Hera/Relationships

#### Metis

Metis is Hera’s mother and creator, crafting Hera from "starlight and the sweetest earth." Metis loved her daughter greatly and affectionately referred to her as “my girl.” Hera would frequently hug Metis' fingers for comfort. During the Titanomachy, Metis gently coaxed Hera to help in the war efforts, which included treating Hades' wounds. When Hera showed reluctance, Metis told her that she needed to be brave, and reminded her that she would want someone to help her if she was injured. She also told Hera she needed to set a good example for her sisters.

When Hera and Zeus came up with a plan to bring down Kronos, Metis was furious, as it involved Hera seducing Kronos. The argument led Hera to tears, but she was determined to go through with her plan. The war ended with Zeus consuming Metis, as her fertility goddess status greatly increased his powers. It is unknown how Hera reacted to her mother's death, but she still thinks about her in the present day.

### **Romantic**

#### Zeus

Zeus is Hera's husband. According to Hades, Zeus "chose" Hera during their war with the Titans, preventing the other Gods from pursuing a relationship with her. It appears that they had a good relationship in the past, based on their apparent happiness in portraits and flashbacks. However, Hera also had an attraction to Hades in the beginning, something Zeus seemed to have noticed and shown jealousy over. Towards the end of the war against Kronos, the two came up with a plan wherein Hera would seduce Kronos to be able to poison him over time. Zeus began to feel apprehension over this, despite being complicit in its conception, as it started to work too well for his liking.

Kronos eventually discovered the plan and ripped Hera in half in his rage. Despite Zeus trying to help Hera during her healing process, she looked to Hades for comfort instead. In his jealousy, Zeus planned to have Hades become King of the Underworld so that he would be further away from her. It is unknown if Zeus was ever aware of Hades proposing to Hera afterwards. Despite the proposal, Hera revealed that she had already chosen to marry Zeus. While their marriage started off happy, it soon suffered, as Zeus was a womanizer and began to have numerous affairs, including with Hera's friend Leto. This affair resulted in Hera banishing Leto from Olympus, but she was unaware of the fact that Leto was also pregnant with Zeus' children. Sometime during her marriage, presumably in retaliation, Hera started an on and off affair with Hades that ended around the "80s." It is unknown if Zeus was ever aware of the affair.

   In the present day, their relationship has been tumultuous. They fight constantly over each other's decisions, and Hera resents Zeus due to his affairs and behavior. During the start of the story, although they are seen fighting quite often, Hera believes that Zeus is keeping his promise and is trying to work on their relationship, completely unaware of the fact that he sleeps with his personal secretary Thetis.

Despite this, Zeus is unwilling to leave Hera for one of his mistresses, and Hera appears to put up with Zeus' infidelity to a certain point. This appears to indicate they still care for each other on some level. Even with the animosity between them, they have also been seen getting along and having fun together, such as when they excitedly spied on Hades and Persephone from their balcony.

However, their relationship is further strained when Hera becomes frustrated with Zeus dismissing her suspicions about Apollo causing Persephone harm. When Thetis sends Hera nudes of Zeus through a burner phone, Hera confronts her husband and is further enraged when he dismisses her complaints.

Zeus has revealed to Hades that he knows he's a bad husband but truly does love Hera. Despite Zeus' acknowledgement of his flaws, things continue to worsen when Hera finds out that he has issued an arrest warrant for both Demeter and Persephone. She scolds Zeus, angered that he made this decision without consulting her. Later on, the two are shown to be sleeping in separate bedrooms when Hera has a nightmare about Kronos and wakes up screaming in pain. Zeus immediately runs to her, helping and comforting her by holding her in his arms and reassuring her that his father is gone. Both, however, are in shock when her old scar from the war is suddenly open. The next day, they call a physician to check on her, but only Hebe and Hera's new assistant, Echo, are in the room with her while Zeus is outside.

#### Hades

Hades is Hera's brother-in-law and former fling. They get along very well, though Hebe points out that Hera may sometimes take her frustrations with Zeus out on Hades. The two first met after Hades was freed by Zeus, and Hera was tasked to help clean his wounds. When Hades saw her, he was weak and unable to speak, but was awed by her beauty. The two ended up kissing, the beginning of a close relationship. However, Hades once said that Zeus had "chosen" Hera, and she was therefore off limits to be courted. The two remained close, something Zeus was aware of.

Towards the end of the war, Zeus and Hera came up with a plan to take down Kronos by having Hera seduce him and feed him poison. Hades pleaded with her to not do it, worried for her safety. He told her that Zeus would never ask her to do it if he truly loved her. Despite his protests, Hera went on with plan, but her deception was soon discovered by Kronos, and during battle, Kronos grabbed Hera and ripped her in two pieces. While Zeus tried to help her recover, he could not understand her the way Hades did, as Zeus was the only member of the 6 Traitors who didn't have a physical scar from Kronos. She found herself looking to Hades for comfort.

After Zeus convinced Hades to become King of the Underworld, Hades asked Hera to come with him and be his Queen. She turned him down, as Zeus had already proposed to her and by accepting his proposal she would be Queen of the Gods. Despite this, the two still held a candle for each other. Due to Zeus' constant infidelity during their marriage, Hera began a long-term, on and off affair with Hades. The two eventually agreed to officially end this affair sometime in the "80s." Hades later got involved with a nymph named Minthe, and Hera decided that she disliked her and Hades together, excluding her from family events. When Hades decided that he was going to propose to Minthe, he chose not to tell Hera due to her expected disapproval, which hurt her when she found out.

When Hera later learns of her brother-in-law's attraction to Persephone, she initially disapproves. After some consideration, she decides to secretly test him to see if he is suitable for Persephone. At one point, she kisses him suddenly to gauge his reaction. He pulls away and reminds her that the two ended things years ago, and that he has not seen her in a romantic way for a long time. Later that night, she makes Hades stay for dinner with Persephone, later spying on the two alongside Zeus. After dinner, Hades calls Hera and leaves her a voicemail, telling her that they can never repeat history and that he is long done being her go-to when she wants to spite Zeus. Hera is pleased with this voicemail, writing in her journal that Hades now has her blessing to court Persephone, giving the relationship her full encouragement and support.

After a warrant is put up for Persephone's arrest, Hera shows no desire to side with her husband and give Persephone up. Hera is later greatly angered at Zeus telling Hades that there is no way Persephone truly values him.

### **Children**

#### **Eris**

Eris is the first child of Zeus and Hera. While it is unknown what their relationship was like when Eris was a child, their relationship was ruined after Eris attempted to kill Hera for an unknown reason. Eris was disowned by her parents and seemingly stayed away from them for years. Upon the conclusion of Demeter and Persephone's trial, Eris appears, which frightens Hera. As Demeter goes on, Eris teasingly wishes that she had a mother who loved her the way Demeter loves Persephone. Upon hearing this, Hera yells from the second floor that Eris tried to kill her, but Eris is simply annoyed that Hera has been holding that against her.

#### Hephaestus

Hephaestus is one of Hera's sons; however, their relationship seems rather awkward and strained. Hecate mentions to Demeter that Hephaestus wants nothing to do with his family. However, he was willing to answer her phone call and help Hera in her time of need. Hera cares deeply for Hephaestus, but he remains rather distant and blunt towards her. Before leaving their meeting, Hera asks him to come and visit. He tells her that he will think about it to visit his little sister, Hebe, who he has yet to meet.

After Ares tells him that Hera is ill, Hephaestus is concerned for her wellbeing and arrives to visit her, much to her surprise. Hera is very pleased, and thanks him for his earlier help. After this, the two appear to be on better footing.

#### Ares

Ares is one of Hera's sons, with whom she has a close relationship. Ares claims that Zeus is ashamed of him, indicating that this has led him to be closer to Hera. Despite this, Hera has shown dislike for Aphrodite, Ares's longtime girlfriend and mother of Hera's grandson, Eros, with whom she also has a poor relationship. When Hera first mentions marriage to Persephone, she states that she has two very available sons, gladly ready to set Persephone up with Ares despite his relationship with Aphrodite.

When Ares arrives back on Olympus, he witnesses one of Zeus and Hera's fights, and protects Hera from him, showing great anger at Zeus' mistreatment of her. Hera is thrilled when Ares returns home, grinning as she cuts his hair and pampers him. When Ares discovers that Aphrodite has slept with Zeus, Ares is furious and starts a fight with him. Hera runs out and attempts to calm Ares, but fails, resulting in him indirectly hitting her in the face. Ares is immediately wracked with guilt, and leaves when Hera orders everyone to leave her home and get out of her sight.

Much later, Ares is contacted by Echo, Hera's new assistant, after Hera's old war wound reopens. Ares goes to see Hephaestus to try and get him to visit her, showing he's frustrated over Hephaestus distancing himself from their family, especially their mom. Ares also assumes that Echo is Hera's new girlfriend, not angry over the idea that Hera is being unfaithful to Zeus.

#### Hebe

Hebe is Hera's daughter and her youngest child. When young, she often made and served her parents drinks, and was typically dressed in an outfit that matched Hera's, being her "mini-me." Hebe was a source of reason for her mother: after Hera and Zeus argued over Hades' attraction to Persephone, Hebe argued that Hera was upset with Zeus and taking it out on Hades instead. While Hera dismissed this at first, she later wondered if Hebe may have more emotional intelligence than her, realizing that she had treated Hades unfairly.

When Hades dropped Hera off at home, she used Hebe as a way to guilt Hades into coming in to visit. During dinner, Zeus and Hera began to argue, but Hebe was unaffected, already accustomed to her parents arguing. Hebe was not afraid to check her parent's behavior, showing annoyance at both Zeus and Hera when she found them spying on Hades and Persephone, calling them "perverts."

When Hera's old scars suddenly reopened after a nightmare, Hebe is by Hera's side.

When Hera succumbs to a sleep sickness, Hebe clearly misses her. She comes to her room to care for her and speak with her. Despite Hera being unable to hear, Hebe vents to her about the situation, laments that she is not as strong as Hera is, and begins to cry when saying that she misses her and their family being together.

#### Athena

Athena is Hera's step-daughter, and although Hera referred to an unnamed daughter that possibly lives within the palace, it is unclear if she was referring to Athena.

#### **Artemis**

Artemis is Hera's step-daughter. Hera and Leto were once best friends, until Hera exiled Leto due to her affair with Zeus which, unknown until recently, had resulted in Apollo and Artemis' conception. As after an unknown number of years, the twins would be chosen to become Olympians by Zeus and Hera. According to Artemis, Hera cannot stand her, and was even shown to be too nervous to contact Hera on her own about Persephone's disappearance.

During the last day of Persephone and Demeter's trial, Apollo revealed himself and Artemis to be Zeus' children, shocking Zeus and angering Hera.

#### **Apollo**

Apollo is Hera's step-son. Hera and Leto were once best friends until Hera exiled Leto due to her affair with Zeus which resulted in Apollo and Artemis' birth. As years passed, the twins would choose to be Olympians by Zeus and Hera. It is unknown how Hera felt about Apollo before discovering his assault on Persephone and if her past friendship with his mother affected her view on him. She was aware that Hades and Apollo had a deep hatred for each other and used this when she showed Hades a picture of Apollo and Persephone after discovering Hades' attraction to Persephone. She would later regret this action, especially when she realizes that Persephone looked frighten in the picture.

After Hera has a vision of Persephone being assaulted, she starts to look for who was responsible and wonder if Apollo could have been the one. She asks for Zeus' input but Zeus was quick to shut her down on her theory and state that even if the vision was true and Apollo was responsible, it would be a PR nightmare and make people doubt their ability to choose Olympians. This statement greatly angered Hera, resulting in her spitting in Zeus' face. When Hera is going over a list of suitors for Persephone, it's shown that she has crossed out Apollo's name very early on. When discovering Zeus was continuing on with affairs, Zeus changes the subject and argues that she has become obsessed with Apollo and how it's been affecting her duties. Despite her better judgment, she decides to drop the investigation at the time when Zeus mentions that Persephone would have come to her if something had truly happened.

It's not until Hera, disguised as Persephone to have lunch with Demeter, is confronted by Apollo and realizes she was right. Unknown to Hera, Apollo had blackmailed Persephone with photos of the assault if she were to come forward and tell anyone. While Apollo does not fully confess to the event, he grabs "Persephone's" arm only to be burned and Hera to reveal herself. She leaves with a warning and goes back to the investigation in her office. Apollo, realizing that Hera is suspicious, arrives and states that he and Persephone are in a secret relationship and request for Hera to approve the marriage. Hera burst out laughing and shreds his application before burning it in her hands and tells him "No."

After Persephone was revealed to be living with Hades after the warrant for her arrest was issued by Zeus, she arrives and wishes for Persephone to confide in her. Persephone confirms her visions resulting in both of them crying. While Persephone originally wishes for Hera to drop the issue and leave it alone, Persephone eventually comes forwards about the pictures he was blackmailing her with. Hera finds Persephone's old phone and nervously bites her nail when she goes searching for the photos. When seeing the photos, she is greatly upset and breaks a nail and starts to bleed. She calls her estranged son, Hephaestus, for help and is relieved to hear that he can get rid of the photos with no issues.

During the last day of Persephone and Demeter's trial, Apollo reveals himself and Artemis to be Zeus' children, shocking Zeus and angering Hera.

### **Grandchildren**

#### Eros

Eros is Hera's Grandson through Ares. Not much is known about their relationship, but Eros states the two don't get along due to Hera only seeing him as his mother's wicked spawn. It's unclear if the two were ever close in his childhood and while Eros states Hera doesn't show much fondness over him, it's unclear how he feels about her. Over the course of the centuries, Zeus blamed Aphrodite and Eros for his affairs which led to the ban of Aphrodite and Eros' ability to control the sexual desires of anyone that isn’t a virgin by Hera's decree. Despite this, Eros was invited and present for his Aunt Hebe's birthday, showing Hera does at the very least view him as family. When Persephone goes missing, Artemis and Eros argue over who calls Hera and asks for help and Eros makes it clear Hera would more than likely ignore his plead the same way he would with Artemis.

#### **Asclepius**

Hera is Asclepius' step-grandmother through Apollo. As both she and Zeus were unaware that Apollo was the latter's son, both were also unaware of Asclepius being Zeus' grandson. Prior to the discovery, he was trusted enough to be called to treat Hera's reopened scars, but was afterwards threatened by her to keep this incident to himself. In a later episode, Hades reveals that he had previously consulted with Asclepius about his infertility, and that the demigod had proceeded to share this private information with Apollo, who would later spread it around; given the fact that Hera and Hades remain as good friends, it is possible that Hera's threat towards Asclepius could have been due to her knowing how he had previously mishandled her fellow god's medical information.

### **Extended Family**

#### Demeter

Demeter is Hera's oldest co-creation, one of her oldest friends, and a fellow member of the 6 Traitors Dynasty. When Hera was greatly injured by Kronos, Demeter was shown to have wept over Hera's body, and helped her to heal from her wounds. Over time, Demeter would have Persephone and felt comfortable enough to allow her to meet Hera. Demeter has shown great anger over Zeus's many affairs, but she would hide some of his mistresses in the Mortal Realm out of fear. After being asked to do so again, Demeter overcame her fear and refused, and screamed at Zeus to stop cheating on Hera.

In the present day, Demeter doesn't know that Hera had chosen Hades as a suitable match for Persephone and sent her to intern at Underworld Corp. When Persephone goes missing, Artemis and Eros ask Hera to pretend to be Persephone to have lunch with Demeter so they wouldn't tell her that Persephone is missing. Hera was against this plan but went along with it only if they would tell Demeter the truth if Persephone was not found. The lunch went on without Demeter knowing it was Hera.

When Zeus issues the arrest warrant after discovering Demeter covering up Persephone's act of wrath, Hera was furious at Zeus for doing such a thing without talking to her first and would do it to Demeter who fought among them in the war and made it possible for Zeus to become king. When Demeter is hiding, she meets Hecate and tells her that she chose not to go to Hera as her allegiance with Zeus changes and feared she might have turned her in.

#### **Hestia**

Hestia is Hera's older co-creation, one of her oldest friends, and a fellow member of the 6 Traitors Dynasty. While the two seem to be close, Hera is annoyed by Hestia recruiting new goddesses for TGOEM, as it makes it hard for Hera to do her job as the Goddess of Marriage. In Episode 187, both of them meet while visiting Demeter. Hestia accuses Hera of not caring about their sister, because of her absence during the trial. In response Hera says, that she didn't see her leaping to Demeter's defense. Both of them admit that they are scared of Demeter. While Hera and Demeter fought about Persephone's relationship with Hades, Hestia was displeased with their actions, but once her scar began to bleed, both Demeter and Hera were shown to be greatly worried.

#### Kronos

Kronos' is Hera's father-in-law. During the war, Zeus and Hera came up with a plan where Hera would seduce Kronos and slowly poison him over time. This plan was greatly disapproved by everyone, especially Hera's Mother Metis and Hades. After Kronos discovered her deception, he would find her on the battlefield and rip her in half. Her sacrificed allowed his sons and others to defect him. Hera was greatly traumatized by these events and took her many years to recover. Many looked down on the plan that deceived Kronos and resulted in Hera being given the name "The Golden Traitor,” a name that has followed her throughout the years.

In the present day, Hera is stilled traumatized by Kronos and has stared at herself in the mirror, feeling the scar he gave her. One night, Hera remembers talking to Hades as he was pleading with her not to go through with the plan. She screams how she chose to go through with the plan but hearing Kronos's voice causes her to freeze in fear. He then grabs her and tells her that he can see her. She wakes up, screaming and crying in pain which causes Zeus to run in and take her to the shower to calm her down. The two are in shock when her wound suddenly reopens years after the war.

#### **Persephone**

Persephone is Hera's future sister-in-law. She has known Persephone since the latter was a newborn, having blessed the infant goddess with beauty. Hera was charmed by a young Persephone (then Kore) after she shyly told Hera that she is beautiful in person, and Hera likewise left an impression on young Persephone, having allowed the young goddess to wear her crown and to stay by her side during the party. When Persephone moved to Olympus, Hera sought to protect her after she caught on to Hades' attraction to her, admonishing him and his brothers for saying lewd things about someone so young and impressionable. However, when she came to realize that Hades and Persephone were mutually attracted to each other, Hera decided to both subtly test Hades and to bring the pair together, primarily doing so by assigning Persephone an internship with Underworld Corp. Even after she marked Hades as being an acceptable suitor for Persephone, Hera also imagined Persephone as a potential daughter-in-law (were she to marry one of Hera's sons) with excitement.

When Hera held Persephone's hand and inadvertently felt her trauma over being raped, she was devastated and became determined to find out who hurt her, showing she deeply cares about Persephone and her mental well-being. Later on, Hera visited both her and Hades in the Underworld, and spoke with Persephone in private to confirm what Apollo did to her. After having initially rebuffed Hera's attempts and requesting that she leave, Persephone eventually opened up about what happened to her and revealed that Apollo was blackmailing her with photos that he took during the incident. Hera promised that she would help Persephone, and enlisted her estranged son, Hephaestus, to remotely delete the photos from Apollo's phone after giving him Persephone's old SIM card.

### **Friends**

#### Echo

Zeus had told Hera to get another assistant for some time and despite Hera's protest, he hired Echo. Hera tells Echo she doesn't need an assistant and almost fired her on the spot but after seeing how well Echo handled herself in tight situations, such as Apollo barging into her office, she tells Echo to stay and take notes. She was so impressed with the tea Echo brewed that she asked for her name and allowed her to stay. Hera and Echo would continue to work together, and Echo would lead Hera to the hotel Persephone stayed at where Hera found find her cellphone. Echo offered her help with the cellphone and while Hera knew she could help, she kept her promise to keep the context of the phone a secret.

Later on, Hera would have a nightmare of Kronos and scream in pain. Zeus would take her to the shower to cool her down only to see her old scar wound from the war had somehow reopened and was bleeding. When Hera was being checked on by Astraeus, Echo and Hebe were at her side. It would seem that the two have now become friends outside of the workspace and Hera is comfortable to have Echo by her side and have Hebe and Echo know each other.  Not long after, Echo decides to track down Hera's sons, Ares and Hephaestus, to visit Hera and cheer her up. Echo would achieve her goal of reaching Ares and Ares would go and meet his brother in her place. When talking to his brother, Ares describes Echo as "the blue lady" being their Mom's assistant or her girlfriend, hinting that he and others may see a romantic link between the two.

### **Enemies**

#### Leto

Leto and Hera were once very close friends, until Hera discovered that Zeus was having an affair with Leto. Furious about the betrayal, Hera banished Leto and unknowingly to Zeus and Hera, Leto soon gave birth to twins, Apollo and Artemis. Their falling out was known to have "shook the whole kingdom" and left many wondering what cause their friendship to fall apart. While Leto never revealed who fathered her children and despite Hera's initial anger over the affair, it would seem Hera never let it cloud her judgement as Hera and Zeus chose the twins to become Olympians and live on Olympus many years later.

During the last day of Persephone and Demeter's trial, Apollo reveals himself and Artemis to be Zeus' children, shocking Zeus and angering Hera in the process.

#### Minthe

Minthe is an Underworld River nymph that was once Hades' girlfriend. Hera has shown an extreme disdain for her, and has long disapproved of the relationship between Hades and Minthe. Minthe is well aware of Hades' family hatred of her, but points out that Hera is the one who greatly despises her the most. Hera has been shown to be gossiping with her sister-in-law, Amphitrite, about Minthe and has publicly called her trash in front of Hades. While Minthe puts up a brave front, she is truly hurt and aware of what Hera thinks of her, even agreeing with Hera's thoughts about herself. Minthe is also aware of her best friend, Thetis, affair with Zeus but has chosen to stay quiet about the affair. At one point, Hera had requested Zeus to tell Hades to not bring Minthe to their daughter's, Hebe, birthday party and was greatly upset when seeing that Hades not only brought Minthe, but both also started getting into a heated argument with her outside her home.

Hades is well aware of Hera's hatred of Minthe which resulted in him not confining in her about his plans of proposing. After Minthe has an abusive episode towards Hades, Hera arrives shortly after Hecate calls her and suggest to Hades that she can turn Minthe into a hideous beast for his sake. Hera brings up his plans to propose and shows she was greatly hurt that he did not come to her, but he argues that she would have never approved, and he did not want her judgement. When Thetis decides to send Zeus' nudes to Hera through a burner phone, Minthe advises her against it and fears what will happen when Hera finds out.