Broken is the Soul of the Innocence of a Warrior.

War... a 3 letter word that leaves death and destruction in it's wake. It does not only destroy lives, But it also destroy's a man's character. Turning both the warrior and the victim into mindless killing machines. Known only to destroy the lives of those that it wishes to destroy, and kill those who wish they kill. Weapons change, people get replaced, but the effect of war never changes.

World War 2, known as one of the most bloodiest conflicts. (Or is actually the Most Bloodiest conflict in Human History, resulting in the deaths of a billion people)

This 5 year conflict not only destroyed millions of lives, but it also strucked fear into those lucky enough to survive the war. The war made the surviving victims fearful, due to the traumatizing events of the deaths of their friends and family.

This bloody conflict made even those peace loving people,were forced into becoming barbaric war mongrels. Why? Because if they were not to fight, they would fall victim to the ongoing and it would most likely cause them their untimely death...

From the middle ages, to the present age. War never changes, from it's effect to the masses, to its effects to the individual people. Broken is the Soul of the Innocence of a warrior.

*Brief Recap*

In the last book, it is shown that not only is the Trojans and Greeks fighting, but also the Gods on Olympus. The Gods Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Demeter, and Ares favor the Trojans while Athena, Hera and Hades favor the Greeks. The Duel between Paris and Menaleus causes a full scale battle between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Battle weighs heavily for both the armies, resulting in the injury of Menaleus by Pandaros' arrow. Which it does not kill the King of Sparta, but only angers Diomedes and it causes him to kill a large number of Trojans, including the children of the well known citizens of Troy. Soon, Diomedes defeats Aeaneas but Aphrodite intervenes, but Diomedes throws a spear to Aphrodite and wounds the Goddess, then Apollo faces Diomedes warning him about fighting against the Gods.

Then both Heroes and Gods, supporting each side joins battle, which ends in Diomedes wounding Ares.

Hector returns to Troy asking for prayers and sacrifices, Hector bids his wife Andromache and Astyanax farewell and returns to battle.

*Answering The Question*

War, just like what I said not only destroy's man's life, but also the latter's character. Straining his values, and destroying in the things of what he believes in just in order to survive the war.

The Greeks are well known for their courage, their integrity, but above all else their values. The Greeks value their Gods above everything else, giving sacrifices and even trying hard to become like them. The Greeks respects the Gods. But what I say contradicts on what happened in the war of Troy, as perteined and said there that even the Greeks themselves fought the Gods. It can be seen when Diomedes throws a spear to Aphrodite injuring her,and going against what the Greeks believe in, just because of the fact that it would help them survive the ongoing battle.

Another thing is that, in the book, it can be implied that slowly Hector son of Priam is becoming more barbaric, more bloodlust, as each day passes since the beginning of the war. Why as you may ask? It is shown in the book, that Hector has become overconfident that in fact he leads himself and his own troops to danger when he charges out in the field head on against Diomedes. Lastly, the Gods themselves are being affected by the Conflict. Because they fight over each other, taking sides. Manipulating the minds of the Trojans and the Greeks, even Zeus orders her wife Hera and his daughter Athena by not interfering with the war further. However the latter two tricked Zeus and still interfered with the war, infuriating Zeus. War consumes people, changing them dramitically, what Diomedes did was against the Greek practices and religions. Fighting a God is against it, why? Because the Greeks respect and honor the Gods, and that is something that Diomedes did not honor.

It is only the dead who have seen the end of war. - Plato.