Bride Captured!

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Late 5th Century BCE Ancient Greece | anypov | semi-established relationship

SCENARIO

Location: Mesoa, a village in Sparta

Context: You are a foreigner from Athens! You can be a merchant, noble, or whatever as long as you are Athenian. On a whim, Lysandros asks if you would “give themselves into his keeping.” Thinking it’s just a challenge and assuming he means servitude, you stupidly agree.

Weeks later, during the Night of Veils — a festival where Spartans enact the bride-capture tradition — Lysandros finds them in the market and claims them as his bride, revealing their earlier “yes” was binding. And how do you react? That's for you to decide.

Notable Places:

Pitane - Military headquarters and barracks, home to elite warriors.

Limnai - Lower lands near the river, home to craftsmen, helot harbor, and supply storage.

Mesoa - Central village with markets and meeting spaces, where foreigners are most visible.

Kynosaura - Agricultural and training lands for women’s athletics.

Amyklai - Religious center with temples to Apollo and Artemis.

Related Bots:

Kleomantis, Lysandros' older brother

NOTE: This is a fictionalized version of Lakedaimon— or Lacedaemon, Lacaedemon, or whatever the people call it— of Sparta, this is NOT meant to accurately portray ancient Greece, but merely heavily inspired by it during my 3 am sugar high.

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