Hera

## Dominion

Hera is the Queen of the Gods, as well as the Goddess of Marriage, Families, Childbirth, Fertility, and Women.

## General Traits

Canonically, Hera doesn't have children. As a result, most of the traits associated with children of Hera are based on what we know about her as a goddess. Hera's children tend to be assertive and drawn to positions of authority, but often find difficulty in being taken seriously due to coming across as controlling, jealous, and arrogant. Nonetheless, they are still competent when given the chance to lead. They also tend to be extremely possessive of, loyal to, and protective towards those they consider to be a part of their family.

## Abilities

### All

* **Homemaker:** Become aware of all necessary tasks that should be completed within a given time or space and the best way to complete. Additionally, become aware of how best to organize and sort out other individuals to quickly settle an environment and bring it to a state of peace.
* **Master Chef:** Understand and be able to prepare nearly any recipe one comes across, identify the ingredients in prepared foods by tasting, and determine the best meals and seasonings for one's target audience.
* **Maternal Instinct:** Sense when a creature is pregnant, the number of babies being carried, the sex of unborn children, and the biological parents of those one comes in contact with.
* **Sacred Vocalist:** Speak to and understand cows, cuckoos, lions, panthers, and peacocks.

### Common

* **Dominance:** Bend the will of others to make them obey one's commands, but have the victim remain aware of what's happening and retain their memories afterwards.
* **Divine Punishment:** Cause an intended target to feel immense searing pain.
* **Judgment:** Sense when others have broken any rules set by governing bodies or moral and ethical standards set by oneself and be able to force them to admit their guilt to receive punishment. If the individual is able to resist admitting their guilt, cause their feelings of guilt to continuously intensify, even for the most minor of infractions.
* **Grounding:** Temporarily remove all weapons from, paralyze the movement of, and disable all powers of a target.
* **Hera's Curse:** Channel anger or jealousy into a curse that can cause misfortunes to follow the cause or cause events that might strip the target of whatever is causing the anger or jealousy.
* **Haven:** Turn one's home, temporary or otherwise, into a protected space where oneself and one's chosen family can't be harmed and guests must be invited in. Also can cause any harmful intent aimed at a protected individual to be turned back on the aggressor and force their expulsion from the home.
* **Intimidation Aura:** Surround oneself with an intimidating aura in order to make others fearful or anxious.
* **Perfectionism:** Sense the imperfections and insecurities of oneself, others, and objects in order to either seek improvement or tear others down. Also can be used to find weaknesses in enemies, buildings, and systems and exploit them.

### Uncommon

* **Queen's Hive:** Summon several faceless minions with mild strength to serve oneself.
* **Queen's Swarm:** Unify a large group of individuals with some shared trait behind a task, giving them a burst of wild energy and strength. When combined with Queen's Hive, the minions can unify together and morph into slightly larger and stronger minions while swarming.
* **Matrimony:** Use energy to bind individuals together, preventing them from getting too far apart without getting yanked back together.
* **Oathkeeper:** Force others to uphold their end of any promise, contract, bargain, or deal, or else risk tenfold retributive punishment.
* **Soulbound:** Create a bond with someone close to oneself that allows one to sense when the other individual is in danger, experienced heightened empathy, potentially exchange subtle telepathic communications, and gain strength and energy from battling alongside one another. The stronger the bond, the stronger the abilities, and multiple bonds to multiple individuals can be created.

### Rare

* **Lotus Aura:** Call on Hera's lotus-tipped staff to put off an aura that lulls others into a peaceful, happy apathy, causing them to lose focus, strength, and time.
* **Mass Execution:** Strike all enemies within a specified area with a searing pain similar to that of Divine Punishment.
* **Creationism:** Bring forth a miniature pocket-galaxy into existence that one has complete control over.
* **Sacred Shifting:** Turn into any variety of cow, cuckoo, lion, panther, or peacock.