Cerberus

Cerberus, Hellhound of the Underworld.

**Cerberus**, is both a fictional character and deuteragonist of the *HCoW* series created by Jade Raymond and Kaname Fujioka. He was a mythical three-headed dog who guarded the gates to the Underworld in Greek mythology.

The child of the monster Typhon and Echidna, Cerberus allowed souls to pass without incident, but would block the way if the living tried to enter, or the dead to leave across the Styx, Cerberus will pursue and drag the dead back.

"*Cerberus. The Hellhound. As a dog who guards the main gates for his master, then grows aggressive of living souls who dares to enter, so are the faces of Cerberus, whose might thunders over the dead souls who dares to escape.*"

—Virgil, describing Cerberus to Dante and Kassandra, before the war.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Fred Tatasciore (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Appearance

* Hair Color: Not Known
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Red
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Abilities and Powers

As the Greek ruler of the Underworld and everything that resides within it, Hades is both the oldest of his siblings and one of the most powerful of the Olympian Gods surpassed only by his younger brothers Zeus and Poseidon. Hades is naturally a force to be reckoned with by any being who is foolish enough to anger him. Hades displayed a number of supernatural abilities. Hades claimed to be immortal, and exhibited the ability to teleport anywhere he chose within the Underworld as well as levitate.

His will alone is the absolute authority in both the gloomy realm itself as well as all other areas that are under his control; Nothing happens in the realm without his knowledge of it. Hades could also condemn existing souls within the Underworld to further torment: this happened for example to a greedy person who had cheated its citizens of their drachmae, and thus Hades damned him to be fed to Hades' hounds.

Hades was also highly skilled in the use of his scythe and could dash with superhuman speed during combat as well as release devastating blows. Hades could also manipulate reddish energy which allows him to conjure up "apples", generate spatial pressure around his opponents to move them akin to telekinesis and even use the energy as an offensive projectile in order to decimate his enemies.

## History

### Past

#### Early Life

The fame of the creature survived into the Greek mythology as the hound of Hades, set to guard the Greek underworld to prevent the dead from fleeing back to the land of the living.

The last of Hercules' 12 labors for King Eurystheas of Mycenae was to subdue and take back Cerberus from the underworld. After preparing for the journey by visiting the Sanctuary of Eleusis in Attika, and participating in the Eleusinian Mysteries, Hercules made his way to Cape Tenaron.

After conquering the beast with his bare hands, Hercules brought Cerberus to Eurystheas. The beast was then returned to Hades.

## Legacy and Influence

During the Peloponnesian War, a triplet of brothers called themselves the Cerberus on the island of Kos. Around the same time, the *misthios* Kassandra found sails and finery bearing the depiction of Cerberus' heads for the ship *Adrestia* in the sunken depths of Pavlopetri.

Meanwhile, the Greek seas were roamed by ships displaying likeness of Cerberus on their sails. The pirate ships *Shadowed Nymph* and *Hekate's Grace* unfurled their sails while advancing on their targets.

One of Layla's Animus modifications allowed Kassandra to obtain a harness said to have been made from scraps of Cerberus' fur.

## External links

* Cerberus *Wikipedia*
* Cerberus *Assassin's Creed Wiki*
* Cerberus *God of War Wiki*
* Cerberus *Myths and Folklore Wiki*