Odessa

Odessa was a Megarian farmer-adventurer who claimed descent from the legendary Odysseus and lived during the Peloponnesian War.
In 431 BCE, she made the acquaintance of the Spartan misthios Kassandra.
==Biography==
===Life as an adventurer===
Born as the only child to a wealthy farmer in Megaris, and named after Odysseus, Odessa had grown up in comfort, save for a heart with a wanderlust.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Family Ordeal
After she'd grown up enough, Odessa embarked on a journey to reach Odysseus' home island of Ithaka, in order to learn more about her ancestor. However, when she reached the island, she was caught by bandits, and locked up. Fortunately for her, the Kephallonian Kassandra had come to the island, too, and freed her. Together, they explored Odysseus' Palace. Disappointed with what she found, she decided to return to her home in Megaris.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Small Odyssey
===Return to Megaris===
Upon her return, Odessa found her father faring poorly. Stuck with taking care of him, she also clashed with the leader of Megaris, who sought to obtain her father's estate. The leader orchestrated a number of suitors to court Odessa, including Palermon and Praxis. In response, Odessa hired the mercenary Xenokles the Hyena to protect her farm from the harassers, and the mercenary died in this line of duty.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The True Story At one point, Odessa also was targeted by The Master, a member of the Eyes of Kosmos branch of the Cult of Kosmos.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Life's Worth
Sometime later, Odessa met Kassandra again and confided in her on her father's condition, requesting her help to gather some herbs in the valley. While Kassandra was away, another attack was launched against Odessa's farm. With the help of the returned Kassandra, Odessa was able to beat back the bandits. As revealed by a letter on one of the attackers, they had been sent by the leader of Megaris.
In an attempt to end the harassment and threats on her life, Odessa requested Kassandra to infiltrate the Leader House and uncover what she could find. Having recovered enough information, Kassandra returned to Odessa to report her findings.
===Pursuing Odysseus' Bow===
Odessa eventually left her home and Megaris and continued her life of adventure. Eventually, she began locating artifacts belonging to her claimed ancestor Odysseus, seeking to recover them. By the time of the second half of the Peloponnesian War, she recovered the lyre belonging to his ancestor and also befriended a Spartan handler by the name of Kastor. In 405 BCE, she arrived in Delos which she deduced to be the site containing Odysseus' bow. There, she met Kastor and was reunited with her old acquaintance Kassandra, who had just fulfiled her misthios obligations to Sparta. Odessa narrated the legend that if the statues in the Sanctuary of Apollo were to match on another, the path to the bow's location would be revealed. This involved the use of a wreath and a lyre, said to have belonged to Odysseus along with the bow.Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR – Hunting the Bow
As the wreath and the bow was likely held in the heavily guarded treasuries, Odessa enlisted the help of Kassandra to find them. Kassandra agreed and set off to find the bow, while Kastor departed to return to Sparta. Kassandra later returned with the bow and handed it over to Odessa. Odessa expressed her amazement on the bow's existence but was unable to properly use it for her lack of strength. She ultimately handed it over to Kassandra, believing that she would be able to make use of it like Odysseus does. Kassandra accepted the bow and bid her farewell to journey to Athens.
==Behind the scenes==
In Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, Odessa is a character which can be romanced. She can also be recruited to join the Adrestia as a lieutenant upon the completion of "The True Story". Completing The True Story regardless of outcome grants Kassandra her bow.
Alternatively, Odessa can also be recruited as a lieutenant when she is marked as a target by The Master in "A Life's Worth". However, doing this instead of killing her will cause The Master to not free Phaidon.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Life's Worth Regardless, the canonical choice would be to spare Odessa given her appearance in Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR.
Her interactions with a large number of undesired suitors and her refusal are an echo of the story of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, her claimed ancestor, as told in Homer's Odyssey.
==Gallery==
Odessa_wpkg.jpg|Odessa dreaming of a life of adventure and fame
ACOd-ship-lieutenant-Odessafull.jpg|Odessa aboard the Adrestia
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 
*Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR
==References==
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