Hades (Earth-7642)

**Hades** is the Olympian God of the Dead and ruler of the Grecian underworld; the unseen realm to which the souls of the dead go upon leaving the world of the living. The elder brother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter and Hestia, Hades spends the majority of his time in the underworld with the intention of maintaining relative balance between the land of the living and the land of the dead.

Along with his brothers Zeus and Poseidon, he ruled a significant portion of the ancient world. As god of the Underworld, Hades had dominion over the spirits of the dead. His realm was divided into three sub-sections, the Asphodel Fields (a misty after-world), Tartarus (abode of the damned), and the Elysian Fields (the paradisal resting place of great heroes). Hades ruled these realms beside his niece and queen Persephone.

## History

Hades was the first-born son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. When Cronus learned that he was destined to be overcome by his own children, he devoured his sons and daughters as they were born to prevent the prophecy from coming true. When the sixth child, Zeus, was born Rhea devised a plan to save her children and to eventually get retribution on Cronus for his acts against his own father. Hidden in Crete by his mother, once he had grown up, Zeus used an emetic given to him by Metis to force Cronus to disgorge his elder brothers and sisters. After freeing his siblings, Zeus released the hundred-handed Hecatonchires, and the Cyclopes; who forged three weapons for the Sons of Cronus; thunderbolts for Zeus, a trident for Poseidon and the Helmet of Darkness for Hades.

In a ten-year war called the Titanomachy, Zeus and his brothers and sisters, with the help of the Hecatonchires, and Cyclopes, overthrew Cronus and the other Titans. Following their victory, Hades and his two brothers, Poseidon and Zeus, drew lots to decide who would rule which realms on Earth. Zeus received the sky, Poseidon received the seas, and Hades received the underworld. Although he was dissatisfied with his turnout, Hades felt that the draw was fair and moved to tend to his new realm and duties; which included acting as jail-keeper for the monstrosities that once walked the lands of the living. Hades shared a sometimes tense relationship with Wonder Woman's people, the Amazons.

The Amazons had been appointed to guard an entryway to his realm, Doom's Doorway, behind which were trapped many monsters and undead abominations. Over the centuries, many Amazons lost their lives when the Doorway was occasionally breached. Despite their loss, the Amazons always attempted to show proper respect to the lord of the underworld, as one of the honored gods of their faith. They even built a large Tabernacle to the god of the Dead which carried its own priestess who served a 1,000 years before being replaced by another.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Godly Physiology:**As the ruler of the Underworld and everything that resides within it, Hades is both the oldest of his siblings and one of the most powerful of the Olympian Gods surpassed only by his brothers Zeus and Poseidon. Hades is naturally a force to be reckoned with by any being who is foolish enough to anger him.
	+ **Cosmic Awareness**: Hades, like all Old Gods, is aware of the multiverse and the realms that lie beyond. This knowledge gives him an understanding of the universe and all life that transcends the capabilities of normal mortals.
	+ **Immortality**: As an Old God worshipped by the ancient Greeks and Romans, Hades has lived for at least a few millennia.
	+ **Endurance:** Though his endurance is extremely high (being able to withstand lava and freezing cold temperatures), Hades is not impervious to pain.
	+ **Invulnerability**: Hades was invincible to certain forms of attacks, all mortal weapons, and able to take significant amounts of force.
	+ **Infernal Monster Lordship**: Hades has absolute control over countless ferocious monsters native to his realm, such as Cerberus, the Hellhounds, the Furies, the Keres, the Oneiroi, and various daimons, along with many others.
	+ **Fire Manipulation:** Much like Zeus with clouds and lightning, Hades' power is mainly derived from fire and smoke, he was capable of launching massive fireballs, The extent of his literal firepower is practically unlimited as his fire is fatal to mortals and can be severely damaging to otherworldly beings.
	+ **Smoke Manipulation:** With smoke, Hades can conjure objects and creatures from thin air. He also uses smoke as a means to teleport himself with the snap of a finger. Hades' cloak appears to be made of smoke, specifically at its base. Hades can also turn his arms into extendable, smokey appendages and use them to grab things (or people) from a distance.
	+ **Dark Infernal Pyrokinesis**: Hades has absolute control over black hellfire, which is considerably more destructive than normal flames, as it turns whatever it touches into liquid. He can conjure it, and propel it from his hands.
	+ **Geokinesis**: As the God of the Underworld, Hades has absolute control over all the earth and stones, as well as the walls of the Underworld, Erebos. He has the same geokinetic abilities as Nico and Hazel, only to a much more infinite level.
		- **Subterranean Navigation**
		- **Earthquake Generation**
	+ **Ferrokinesis**: As the God of Wealth, Hades can sense and summon any quantity of precious metals and jewels from under the ground, as well as manipulate them. As a result, Hades is the richest Olympian of all.
	+ **Magmakinesis (limited)**: As Hades controls underground, he has some control over magma and lava.
	+ **Necromancy**: As the God of the Dead and the Lord of the Underworld, Hades has divine authority and absolute control over the deceased.
		- **Power Over the Undead**: Hades can reanimate skeletons, call forth endless waves of the dead to fight for him, destroy Skeleton Warriors, and put them to sleep. He can also silence dead souls with a gesture, and physically take hold of ghosts.
	+ **Metamorphosis**: Hades can capture and release living souls in a blast of yellow flames.
	+ **Death Curses**: Hades is also able to place curses on the living. While he is unable to kill people before the Fates decree its time, he can prevent a person's soul from ever leaving their body, This will mean that a person's body will eventually turn to dust with age, while their soul will be lost forever.
		- **Death Sense**: As the God of the Dead, Hades can sense when a person is dying and when their soul is being judged in the Underworld.
		- **Life Sense**: He can sense life auras. This can help him determine how much longer someone has left to live.
			* **Osteokinesis**: As the God of the Dead, Hades can summon and telekinetically control numerous bones at once.
			* **Umbrakinesis**: As the God of the Underworld, Hades has absolute control over shadows and darkness.
				+ **Darkness Generation**: He can shoot solid bolts of darkness, and surround enemies into pitch black clouds of lightless space.
				+ **Darkness Shields**: He can solidify shadows into virtually impenetrable shields, which are strong enough to deflect even Zeus' thunderbolts.
				+ **Darkness Absorption and Dissipation**: He can absorb and dissipate shadows with his Stygian Iron weapons.
				+ **Imperceptibility**: He can use shadows to cover himself in darkness to become invisible.
		- **Hypnokinesis**: Hades has complete mastery over the Oneiroi dream spirits, and he used them to spread the word that all of the dead needed to take a coin with them to gain passage onto Charon's boat.
		- **Phobikinesis**: Hades has absolute control and divine authority over the power of fear. This ability grows even more powerful with the Helm of Darkness.
		- **Induced Terror**: With his Helm of Darkness, Hades can radiate death and terror to an incredible degree.