Cronus

> *"If by killing you and becoming a villain, I could save mother and all of my siblings from you, then I would gladly become the greatest villain our pantheon ever had. I would gladly be the scapegoat just to see their happy smile. Now. Goodbye father."*
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## Cronus

### Aliases

* Kronos
* Cronos
* Chronus
* Crooked One

### Titles

* Titan King
* Titan Lord
* King Cannibal
* All-Devouring
* Titan of Capitol

## Professional Status

### Affiliation(s)

* Ascim (Formerly)
* Tartarus

**Cronus** is the god of time, capitol, wealth, agriculture, liberation and the former king of the gods.

## Personality

Cronus is malevolent, ruthless, power hungry, sadistic, and extremely arrogant. He quickly agrees to his mother's proposal of castrating his own father. He was the most devious and violent of his twelve siblings, and none questioned his authority when he seized the throne after Uranus' death. He loved his throne over his children, and swallowed them in order to thwart the prophecy of son beating the father. He was also extremely paranoid and reckless, believing Uranus' prophecy and not taking appropriate measure or thinking properly over this matter. He was also hostile towards his Cyclopes and Hundred Handed brothers.

However, he is shown to have an honorable side as well. He kept his promise to his four brothers and gave them control of the four directions: He respected and loved his brothers and sisters, and was especially close to his four brothers: Hyperion, Iapetus, Crius and Coeus, which all helped him in the castration of his father. He held his mother in high regard and was shown to be loving towards his sister-wife Rhea, not wishing her harm in any way.

## History

Cronus was the son of Uranus and Gaia, and married his sister Rhea.

Cronus envied the power of his father, Uranus. Uranus drew the enmity of Cronus's mother, Gaia, when he imprisoned the gigantic children of Gaia, the hundred-handed Hecatonchires and one-eyed Cyclops, in Tartarus, so that they would not see the light. Gaia created a great divine sickle which would later on be known as Cronus' sickle and gathered together Cronus and his brothers to persuade them to castrate Uranus.

Only Cronus was willing to do the deed, so Gaia gave him the sickle and placed him in ambush. When Uranus met with Gaia, Cronus attacked him with the sickle, partially castrating him and casting his testicles into the sea. From the blood that spilled out from Uranus and fell upon the earth, the Giants, Erinyes, and Meliae were produced. The testicle produced a white foam from which the goddess Aphrodite emerged.

For this, Uranus threatened vengeance for overstepping their boundaries and daring to commit such an act. Uranus had also cursed Cronus, stating that his child would come to overthrow him, just as he had done to him. After dispatching Uranus, Cronus re-imprisoned the Hecatonchires, and the Cyclopes and set the dragon Campe to guard them. He and his sister Rhea took the throne of the world as king and queen.

Their design so far succeeded, that Titan was obliged to resign his claim, though on condition, that Cronus brought up no male children, and thus the succession might revert to the Titans again. However, when he married and bore children with Rhea, he learned from Gaia that he was destined to one day be overthrown by his own children. Since Cronus feared that one of his children would be his downfall, as he was that of his father before him, he decided that whenever one of his children was born, he would swallow it. This led him to swallowing his first five children: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades and Poseidon which gave him the title of The Crooked One and King Cannibal. Cronus, it is said, observed this covenant so faithfully, that he devoured, as soon as they were born, his legitimate sons, however it should be said that Cronus did not hate his children and when they were able to defeat him, he willing allowed them to take the throne while he retired.