Triton

**Prince Triton** was the victim in Death in Atlantis (Case #19 of Graecita).

## Profile

Triton was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, Prince and heir to the Atlantic throne, who is usually pictured with red hair, blue skin and green eyes. At the time of his death he wore a blue headband, a clear crystal necklace and brown vest over his bare torso.

## Murder details

When the crew entered Atlantis, the first thing they noticed and how colorful and vibrant the city was, and they were felt surprised by how advanced the technology was. As they were being dragged, the citizens of Atlantis was giving them dirty looks, making them feel unwelcome, that they were glad to finally make it to Poseidon’s palace. Inside the palace, they were brought to the throne room where Poseidon was sitting with his wife, Amphitrite to his right and an empty seat on his left where his son, **Triton** was supposed to sit. The mermen then untied the ship and raised their spears at the submarine, demanding the people inside to get out. Zachary brought out a diving kit for everyone in the ship, which they all wore and left the submarine, with the exception of Mary who let Alex wear her suit. When Poseidon demanded to know what brought them to Atlantis, the crew whispered to each other and they encouraged Zachary to speak up, hoping that him being Poseidon’s son would encourage the sea king to give Athena an apology for raping Medusa. Unfortunately, this didn’t work as Poseidon saw Zachary’s request as “treason” and demanded that the guards capture Zachary and his friends. Luckily, Natalie was there to vouch for them and she begged her father not to hurt them as they “didn’t know better”. Poseidon agreed to spare them, but still being pissed at Zachary’s request, he demanded that they leave Atlantis but out of a sudden, a 15-feet-tall Cyclops broke into the palace’s door, calling for the king’s attention. Amphitrite was not pleased at seeing the cyclops, who the crew learnt was called Adorabella and asked her what she was doing at the palace, as she made it very clear she is never to step foot on it again. Adorabella revealed that the Atlantic prince, Triton has snuck out with her to the jellyfish field and while they were catching the jellyfish, he fell from his seahorse into a shoal of them where he got stung so badly and is in need of medical help. This made the queen panic and the crew asked the cyclops to take them to the field, hoping that if they managed to save Triton’s life, they would win Poseidon’s favor. Adorabella agreed to take them but when Zachary and Mia made it to the field, it was too late, Triton was dead.

## Killer and motives

Zachary and Mia learned that Kavouras was Prince Triton’s killer. Kavouras burst into laughter at hearing the murder accusations, but as Zachary backed up the claims with evidence, Kavouras panicked until he cracked up and admitted that he killed Triton because he was making him broke. Kavouras revealed that Triton was the worst customer he ever had to deal with, not only because he didn’t pay his bills, but because of the way he behaved in his joint. He explained that the prince and his gang often picked up fights with men and catcalled women, which made Kavouras lose many customers as the prince made them feel uncomfortable. When Kavouras confronted the prince, they started taking their aggression of him and his employees, often harassing the waiters and pulling pranks on him. Kavouras tried to tolerate this, but once at a busy day, many customers reported suffering from food poisoning and medics had to come to the restaurant to pick up the sick customers. Infuriated, Kavouras came to the kitchen to see what’s wrong and he picked up a horrible smell coming from the freezer. Kavouras checked the freezer to see what’s causing the smell and he realized that all the pre-made hamburgers they had in store were replaced with poop, sculpted to look like burgers and he knew straight away this was one of Triton’s pranks. This stunt costed Kavouras a lot of money, as many customers started suing his burger joint, which had become at risk of shutting down over “poor hygiene”. When Kavouras saw Triton entering the joint again, as if nothing happened, anger filled his body and he decided he should teach him a lesson. So while the prince was busy dumping Adorabella over his bruised ego, Kavouras snuck outside, approached Triton’s seahorse and used his nail file to sabotage his saddle. When the prince and the cyclops head out for a ride, Kavouras followed them all the way to the jellyfish field and he used his slingshot to shoot a rock into the prince’s head which made him fall into a shoal of jellyfish and get stung to death. Kavouras was brought before Poseidon who as punishment for his son’s death, used his trident to roast Kavouras into a delicious dish of king crab.

## Case appearances

* Death in Atlantis (Case #19 of Graecita).

## Trivia

* Amphitrite is a real-life figure in Greek mythology.

## Gallery

Poseidon, Triton’s father.Amphitrite, Triton’s mother.Bellanca, Triton’s sister.Natalie, Triton’s half-sister.Adorabella, Triton’s ex-girlfriend.Kavouras, Triton’s late killer.