Hades

Hades is one of the many Disney Villains appearing in the Sora and Pretty Cure's Adventures series. He is a member of the Council of Villains whose goal is to seek to harness the power of the Heartless and to take control of Kingdom Hearts to rule all of the worlds in the *Kingdom Hearts* video game series. Outside of the *Kingdom Hearts* universe, Hades is the main antagonist of the 1997 Disney animated film, *Hercules*. He is also the husband of Maleficent from *Sleeping Beauty* and the father of Mal in the Disney Channel Original Movie trilogy/franchise, *Descendants*.

## Hades

### Relatives

Zeus and Poseidon (brothers)Hercules (nephew)

Hera (sister-in-law)

Megara (niece-in-law)

Maleficent (wife)

Mal (daughter)

### Occupation

God of the UnderworldLord of the Dead

Member of the Council of Villains

## History

What could be worse than killing a king? How about a god? Hades is the lord of the underworld in *Hercules*, a member of the Council of Villains in the *Kingdom Hearts* games and the husband of Maleficent and father of Mal in *Descendants*. Now, Hades does have a bone to pick. His older brother, Zeus made him ruler of the dead and gave him the boot out of Olympus. This spurs Hades’ elaborate act of revenge which involves killing Zeus’s son Hercules, unleashing the Titans, imprisoning Zeus in magma and becoming ruler of Olympus. Classic villain stuff. Of course along the way, we see more personal examples of his evilness in one-sided he enacts with mortals. He’s like other villains such as Dr. Facilier. Getting people into binds that they don’t need to be in. Meg is now his slave since she sold her soul to rescue her first love. He exploits this to wound and weaken Hercules. He’s a chess player. He moves people around to do his bidding. This comes back to haunt him as Hercules is able to best Hades’ deal through finally becoming a true hero. Something a huckster like Hades couldn’t foresee. And in classic Disney fashion, his punishment fits his crime being drowned at his own river of death.

## Powerfulness and Weaknesses

Hades is considerably powerful simply for being the God of the Underworld. He’s a schemer and clearly has immense power in his world. He knew how to be patient to get what he wanted, waiting eighteen years for the stars to align in his favor. But once Hercules was a threat, he completely lost his cool and resorted to emotional blackmail. But either way, the mere fact that he’s able to create contracts that damn souls to an eternity of being in his possession is scary and no one can take that away from him.

## Intelligence

Hades definitely has brains under his belt. We completely sympathize that he did not want to be the one in charge of the dead and he resented Zeus for the role. Hades was able to play the long game, playing nice and thinking Hercules was out of his way. He was able to bide his time until it was most likely he would succeed. When his plan was threatened, he was able to figure out what to use against the hero. The one thing he didn’t plan for was Meg dying to protect him. Which is kind’ve surprising since Meg had already sacrificed herself for love once.

## Defeats

In *Hercules*, Herc saves Meg and Hades is lead to his own defeat when Herc punches him into the depths of the River Styx and gets dragged by the Fates.