Ares

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**Ares** is the 6th of the 12 Gods of Olympus and the Greek God of War.

## Appearance

Ares is very tall and extremely muscular. He has blond hair and gray eyes. Ares wears only a loincloth and a cape and has a helmet decorated with intricate carvings.

## Personality

Like every God, Ares is highly arrogant and looks down on Humanity. When Kojiro Sasaki killed Poseidon, Ares was struggling to comprehend how a Human could kill a God.

Despite being the Greek God of War, he is relatively weak, clueless and far more emotional compared to other Olympians. He is easily intimidated, shown by his interaction with his younger brother, Hermes, a Messenger of the Gods, and often displays genuine fear when seeing powerful attacks from the contestants of Ragnarok.

In spite of his flaws, he respected Heracles, to the point of considering him his best friend, for his indomitable will and put his faith in him in the fourth round.

He is also humble as he admitted to Loki and Hermes that Heracles is even stronger than him after his ascension to Godhood. After Heracles' passing, he broke down into tears and promises that, to honor him, he would fight on until the end.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: As a God of War, Ares is far stronger than the average God. Ares is capable of seeing through some of Zeus' attacks, which most Gods could only see glimpses of, and could also compete with Heracles, who possesses a caliber of strength on Zeus' level. As one of the Twelve Gods of Olympus, Ares is a major deity within the Greek pantheon.

### Physical Abilities

**Godly Strength**: Ares, in his first confrontation with the demigod Heracles, managed to exchange punches with him for a while, wounding him during the fight, until Zeus intervened. When Ares kicked a mortal Heracles in the face, he managed to send him flying several feet away without any effort.

**Godly Speed & Reflexes**: Ares is capable of seeing through some of Zeus attacks, which most Gods can only see glimpses of it. These attacks were moving at an extremely short period of time (from 0.01 seconds to 0.00000001 seconds). While his eyes and mind can follow the attacks, it is unknown if his body can react to them on time.

**Godly Durability**: In his fight against the demigod Heracles, Ares managed to withstand the former mortal's punches, although he admitted that his life was in danger and would not have lasted any longer had Zeus not intervened.

### Fighting Abilities

**Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: As a God of War, Ares is well versed in the way of battle. He was able to contend with Heracles in his younger years in an unarmed fight for a prolonged period time while the army he was leading was defeated though he admits that he would have lost if Zeus had not intervened.

**Swordsman**: As Ares is shown wielding a sword during the gods' invasion of ancient Thebes, he likely has many years of experience and a degree of proficiency in swordsmanship though he wasn't seen engaging in it during his fight with Heracles.

### Supernatural Abilities

**Semi-Immortality**: As a God, Ares has a limitless lifespan and will not die of old age.

**Divine Physiology**: As a God, Ares possesses physical abilities far greater than any ordinary Human. His body cannot be harmed by mortal weapons; however, he can still be harmed by unarmed attacks from individuals with superhuman strength and Divine Weapons.

### Miscellaneous Abilities

**Horseman**: During his mission to destroy Thebes, Ares could be seen riding a horse.

## References

1. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 23 (Page 4).
2. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 10 (Page 2).
3. ↑ *Shuumatsu no Valkyrie* Manga: Chapter 23 (Page 6).