Hephaestus

## Personal Information

### Alias(es)

* God of The Forge
* The Forge

### Title(s)

* God of fire,
* God of volcanoes
* God of metalworking
* God of artisans
* God of metallurgy
* God of carpenters
* God of forges,
* God of sculpting
* God of blacksmiths

## Professional Status

### Allegiance

* Greek Pantheon (Formerly)
* Victor Alucard (Currently)

### Affiliation(s)

* Dragons Nest
	+ Victor's Faction (Currently)

### Occupation

* One of the Twelve Olympian
* Forger of Clan Alucard

## Relationships

### Sibling(s)

* Ares
* Apollo ✝
* Artemis
* Dionysus
* Helen of Troy ✝
* Heracles ✝
* Hermes
* Persephone
* Perseus ✝
* Various Others

### Spouse(s)

Aphrodite (Divorced - Mythology record only)Aglaea

### Lover(s)

* Athena (externally with 'drop')
* Cabeiro

### Child(ren)

* Thalia the Nymph
* Erichthonius of Athens (with 'drop')
* Eucleia, Eupheme, Philophrosyne and Euthenia (daughters with Aglaea)
* The Cabeiri (sons with Cabeiro) and 3 nymph daughters (with Cabeiro)

### Ancestor(s)

* Kronus ✝
* Rhea
* Ouranos ✝
* Gaia

## Appearances

### Debut

Chapter 806

**Hephaestus, The God of The Forge,** (/hɪˈfiːstəs, hɪˈfɛstəs/; eight spellings; Greek: **Ἥφαιστος**, translit. *Hḗphaistos*) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes. Hephaestus's Roman counterpart is **Vulcan**. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was either the son of Zeus and Hera or he was Hera's parthenogenous child. He was cast off Mount Olympus by his mother Hera because of his lameness, the result of a congenital impairment; or in another account, by Zeus for protecting Hera from his advances (in which case his lameness would have been the result of his fall rather than the reason for it).

As a smithing god, Hephaestus made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus. He served as the blacksmith of the gods, and was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centres of Greece, particularly Athens. The cult of Hephaestus was based in Lemnos. Hephaestus's symbols are a smith's hammer, anvil, and a pair of tongs.

## Physical Appearance

A man sitting in his forge, gazing at the fire's embers. At special circumstances, he had eyes of a maniac for their craft just like Dun Scaith.

## Personality and Traits

Hephaestus never liked the Dimension of Olympus very much, specifically the Beings within it. He viewed the Dimension of Olympus to be innocent and its resources to still be exploited. Because of being exploited for thousands of years, Hephaestus had the sadistic desire for his father Zeus' death and his arrogant brothers and uncles in the same exploited state as he had been. All Hephaestus wanted was to be free with his creativity and be recognized by higher beings as a blacksmith and craftsman. It was because Hephaestus had been use to treatment as incompetent for a majority of his life. As a God of the Olympians, Hephaestus had yet to spiritually mature, but only harbored much hatred within.

Hephaestus had the pride that would not allow him to craft something half-assed or bad.

## History

Hephaestus had his own palace on Olympus, containing his workshop with anvil and twenty bellows that worked at his bidding. Hephaestus crafted much of the magnificent equipment of the gods, and almost any finely wrought metalwork imbued with powers that appears in Greek myth is said to have been forged by Hephaestus. He designed Hermes' winged helmet and sandals, the Aegis breastplate, Aphrodite's famed girdle, Agamemnon's staff of office, Achilles' armour, Diomedes' cuirass, Heracles' bronze clappers, Helios' chariot, the shoulder of Pelops, and Eros's bow and arrows. In later accounts, Hephaestus worked with the help of the Cyclopes—among them his assistants in the forge, Brontes, Steropes and Arges.

He gave to the blinded Orion his apprentice Cedalion as a guide. In some versions of the myth, Prometheus stole the fire that he gave to man from Hephaestus's forge. Hephaestus also created the gift that the gods gave to man, the woman Pandora and her pithos. Being a skilled blacksmith, Hephaestus created all the thrones in the Palace of Olympus.

## Synopsis

### King Among Kings

Hephaestus was a God who refused to partake in the war (Demonic War), The God of The Forge, a god who hadn't much luck despite being a God. He observed the war from the beginning and saw everything. He also wet himself in his first sudden encounter with Victor, who just conquered the Greek pantheon.

## Skills & Abilities

* **God Physiology:** As one of the strongest third generation god, Hephaestus possess all of the gods basic abilities to a greater degree, like Superhuman Strength, Superhuman Speed and Reflex, Enhanced Durability, Enhanced Agility, Enhanced Sense, Regeneration, Immortality, Divine Power, Divinity, Blessing and Curse Bestowal,....,etc.
	+ **Divinities:** Fire, Forgery, Volcano, Metalwork, Artisan, Sculpting.

## Crafts

Hephaestus had his own palace on Olympus, containing his workshop with anvil and twenty bellows that worked at his bidding. Hephaestus crafted much of the magnificent equipment of the gods, and almost any finely wrought metalwork imbued with powers that appears in Greek myth is said to have been forged by Hephaestus. He designed Hermes' winged helmet and sandals, the Aegis breastplate, Aphrodite's famed girdle, Agamemnon's staff of office, Achilles' armour, Diomedes' cuirass, Heracles' bronze clappers, Helios' chariot, the shoulder of Pelops, and Eros's bow and arrows. In later accounts, Hephaestus worked with the help of the Cyclopes—among them his assistants in the forge, Brontes, Steropes and Arges.

He gave to the blinded Orion his apprentice Cedalion as a guide. In some versions of the myth, Prometheus stole the fire that he gave to man from Hephaestus's forge. Hephaestus also created the gift that the gods gave to man, the woman Pandora and her pithos. Being a skilled blacksmith, Hephaestus created all the thrones in the Palace of Olympus.

## Trivia

* Aphrodite back story about being married to **Hephaestus** was changed by the author, so in this *novel* they were never married to each other. This change was done so to make this novel's Aphrodite more dominant and authoritarian over her own life. However, she still kept The Chains That Weaken Deities, Alsyr until it was temporarily given away until after the Supernatural Gathering was over.
* He made a golden farmer's scythe for Hera, who constantly ridiculed him for being ugly.
* He is one of the very first Gods to join Victor Alucard's family, Dragons Nest. Though he is not a part of Clan Alucard like Victor's wives. He still works directly under and for them. His first job was to create restraints that can prevent Gods from using their Divinities. After completing the commission, he was free to do whatever he wished. Victor gave him the Fire of a Dragon (Blood Dragon Progenitor) to have any future commissioned equipment by Victor forged with it. The restraints were forged within a few hours.
	+ Victor's Fire of a Dragon (Blood Dragon Progenitor) allows any artifact created to kill a god or immortal beings.
* Victor's honesty and words in his first meeting with Hephaestus impressed him like a True King. It made the God of The Forge swear an Oath of Eternal Servitude to him, the first Unbreakable Vow of the Dragons Nest. His Oath impressed Victor's wives, the present Gods, Alexios Alioth and even Vlad Tepes.
* Hephaestus has many epithets:
	+ **Amphigyḗeis** often translated as "the lame one"; literally "lame on both sides" vel sim. (Ἀμφιγυήεις)
	+ **Kyllopodíōn** "club-footed" or "of dragging feet" (Κυλλοποδίων)
	+ **Khalkeús** "coppersmith" (Χαλκεύς)
	+ **Klytotékhnēs** "renowned artificer" (Κλυτοτέχνης)
	+ **Polýmētis** "shrewd, crafty" or "of many devices" (Πολύμητις)
	+ **Aitnaîos** "aetnaean" (Αἰτναῖος), owing to his workshop being supposedly located below Mount Aetna.
	+ **Polýphrōn** "ingenious, inventive" (Πολύφρων)
	+ **Agaklytós** "very famous, glorious" (Ἀγακλυτός)
	+ **Aithalóeis theós** "sooty god" (Αἰθαλόεις θεός)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia - Hephaestus
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chapter 806 - Welcome to the Family
3. ↑ Chapter 923
4. ↑ Chapter 816 - I didn't get the daughter, but I got the mother... Kinda
5. ↑ Chapter 655
6. ↑ Chapter 247 - The Goddess Aphrodite 2
7. ↑ Chapter 511
8. ↑ Chapter 746 - Negotiation... Kinda
9. ↑ Chapter 813 - The Crazy and Psychotic are the Best