Paris is a whiny milquetoast dishcloth. An impulsive love rat who ignores both decorum and duty to elope with Helen, thereby igniting the war that will doom his city of Troy.
He doesn't do much after that. He flees from a duel with Helen's husband, Spartan king Menelaus, that could've settled their business without anyone else dying. He then spends the rest of the war in bed with Helen while braver men fight to defend them both, occasionally taking potshots at the Achaeans (Greeks) with his little bow and arrow. Even Helen despises him by the end of the story. That such a pitiful man - by Classical values, at least - fires the arrow which kills the mighty Achilles is presented as part of the latter's tragedy.
At least, that's how it goes in the Iliad, the famous poem of the Trojan War that defined the word 'epic'. To its author Homer, Paris is a plot device for starting the war and a foil to highlight the qualities of the heroes we're meant to admire. He's a supporting character, but obviously, if you pick him in A Total War Saga: Troy, he becomes the star by definition. How would a story like that work?
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Total War Troy Paris guide: start position, campaign mechanics, and unique units
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