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|image = ACOD Ikaros.jpg
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|active = 440s BCE–422 BCE<br>[[Greece]]
|active = 440s BCE–422 BCE<br>[[Greece]]
|death= between 420–405 BCE<ref group="note">The longest known lifespan of a wild {{Wiki|golden eagle}} is around 30 years. As Ikaros is first shown meeting Kassandra in 451 BCE and is implied to have been Pythagoras' companion for at least a few years before that, this would mean that when Kassandra last saw him alive during the events of ''[[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' in 420 BCE, Ikaros was nearing the end of his life. Kassandra's comment in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'', set in 405 BCE, about how she misses him implies that he died sometime in the past 15 years, as a 50-year-old eagle is unheard of in modern history.</ref>
|species = [[Eagle|Golden eagle]]
|species = [[Eagle|Golden eagle]]
|affiliates = [[Kassandra]]<br>[[Pythagoras]]}}
|affiliates = [[Pythagoras]]<br>[[Kassandra]]
'''Ikaros''' was a male {{Wiki|golden eagle}} who served as a companion to the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] during the 5th century BCE.
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'''Ikaros''' (fl. 5th century BCE) was a male {{Wiki|golden eagle}} who served as a companion to the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] before and during the [[Peloponnesian War]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Ikaros was the oldest and dearest friend of [[Pythagoras]], who sent Ikaros watch over his daughter Kassandra.<ref name="Gates of Atlantis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Gates of Atlantis]]</ref> In 451 BCE, after the girl was cast down from the top of [[Mount Taygetos]] by her adopted father [[Nikolaos]], Ikaros was found by Kassandra. The eagle remained by her side as she fled from [[Sparta]] and ended up on [[Kephallonia]].<ref name="Debt Collector">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Debt Collector]]</ref>  
===Life as Kassandra's companion===
[[File:ACOD Debt Collector 11.png|thumb|250px|left|Ikaros meeting a young Kassandra]]
Ikaros was the oldest and dearest friend of the [[Greece|Greek]] [[scholar]] [[Pythagoras]], who sent him to watch over his daughter Kassandra while he remained isolated in the [[Gateway to the Lost City]].<ref name="A Family's Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[A Family's Legacy]]</ref> In 451 BCE, after the girl was cast down from the top of [[Mount Taygetos]] by her stepfather [[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]].<ref name="Debt Collector">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Debt Collector]]</ref>  


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".<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> Due to their connection, many considered Ikaros to be the "eagle of [[Zeus]]", as eagles were the sacred animals of the Greek god.<ref name="So It Begins">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[So It Begins]]</ref><ref name="Big Break">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Big Break]]</ref><ref name="Trouble in Paradise">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Trouble in Paradise]]</ref>
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".<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> Due to their connection, many considered Ikaros to be the "eagle of [[Jupiter|Zeus]]", as eagles were the sacred animals of the Greek god.<ref name="So It Begins">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[So It Begins]]</ref><ref name="Big Break">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Big Break]]</ref><ref name="Trouble in Paradise">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Trouble in Paradise]]</ref> 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 journey<ref name="A New Horizon">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[A New Horizon]]</ref> until his eventual death from natural causes.<ref name="Hunting the Bow">''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' – [[Hunting the Bow]]</ref>


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 journey until his eventual death from natural causes.<ref name="A New Horizon2">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[A New Horizon]]</ref> When Kassandra met [[Layla Hassan]] at the [[Gateway to the Lost City]] in 2018, she mentioned that Ikaros had long since passed away.<ref name="Modern day">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – Modern day</ref>
===Legacy===
In 405 BCE, when Kassandra traveled to [[Delos]] to help the Spartan forces remove the region's two [[Athens|Athenian]] commanders, [[Phaidos]] and [[Straton]], she fondly remarked that she missed Ikaros flying around overhead.<ref name="Hunting the Bow" /> Centuries later, in the late 9th century CE, when Kassandra met [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] on the [[Isle of Skye]], she noticed that the [[Vikings|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".<ref name="Night and Day">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[Night and Day]]</ref>  
 
In 2018, when Kassandra met [[Layla Hassan]] in 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.<ref name="Modern day">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref>


==Skills==
==Skills==
[[File:ACOd-IkaroshuntIbex.jpg|thumb|250px|Ikaros swooping down on an [[ibex]]]]
[[File:ACOd-IkaroshuntIbex.jpg|thumb|250px|Ikaros swooping down on an ibex]]
Ikaros' reconnaissance ability was of great help to Kassandra during her travels. In addition to this, Ikaros helped her also by attacking those who had targeted her, and by distracting Kassandra's human enemies at her bidding. He gave Kassandra literal [[Eagle Vision]], as she saw through his eyes.<ref name="ACOd" />
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.<ref name="ACOd" />
 
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If Kassandra was [[hunting]], Ikaros would occasionally sweep down to get a kill of his own.<ref name="ACOd" />


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
Ikaros in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' functions mostly the same as [[Senu]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''; the major difference is that Ikaros can hurt and even kill humans on his own, unlike Senu.<ref name="ACOd" /><ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>
Ikaros is a companion animal for the player character in the 2018 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''. He functions almost the same as [[Senu]] in the 2017 game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', with the sole exception that he can hurt and even kill humans on his own, unlike Senu.
 
Ikaros shares his name with [[Daidalos]]' son [[Ikaros (mythology)|Ikaros]], who flew too close to the [[sun]] and fell to his death in [[Greece|Greek]] [[Greek mythology|mythology]].<ref name="Ikaros">[[Ikaros (mythology)|Ikaros]]</ref>


Although Kassandra could summon Ikaros during her time in the [[Aletheia's simulations|simulations]] of [[Atlantis]], [[Underworld|Hades]], and [[Elysium]], it is not known how that was possible.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Fate of Atlantis|''The Fate of Atlantis'']]</ref>
Ikaros shares his name with [[Ikaros (mythology)|Ikaros]], a figure in [[Greek mythology]] who flew too close to the [[sun]] against his father [[Daidalos]]' advice and fell to his death.<ref name="Ikaros">{{WP|Icarus}}</ref>


The natural life expectancy of a golden eagle is around 30 years.<ref name="Golden Eagle">{{WP|Golden Eagle}}</ref> As Ikaros is first shown meeting Kassandra in 451 BCE and is implied to have been Pythagoras' companion for at least a few years before that,<ref name="Gates of Atlantis" /> this would mean that by 420 BCE, when he was last seen alive,<ref name="A New Horizon2" /> Ikaros was nearing the end of his life.  
Although Kassandra could summon Ikaros during her time in [[Aletheia's simulations]] of [[Elysium]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]''</ref> the [[Underworld]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades]]''</ref> and [[Atlantis]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]''</ref> 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==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
Debt Collector - Kassandra and Ikaros - Assassins Creed Odyssey.png|Young Kassandra with Ikaros
Kassandra and Ikaros.png|Ikaros and Kassandra
Kassandra and Ikaros.png|Ikaros and Kassandra
ACOD So It Begins 8.png|Ikaros and Phoibe
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-IkarosKass.jpg|Ikaros on Kassandra's arm
ACOd-Ikarospet.jpg|Kassandra petting Ikaros
ACOd-Ikarospet.jpg|Kassandra petting Ikaros
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</gallery>
</gallery>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==  
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Lost Tales of Greece]]''
**''[[The Lost Tales of Greece]]''
**''[[Legacy of the First Blade]]''
**''[[Legacy of the First Blade]]''
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis]]''
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis]]''
**''[[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''
** ''[[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]]
*[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' {{C|2nd edition}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' {{C|2nd edition}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Where's the Assassin?]]'' {{c|non-canonical appearance}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – Assassin's Creed: Crossover Stories'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Where's the Assassin?]]'' {{c|non-canon}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mo}}
 
==Notes==
<references group="note" />


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:52, 11 May 2026

This article is about eagle companion of Kassandra. For other uses, see Ikaros.

Ikaros (fl. 5th century BCE) was a male golden eagle who served as a companion to the Spartan misthios Kassandra before and during the Peloponnesian War.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Life as Kassandra's companion[edit | edit source]

Ikaros meeting a young Kassandra

Ikaros was the oldest and dearest friend of the Greek scholar Pythagoras, who sent him to watch over his daughter Kassandra while he remained isolated in the Gateway to the Lost City.[1] In 451 BCE, after the girl was cast down from the top of Mount Taygetos by her stepfather 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.[2]

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".[3] Due to their connection, many considered Ikaros to be the "eagle of Zeus", as eagles were the sacred animals of the Greek god.[4][5][6] 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 journey[7] until his eventual death from natural causes.[8]

Legacy[edit | edit source]

In 405 BCE, when Kassandra traveled to Delos to help the Spartan forces remove the region's two Athenian commanders, Phaidos and Straton, she fondly remarked that she missed Ikaros flying around overhead.[8] 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".[9]

In 2018, when Kassandra met Layla Hassan in 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.[10]

Skills[edit | edit source]

Ikaros swooping down on an ibex

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.[3]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

Ikaros is a companion animal for the player character in the 2018 video game Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. He functions almost the same as Senu in the 2017 game Assassin's Creed: Origins, with the sole exception that he can hurt and even kill humans on his own, unlike Senu.

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.[11]

Although Kassandra could summon Ikaros during her time in Aletheia's simulations of Elysium,[12] the Underworld,[13] and Atlantis,[14] 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[edit | edit source]

  • Ikaros and Kassandra
    Ikaros and Kassandra
  • Ikaros and Phoibe
    Ikaros and Phoibe
  • Ikaros on Pythagoras' arm
    Ikaros on Pythagoras' arm
  • Ikaros on Kassandra's arm
    Ikaros on Kassandra's arm
  • Kassandra petting Ikaros
    Kassandra petting Ikaros
  • Kassandra scratching Ikaros
    Kassandra scratching Ikaros
  • Ikaros biting Kassandra
    Ikaros biting Kassandra
  • Ikaros attacking a soldier
    Ikaros attacking a soldier
  • Ikaros harassing a mercenary
    Ikaros harassing a mercenary
  • Ikaros in flight
    Ikaros in flight

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The longest known lifespan of a wild golden eagle is around 30 years. As Ikaros is first shown meeting Kassandra in 451 BCE and is implied to have been Pythagoras' companion for at least a few years before that, this would mean that when Kassandra last saw him alive during the events of Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories in 420 BCE, Ikaros was nearing the end of his life. Kassandra's comment in Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR, set in 405 BCE, about how she misses him implies that he died sometime in the past 15 years, as a 50-year-old eagle is unheard of in modern history.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Family's Legacy
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Debt Collector
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – So It Begins
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Big Break
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Trouble in Paradise
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories – A New Horizon
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR – Hunting the Bow
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories – Night and Day
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Modern day
  11. ↑ Icarus on Wikipedia
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis

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