Hera

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> ### Full name
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> Hera Alexandros
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> * Hera Argeia
> * Hera Pais (in her Triple God form)
> * Hera Teleia (in her Triple God form)
> * Hera Chere (in her Triple God form)
> * Juno (used by the Ancient Romans)
> * Uni (used by the Etruscans)
> * Juno Caelestis
> * Juno Moneta
> * Reah Alexandros (as a Human)
> * The One Who Warns
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> ### Titles
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> * Goddess of Protection, Marriage, Childbirth, Female Reproduction, Weaving, Family, the Sky and the Stars
> * Patron of Women
> * Queen of Heaven
> * Queen of Olympus (formerly)
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> Celestial (Goddess)
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> No gender (female personality)
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> Dark brown
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> Brown
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> Deceased (consciousness in Kieran)
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> * Rhea (mother)
> * Cronus (father) †
> * Ares (oldest son)
> * Enyo (oldest daughter)
> * Hephaestus (second son)
> * Eileithyia (second daughter)
> * Hebe (youngest daughter)
> * Kieran Gandulfsson (youngest son)
> * Chiron (paternal youngest half-brother)
> * Zeus (younger brother)
> * Poseidon (older brother)
> * Demeter (older sister)
> * Hades (oldest brother)
> * Hestia (oldest sister)
> * Gaea (maternal grandmother - scattered)
> * Ouranos (maternal grandfather - scattered)
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> * Zeus (husband - separated)
> * Harald Gandulfsson (secret lover) †
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> "Hera, grant me your fury, so I can remind my enemies I am not the weakness they perceive, I am the oncoming storm, I am war.”
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> ― Nikita Gill
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**Hera** is a Celestial who was worshipped as the mightily Queen of Olympus and as the goddess of Protection, Marriage, Childbirth, Female Reproduction, Weaving, Family, the Sky and the Stars by the Ancient Greeks; she is one of the Twelve Olympians.

## Abilities

Due to her status of as an Elder Olympian and the Queen of Heaven, Hera is extremely powerful goddess as she is stronger the younger Olympians and is on the relatively same level of her sister Demeter. As such she possesses immensurable spiritual power as an Elder Celestial

* **Territory** - Hera possessed the unique ability to her to manipulate the space around her and in Hera's case it takes the appearance of strings. Her strings when she is in close physical contact with herself appear white and shining but at longer distances are incredibly durable and razor-sharp, making them able to cut, pierce, block, bind, or bash his opponents. Hera is also able to see the strings of love, fate, and death which enhanced her connect to the family and marriage as it a binding string between two people.
	+ **Sky Manipulation** - Hera possesses the ability to "*control the sky*". She can turn the sky into a tangible surface and use it to manipulate space, similar to how a lens creates distortion. She casually uses it to levitate and as an alternative to clothing. In battle, she can defend by distorting the shape of her opponent's attacks. While the surfaces she controls can't crush her opponents directly, Hera can break the surface of the sky like a thin layer of ice and hit her target with the impact. This allows her attacks to slip past her opponent's guard and generate massive destruction.
	+ **Bond Manipulation** - Hera can manipulate various bonds, including those which link individuals, breaking the bonds between them, altering them, reforming them or creating completely new ones. Thus, she is able to alter people's personalities, relationships, viewpoints and moral orientations. She can also break contractual bonds and the effects of powers such as *Telepathy* and *Persuasion*. Kieran can also manipulate the bonds between atoms, and use this to produce electricity, change one material into another and create powerful explosions.
* **Reproduce Manipulation** -
	+ **Self-Impregnation** - In the myth of Hephaestus birth, Hera managed to become pregnant with a divine child all by herself. But due to have legs like a serpent and out of shock dropped him from Olympus.
	+ **Life Creation** - Hera has demonstrated the ability to manipulate reality itself to a considerable extent. She created the one hundred-eyed giant Argus (who shares an emotional link with her) and Hephaestus.
* **Domestic Manipulation** - As the Goddess of Marriage and Family, all things related to domestic and familial relationships are under Hera's jurisdiction.
	+ **Memory Manipulation** - Hera has the ability to steal and restore memories. Before she gave up being a god, she manipulated the food she made at the last banquet she manipulates all the memories of the Olympians so her disappearance could fulfill her contract with (\*&\*) to be with Harald.
	+ **Food-Conjuration** - As shown in Hebe's memory, Hera is able to conjure delicious food on a marble table. Hera was said to be an excellent cook like her sister Demeter, knowing how to bake delicious bread and brownies.
* **Madness Induction** - Hera has an infamous control and manipulation over madness. In mythology*,* she drove the demigod Dionysus insane to the point he had to go to Zeus to be cured. Hera later induced Hercules to kill his wife Megara, his children and servants.
* **Shapeshifting** - Hera like other Olympians, Hera was quite skilled at changing her form taking a variety of animals and even appearing as an old woman.

## Etymology

* Hera has an uncertain meaning, possibly from Greek *ἥρως (heros)* meaning "hero, warrior"; *ὥρα (hora)* meaning "period of time"; or *αἱρέω (haireo)* meaning "to be chosen". In Greek mythology Hera was the queen of the gods, the sister and wife of Zeus. She presided over marriage and childbirth.
* Juno's meaning unknown, possibly related to an Indo-European root *iuni* meaning "young", or possibly of Etruscan origin. In Roman mythology Juno was the wife of Jupiter and the queen of the heavens. She was the protectress of marriage and women and was also the goddess of finance.
* Uni is the ancient goddess of marriage, fertility, family, and women in Etruscan religion and myth, and the patron goddess of Perugia. The name itself is of uncertain etymology, it may, however, be related to an Indo-European root *iuni* "young", connecting to her association with fertility, love, and marriage.
* Argeia is the feminine form of Argeios which is derived from αργός (*argós*), which meant "white" or "shining"; possibly, this had to do with the visual impression given of the Argolic plain during harvest time. According to Strabo, the name could have even originated from the word αγρός "field" by antimetathesis of the consonants.
* Pais comes from Παῖς (*pais*) meaning "child" referring to her time as a child and virgin.
* Teleia comes from τέλεια (*teléia*) meaning "wife" referring to Hera as a woman and wife. This development occurs after her marriage to Zeus, following the Titanomachy. She is dutiful, with Hera the Wife being the most common variation of the goddess that is depicted in the myths.
* Chere comes from χῆρα (*chḗrē*) meaning "the widow" alluding to her separation from Zeus.
* Caelestis is a Late Latin name meaning "of the sky, heavenly".
* *Juno Moneta*, an epithet of *Juno*, was the protectress of funds, and, accordingly, money in ancient Rome was coined in her temple. The word "*moneta*" (from which the words "money" and "monetize" are derived) was used by writers such as Ovid, Martial, Juvenal, and Cicero. In several modern languages, including Russian and Italian, *moneta* (Spanish *moneda*) is the word for "coin". Moneta is possibly derived either from the Latin *monēre* (since, as the protectress of funds, she "warned" of economic instability) or, more likely, from the Greek "*moneres*", meaning "alone” or “unique".
* Alexandros mean "defender of men" from Greek ἀλέξω (*alexo*) meaning "to defend, help" and ἀνήρ (*aner*) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός).

## Trivia

* According to the Databook(s).
	+ Hera hobbies were matchmaking, weaving, cooking, swimming and spending time with her children.
	+ Hera's sacred animals are the cuckoo, the cow and a peacock.
	+ A favorite offering to Hera was pomegranate braised short ribs with mashed acorns.
		- Her second favorite offering was pomegranate soup with barley bread.
	+ Hera hates human sacrifices.
	+ The most precious things in her life were her children and she worried often about them.
* Hera in Albion religion is commonly worshipped in her triple form as *Hera Pais*, *Hera Teleia* and *Hera Chere* as the child, mother and widow.
* According to Hebe, Hera was a habitual smoker and potentially a functioning alcoholic, turning to one or the other to relieve stress.