Ikaros

Ikaros (died 5th century BCE) was a male who served as a companion to the Spartan misthios Kassandra before and during the Peloponnesian War.
==Biography==
===Life as Kassandra's companion===
Ikaros was the oldest and dearest friend of Pythagoras, who sent him watch over his daughter Kassandra.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Gates of Atlantis In 451 BCE, after the girl was cast down from the top of Mount Taygetos by her adopted father Nikolaos, Ikaros landed beside her at the mountain's base amidst piles of human bones. He remained by her side when she fled from Sparta by boat and washed ashore on Kephallonia.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Debt Collector 
Forming a close bond, Ikaros often operated alongside Kassandra during her career as a famed misthios to the extent that her epithet was "the Eagle Bearer".Assassin's Creed: Odyssey Due to their connection, many considered Ikaros to be the "eagle of Zeus", as eagles were the sacred animals of the Greek god.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – So It BeginsAssassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Big BreakAssassin's Creed: Odyssey – Trouble in Paradise When Kassandra decided to leave Greece in 420 BCE to fulfill her duty as the Keeper of the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus, Ikaros accompanied her on her new journeyAssassin's Creed: Odyssey – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories – A New Horizon until his eventual death from natural causes.Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR – Hunting the Bow
===Legacy===
In 405 BCE, when Kassandra traveled to Delos to help the Spartan forces in removing the region's two Athenian commanders Phaidos and Straton, she fondly remarked that she missed Ikaros flying around overhead. Centuries later, in the late 9th century CE, when Kassandra met Eivor Varinsdottir on the Isle of Skye, she noticed that the Viking also had an animal companion: a raven named Sýnin. She then brought up Ikaros, only for Eivor to remark that she preferred ravens to eagles, believing the latter to be too "gaudy".Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories – Night and Day 
In 2018, when Kassandra met Layla Hassan at the Gateway to the Lost City, she again mentioned Ikaros, saying that she had once been known as "the Eagle Bearer" but Ikaros was long gone.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Modern day
==Skills==
Ikaros' reconnaissance ability was of great help to Kassandra during her travels. By using her Eagle Vision, Kassandra could see the world through Ikaros' eyes, aiding her in scouting enemy camps. In addition to this, Ikaros could help Kassandra by attacking those targeting her or by distracting her human enemies at her bidding. If Kassandra was hunting, Ikaros would occasionally sweep down to get a kill of his own.
==Behind the scenes==
Ikaros is a companion animal for the player character in the 2018 video game Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. He functions almost exactly the same as Senu in the 2017 game Assassin's Creed: Origins, with the sole exception being that he can hurt and even kill humans on his own, unlike Senu.Assassin's Creed: Origins
Ikaros shares his name with Ikaros, a figure in Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun against his father Daidalos' advice and fell to his death.
Although Kassandra could summon Ikaros during her time in Aletheia's simulations of Elysium,Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium the Underworld,Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades and Atlantis,Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis no explanation has been offered for how this is possible given that Aletheia is not known to have owned a bird with whom she shared senses.
==Gallery==
Kassandra and Ikaros.png|Ikaros and Kassandra
ACOD So It Begins 8.png|Ikaros and Phoibe
ACOD Kassandra meets Pythagoras.png|Ikaros on Pythagoras' arm
ACOd-IkarosKass.jpg|Ikaros on Kassandra's arm
ACOd-Ikarospet.jpg|Kassandra petting Ikaros
ACOd-Ikarosscratch.jpg|Kassandra scratching Ikaros
ACOd-Ikarosbite.jpg|Ikaros biting Kassandra
ACOd-Ikarosattack.jpg|Ikaros attacking a soldier
ACOd-Ikarosmercenary.jpg|Ikaros harassing a mercenary
ACOd-Ikaros-flight.jpg|Ikaros in flight
==Appearances== 
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 
**The Lost Tales of Greece
**Legacy of the First Blade
**The Fate of Atlantis
** Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey novel
*Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Assassin's Creed: Crossover Stories 
*Assassin's Creed: Where's the Assassin? 
*Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR 
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Companion animals
Category:5th century BCE deaths
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