Upon reaching Troy with the Greek army,        Achilles throws the first spear, from what seems like an impossible striking distance and kills the first Trojan.

    The war wages on and the Trojans end up fleeing back into their land. The figths continue for quite some time but no progress is being made so the Greek counsil decides that raides will be the most effective may to get the Trojans to come out from behind their wall.