Enyo/Bellona

**Enyo** is the Greek goddess of war, destruction and devastation. She is also identified with her twin brother, Ares. Her Roman counterpart is **Bellona**. Her Etruscan counterpart is **Enie**.

## Basic Info

### Alias

Goddess of War, Goddess of Destruction and Devastation, Mamá (By Sadie and Cassandra), Mother (By Anatole)

## Family Info

### Siblings

Ares (Twin brother)Eileithyia, Eris, Hebe and Angelos (sisters)Hephaestus (Brother)

### Offspring

Cassandra Torres and Sadie Torres (By James)Anatole Mycenaean and Iphigenia Mycenaean (By Agamemnon)

### Extended Family

* Hestia, Demeter, Kelene (Aunts)
* Poseidon and Hades (Uncles)
* Emily Garcia, Carlos Rodriguez, Talia Prevost, Caspian Portal, Moana de Mare, Adelaide Basset, Evan Gonzales (Cousins)
* Leo Guzman, Marko Bachinski, Ryan Anderson, Oscar Vasquez, Gabriel Sandoval, Philip Priam (Nephews)
* Quiara Crest, Esperanza Vasquez, Diana Silver, Evelyn Dare, (Nieces)

## History

### Enyo, Eris, and Ares

Enyo is called the "sister of War" by Quintus Smyrnaeus, in a role closely resembling that of Eris, the embodiment of strife and discord, with Homer, in particular, representing the two as the same. In some myths, she is identified as the mother of the war god Enyalius as well, and in these myths, Ares is indicated as the father, however, the masculine name *Enyalius* or *Enyalios* also may be used as a title for Ares.

### Goddess of War

As goddess of war, Enyo is responsible for orchestrating the destruction of cities, often accompanying Ares into battle. She is depicted as "supreme in war". She is so delighted in warfare that she even refused to take sides in the battle between Zeus and the monster.

### Other Myths

Enyo was involved in the war of the Seven against Thebes, and in Dionysus's war with the Indians as well. During the fall of Troy, Enyo inflicted terror and bloodshed in the war, along with Eris ("Strife"), Phobos ("Fear"), and Deimos ("Dread"), the latter two being sons of Ares. She, Eris, and the two sons of Ares are depicted on the shield of Achilles.

### Birth of Anatole and Iphigenia

During the Trojan war, Enyo greatly admired Agamemnon's strength and found her self becoming attracted to him, in similar fashion to how Aphrodite fell in love with Diomedes. One night, Enyo visited Agamemnon's tent with an offer; If he slept with her, then the war would go to the Greeks. Agamemnon was swayed, not only by her offer, but by her divine beauty, and agreed to spend the night with her. The next morning, Enyo was gone. However, back on Olympus, Enyo discovered that she was with her children, later discovering she was going to have twins, but rather than keeping this news to herself, Enyo decided to tell Agamemnon, coming to him in a dream. Nine months later, Enyo gave birth to her twin children. Enyo allowed Agamemnon to name their children, saying she would take them back to Olympus to raise them until the war was over. Agamemnon named the boy Anatole and the girl Iphigenia, after the daughter he was forced to sacrifice

## Personality

Enyo's companions and emblems reflect a lot to her personality. They are pain, famine, and panic. Coincidentally, she is one of the Graiai (one of the grey sisters that not many know about). Antaole describes his mother as cruel, harsh and abusive, speaking from the abuse his mother put him through for so many years. According to Anatole, Enyo hated whenever her son was "acting weak" and would often slap him to the ground telling to "fight or die". However, this is different from what we hear from Sadie and Cassandra, who described their mother, Bellona, as much more caring, but a bit more stricter. This could be because of their different aspects, Greek Enyo becoming more harsh and cruel, while Roman Bellona is much more calm and gentle. A war goddess alongside Ares, she was his companion and counterpart and occasionally his wife. May have had a son by him named Enyalius in earlier legends, but that name was later conflated with Ares himself (helps that Enyalius was also a war god). Enyo, a daughter of Hera and Zeus, was responsible for orchestrating the destruction of cites, much to her enjoyment, and often accompanied Ares directly into battle. Alongside Eris, Deimos, and Phobos, she instigated the horrors of war. She is described as loud and active, barking orders or war-cries, her weapons clanging as she runs. She is credited with inspiring violence, starting wars, and goading soldiers into battle; Virgil described her as carrying a bloodstained scourge or whip. She was believed to make wars and battles go well for those who invoked her.

## Appearance

Both Enyo and Bellona are usually shown in a plumed helmet and armor, armed with sword and spear, carrying a shield (being the war goddess); sometimes she carries a torch with a blood-red flame. When Sadie meets her, Sadie describes Bellona as having a strict yet calm looking face, pale skin, and red eyes with brown hair that is wavy and covered by plumed helmet. Anatole and Iphigenia described the same thing, however, Enyo had black hair and looked more cruel, with a dark look on her face. Both counterparts are seen wearing a Greek dress with armor over it.

## Powers and Abilities

### Goddess Powers

Enyo, being both a goddess of war and the daughter of two elder Olympians, is very powerful

* She possesses the standard powers of a goddess.
* **Odikinesis**: As the Goddess of War, she has the ability to manipulate feelings and emotions of war
* **Prowess in Battle**: As the Goddess of War, she is a fierce warrior, and a master of both armed and hand-to-hand combat.
* **Warfare**: As the Goddess of War, she is an expert in all areas of warfare.
* **War Manipulation**: As the Goddess of War, she has the power to influence all forms of conflict including mental, physical, spiritual and conceptual ones, regardless of the area and numbers involved, control how they progress and draw power both from the conflict alone as well as the dying. She is naturally extremely skilled in all form of fighting, weapons and both strategy and tactics as well as statistics of war. She can start conflicts by influencing people or events, rise personal and fanatical armies, control and create weapons of every kind and even grant others extensive abilities of combat. She has the incredible power to invoke war and chaos within an enormously large radius, ranging from a city to an entire continent. With this power she has full control over the city or continent that is in war and chaos at the time.
* **Destruction**: As the goddess of Destruction, it is possible that Enyo has absolute authority over destruction such as explosions or that which is caused by war.
* **Telumkinesis**: As the Goddess of War, she has absolute control and divine authority over weapons.
	+ **Weapon Conjuration**: She can conjure and use any weapon
	+ **Weapon Curses**: She can curse weapons.
	+ **Disarmament**: She can disarm her opponents with a gesture.
	+ **Weapon Omniscience**: She knows everything about a weapon when she sees it.

## Children

The Torres family has been blessed by Bellona for generations. Enyo also had a brief affair with the King Agamemnon

## Aspects of Bellona

* Bellona Pulvinensis
* Bellona Insulensis

## Etymology

The meaning of Enyo's name is unknown, however, The name Bellona derives from the Latin word for war (*bellum*), and is directly related to the modern English words *belligerent* (lit. war-waging), *bellicose* (lit. aggression) and *antebellum* (lit. happenings before war). In earlier times she was called Duellona, the name being derived from a more ancient word for battle.

## Trivia

1. The goddess has also proved popular in post-Renaissance art as a female embodiment of military virtue, and an excellent opportunity to portray the feminine form in armor and helmet.
2. 28 Bellona, a large main-belt asteroid, is named after her Roman counterpart; the name was chosen to mark the beginning of the Crimean War.
3. Bellona was originally a Sabine goddess of war, identified with Nerio, the consort of the war god Mars and later with her Greek counterpart Enyo.
4. Bellona's festival was celebrated on June 3rd. The first temple dedicated to Bellona was built in 296 BCE.
5. Bellona's priests were known as *Bellonarii*. They used to wound their own arms or legs as a blood sacrifice to her. These rites took place on 24th March, called the day of blood *(dies sanguinis)*, after the ceremony. Since this rite was similar to the Cybele rites in Asia Minor, Bellona also came to be associated with the Cappadocian goddess Ma.
6. The Roman *Campus Martius* area, in which Bellona’s temple was situated, had extraterritorial status. Ambassadors from foreign states, who were not allowed to enter the city proper, stayed in this complex.
7. Enyo was part of the war of the Seven Against Thebes.
8. In some myths, Enyo was the mother to Eris