Ares (God of War)

Ares is a character in God of War

* Ares (DC) vs. Ares (God of War)

## History

Ares is the Olympian god of war and son to Zeus and Hera. One of the most powerful and prominent gods of Olympus, Ares secretly coveted all of Olympus for himself and sought to overthrow the other gods. To this end, he manipulated the Spartan demigod Kratos, however in so doing he inadvertently set the course for his own demise after Kratos used the power of Pandora's Box to kill him. However, the Evils of the Box would later infect the other Olympians, including Zeus who grew paranoid about Kratos and attempted to kill him, leading Kratos to vengefully kill him and any other god who impeded him. In this way, one could say that Ares' goal of overthrowing Olympus was actually fulfilled, albeit not in the way he had initially hoped.

## Information

### Background

* Race: Olympian God
* Age: Several thousand years old at least
* Height: Unknown
* Weight: Unknown
* Alias: God of War, Fallen God, First God of War, Prince of the Gods, A Cruel God
* Occupation: Greek God of War
* Son of Zeus and Hera
* Half-brother and former master of Kratos
* One of the Twelve Olympians
* Responsible for most of the events in the Greek era

### Powers and Abilities

* Immortality
* Invulnerable to conventional weapons
* Godly powers
* Telepathy
* Telekinesis
* Pyrokinesis
* Geokinesis
* Dimensiokinesis
* Size alteration
* Swordsmanship
* Enhanced senses
* Supernatural strength
* Supernatural durability
* Power bestowal
* Astral projection
* Shapeshifting
* Transformation
* Elemental manipulation
* Enhanced senses
* Weapon mastery
* War embodiment
* Weapon creation
* Enhanced marksmanship

### Weapons

* Sword
* Axe
* Warhammer
* Extendable back blades

### Feats

* Could stomp and make an earthquake around Athens
* Moved clouds with his hands
* Created mountains and destroyed them
* Could physically contend with Kratos
* Possibly superior to Apollo, whose power casually destroyed an island
* Is the fourth mightiest Olympian after Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, and should be thus stronger than the likes of Helios
* Superior to Titans like Atlas
* Superior to Helios and the Primordials in speed
* Likely not too far off from Kratos in speed, who could easily keep up with the Sisters of Fate and Zeus
* Could perceive the pillar he threw travelling at hypersonic+ speeds
* Traveled from Olympus to an unknown location in seconds
* Can bat around Kratos from any point in his pocket dimension as well as exist in a disembodied state
* Easily withstood being pierced by one of his own spider arms
* Took a lot of punishment from Kratos when the latter was empowered by Pandora's Box
* Should scale to Kratos, who was able to easily withstand a long period inside the Light of Alfheim without being driven insane or being completely incinerated and being made one with the Light
* Unaffected by his pocket dimension's countless stars and its swirling galaxy
* Shrugged off the Blade of Artemis, with said Blade being more powerful than the Blades of Chaos outright, which are in turn superior to Mjolnir at their peak
	+ Mjolnir violently shook the Nine Realms and splintered Yggdrasil, forcibly casting Jormungandr back through time, and could clash with Ingrid on even grounds; Ingrid managed to hold back the sword of Ragnarök, which shook Yggdrasil to its roots
* Survived having sex with Aphrodite, who can kill people at the mere act of having sex with them
* Joined forces with the Furies to overthrow Olympus
* Captured Deimos and sent him to be painfully tortured by Thanatos
* Curbstomped the Barbarians
* Tricked Kratos into killing his own family
* Wiped out a majority of people in Athens
* Ripped out the eyes of an oracle
* Fought in the Great War against the Titans for centuries
* Made Kratos a great warrior
* Indirectly brought the Marked Warrior prophecy to fruition by creating the Ghost of Sparta, spelling Olympus' destruction and the death of the Greek gods

### Weaknesses

* Pandora's Box, the Blade of Olympus and other godly instruments can kill him
* Other gods of equal or greater power can kill him as well
* Cruel, sadistic, and violent
* Arrogant to the point of openly calling out Zeus and challenging his rule
* Considered love for one's family a weakness, which is evident by how he tricked Kratos into murdering his family, as he believed they hindered his servant from becoming a great warrior
* Ended up being killed by Kratos despite putting up a fight beforehand