| “ | Ethon is from ancient Athens. He single-handedly fought off an entire Spartan brigade. For a thousand years after he died, his name was the equivalent to the bogeyman in ancient Sparta. | ” |
–Acheron Parthenopaeus, Dream Warrior, page 204 | ||
Ethon, Ioel, & Samia[]
Ethon was separated from his younger brother Ioel at a young age and sent to Sparta. He suffered through Spartan training.
He was envious of his brother when Ioel married Samia as he was half in love with Samia himself.
Everything Ioel had ever wanted had come to him. And Ethon had been forced to claw and fight for every table scrap he could find in the gutter. And to this day, he could still remember the first time he’d met Sam.
In full armor, she’d been breathtaking. Her zest for life was infectious as she joked with her friends and his brother. But she’d only had eyes for Ioel.
So he’d buried his feelings for her and stood back to watch as they married and started their family. Anything they’d needed, he’d given them to make their life easier and happier. His brother didn’t need to know the harsh lessons that had been rammed down his throat.
And when Agaria had been born, he’d loved his niece so much.… She’d looked just like her mother. There was nothing he wouldn’t have done for any of them.
Nothing.
Until the night they’d died. He’d been in battle when the news of their deaths had arrived. Wounded and bleeding, he’d headed straight for his horse instead of the physician. Stupidly, he’d thought that if he could just reach them that he might be able to change it.
By the time he’d reached them, Ioel and Ree had been cremated and Sam’s body was missing.
Becoming a Dark-Hunter[]
Later, during a seemingly hopeless battle, he was stabbed in the back by his best friend and killed. Artemis made him a Dark-Hunter.
Ethon & Samia[]
Centuries after being made a Dark-Hunter, Ethon was reunited with Samia in Athens. They’d met in battle against the Daimons and then, with the dawn coming, she’d taken him into her house. The bloodlust and their past ties had overwhelmed them. He looked enough like his brother that Sam had welcomed him to her bed.
However, Samia was overcome with visions of Ethon's bloody past. The guilt and pain had been more than either of them could bear. So they’d gone their own ways, crossing paths every now and again.
Still, Ethon loved her. Even though she couldn’t stand him. Even though he had no right to. He loves her.
Appearances[]
Ethon is first introduced, briefly at the end of Dream Warrior when Acheron moves the Dogs of War to New Orleans to guard Nick.
Ethon has a side role in No Mercy where he helps guard Samia and retrieve Hippolyte's Girdle.