The root of all...

I really want to change the part of book 16, the part where Patroclus was killed by Apollo and Hector. First of all, that was unfair because Apollo snuck up on Patroclus and backstabbed him, giving Hector a chance to finish him off.

Patroclus killed by Hector

This triggered Achilles' rage and went on a rampage and killed many Trojans, including Hector. Hector's death caused many Trojans to flee and mourn. Well, who could blame Achilles. Who wouldn't be angry when your relative was killed? 

I'd like the story to be that Patroclus never went to battle the Trojans. Because with Patroclus, never partaking in the war would have never killed Sarpedon. Sarpedon was Zeus' mortal son. And with Sarpedon surviving Zeus would have never ordered Apollo to kill Patroclus which will lead to Achilles killing Hector. 

Hector, Troy's best captain

Now with Hector alive and well then the Trojans' moral would go up and they would have driven Menelaus and his men to the sea. Achilles, mourning for the loss of Briseis to Menelaus would have left Troy and never come back. Then Troy would be safe and would have peace. 

Priam, the king of Troy

You can see here in the story that everything is linked in a chain. One event leading to another, cause and effect, one death led to another. Mourning for the dead and a king ransoming his prince. It can be so grim like this. All the vengeance and stuff. I never really liked endings like this, many people killed because of one man's fault.