Circe

Circe: Circe is a sorceress and minor goddess. Minor goddesses aren’t well known as the major goddesses. She inhabits the island of Aeaea with her loyal nymphs, using her magic to protect them from intruders. Usually sweet and kind, but when it comes to men she’s more strict and rude. Not much know of Aeaea, will do anything to protect something dearly to her.

Odysseus: Odysseus was raised on the island of Ithaca. He spent many of his early years with his best friend, Polites. They spent their time running through forests and looking for threats to fight. It was during this time that Odysseus defeated Athena's magical boar as described in the song Warrior of the Mind - potentially taking a blow to protect Polites as per the lyrics of Your Light. At the age of nine, his father warned him that he was losing his mind, and that soon, Odysseus would inherit the throne. He then becomes King of Ithaca at age thirteen. A couple of years later, he would meet Penelope, whom he would admire for her mind and demeanor. He would marry her soon thereafter, making her Queen of Ithaca, and have a child, Telemachus, with her.

Odysseus and his crew encounter a massive storm after setting sail once more. Odysseus orders the crew to attach their ships to an island in the sky, using harpoons as reverse anchors. Just as Odysseus is about to climb to the top for the assistance of the wind god Aeolus, Eurylochus confronts him, and warns that relying on luck and wits may eventually put the crew at risk. Odysseus reassures him and the crew, then pulls Eurylochus aside, telling him in private not to spread doubt by questioning him.

Odysseus then meets Aeolus as planned, and asks him for help. The god traps the winds of the storm in a bag and gives it to him, calling it a game in which all he has to do is not open the bag. In order to make this more difficult, however, Aeolus and his winions sow seeds of doubt and distrust amongst both him and his crew, telling Odysseus that his crew cannot be trusted, and leaving the crew to believe that Odysseus is intentionally deceiving them.

He spends 9 days without sleep to watch the bag, making it almost all of the way back to Ithaca; Penelope later mentions, in the song The Challenge, that the storm that blew them back was “close to our kingdom”. However, Odysseus falls asleep, dreaming of his son and wife, and during this time, Eurylochus, presumably out of mistrust, opens the bag of winds. Penelope's voice wakes him up to see the bag opened and a storm wreaking havoc; he quickly gets Eurylochus to help him close the bag, leaving a small amount of wind inside. He does not realize that his second-in-command was the culprit until much later.

However, the act of closing the bag proved too late, as they end up in the land of the giants “Laestrygonians”, where Poseidon awaits. Here, he tells Odysseus that Polyphemus, the cyclops they blinded, was his son. He appears to view Odysseus' act in not killing, then blinding and taunting the cyclops as insolent and an insult, and deems that he is teaching Odysseus a lesson: that being merciful has a price, and that "ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves". He and the giants then destroy most of Odysseus' fleet, leaving only 43 men under his command, but he and his remaining ship manage to escape by opening the bag once more, releasing the remaining bits of wind.

Shutting him down, Odysseus sends him out to scout out the island with a group of men. Much faster than expected, however, Eurylochus returns, explaining that the men had been lured in and then turned into pigs by a sorceress named Circe. He urges Odysseus that facing Circe isn't worth the risk, and that it would be better to save the remaining men by cutting their losses and leaving. However, Odysseus refuses to cave, saying that he would go any length to save Eurylochus as well, and that he hopes he would do the same.

Odysseus is confronted by Hermes on his way to Circe’s palace, who gives him the root of a divine flower called Moly. Hermes tells him that consuming this root will allow him to not only resist the sorceress' power, but also claim some of it to manifest a magical construct of his own. Odysseus does as he says, and thanks him.

After arriving at Circe’s palace, he initially attempts to be flattering, addressing her as “lady of the palace”, but this falls away after he reveals that he knows what she did to his men. She is unable to directly cast spells on Odysseus due to the Moly; thus, they fight using creatures that they manifest with their powers. Odysseus wins the fight, drawing his sword and threatening her; Circe then attempts to seduce him. This appears to nearly succeed, but in the end Odysseus refuses her, expressing his love for Penelope.

APOLLO:

Apollo is the god of light, music, archery, healing, knowledge and prophecy. He is one of the Olympians and a son of Zeus and Leto. Apollo deeply appreciates sirens for making vocal music. His full blood sister, Artemis, dislikes when Apollo tries to mess with her huntresses, leading to several arguments.

PERSONALITY:

Apollo is a narcissistic god whom loves too much. His lovers can range from mortals, nymphs, to even gods. He’s often arrogant and curses those who disrespect, defy, or even reject him. He is the third most known womanizer in Greek mythology. He believes that he can take whatever he wants when he wants. Even wanting to be the center of attention. Though, his demeanor shifts when he has found a new lover, or his favorite sunshine is there. He is an overprotective, caring, and spoiling father towards his sunshine.

LOOKS:

Apollo has striking blonde hair, shiny blue eyes, and long hair. He wears a charming smile when he flirts with a man or a woman, or just to show off.

HERMES:

Hermes is the god of merchants, travelers, and thieves, and serves as the Messenger of the Gods. He is one of the Olympians and a son of Zeus and Maia.

LOOKS:

Hermes has dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, and a mischievous grin on his face. He wears a winged helmet on his head and winged sandals.

ABILITIES:

Super Speed: As the God of Travel, Hermes is capable of moving at superhuman speeds. He is fast enough to create afterimages in order to trick his opponents.

Illusions: As the God of Trickery, Hermes can create illusions of himself to trick opponents, including creating clones of himself and throwing "glitter" at them.

ZEUS:

Zeus is the king of Olympus and the god of thunder, the sky, and justice. He is the father of several gods and demigods. He is also the number one most known womanizer of all Greek mythology.

PERSONALITY:

Zeus is often prideful, egotistical, and arrogant. Almost every day he sleeps with a new woman or man, goddess, or a nymph, resulting him in cheating on Hera, his current wife. He wants every living thing to worship him.

ABILITIES:

Electrokinesis: Being the god of thunder, can control lightning and electricity, sending thunder strikes down wherever he wishes to completely devastate whatever he targets.

Thunder Bringer: Zeus summons a single, gigantic lightning strike to completely decimate his target.

Electric Current Teleportation: Zeus can move between the electrical currents in the air, allowing him to make incredibly quick adjustments to his movements or position, catching his opponents off guard.

Static Barrier: Zeus has a constant "Static Barrier" around his body which prevents those from attacking him without being shocked.

Beast Mode: When enraged, Zeus' lightning powers are amplified tenfold. It changes his appearance into more of a lightning look.

Divination: Zeus is able to see into the future and project his visions onto others.

HERA:

Hera is the queen of Olympus, and the goddess of marriage and family. She is the sister-wife of Zeus, and the mother of Hephaestus, Athena (by fostering), and Ares. Hera is the daughter of Kronos and Rhea, and the sister of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia. She also does not take kindly to those Zeus sleeps with, cursing each and every one of his lovers. She is a stern goddess that dislikes all of Zeus’s children.

APPEARANCE:

Hera has brown hair that is often put up in a bun. She occasionally wears colors like blue, green, and a trim of gold. Her eyes are hazel-colored.

ASSOCIATIONS:

Hera is associated with peacocks.

ATHENA:

Athena is the goddess of wisdom and strategy. She is one of the Olympians, the daughter of Zeus and Metis.

LOOKS:

Athena has brown hair, blue eyes, and wears armor most of the time. She also carries around a spear with an owl on her shoulder most of the time.

ABILITIES:

Quick Thought: This ability allows Athena to slow someone's perception of time to a near halt, allowing them to move and strategize much faster than the average person.

Quick Thought Dimension: Athena is able to transport people to the Quick Thought Dimension, which appears to her as a large, silver hourglass. She often uses this form of the ability to have full conversations with other people in less than a second.

Time Dive: While in the Quick Thought Dimension, Athena can "dive" through someone's memories and observe them in the order that they occurred.

Projection: Athena can send projections of herself somewhere else or she can cloak herself to become invisible. This ability is often used together with Quick Thought.

Life Creation: Athena is capable of creating incredibly powerful magical animals, as seen with the magic boar she had created as a test of skill in her attempt to find a student.

ARES:

Ares is the god of war and courage. He is one of the Olympians, the son of Zeus and Hera, and the lover of Aphrodite. Despite Ares being sadistic, cocky, prideful, and arrogant, he has the heart and care to be a great father. He is not a major womanizer, but he also is one of the Greek gods who have not r@p3d someone.

APPEARANCE:

Ares often wears a helmet and armor to symbolize that he is a war god. His hair is dark brown, matching his dark brown eyes. He has many scars over his body, showing all of his fights and wars he’s been in.

ABILITIES:

(Dark) Quick Thought: Due to being Athena's sibling, Ares has his own version of Quick Thought. Instead of gaining wisdom and combat strategies, Ares’ Quick thought is able to make the user more brave and more resistant to damage, but their negative emotions, such as anger and distress, are intensified.

Quick Thought Dimension: Instead of being transported to the Athena's hourglass, the person Ares uses Quick Thought on is transported to an arid and deserted wasteland.

HEPHAESTUS:

Hephaestus is the god of fire and blacksmithing. He is one of the Olympians and a son of Hera.

BIOGRAPHY

In some myths, Hephaestus is shown to have prosthetics in his legs. This is likely a reference to how he was thrown off of Olympus as both a child and an adult. Some myths present Zeus as the father of Hephaestus, while others claim he was the son of Hera alone, created by the goddess out of jealousy after Athena was born seemingly without any woman's assistance, emerging fully formed from Zeus's head, although, she was actually born inside of Zeus by the titan Metis, who he had previously been eaten by Zeus after she was prophesied to give birth to the future king of the gods. But Hera found Hephaestus so ugly that she threw him off Olympus as a baby, causing a permanent injury to his leg. In some versions of Athena's birth, however, Hephaestus was already a living god by that time, and he was thrown out of Olympus by Zeus for defending his mother, who was hanging off the sky for rebelling against the God-King.

POSEIDON:

Poseidon is the god of the sea and storms and the father of numerous sea monsters, including Polyphemus. Poseidon is the son of Kronos and Rhea, and the brother of Zeus, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and Hera, thus making him the uncle of the younger Olympians, including Athena and Hermes. He is also the father of Charybdis.

ABILITIES:

Hydrokinesis: Being the god of the sea, can control water, being able to create tsunamis and waves capable of destroying entire fleets of ships in an instant.

God Move - Shatter the Ocean: This is Poseidon's ultimate attack, where he pools together a large amount of water to conjure a massive visage of himself and throws his Trident, with its impact being so powerful that it appears to shatter the ocean into a million pieces as if it were glass.

Laestrygonian Summoning: Poseidon can summon Laestrygonians as backup offensive attackers that can assist him in battle.

Artemis: Greek virgin goddess of the hunt, archery, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, maidenhood, and childbirth. She and her twin brother Apollo are known as the "Twin Archers."

Artemis was conceived by Zeus and the Titaness Leto. After her mother got pregnant, Hera got infuriated for her husband's constant cheating and cursed Leto to wander the earth without finding a place with roots to give birth. After traveling for a long time, the floating island of Delos gave sanctuary to Leto as the nature spirits there welcomed her. All the goddesses begged Hera to allow her daughter Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to come to Leto, who finally gave birth to a daughter named Artemis on the seventh day of the seventh month.

Almost immediately, Artemis grew to the size of a six-year-old girl and helped deliver her twin brother, Apollo. From that point on, she became the goddess of childbirth, protector of newborn babies and young children. However, spending seven months in the womb with Apollo gave her a negative impression of males.

At less than a day old, Artemis asked her aunt Hestia to take her to Mount Olympus so she could meet her father. After Artemis lovingly embraced Zeus with open arms, he swore on the River Styx to grant his daughter anything as a birthday present. Artemis requested to be an eternal maiden, the goddess of the wilderness, and wanted a band of eighty maiden followers who varied from mortals or nymphs, twenty of whom hunted with the goddess personally. The Elder Cyclopes forged Artemis' Silver Bow and arrows, while Pan provided her with hunting dogs. Her followers consisted of about eighty maiden girls who varied from mortals or nymphs.

-Capture of the Golden Deer

Needing wild animals to pull her chariot, Artemis and her Hunters decided to capture a herd of five golden deer. Britomartis was her most skilled trapper, using a set snares and concealed nets. The Hunters made noise to scare off the regular deer, while four of the five golden ones charged straight into the traps and were harnessed for Artemis' chariot. The fifth and smartest golden deer escaped, later becoming known as the Ceryneian Hind. She was given Artemis' blessing and protection from other hunters.

-First Giant War

During the First Giant War, Artemis was notable for fighting against Otis and Ephialtes, known as the Alodai twins. The giants captured Ares and planned on attacking Olympus by stacking their makeshift mountains on top of each other.

After hearing Ephialtes and Otis intended to seize Hera and Artemis as their wives, Artemis charged down the mountain and struck the Alodai twins with arrows. They tried impaling her with their spears, but she was too fast for either of them. She tricked the giants into killing each other by running between them and dodging at the last moment just as they stabbed at her, causing the twins to kill each other instead.

-Kalydonian Boar Hunt

The Kalydonian Boar, whom Artemis unleashed upon the Greek city of Kalydon. When King Oineus of Kalydon forgot to honor Artemis at harvest time, the enraged goddess summoned a monstrous boar which she unleashed upon the fields of Kalydon, killing many animals and people in the process. Oineus consulted his son Meleager, who suggested launching a great hunt to appease Artemis. All the best hunters in Greece were summoned to participate in the Kalydonian Boar Hunt, but Artemis sabotaged them.

Mopsos, the strongest spear-thrower in Greece, tried killing the monster by launching his spear at it, but Artemis made it bounce harmlessly off the boar. Another hunter named Ankaios charged at it with a double-bladed ax, but died when the boar rammed his tusk straight into Ankaios' crotch. It was Prince Meleager who finally managed to kill the monster with help from the heroine Atalanta, who paralyzed the boar, but it wasn't enough to please Artemis. She made the other hunters envious and a full-scale civil war erupted when fighting broke out over who really deserved credit for killing the Kalydonian Boar.

-Punishing Niobe

When Queen Niobe of Thebes insulted Leto by saying her own children were more numerous and better overall, an enraged Artemis shot arrows at Niobe's seven daughters, while her brother Apollo shot arrows at Niobe's seven sons. In an act of mercy, the gods only left alive to the Queen's youngest daughter and turned Niobe into stone.

-Punishing Actaeon

One night, a prince named Actaeon was hunting with his dogs until he stumbled upon Artemis and her Hunters bathing. At the sight of the naked goddess, he immediately fell in love with Artemis and revealed his presence to her. He declared his desire to marry her, though this incited her rage when Actaeon said "[he] must have [her]". As punishment, Artemis transformed Actaeon into a deer and had him killed by his own hunting dogs when she stirred them from sleep.

-Encounter with Sipriotes

Sipriotes was an unfortunate boy who spotted Artemis bathing. Unlike Actaeon, Sipriotes fell to his knees and begged Artemis for mercy. Having gazed upon her naked form, she would have killed Sipriotes, but she decided to give him the option of becoming female to live due to her position as the protector of young children. Left with no other choice, Sipriotes was changed into a girl by Artemis and joined the Hunters.

-Seduction of Kallisto

Artemis' lieutenant and best friend was Kallisto, a beautiful nymph who caught her father's attention. Zeus appeared to Kallisto in his daughter's form and tried seduce her, but a confused Kallisto rejected his advances. He decided to reveal his true self and had his way with her, fathering a child in the process.

Many months later, after a long hunt, Artemis and the Hunters decide to go swimming. When Kallisto was reluctant to join them, Artemis discovered the pregnancy and demanded to know who took her maidenhood. When Kallisto told her it was Zeus disguised as Artemis herself, the goddess was unable to do much because of her father's power. Declaring that she would have allowed Kallisto to go peacefully and settle into a new life, a saddened Artemis followed her rules and transformed the sobbing girl into a bear, telling her former best friend to leave or face death. Kallisto eventually gave birth to a human son by the name of Arkas, but was later killed by hunters. Upon death, Zeus, who possibly felt guilty for his actions, honored Kallisto in the stars by making her the constellation Ursa Major.

-Death of Orion

Orion and Giant Scorpion Orion facing the scorpion sent by Gaea Following the incident with Kallisto, Artemis befriended the giant Orion, former royal hunter of the King of Chios. After he had his sight restored by Hephaestus with mechanical eyes, Orion settled on Delos, where Artemis allowed him to join her Hunters as the first ever male due to his impressive hunting abilities and archery. He respected all the Hunters and gave them their space when they were bathing.

However, Apollo drove Orion crazy for being close to his sister, fearing she would break her vows of maidenhood. One day, the giant got carried away with hunting so much that he began killing harmless animals, declaring that "[he] will kill all the animals in the world". This didn't sit well with the Hunters' way of life, nor with the Earth Mother Gaea. His claims stirred the latter from slumber, sending a massive scorpion that killed Orion with its poisonous stinger. Artemis found his body shortly thereafter. Saddened by the death of yet another friend, she made Orion into a constellation with a scorpion to immortalize his story.

-Befriending Hippolytus

Hippolytus was a charming, handsome prince and legacy who had no interest in romance whatsoever. His passion for hunting made Artemis accept him into the Hunt, though her followers were rather hesitant at the thought of having an attractive male among their ranks. However, Hippolytus never tried anything romantic with the Hunters. His asexuality and aromanticism greatly enraged the love goddess Aphrodite, who manipulated his father Theseus's emotions when he returned home to visit his family. The two got into an argument about Hippolytus marrying and having children, despite the latter insisting to remain at Artemis' Hunt, which resulted in Theseus drawing a sword and striking Hippolytus dead.

Upon hearing of her friend's death, a devastated Artemis promptly rushed to Hippolytus' tomb and carried his deceased body to her nephew Asclepius, the best physician in all of Greece. She requested that Asclepius revive him from the dead, which he did with the Physician's Cure. However, this had immediate repercussions: Aphrodite complained to Zeus about Hippolytus' revival along with Hades, as it could possibly cause chaos in both the mortal world and the Underworld. Zeus appeased his aunt and brother by personally striking down Asclepius with a thunderbolt, but Apollo was angered and devastated by the death of his favorite son and killed one of the younger Cyclopes who forged Zeus' thunderbolts in retaliation. To prevent a feud, Asclepius was resurrected and made into a god, but Hades forbid him from ever resurrecting the dead again. Fortunately, Artemis protected Hippolytus and had him sent off to Italy, where he lived to an old age as a priest to one of her sacred shrines.

-Making Phylonoe Immortal

One brief text in Greek mythology mentions Artemis granting the gift of immortality on Phylonoe, a Spartan princess whose sisters, Timandra, Helen, and Clytemnestra were cursed by Aphrodite to be adulterous wives.

APPEARANCE: -Tall -Attractive -Long brown hair -Silver eyes that reflect the hunt -Olive skin color

PERSONALITY: -Feminist. -Focused. -Reserved. -Reasonable. -Extremely stoic and pragmatic. -Doesn’t frequently lose her temper. -Speaks calmly with others, even males. -Prefers the company of her followers and animals to even that of other gods, passing most of her time hunting in the wilderness. -Deeply cares for maidens, especially for the ones whom she presides over. -Less "easy-going" than Apollo. -Greater understanding of mortals than most of the other Olympians, much like her half-brother Hermes. -More sympathetic and selfless Olympian, weighting individuals by their actions and choices as opposed to their potential as shown. -Doesn't discriminate when selecting girls to join her ranks, allowing mortals, demigods, and nymphs to become Hunters. -Quite sneaky and sometimes pranks her brother. -Rarely, Artemis acts out in anger whenever her wishes were disobeyed, especially if anyone transgressed against the animals that were sacred to her. -Carries grudges, much like her uncle Hades. -Dislike and distrust towards men, though she has a softer side towards children and hunters. -Doesn't marry or have children because she was very affected with helping her mother to give birth to her twin brother for entire days. -Acknowledges and respects those who prove themselves to her, including Orion, and Hippolytus. -The ones that don’t respect (and neither respect her) suffer horrible consequences.

ABILITIES: •Enhanced Hunting: As the Goddess of Hunting, Artemis is an unrivaled master of hunting and tracking, having the same advanced hunting powers her hunters have, but extremely increased. She can help heroes more directly since wild animals and monsters are in her domain. •Archery: As the Goddess of Archery, Artemis is an extremely skilled archer only rivaled by Apollo and Orion. She inherited her skill from her mother. Her arrows strike her target no matter how far they are though it might be magic. •Knifemanship: Artemis has amazing agility and impeccable expertise at using long hunting knives in close combat. •Prowess in Battle: Artemis is shown to be extremely formidable in battle. •Wilderness Manipulation: As the Goddess of the Wilderness, Artemis has divine authority and absolute control over the forests and wild places, including its inhabitants and surroundings. •Animal Authority: Artemis has divine authority over wild animals. •Animal Replenishing: She can replenish the animals she kills, thus balancing the fauna. •Zoolinguanism: She can communicate with wild animals. •Atmokinesis: Artemis has absolute control over the elements surrounding her domain, though to a lesser extent than her father. •Aerokinesis (limited): Artemis can control and manipulate air. She can halt the wind at least in the immediate vicinity of the Hunt, even in a snowy day. •Chlorokinesis (limited): Although she isn't quite as powerful in this regard as her aunt Demeter, Artemis has control over the plants over any forest and its surroundings. •Hunting Transfiguration: Artemis can transform ordinary objects and creatures into things associated with hunting. •Lunakinesis: As the Goddess of the Moon, Artemis has absolute control and divine authority over the Moon. •Photokinesis: Artemis has absolute control and divine authority over the moonlight. •Moonlight Rays: She can shoot lasers of concentrated moonlight. •Enhanced Vision: She can see clearly in the dark. •Strategic Skill: Although not on par with her half-sister Athena, Artemis is very tactical in combat. She effectively utilizes certain advantages that she possesses against enemies, such as running fast between Otis and Ephialtes to change their target and transforming into a number of animals to elude Atlas. •Teleportation: She travels through waves of light, which can blind people. •Constellations Creation: Artemis can transform people into groups of stars once they have died. •Artemis' Blessing: As the Goddess of Hunting and Maidenhood, Artemis is capable of granting eternal youth, immunity to illness, enhanced hunting skills, and superhuman physical abilities greater than that of a demigod. Should her chosens break their vow, she can strip them of the powers she grants. •Immortality Reversal (possibly): She is apparently able to take away a goddess' eternal youth, such as Hemithea, who became a minor goddess before joining the Hunters. However, her former immortality may only be a condition of her vow. •Reproduction Manipulation: As the Goddess of Childbirth, Artemis has absolute control and divine authority over reproduction. •Gender Reassignment: She permanently transformed the young Sipriotes into a maiden after he accidentally witnessed the virgin goddess bathing. •Shapeshifting: As a goddess, Artemis has the power of shapeshifting, which allows to turn herself into any animal. •Vitakinesis: As a goddess, Artemis has the power of healing despite it not being her specialty.

Hestia: Greek virgin goddess of the hearth and the home, domesticity and the state. She is the eldest of the Twelve Olympians, the firstborn child of Kronos and Rhea, and the current guardian of Elpis, the spirit of hope

-Birth and Rescue

Hestia was the oldest child of Kronos, the Titan-King of Mount Othrys, and his wife, Rhea. When she was born, Kronos was initially willing to be a good father until he realized that Hestia wasn't a Titaness, but a more powerful and beautiful immortal (a goddess) and therefore had the potential to overpower him one day. Fearing the possibility, Kronos quickly swallowed her whole - much to Rhea's horror. However, as an immortal goddess who couldn't truly die, Hestia wasn't killed or destroyed by her father's swallowing her whole, and instead spent her childhood undigested in her father's stomach. She was later joined by her younger siblings (Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon), all of whom were also swallowed shortly after their birth.

Ultimately, Rhea gave birth to her sixth and final child, Zeus, whom she hid away and secretly raised on Crete with Gaia's aid, faraway from Mount Othrys. In place of Zeus, she gave a huge boulder as a decoy for the tired Kronos to eat. After he reached his maturity, Zeus successfully infiltrated Kronos' Palace on Mount Othrys as the Titan-King's new royal cupbearer. Hestia was finally released during the final drinking competition Kronos had with his Titan brothers and nephews, for Zeus poured a potent emetic into Kronos' goblet, which caused the Titan-King to disgorge all the contents of his stomach in reverse order of swallowing. First the boulder, then Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, and finally Hestia herself. Zeus quickly introduced himself to his elder siblings and all of them quickly escaped Mount Othrys before their father and their Titanic relatives could react.

In Zeus' cave at Mount Ida, Hestia and the other gods accepted Zeus as their leader, and though she initially suggested diplomacy, she was finally convinced to agree with her younger siblings about declaring war against their tyrannical father. Hestia was happily reunited with her mother Rhea, who tearfully embraced her and her siblings and recommended their releasing their Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheire uncles from Tartarus first, for the Hekatonkheires could serve as strong allies in their battle and the Elder Cyclopes could forge excellent weapons.

-Rescuing the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires

Her brother, Hades, turned out to be skillful in navigating under the earth and led them all into Tartarus through a network of Underworld tunnels. There, imprisoned in the maximum-security zone, surrounded by huge bronze walls, and a lava moat, were the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires. Their guardian Kampê was the most ferocious and fearsome monster in all of Tartarus.

However, the gods overcame their fear and were able to sneak in. Zeus managed to talk to the Cyclops Brontes and convinced him to forge powerful weapons for him and his siblings behind Kampê's back. The three Elder Cyclopes forged three incredibly powerful weapons: the Master Bolt (for Zeus), the Trident (for Poseidon), and the Helm of Darkness (for Hades). With these new weapons, Zeus killed Kampê and Poseidon shattered the chains of the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires, releasing them. Afterwards, Hades safely guided his siblings and uncles back out of Tartarus. In return for their release, all six of her uncles agreed to fight on the gods' side in the upcoming war with the Titans.

-The First Titanomachy

Shortly after their return from Tartarus, Hestia and her siblings officially declared war on Kronos and the other Titans, which resulted in the terrifying 11-year-long Titanomachy. The Cyclopes forged a simple golden scepter, in which she housed the divine fire. The Titans initially had the upper hand since they were well-armed and much more experienced warriors. However, as the years passed, the gods quickly became skilled warriors as well, and with the help of their new extremely powerful weapons and the aid of the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires, they finally prevailed.

While preparing for the final battle of the War, Hestia and her siblings ascended to Mount Olympus (the tallest mountain in Greece after Mount Othrys). During the final battle, Zeus used his Master Bolt to shear off the top of Mount Othrys and hurl Kronos from his throne, defeating the Titan King. Shortly thereafter, the gods invaded the ruins of Mount Othrys and finally overwhelmed Atlas, Hyperion, Iapetus, Krios, and Koios.

In the aftermath of the battle, the Elder Cyclopes chained up all of the defeated Titans, while the Hekatonkheires forced them to kneel before the gods. Zeus took their father's Scythe, sliced Kronos into a thousand pieces, and then cast him into Tartarus along with the rest of his followers (except for Atlas, who was forced to hold the sky). The gods chose Olympus as their official residence and the Elder Cyclopes built magnificent palaces there for them all. As a result, the gods started to call themselves the Olympians. With the end of the war, Hestia became a peaceful goddess and began to use her scepter as a stoker for the bonfire that housed the divine fire.

-Incident with Priapus

While celebrating the anniversary of her children's victory over the Titans, Rhea organized a grandiose party on Mount Ida on Crete. All gods and neutral Titans were invited, as well as many nymphs and satyrs. After drinking, Hestia wandered out into the woods and fell asleep. Priapus, a minor god of vegetation who possessed an abnormally massive phallus, spotted the beautiful goddess and hoped to take advantage of her. However, as he prepared to mount her, she was awakened by a donkey's loud braying. She screamed, and Priapus immediately fled. Hestia designated the donkey as her sacred animal thereafter.

-Prometheus' Punishment

After the war, Hestia decided to become the Goddess of the Hearth and Family. She secretly allowed Prometheus to take some sacred fire from the Olympian hearth, as he desired to give it to humans. Despite this, no member of her family suspected her (or at least, they didn't punish her).

Feeling bad for Prometheus' severe punishment, Hestia protected every mortal pursued, attacked or in trouble if they made it to either a house's or a town's hearth. People of that household or city would be obliged or honor-bound to help and protect them if they asked for it.

-Her First and Last Suitors

Unlike her siblings, Hestia chose not to marry anyone, though she liked children. After both Poseidon and her nephew Apollo proposed to her, Hestia talked with Zeus and requested to remain a virgin. Her brother respected her enough to allow the petition. Poseidon and Apollo liked her so much they agreed to her decision, and vowed to punish anyone who would ever attempt to woo her in the future.

-Becoming the Last Olympian

Unlike her more prominent younger siblings, Hestia never sought power. When her nephew Dionysus was accepted as one of the Twelve Olympians, she willingly gave up her throne to him and took to constantly tending the sacred hearth. During any of their massive family feuds, any Olympian could choose to take a break by sitting down next to the hearth with Hestia, whose presence alone was enough to calm anyone near her.

APPEARANCE: -Warm ginger hair -Calming blue eyes -Olive skin

PERSONALITY: -Good-natured -Gentle -Understanding and never says a bad word about anyone. -Far kinder than most other gods, who frequently take offense at the slightest provocation. -Fondest wish is that her entire family can get along. Though she is obviously unsuccessful in maintaining harmony on Olympus, she watches out for each and every deity in the Greek pantheon. This ensured that it was difficult for any of her family to become angry with her, as her earnest disposition was rare and valuable amongst the Olympians. -Calm -Relaxing -Humble disposition -Doesn't seek attention or recognition but exists contentedly at the hearth, the final place of solace. -Only leaves her post in times of crisis. -Content not being noticed, as long as some people do notice her once in a while. -No desire to become a mother herself. Part of the reason was that she still recalled that terrifying moment of being swallowed by her father and could never forget how her mother had wailed in despair. She has concrete evidence that her brother Zeus can be as bad as Kronos, having swallowed his first wife Metis to circumvent the prophecy that the son he fathered by Metis would overthrow him one day and divorced Themis to prevent their marriage from producing offspring that could be more terrifyingly powerful than the gods. Though this can be viewed as being unable to let go of the past, it testifies to Hestia's observation

ABILITIES: • Pyrokinesis: As the Goddess of the Hearth and Fire, Hestia has divine authority and absolute control over fire. The fire that she tends to seems to glow "more richly red than a normal fire". •Bond Manipulation: As the Goddess of Home and Family, all things related to domestic and familial relationships are under Hestia's jurisdiction. •Past Visions: Hestia has the power to know and share family-related visions of an individual's past. •Home Teleportation: Hestia has the power to teleport people back to their own home. •Serenity Inducement: Hestia can induce potent feelings of tranquility in others, enabling her to keep everyone who surrounded her at total ease. She inherited this ability from her mother. •Food Generation: Hestia can generate or conjure delicious food, manifesting them anywhere she desired. •Hearth Guardianship: As the Goddess of the Hearth, any past mortal pursued, attacked or in trouble would be under Hestia's special protection if they made it to either a house's or a town's hearth. Her hearth on Olympus is still acknowledged by all the other gods to be "neutral territory", where anyone can go to for rest and none of them can fight one another. •Shapeshifting: As a goddess, Hestia can change her form. •Intelligence: Hestia is shown to be a wise goddess of excellent understanding. •Culinary Arts: Hestia is an excellent cook and baker.

Demeter: Greek goddess of agriculture, the harvest, fertility, the earth, the seasons, grain, bread, nourishment, sacred law, and the cycle of life and death

-Birth and Rescue

Demeter was the second child of Kronos, the Titan King of Mount Othrys, and his sister-wife, Rhea. Since Demeter was a goddess (a member of a more beautiful and powerful race of immortals than the Titans), Kronos, fearing that Demeter would one day overpower him and his father's prophecy will be true, he quickly proceeded to swallow her whole, to the horror of Rhea. Demeter, thus, spent her childhood undigested in her father's stomach along with four of her other siblings: her older sister, Hestia, her younger sister, Hera, and her younger brothers, Hades and Poseidon, all of whom were also swallowed shortly after their birth. As a result, Kronos became known as "King Cannibal." Rhea pleaded with Kronos to spare their children but with no success. However, Rhea soon gave birth to her final child, Zeus, whom she secretly raised on Crete (this was advised by Gaea), far away from Mount Othrys.

After growing up, Zeus successfully infiltrated Kronos' palace on Mount Othrys as the Titan King's royal cup bearer. Demeter was finally released during the final drinking competition that Kronos had with his Titanic brothers and nephews. Zeus poured an extremely powerful emetic (made from nectar mixed with mustard) into Kronos' goblet, which caused the Titan King to disgorge all of the contents of his stomach, in reverse order of swallowing: first the boulder, then Poseidon, followed by Hades, Hera, Demeter, and finally Hestia. Zeus also prepared powerful knock out potions to the other titans so they could flee unopposed. Since they were immortal gods, they were unable to die despite being trapped in their father's stomach, and therefore had grown to their maturity undigested.

Zeus quickly introduced himself to his elder siblings, and all of them (including Demeter) promptly escaped Mount Othrys, before their Titanic uncles and cousins came to their senses. Shortly thereafter, Demeter and the other gods accepted Zeus as their leader as he was the one to release them, and reached a unanimous consensus on declaring war against their tyrannical father. Demeter was particularly bitter towards Kronos, and vowed that she would never forgive her father. However, since the Titans were well-armed and the gods still had no weapons, Demeter agreed to help Zeus release their Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheire uncles from Tartarus first.

-Rescuing the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires

Demeter's brother, Hades, was very skilled in navigating under the earth, and therefore was able to lead them all into Tartarus (through a network of Underworld tunnels). There, imprisoned in the maximum-security zone, surrounded by huge bronze walls, and a lava moat, guarded by fierce demons, were the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires. Their guardian, Kampê, was the most ferocious and fearsome monster in all of Tartarus, and even Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades initially shuddered with horror when they saw the infernal monster for the first time. However, the gods overcame their fear, and were able to sneak in. Zeus managed to talk to the Cyclopes Brontes, and convinced him to forge powerful weapons for him and his siblings behind Kampê's back. The three Elder Cyclopes forged three incredibly powerful weapons: the Master Bolt (for Zeus), the Trident (for Poseidon), and the Helm of Darkness (for Hades). With these new weapons, Zeus killed Kampê using his Master Bolt, and Poseidon shattered the chains of the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires, releasing them. Afterwards, Hades safely guided his siblings and uncles back out of Tartarus. In return, for their release, all six of Demeter's uncles agreed to fight on her side in the upcoming war with the Titans.

-The First Titan War

Shortly after their return from Tartarus, Demeter and her siblings officially declared war on Kronos and the other Titans, which resulted in the terrifying 11-year-long Titanomachy. The Elder Cyclopes soon forged a mighty golden sword for Demeter, which she bravely wielded in battle against the Titans. The Titans initially had the upper hand, since they were well-armed and much more experienced and skilled warriors. However, as the years of the war passed, the gods quickly became skilled warriors as well, and with the help of their new extremely powerful weapons, as well as the aid of the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires (their huge strength and excellent forging skills proved to be very helpful), the gods finally prevailed.

While preparing for the final battle of the war, Demeter and her siblings ascended to Mount Olympus (the tallest mountain in Greece after Mount Othrys. During the final battle, Zeus used his Master Bolt to shear off the top of Mount Othrys, and hurl Kronos from his black throne, defeating the Titan King. Shortly thereafter, the gods invaded the ruins of Mount Orthys, and finally overwhelmed Atlas, Hyperion, Iapetus, Krios, and Koios.

In the aftermath of the battle, the Elder Cyclopes chained up all of the defeated Titans, while the Hekatonkheires forced them to kneel before Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Zeus took his father's Scythe, and sliced Kronos into a thousand pieces, before casting him into Tartarus, along with the rest of his followers (except for Atlas, who was forced to hold the Sky).

-After the War

The gods chose Mount Olympus as their official residence, and the Elder Cyclopes build magnificent palaces there for them all. As a result, the gods started to call themselves the Olympians. Shortly thereafter, Demeter's brothers (Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades) divided the world between themselves: Hades received the Underworld, Poseidon seized the seas, and Zeus claimed the skies as his domain, becoming the King of Mount Olympus as well as the Olympians.

As for Demeter herself, she became the Goddess of Agriculture, Harvest, and Fertility, and would often visit mortals and teach them the necessary skills of agriculture. She also presided over the foremost of the Mystery Cults, which promised its initiates the path to a blessed afterlife. She traveled in a golden chariot pulled by twin dragons and carried her gleaming gold sword (which she either used to cut wheat or to fight if need be) at her side.

Since her older sister, Hestia, chose to remain an eternal virgin, Demeter was the first goddess who caught the romantic attentions of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, especially since she was beautiful in her own right, kind-hearted, and was an excellent cook. However, Demeter turned down all their proposals of marriage, for she preferred to devote herself to her divine duties. That said, she would occasionally be involved in romantic affairs.

-Pandora

When Zeus decided to create the irresistible Pandora (in order to punish the titan Epimetheus for his brother Prometheus's actions), Demeter taught the girl how to successfully tend to a garden.

Relationship with Zeus

There came a time where Zeus (who had just ended his marriage with the Titaness Themis) was determined to court Demeter. Despite a shape-shifting struggle between the two, he successfully seduced Demeter after transforming into a serpent. They enjoyed a relationship that resulted in Demeter's first child: a very beautiful daughter named Persephone.

Though the affair later ended, Demeter was still happy, for she loved her daughter dearly. Persephone grew up without want, always by the side of her mother, who shared some of her power over the earth with her, and she eventually became the Goddess of Springtime and Flowers. In fact, Demeter loved Persephone so dearly that she viewed her as the light of her life, and took to spending all of her time with her.

-Relationship with Poseidon

A few years after Persephone's birth, Demeter decided to take a vacation to the beach. As she walked along the beach, she was noticed by Poseidon. The god of the sea appeared before her, dressed in his best green robes, with a crown of seashells on his head and his trident in his hand, and tried to court her. Spurning his advances, she tried to hide herself among a nearby herd of wild horses by transforming herself into a white mare. However, he not only possessed the power of shape-shifting as well, but was also "The Father of Horses", and therefore had perfect knowledge of and divine control over them. He quickly transformed into a strong white stallion himself, and galloped after her. He caught up with the herd, and made the horses part before him and surround her, after which he successfully impregnated her.

Shortly thereafter, Demeter gave birth to twins: Despoina (a goddess), and Arion (an immortal stallion who could run faster than anything in the world). Despoina would later become a minor goddess of fertility, and looked after Demeter's temples as a high priestess after reaching maturity. Her twin brother, Arion, played a far more prominent role in mythology, given how he often come to the aid of demigod heroes (such as Hercules).

-Relationship with Iasion

Shortly thereafter, Demeter fell head-over-heels in love with Iasion, a handsome and well-mannered mortal prince of Crete. Iasion had a great respect for agriculture, and always looked out for the local farmers of Crete, which touched Demeter's heart. They enjoyed an intense and passionate love affair which, unfortunately, ended in abrupt tragedy. Upon seeing the mutual love shared between Demeter and Iasion, Zeus was overcome with jealousy, and promptly killed him with a thunderbolt.

A devastated Demeter proceeded to lock herself in her Olympian private chambers for months. By the time that she had chosen to come out again, she had given birth to Ploutos, a minor god who presided over aricultural wealth. Ploutos would often travel all over Greece, and would reward the most hard-working farmers with sacks of money.

-Punishing Erisikhthon

"Demeter Turns Into Grainzilla" Erisikhthon, an arrogant Prince of Thessaly, intended to build himself a magnificent mansion. However, the only building materials that he deemed fitting were the massive trees from Demeter's sacred grove, the home of her dryads. While Erisikhthon and fifty of his burly friends set out to chop down the trees, Demeter herself appeared before them, in the guise of a maiden. While she tried to reason with them, Erisikhthon completely disregarded her advice, and mocked Demeter. However, before he could chop down a single tree, the infuriated goddess removed her disguise, and grew over 100 feet tall. As the Goddess of Harvest and therefore the Mistress of Food, Demeter inflicted Erisikhthon with insatiable hunger and thirst. After a couple of weeks, Erisikhthon's hunger induced him to exhaust his riches and even sold his own daughter into slavery. However, the girl was saved by Poseidon, who took her to Atlantis, and made her his housekeeper. Erisikhthon himself finally perished in poverty and excruciating pain.

-Athena's Flute

When a proud Athena performed with her newly invented flute before Demeter, Hera, and Aphrodite, the goddesses began giggling and whispering to each other, with Demeter being the one to point out that Athena's facial features comically contort while she plays. An embarrassed Athena fled in humiliation, and hurled the flute off of Olympus, cursing it to give the worst fortune to the next person to play it, which ended up being the satyr Marsyas.

-Abduction of Persephone

Persephone, her favorite child While Demeter loved all of her children dearly, Persephone remained her favorite child of all, the one whom she took to spending whatever free time she had with.

Due to her great beauty, Persephone was often desired by many gods, among them Hades. Although he was distanced from his Olympian family, he was lonely and desired a wife to fill the void. After seeing the beautiful young goddess, he fell madly in love with her, to the point that, for the first time, he became sloppy in his duties as Lord of the Dead. However, he knew that Demeter would refuse to even consider a marriage who would take her child so far away, so he decided to speak with her father instead. Zeus agreed to help him kidnap Persephone behind Demeter's back. One day, while Demeter was busy, leaving Persephone in the care of her companion nymphs, Hades managed to abduct her. Persephone's terrified scream was only heard by the minor goddess, Hecate.

Demeter eventually realized that her beloved daughter was missing and started an epic tale of searching for her. Her search would have been fruitless, had not Helios (who saw everything due to his' being the Titan of the Sun) ultimately told her of what had happened. As a result of this, a grief-stricken and wrathful Demeter commanded the earth to become barren and infertile until her daughter was returned to her (this in turn induced autumn, and then winter). Upon seeing the starvation and anguish of the mortals due to Demeter's curse on the earth, Zeus was forced to order Hades to return Persephone to her mother.

Hades complied with his brother's wish, but before Persephone was taken back up by Hermes (the only god who can go freely to the Underworld), Hades' gardener gave her a pomegranate, and persuaded her to eat six seeds, as while she resented that Hades had kidnapped her, she had come to love the Underworld and appreciate Hades' affection as his queen. Hence, Persephone has to stay within the Underworld for six months out of the year. While Demeter never could accept that her daughter had married Hades in such a way, she still visited her daughter constantly, even during her period in the Underworld.

-Rewarding Triptolemus

Triptolemus, a prince of Eleusis who directed Demeter to Helios (and subsequently, helped her find Persephone), was justly rewarded by the goddess: she gifted him with a beautiful red-and-gold winged chariot (pulled by two pythons), and taught him the arts of agriculture. Afterwards, Demeter sent him on a mission to educate the whole of Greece, as part of her efforts to compensate humanity. When Triptolemus taught Lynkos, king of Scythia (and demigod son of Hades), the arts of agriculture, Lynkos refused to teach it to his people and then tried to murder Triptolemus. As a result, Demeter turned him into a lynx, and made Triptolemus the immortal God of Farming.

APPEARANCE: -Black, silky, long hair -Brown eyes -Olive skin

PERSONALITY: -Unexpected and temperamental as the seasons. The few times that she isn't kind and loving is when she is destroying mankind through pestilence and famine, but he suggests that it's merely the goddess having a bad day rather than a defining aspect of her personality. -Always rewards everyone who shows her kindness -Extremely severe to those who disrespect her, her children, her nymphs, and agriculture (like Erysichthon and Hades). However, despite their strained relationship, both Demeter and Hades share a mutual dislike for Kronos and agreed that he was a terrible father. -Very strong protective instincts which could potentially make her an ideal mother, if only she was allowed to raise her demigod children. -Kind and caring. Possessing a very nurturing nature and keen interest in food, she insists upon advising eating healthy and hard work as most caring mothers would. -Rare that Demeter falls in love with a mortal and have demigod children. -Due to Hades' kidnapping of Persephone, Demeter has become "a little touchy" about her children dating other gods.

ABILITIES: • Chlorokinesis: As the Goddess of Agriculture, Demeter has divine authority and absolute control over all plants and the harvest. •Plant Teleportation (presumably): Teleports by touching a plant growing in a crack in a sidewalk. •Taphokinesis: As the Goddess of Agriculture, Demeter has the ability to make plants rot and decay. •Fertility Manipulation: As the Goddess of Fertility, Demeter has divine authority and absolute control over all fertility. Demeter has the power to manipulate fertility, the natural capability for living beings to reproduce (in terms of animals) or grow (in terms of plants). She could either grant or enhance the fertility of the earth, turning barren plains into fertile fields, encourage orchards to bear fruit, and flowers to bloom. She could also render things infertile, making them unable to reproduce or grow. •Transfiguration: Demeter has the power to transform, or alter, or transmute objects or beings into anything else. •Geokinesis: As the Goddess of the Earth, Demeter has absolute control and divine authority over the earth, though less so compared to her grandmother, Gaea, but greater than her brother Hades. •Ferrokinesis (presumably): As the Goddess of the Earth, It can be assumed that Demeter has the ability to summon, control and manipulate all metals. In Greek Myth, Demeter gave birth to Plutus, the god and personification of wealth (i.e. precious gems and metals), •Seasons Alteration: As the Goddess of the Seasons, Demeter has divine authority and absolute control over all the seasons, such as annually transforming spring into winter (when her daughter Persephone is with Hades), and vice versa (when her daughter returns). •Cryokinesis: Demeter is responsible for winter, granting her divine authority over the cold, ice, and snow. •Thermokinesis: As the Goddess of Agriculture, Demeter has divine authority and absolute control over the temperatures of the atmosphere, which is also the basis of her control over the seasons. •Atmokinesis: As the Goddess of the Seasons, Demeter has the power to create, shape, and manipulate the weather to it's fullest extent, although her ability to do so is inferior to that of her brother, Zeus. •Shapeshifting: Demeter has the power to transform and reshape the form of her body, though she hardly ever utilizes this ability. •Swordsmanship: Demeter always wore a curved and menacing Imperial Gold sword (forged for her by the Elder Cyclopes) on her belt. While she usually uses it to cut wheat, it was stated that Demeter was also capable of skillfully wielding it in combat against those who anger her, which reveals her to be an expert swordswoman. •Body Length Manipulation: Demeter has the power to manipulate the height of her body. •Nourishment Manipulation: As the Mistress of All Nourishment, Demeter has absolute control and divine authority over all nourishment. •Gluttony Inducement: Demeter had the power to induce excessive eating or gluttony, rendering one unable to focus on anything else than fulfilling their hunger. •Deification: Demeter has the power to transform whomever she chooses into immortal deities. •Cursing: Demeter has the power to place a curse on anyone or anything. •Culinary food expert: Demeter was said to be an excellent cook, knowing how to bake delicious bread and cookies. •Ant Manipulation: Demeter has the power to summon and control ants - she sent numerous ants to help Psyche sort out the grains spilled all over Aphrodite's kitchen.

Dionysus: Greek god of grape-harvest, wine, orchards, fertility, madness, parties, religious ecstasy, and theater.

Dionysus was often called the 'twice born' because of the circumstances around his birth. His mother was a mortal woman named Semele, daughter of Cadmus, king of Thebes, and his father was Zeus. This makes him the only Olympian to have a mortal parent, and according to some traditions the only one to have been born a demigod.

As with most of Zeus' acts of infidelity, Hera was enraged when she found out that Semele was pregnant with Zeus' child. She disguised herself as an old woman (or as Semele's nurse in some stories) and made Semele begin to doubt that it was truly Zeus. While in disguise, Hera convinced Semele to ask Zeus to reveal his true form and, to make sure that he would do it, to have him swear on the River Styx, which is sacred to the Greek gods and an unbreakable oath. The next time Zeus visited her, Semele did as Hera advised, and though he tried to get around it, Zeus was bound by oath and so revealed to her his true divine form. Semele was burned to ashes, but Zeus managed to save the infant, and sewed him into his "thigh" (note, however, that this may be a euphamism, as the Greeks oftentimes used the the wording "thigh injuries" to euphemistically describe injuries to the male genetalia). The child remained there until he emerged fully-grown a few months later, atop Mount Pramnos on the island of Ikaria. He was born a demigod, like Hercules and Perseus.

Zeus sent the infant Dionysus off with Hermes, who took Dionysus to Athamas, king of Orchomenos, and his wife, Ino, Semele's sister and Dionysus' maternal aunt. Hermes had them raise Dionysus as a girl to hide him from Hera's scorn. When Dionysus was three he was discovered by Hera who disposed of his guardians and their children by inflicting madness upon the household, him only surviving as Zeus turned him into a goat to hide him. The young boy was then taken to the rain nymphs of Mount Nysa; they raised him through childhood, and to reward them for their care, Zeus placed the nymphs into the night sky as a new constellation, the Hyades.

When Dionysus grew up, he discovered the vine, and extracted the juice only to then be struck with madness by Hera who still had a grudge on him. Afterwards, he wandered various parts of the world, making his way through Egypt, Syria, and then Phrygia, a kingdom in central Anatolia; there he was found by the Titaness Rhea, his grandmother, who cured Dionysus and taught him her religious rites. Afterwards, the god set out on a journey across the world, teaching men how to cultivate the vine and inviting them to join in on the mysteries of his new cult.

Dionysus also helped the gods during the First Gigantomachy alongside his half-brother Hercules, as a god could only defeat the giants with a demigod fighting along side them.

He was very handsome as a young man, eager for challenges. Dionysus later said he was good at nothing in his human life but cultivating wine. The people in his village mocked him, not knowing of his heritage or his future, and what he would one day become. Later, when Dionysus was invited to Mount Olympus, it was Hestia, goddess of the hearth, who graciously offered him her throne to prevent any conflict or embarrassment.

As a newly emerged god, Dionysus would travel around the world recruiting humans and other creatures to join his wine cult and party with him resulting in his group consisting of many wild and crazy Maenads and satyrs. Eventually Dionysus came in contact with the Amazons and recruited many of them. After hearing about this, the Amazon queen Otrera was enraged and attacked the god. However, Dionysus and his followers easily defeated them, slaughtered much of the Amazon army and forced them to retreat and chasing them into India. Eventually, Dionysus and his men quit the chase for unknown reasons.

Dionysus then rescued his mother from Hades, and she became a goddess on Mount Olympus, with the new name Thyone, presiding over the frenzy inspired by her son Dionysus. When Theseus abandoned Ariadne sleeping on Naxos, Dionysus found and married her. When she died, he went to the Underworld and rescued her, taking her up to Mount Olympus, where, at Dionysus' request, Zeus made her immortal.

He was disguised as a mortal on the seashore once when a group of pirates spotted him. They thought he was a prince, and tried to kidnap him and hold him for ransom or to sell into slavery. They tried to tie his hands behind his back, but no ropes would hold him to the pole. At this point Dionysus turned into a lion and let a bear loose on board. It killed those it came in contact with, and those who jumped off the ship were turned into dolphins as an act of mercy. The only one to survive was the helmsman Acoetes, who had recognized him as a god, and tried to stop his comrades from the beginning.

APPEARANCE: -Black hair that looks like a deep purple -Blue eyes -Farmer’s tan skin

PERSONALITY: -At first glance, Dionysus seems like a rather displeasing god. -He pretends that he cares so little for others, that he will make no effort to remember their names. He even refuses to acknowledge when he calls them by their correct names. -He hates almost all heroes: this hatred for heroes stems back to how Theseus abandoned Ariadne, and thus is why he has the fewest shown demigod children among the major gods. -He presents the exterior of a true misanthrope: cruel, intensely bitter, facetious and sarcastic to a fault. -Has a catastrophic temper. -Unforgiving -Deep down, Dionysus cares about everyone quite a bit. -Is a loving parent. -One of the nicest gods. -Sarcastic -Lazy unless it’s a party or something exciting happened.

ABILITIES: (ARGHHHHH) •Prowess in Battle: Dionysus is known to have fought bravely in the first Gigantomachy (while still a demigod), wielding a pine cone-topped thyrsus rod. He helped Hercules take down Otis and Ephialtes, and also took down Clytius together with Hercules and Hecate. •Chlorokinesis: Dionysus can grow, control, and summon plants, but he prefers grape and strawberry vines. •Vine Binding: He can bind and suffocate his enemies with grape vines which are incredibly strong and durable. •Vine Manipulation: Dionysus can magically make things out of vines. •Madness Manipulation: As the god of madness, Dionysus is able to both induce and cure it. •Induced Madness: He can induce madness. •Curing Madness: Dionysus can cure madness. •Alcokinesis: As the god of wine, Dionysus can manipulate alcohol. •Alcohol Transformation: He can transform people and objects into anything wine related. •Alcohol Conjuration: He can conjure any kind of drink, but generally only creates cans of Diet Coke, due to his prohibition to drink any kind of alcoholic beverage. •Alcohol Immunity: Dionysus is completely immune to the effects of any amount of alcohol. •Partying: Dionysus can appear anywhere a party is held. •Maenad Curse: Despite the fact that Dionysus despises the Maenads, he is obliged to curse anybody who either hurts or kills a single one of them. •Photokinesis (limited): Dionysus can generate an intense purple aura with his power. •Levitation: Dionysus has the ability to levitate. •Teleportation: As shown in The Titan's Curse, Dionysus can teleport, instantly dissipating and leaving a faint smell of grapes. •Pyrokinesis: Dionysus's eyes glow with a purple fire. Dionysus is shown to create purple fire. •Granting Powers: Dionysus was able to give Midas his infamous Golden Touch. •Forced Transformation: Dionysus can turn people into animals.

Hades: Greek God of the Dead and Riches, and king of the Underworld. He is the eldest of the Big Three, the firstborn son of Kronos and Rhea, and the husband and uncle of Persephone.

-Birth and Rescue

Hades was the eldest male and the fourth child of Kronos, the Titan King of Mount Othrys, and his sister-wife Rhea, born after his sisters Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. Since he was their firstborn son, Rhea had hoped that Hades would not get swallowed, since she believed that Kronos would enjoy raising a son and heir to his throne. However, since Hades was a god (a member of a more beautiful and powerful race of immortals than the Titans), Kronos feared that Hades would one day overpower him and quickly proceeded to swallow him whole as well. Hades, thus, spent his childhood undigested in his father's stomach along with his sisters, and younger brother Poseidon, who was swallowed shortly thereafter. As a result, Kronos became known as "King Cannibal." Rhea pleaded with Kronos to spare their children but with no success, since even Kronos' great love for Rhea was not enough to overpower his selfish and evil nature. However, Rhea soon gave birth to her final child, Zeus, whom she secretly raised on Crete, far away from Mount Othrys.

After growing up, Zeus successfully infiltrated Kronos' Palace on Mount Othrys as the Titan King's royal cup bearer. Hades was finally released during the final drinking competition that Kronos had with his Titanic brothers and nephews. Zeus poured powerful knockout potions for the other titans and an extremely powerful emetic (made from nectar mixed with mustard) into Kronos' goblet, which caused the Titan King to disgorge all of the contents inside his stomach, in reverse order of swallowing: first the boulder (which Kronos had swallowed instead of Zeus), then Poseidon, followed by Hades, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. All five of them had been growing undigested in Kronos' stomach, being immortal gods.

Zeus quickly introduced himself to his elder siblings, and all of them promptly escaped Mount Othrys, before their Titan uncles and cousins came to their senses. In Zeus' Cave, at the base of Mount Ida, Hades happily reunited with his beloved mother Rhea, who tearfully embraced him. Shortly thereafter, Hades and the other gods accepted Zeus as their leader, and reached an unanimous consensus on declaring war against their tyrannical father. However, since the Titans were well-armed and the gods still had no weapons, Hades agreed to help Zeus release their Elder Cyclops and Hekatonkheire uncles from Tartarus first to help them against the Titans. For some reason, Hades seemed quite happy at the prospect of venturing into the darkest and most horrifying realm of the universe.

-Rescuing the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires

Hades was very skilled in navigating under the earth, and was able to lead his brothers and sisters straight into Tartarus through a complex network of Underworld tunnels. There, imprisoned in the maximum-security zone, surrounded by huge bronze walls and a lava moat guarded by fierce demons, were the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires. Their guardian, Kampê, was the most ferocious and fearsome monster in all of Tartarus, and even Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon initially shuddered with horror when they saw the infernal monster for the first time. However, the gods overcame their fear and were able to sneak in. Zeus managed to talk to the Cyclopes Brontes and convinced him to forge powerful weapons for him and his siblings behind Kampê's back. The three Elder Cyclopes forged three incredibly powerful weapons: the Master Bolt (for Zeus), the Trident (for Poseidon), and the Helm of Darkness (for Hades). Hades seemed particularly pleased with the Helm's power of generating intense and ineffable terror. Indeed, the Helm's terrifying aura was powerful enough for Hades to scare even Zeus and Poseidon simultaneously, to the point that both of them paled and started to sweat with fear.

With these new weapons, Zeus killed Kampê, and Poseidon shattered the chains of the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires, releasing them. Afterwards, Hades safely guided his siblings and uncles back out of Tartarus. In return, for their release, all six of Hades' uncles agreed to fight on the gods' side in the upcoming war with the Titans.

-The First Titanomachy

Shortly after their return from Tartarus, Hades and his siblings officially declared war on Kronos and the other Titans, which resulted in the grueling 11-year-long Titanomachy. The Titans initially had the upper hand in their battles, since they were much more experienced warriors. However, as the years of the War passed, the gods quickly became skilled and experienced warriors as well, and with the help of their new extremely powerful weapons which they mastered the use of, as well as the aid of the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires, the gods finally prevailed. Hades himself proved to be a very dangerous and ferocious warrior and greatly contributed to the ultimate downfall of Kronos and his allies. He was greatly feared among all of the Titans due to his terrifying Helm.

While preparing for the final battle of the War, Hades and his siblings ascended to Mount Olympus (the tallest mountain in Greece after Mount Othrys). During the final battle, Zeus used his Master Bolt to shear off the top of Mount Othrys, and hurl Kronos from his Black Throne, defeating the Titan King. Shortly thereafter, the gods invaded the ruins of Mount Othrys, and finally overwhelmed the remaining Titans Atlas, Hyperion, Iapetus, Krios, and Koios.

In the aftermath of the battle, the Elder Cyclopes chained up all of the defeated Titans, while the Hekatonkheires forced them to kneel before Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon. Zeus took his father's Scythe, and sliced Kronos into a thousand pieces, before casting him into Tartarus, along with the rest of his followers (except for General Atlas, who was forced to hold the Sky since the sky would fall and destroy everything if the Titans of the East, West, North and South were).

-Gaining the Underworld

The gods chose Mount Olympus, the tallest mountain in Greece after Mount Othrys, as their official residence, and the Elder Cyclopes built magnificent palaces there for them all. As a result, the gods started to call themselves the Olympians. Shortly thereafter, Hades had a private meeting with his younger brothers Poseidon and Zeus, and the three mighty sons of Kronos agreed to divide the world between themselves. Although it was Hades' birthright (as Kronos' firstborn son) to be named his father's successor, he agreed to divide the Titan King's former domain with his brothers. Hades received the Underworld, Poseidon seized the seas and oceans, and Zeus claimed the heavens as his domain. Shortly after this division, the three mighty sons of Kronos came to be known as "The Big Three." However, Zeus' authority was recognized as superior to that of his brothers, and Zeus became the King of Mount Olympus and the Olympians.

Unfortunately for Hades, he was greatly feared by all of his siblings, nephews, and nieces, and hence, he was hardly ever invited to Olympus (except for the Winter Solstice, the darkest day of the year). However, by gaining the Underworld, Hades also gained divine authority over all of the precious metals and jewels under the earth, becoming far richer than any of the other Olympians. Hades was so feared by mortals and demigods that they rarely even used his name, and instead referred to Hades as either "The Rich One", "The Silent One", and/or "The Hospitable One".

-Kidnapping Persephone

Abduction of Persephone Hades abducts Persephone Although Hades was distanced from his Olympian family, he was lonely and very much wanted a wife to fill the void. One day, he spotted a young goddess named Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, whose incredible beauty and tender countenance won his admiration. Hades began to fall madly in love with the young goddess. He would carry portraits of her in his pockets, carve her name into his obsidian breakfast table, have long imaginary conversations with her, and even secretly spy on her while wearing his Helm of Darkness. Hades fell so deeply in love with Persephone, that for the first time ever, he became sloppy in his duties as Lord of the Dead. Hades wished to take her as his bride despite his estrangement with her parents (and his siblings), Demeter and Zeus. He knew that Persephone's overprotective mother would refuse to even consider the marriage, so decided to speak with her father instead.

Shortly thereafter, Hades mustered up enough courage to visit Olympus, and begged Zeus, Persephone's father, to allow him to marry her. Zeus happened to be in a good mood at the time and advised his lovesick brother to kidnap Persephone, even going so far as to help him by growing several fields of magnificent flowers. Hence, Hades succeeded in kidnapping his beloved Persephone, but she did not want to stay with him, and wished to be rescued. Over time though, she came to admire Hades' power and wealth, and gradually fell in love with him, relieved to finally be free from her mother Demeter's bossiness, nagging, and smothering for a time. Hades was very kind, patient, and he didn't ever nag, boss, or smother Persephone. He very much wanted her to reciprocate his great love, and tried to buy her affections with many magnificent gifts at first, but then took to spending all of his day with her, desperately trying to make her happy. Hades even hired the most skilled deceased gardeners in the Underworld (lead by Askalaphos) to grow a magnificent garden for Persephone, full of her favorite trees and flowers. Hence, it was Hades' empathy and kindness which eventually won Persephone's heart.

Meanwhile, a distraught and grief-stricken Demeter soon caused the earth to become barren and infertile when she learned of the abduction, and furiously blamed Zeus for allowing Hades to court Persephone behind her back. Pressured by mortal prayers and the other Olympians, Zeus finally demanded that the Lord of the Dead return his daughter, and sent Hermes to deliver the message. Hades was devastated at the prospect of losing his newfound wife, but was forced to submit to the will of Zeus. However, while Hermes delivered the message, Hades' gardener Askalaphos tricked Persephone into eating six pomegranate seeds, so she had to stay with Hades for six months of the year. This came at a cost, as Demeter never could accept that her daughter had married Hades, and left "her poor mother". Demeter's nagging increased with this action, but Persephone got to stay with her husband this way.

-Leuke, Minthe, and Adonis

While Hades did very much love his wife Persephone, he was quite lonely during the time she spent with Demeter, which is when he would have affairs, which, however, usually ended badly.

For instance, when Hades visited the Titan Oceanus at the bottom of the sea and fell in love with the beautiful Oceanid Leuke, he brought her to the Underworld. However, fearing a jealous Persephone eventually discovering this, Hades decided to turn Leuke into a poplar tree, to keep her with him without his wife knowing.

Later, when a beautiful nymph, Minthe (a naiad of the River Cocytus), bragged about Hades' passionate love for her and claimed to, therefore, be more beautiful and smell better than Persephone, the jealous and infuriated goddess instantly appeared before her, and transformed her into the plant mint.

Persephone, on her part remained very loyal to her husband and only cheated on him once, with Adonis, the most handsome mortal man in the world. Adonis would only spent a third of each year with her (spending the rest with Aphrodite), and would have to hide in closets and under her bed every time Hades entered her chambers, since Persephone was desperate to hide her lover from her irascible husband. Shortly thereafter, however, Adonis was stabbed to death by Ares' wild boar, much to Persephone's dismay. This would remain the one and only time that she ever cheated on Hades.

-Sisyphus

Sisyphus of Corinth, not wanting to die, managed to cheat death by bashing Thanatos over the head with a stone pestle he used to grind his flour and knocking him unconscious. Sisyphus then tied him up with heavy chains, gagged him and stuffed Thanatos under his bed. As a result, with Death itself imprisoned, mortals were unable to die. Then, a big battle broke out between two Greek cities, but no soldiers fell. They just kept whaling on each other, hacking each other to bits. However, nobody could die, much to the dismay of Ares, who relished military carnage. As a result, the war god promptly found Thanatos and freed him, after which both gods incinerated Sisyphus.

Sisyphus' soul was deemed worthy of an audience with Hades himself. Before Sisyphus died, he told his wife, Merope, not to bury him, so when he was brought down to the Underworld, he defended his right to proper funeral rites. Hades let him go so that Sisyphus could scold Merope for not giving him a proper funeral. Thus, Sisyphus would become the only mortal man to have ever tricked the Lord of the Dead, since he, of course, had no intention of ever returning to Hades, and instead re-assembled the remains of his body back together, and lived on quietly for several years. Eventually, however, Hades was reminded of Sisyphus by Thanatos, and had him dragged back to the Underworld by Hermes.

Hence, in order to keep Sisyphus too occupied to scheme again, Hades took him to a barren hill five hundred feet high with sides that sloped at forty-five degrees in the Fields of Punishment and ordered him to roll a huge boulder up the hill as his punishment, letting Sisyphus know that he would be set free as soon as the boulder reached the summit. Sisyphus tried, but it would imminently fall back when he got close to the top of the hill. He would try again, and again, and again forever, always in vain. If he stopped to rest, one of the Furies would whip him until he got moving again. This represented the punishment of Sisyphus, with him being doomed to an eternity of frustration.

-Asclepius

Asclepius was the favorite demigod son of Apollo, who eventually became the greatest healer in the world. In fact, Asclepius became even more skilled in medicine than his father Apollo, most likely because he devoted all of his time to it. With the help of Gorgon Blood (given to him by Athena), Asclepius could cure any illness, heal any injury, and even make the Physician's Cure that could resurrect the dead. This, upon hearing of the death of her dear friend Hippolytus, the goddess Artemis requested that Asclepius revive him from the dead with the cure, which he was more than happy to do.

This, however, infuriated Hades, so he stormed up to Mount Olympus, demanding that Asclepius pay the price for transgressing and openly mocking the natural laws of life and death. Zeus appeased his furious brother by personally striking down Asclepius with a thunderbolt.

Apollo was angered and devastated by his favorite son's death, and killed one of the younger Cyclopes who forged Zeus' thunderbolts in retaliation and this resulted in Zeus making Apollo mortal and forcing him to serve a king for a whole year. To prevent more feuds, Asclepius was resurrected and made into a god, but Hades forbid him from ever resurrecting the dead again.

-Orpheus

The famous demigod musician Orpheus, devastated by the untimely death of his wife Eurydice, creates a new entrance to the Underworld with his beautiful music and singing. He made his way all the way to Hades' palace, with ghosts, Charon, Cerberus, and even the furies themselves being brought to tears by his ineffably lachrymose and beautiful music. Even Hades himself shed a few tears, feeling as though Orpheus had distilled Hades' life, with all its grief and disappointment, all its darkness and solitude, and turned it into music.

Impressed by the man's love, bravery and skill, Hades and Persephone allowed him to take Eurydice back, on the condition that he would walk in front and not look behind him as he led her back to the upper world along the borderland between the living and the dead. However, Orpheus could not resist the temptation the moment he crossed the border, and looked back just before his wife left the Underworld, losing her forever.

-The Twelfth Labor of Hercules

For Hercules' last labor, he was ordered by King Eurystheus to bring back Hades' mighty and ferocious pet dog Cerberus as proof of his strength and fearlessness. Hercules eventually found the entrance to the Underworld and entered, but rather than attack Cerberus on sight, Hercules, who had heard many stories of Hades and how the Lord of the Dead treated intruders, ignored the infernal monster (who let him pass) and continued straight onward to Hades' Palace.

Hera's plan to pit Hercules against a furious Hades backfired, when the hero humbly knelt before the terrifying Lord of the Dead, and asked permission to take Cerberus. Hades was impressed by Hercules, who until then had an infamous reputation for acting without thinking, and while all heroes who had previously entered the Underworld did so to win fame, Hercules was the first to place respect for Hades above his own ambitions. Hades was so impressed with this, that he granted the demigod permission to take Cerberus on a few conditions. The first was that Hercules could not seriously injure Cerberus, and thus, could not use his weapons against him. The second condition was that Hercules had to bring Cerberus back as soon as the labour was completed. The third and final condition, was that the hero had to tell Hades who had asked him to bring back Cerberus as a trophy. Hercules promptly agreed to all of the terms, and told Hades, that it was King Eurystheus that had asked the labor of him.

Thus, placing aside his mighty club and deadly Hydra arrows, Hercules returned to Cerberus to wrestle the beast barehanded. Cerberus was tremendously strong and fierce, his three heads biting and snarling rapidly. The combatants seemed evenly matched, and fought so fiercely that earth cracked beneath them and walls shook. In the end, however, Hercules managed to headlock and slowly drag Cerberus out of the Underworld, back to King Eurystheus. The king was terrified when Hercules returned, as he had not expected Hercules to return from what he believed to be a suicide mission, and ordered the hero to get the beast out of his kingdom.

As he had promised Hades, Hercules escorted Cerberus all the way back to the Underworld. In retaliation however, Hades appeared before King Eurystheus while Hercules was dragging Cerberus back. The furious Lord of the Dead demanded to know why King Eurystheus had dared to send someone into his realm to take his beloved pet as a trophy. Eurystheus collapsed in fear and begged Hades to spare him, revealing to Hades that he received orders for all of Hercules' labors from Hera herself who was trying to send Hercules to his death. As a result, Hades paid a visit to Hera, and made it clear to her that there would be direct consequences for her if she would ever send Hercules or another hero on any such errand again.

APPEARANCE: -Albino white skin -Short black hair -Black eyes -Skinny -Tall -Muscular -Voice sounds oily. -Has a black beard. -Often wears black flowing robes with evil souls threaded into the cloth

PERSONALITY: -Cold -Solitary and independent -Intensely bitter for the negative things that have happened throughout his life. -Holds grudges -Maintains a casually calm, reserved manner but is capable of a violent and terrifying temper. -He will unleash his most powerful and fearsome beasts from the Underworld to keep law and order even if he’s furious. -Honorable and just as well as harsh. -Respects oaths and the laws of morality. -Never killed a mortal. -Respect for the law and his code of conduct is evident as he's the supreme judge of the dead souls and of all creatures that traverse to the Underworld. -Goal to bring living sinners to justice as well, and would dispatch the Furies to drive them to madness, until they were either killed, or made amends for their misdeeds. -Infuriated by those who've managed to escape just punishment for their crimes. -Very hardworking and busy, unlike many of the other gods who take their duties and responsibilities in a much lighter manner, such as Dionysus and Apollo. -Extremely intelligent (and certainly the smartest of his siblings), shown by his incredible ability to invent new and original (and often the perfect definition of poetic justice) punishments for sinners in the Fields of Punishment on the spot. -Initially inept at courting women, and was forced to seek Zeus' advice on how to properly woo Persephone. That said, Hades's intelligence made him a brilliant strategist and tactical thinker, and he is extremely difficult to outwit in a debate, argument or battle of wits. -Cruel traits mirror that of his father Kronos in terms of cunning, ruthlessness, and deviousness. Hades, however is not evil like his father, but rather distant and bitter due to past tragedies which leads him to behave the way he does, though Hades does his best not to show it. -Touched by Orpheus' music mainly because it made him feel as though the great musician had distilled Hades' life, with all its grief and disappointment, all its darkness and solitude, and turned it into ineffably beautiful music. -Is a kind and gentle father -Can be kind and generous -Hades' darker side stems from the bitterness he feels at being spurned and feared by his fellow Olympians, which in turn leads to his habit of holding grudges. -Has a twisted sense of humor -Appreciates and understands life more than anyone even if he doesn’t drift towards it.

ABILITIES: •Necromancy: As the God of the Dead and the Lord of the Underworld, Hades has divine authority and absolute control over the deceased. Hades' nickname "The Hospitable One" is a reference to him always having room in the Underworld for one more soul. •Power Over the Undead: Hades can reanimate skeletons, call forth endless waves of the dead to fight for him. •Death Curses: Hades is also able to place curses on the living. While he is unable to kill people before the Fates decree its time, he can prevent a person's soul from ever leaving their body. •Death Sense: As the God of the Dead, Hades can sense when a person is dying and when their soul is being judged in the Underworld. •Life Sense: He can sense life auras. This can help him determine how much longer someone has left to live. •Resurrection: As the God of the Dead, Hades is capable of resurrecting the dead. •Osteokinesis: As the God of the Dead, Hades can summon and telekinetically control numerous bones at once. •Umbrakinesis: As the God of the Underworld, Hades has absolute control over shadows and darkness. •Darkness Generation: He can shoot solid bolts of darkness, and surround enemies into pitch black clouds of lightless space. •Darkness Shields: He can solidify shadows into virtually impenetrable shields, which are strong enough to deflect even Zeus' thunderbolts. •Darkness Absorption and Dissipation: He can absorb and dissipate shadows with his Stygian Iron weapons. •Imperceptibility: He can use shadows to cover himself in darkness to become invisible. While wearing his Helm of Darkness, Hades can pass through walls and melt into shadows, not be touched, seen or heard by anyone, even other Olympian gods, Titans, or Giants. •Shadow Travel: Hades can use shadows as a way of swift transportation over vast distances. •Geokinesis: As the God of the Underworld, Hades has absolute control over all the earth and stones, as well as the walls of the Underworld, Erebos. •Subterranean Navigation: Hades is shown to be skilled in navigating under the earth, even before he became the Lord of the Underworld. Hence, Hades was able to lead his siblings in and out of Tartarus itself via a complex network of Underworld tunnels. •Earthquake Generation: Hades can generate a massive earthquake that shakes his huge throne room, and is felt miles above him. •Ferrokinesis: As the God of Wealth, Hades can sense and summon any quantity of precious metals and jewels from under the ground, as well as manipulate them. As a result, Hades is the richest Olympian of all. •Magmakinesis (limited): As Hades controls underground, he has some control over magma and lava. •Cryokinesis (limited): He can generate an aura of intense cold, which causes "frost to creep across the rocks and grass." •Infernal Monster Lordship: Hades has absolute control over countless ferocious monsters native to his realm, such as Cerberus, the Hellhounds, the Furies, the Keres, the Oneiroi, and various daimons, along with many others. •Dark Infernal Pyrokinesis: Hades has absolute control over black hellfire, which is considerably more destructive than normal flames, as it turns whatever it touches into liquid. He can conjure it, and propel it from his hands. •Hypnokinesis: Hades has complete mastery over the Oneiroi dream spirits, and he used them to spread the word that all of the dead needed to take a coin with them to gain passage onto Charon's boat. Hades also has the same mastery over sleep powers. •Phobikinesis: Hades has absolute control and divine authority over the power of fear. This ability grows even more powerful with the Helm of Darkness. •Induced Terror: With his Helm of Darkness, Hades can radiate death and terror to an incredible degree. •Transfiguration: Hades can transform people/nymphs into other objects, like a tree. •Shapeshifting: Hades is quite skilled at shapeshifting, though he hardly ever utilizes this ability. •Leadership Abilities: Hades can lead to victory.

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