Tartarus

**Tartarus**, also known as **The Abyssal King**, is the Greek Primordial God of Underworld, the Abyss, Prisons, Punishment, Evil, Agony and Judgement. Though he is one of the strongest of the Primordials, he remains one of the most powerful beings in Creation. Tartarus delights in flaunting his power and terrorizing the lesser beings of the cosmos, which has given rise to his terrifying reputation.

He is the fourth-eldest son of Chaos and Caligo and the younger brother of Chronos, Gaia, Ouranos, Ananke, Aion, Phanes and older brother of Eurynome, Ophion, Eros, Pontus, Physis, Erebus and Nyx.

He is consort of Gaia, Greek Primordial Goddess of Earth. He is the best friend and arch-rival of Yanwang and Kami-Musubi. He is also the arch-enemy of Tartaros and Nameless Mist.

He is also the father of Typhon, King of Monsters and so grandfather of many famous monsters in Greek Mythology, such as Orthrus, Ceberus, Ladon, Heliopath, Sphinx, Crommyonian Sow the Lernaean Hydra, the Nemean Lion, and the original Chimera.

He was an honorary member of Alliance of Hell that previously was apart of the the now defunct Realm of the Dead who betrayed the Greek Pantheon after being taken over by Ahriman and Mictlantecuhtli. Ahriman took over, and now is an ally of Team DxD.

## Overview

Tartarus is the primordial god and personification of the location Tartarus in Greek Mythology. As a Primordial Deity, he is an entity who is barely even known by even the Titans. He débuts, with his appearance in around 700 B.C. and is very briefly mentioned.

Tartarus is the father of Typhon and the giants, of whom Gaia is the mother. The father of Tartarus is Khaos. He is the "prison guard" of Tartarus, the darkest pit in the Underworld where monsters go to reform once they are slain.

Tartarus is also the place where Uranus threw, in chains, the Elder Cyclopes and the Hekatonkhieres, and the place where most of the Titans were chained after the first Titanomachy.

## Appearance

Tartarus' true form, like other beings of his caliber, cannot be comprehended or understood. It's implied that like the other primordial entities, Tartarus is and exists beyond all concepts of time and space, being completely formless, abstract, metaphysical, and transcendental. His known form is every single underworld that exists, specifically the realm (also called Tartarus) which is under the Greek Underworld.

His human current form appears as a handsome tall man appearing to be in his twenties. Often seen wearing a smirk, Tartarus dark purple hair is long and wavy, reaching his shoulders even whilst the majority is tied up in a very large ponytail. Additionally, his messy bangs all but obscure his dark, slanted eyes.

For clothing, Tartarus' dons a long, black jacket trimmed with a light-colored flame pattern; the lapels are a matching lighter color as well. The cuffs of his jacket are rolled up, revealing a light-colored inside, which contrasts the black outside of his jacket, and have a black line cutting through the edge of the fabric. The jacket itself is tattered and splits into four torn fabric segments at the tail.

Beneath the jacket, Tartarus wears a frilly black V-necked shirt, lined in a lighter color, that closes down the middle and is adorned with a buckle just below his clavicle; just below this is a piece of fabric that Tartarus keeps over this shirt but under his jacket, that circles the majority of the lower half of his torso.

His fingers are tipped with razor-sharp black talons. However, his most terrifying and distinguishing feature is his face- in place of a normal face is a swirling whirlpool and inward spiral of darkness, and his voice sounds like it is being drawn back inward rather than projecting outward. Tartarus' black Stygian iron boots are each the size of a coffin, and his hands are as large as crane scoops. His breastplate has faces of gorgons, cyclopes, dragons and other monsters all pressing against his armor as if trying to escape.

His body gives out a unbelievable aura and his presence also gives out a dark mist. The aura he releases is described as ominous, so terrifying that when the Archangel of Hope, Auriel, fought him, she nearly lost control of her powers after being overcome with fear and cried a little.

According to Athena, Tartarus is so massive, and radiates such pure malevolence, that she wanted to crawl away and hide as soon as she saw him, and even dropped her spear in terror. Tartarus' laugh sounded like a mountain "cracking in half". According to Athena again, everything around Tartarus seemed to be drawn to him.

His monster form is a hundred meters humanoid dragon with a muscular skin and eyes that glow when he uses his powers. His body gives out a unbelievable aura and his presence also gives out a dark mist. Tartarus can also take the form of a hundred meters sphere with many eyes and tentacles and after his defeat, his body was reduced to five meters.

## Personality

Consistent with the primordial responsible for the most terrible infernal abyss, Tartarus is a totally brutal, somber, sadistic, and terrifying entity that, like its domains, brings only despair and fear to all below it through the most exquisite forms of cruelty. He showed himself to be a highly arrogant god with an immense disdain and contempt for demons, angels and even the titans, whom he openly described as annoyances as after easily destroying them. However, Tartarus is honest and admits when someone forces him to take direct action.

Often seen smirking, Tartarus is a cool, collected, yet arrogant man who plays himself off as being extremely intelligent; he quite regularly refers to himself in the third person. Also, much like the rest of his kind, Tartarus belittles other species, and thinks of them as nothing more than insects.

Indeed, he finds the mere thought of letting a dragons live when given the chance to kill them a tragedy, and is not above torturing his subordinates when they cause him any sort of inconvenience (ironically, not much later, he begins to understand, after fighting Vali Lucifer and Albion, that toying with dragons can be quite enjoyable, as he ultimately finds their ignorance and belief in things such as hope incredibly amusing).

Tartarus is also rather intolerant of dragons emotions, having decided to kill his for the sake of putting his intellectual side first. He also cares a great deal for Book of Multiverse's safety whilst in book form, setting his tome down before proceeding to unleash his fury against issei and the Heavenly Dragons, as he was unsure of what his rage would do to the book. When throwing away his calm nature, Tartarus' arrogance grows in leaps and bounds, as after he emerged unscathed from a full-scale assault from his Dragon Emperors opponents, he merely sat upon his throne and goaded them by saying that he has yet to use his God Form, as well as that they should give up.

He also has a habit of referring to Cube as his "garden," and appears to love it enough to make Team DxD pay for bringing harm to it, even though he noted that ultimately, it didn't matter in the slightest. However, after many outsiders intruded and Cube was destroyed, Tartarus began to feel, for the first time in years, anger, an emotion he expressed himself to have forgotten long ago.

He has claimed to have a taste for having a physical form and also showed delight in inciting terror in its victims. Like Gaia, he also takes great pride in his Gigantes children. However, like some of his brothers, he also proved to be generally an impartial entity, to the point of being completely devoid of feelings and ideals as he remained neutral and almost ambivalent of the constant wars that were waged between the gods against the titans, and even claiming that he does not usually interfere. But at the same time, Tartarus's impartiality has limits, since he joined the other primordials more than once to defeat being like the Outer Gods and Aructhas.

## History

He was created by Chaos to assist him in his conflict between her, Azathoth and God. Tartarus was born in-between Gaia and Eros and preceded Nyx and Erebus being the oldest primordial being except for his older brother Chronos.

Long after the conflict, Tartarus created the Greek Underworld known as Hades, the first Underworld in Creation even before Hell. He had ruled from the realm below that underworld which also called Tartarus along with Nyx and Erebus. It was created to imprison the most dangerous beings in Creation (example being the Titans).

He had ruled for centuries until the end of Titanomachy where he gave it to the God Hades. After the Titans defeat, Gaia and **Tartarus** had together birth the monster king known as Typhon. Currently, Tartarus waits for the time when his son Typhon and the Titans to reawaken and bring upon the Second Titanomachy. At some point, Tartarus received a invitation by Hades to join the Alliance of Hell.

## Powers and Abilities

As the Primordial of the Primordial Abyss, Tartarus proved to be one of the most powerful and terrible entities of Creation and infinitely powerful while in its domains. He is possibly one of the most powerful Primordials though Ananke and Erebus rival him with the sole exception of Chaos, Caligo, and Nyx as he can suck in Titans whereas Gaia and Ouranos could not. Proof of his terrifying power was that even the Titans could not threaten him since he easily defeated Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Damasen and even Cronus without much difficulty. He was far superior to Zeus and other Chief Gods, to the point where his rampages could cause a panic amongst half of the Council of Godheahds.

**Immeasurable Divine Power**: As the Protogenos of the Abyss, Tartarus holds immense divine power and was so powerful that Athena stated that Tartarus could kill all the Olympians with a single thought if he wanted to kill them. His mere presence was more than enough to scare Athena into submission. In fact, not even the Titans pose any challenge to Tartarus and he himself was able to easily defeat most of them even though they caught him by surprise. It took Cronus and the other titans in the underworld just to hold him off long enough for them to escape, and he was only using a small manifestation of his power.

**Immense Strength**: As one of the Protogenos, Tartarus possesses immense power above even Lucifer. His power was so great that when he made his way to crush the he easily defeated Hades, a powerful deity on his own right. Erebus explained that even Izanami, who is believed to be the strongest grim reaper to ever exist, could not even face Tartarus evenly. According to Athena, if Tartarus wanted to, he could kill all the Olympians with a single thought, if it were not his desire to experience the pleasure of killing his victims one at a time. Not even his own children pose any challenge to him as he easily defeated them. Tartarus' physical strength is remarkable even when in his human form, allowing him to easily parry Azazel's Slash Dimension from behind his shoulder with a single hand, as well as to subsequently throw the opponent several meters away from him with that very same hand.

**Immense Durability**: He has strong durability, letting him survive attacks from things that can blow up half of his body.

**Abyss Manipulation**: As a Primordial God of the Abyss, he is able to control the abyss, which is a vast space of emptiness filled with pure darkness. Tartarus can seal his enemies inside this abyss and keeps them alive, which prevents even a Sacred Gear from being transferred to another host if their current host dies. He can control space and dimensions, letting him usurp control of the artificial space created by Dimension Lost. Tartarus is able to also create various effects such as using darkness to restrain enemies and increased gravity in order to force down flying enemies.

* **Dark Gravity**: Tartarus also has something like a dark gravitational field around him, which pulls everything in his close proximity into his terrifying whirlpool of a face.

**Hell Embodiment**: As the Primordial God of all Underworlds, Tartarus is the Underworld itself. When he is in territory, his powers are at his peak and is said to become even stronger than Izanami. Being there also grants Tartarus an incredible healing factor, as the wounds he received from Izanami were healed in an instant.

**Monster Control**: As the Lord of the Pit, Tartarus has absolute control and divine authority over monsters. He can summon legions of monsters to fight for him. That includes his son Typhon, a powerful entity whose powers is on par with some of the greatest Archdemons.

**Nigh-Omnipotence**: While not as great as Chaos, he does have the abilities destruction, infinity, endless power and others. He was described as both omnipotent and unbeatable by those aware of his existence. Tartarus is only equated by his brothers, and surpassed by the Mother of Existence. No one below the Primordials can stand a chance against it and will never overcome it.

* **Nigh-Omniscience**: As one of the primordial beings, the knowledge of Tartarus is equal to that of his brothers.

* **Creation:** Being one of the oldest beings in existence, Tartarus has the ability to create thrones and beings like demons.
* **Destruction:** Tartarus has the ability to erase any being, object, location or anything from existence. He does more erasing or destroying than creating and has destroyed many of his sibling;s creations countless of times.

**Reality Warping**: Tartarus is able to control and bend reality to his whims, capable of altering something as tangible as physics and the universe to something inconceivable like logic. Because of this immense ability, many younger gods are often led to believing his to possess complete omnipotence power.

**ZONE**: Tartarus can utilize 100% of their concentration, allowing them to push their physical and/or mental capabilities to their maximum potential, allowing the mind to perceive and respond without any distraction, obstacles become minor problems while objectives grow significantly easier to accomplish. Since concentration is the learning cornerstone, Tartarus' mind also becomes quicker to assimilate thoughts and information, He being now able to process information at Immensurable speed. The information becomes instantly recorded on his memory, freeing the mind from its boundaries and making the stored knowledge accessible even when the his is with his power.

**Master Combat Specialist**: While Tartarus is a master hand-to-hand combatant, he is also proficient in multiple forms of weaponry, such as swords, spears, etc. Tartarus has displayed considerable skill in unarmed combat, having been capable of repelling simultaneous God from Hestia and Eros, two powerful goddess, with no apparent effort, even when these came from two opposing directions or were enhanced with Magic, accomplishing all of this with one hand.

* **Attack Prediction:** Tartarus can interpret and predict enemy attacks and react to the incoming attack, brush off or avoid the incoming attacks even from a dead angle.
* **Combat Perception:** Tartarus can instantly understand an opponent's method of thinking and fighting, allowing him to anticipate the moves of the opponent. Once he understands his enemies' strategy, he is able to find their flaws and weakness and take them down with little effort.
* **Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant:** Tartarus is a Master Hand-to-hand combatant, possessing skills, techniques, and abilities unable to be replicated by any mortal being. His fighting style is stated to be very direct and could even be described as cheating by some. He has repeatedly shown great agility and coordination in his attacks. In addition to having powerful kicks and punches, Tartarus is proficient in counterattacks, take-downs, and body locks. He has repeatedly caught an opponent's weapon strikes with a single hand.
* **Weapon Proficiency:** Tartarus is extremely proficient in all forms of weapons, from close to long-range, and from ancient to modern.
	+ **Master Swordsman:** He is a Master Swordsman, possessing skills, techniques, and abilities unable to be replicated by any mortal beings. He possesses immense swordsmanship skill, capable of wielding the sword to its utmost potential. He could easily use his sword-wielding skills to their utmost potential, and taking out numerous opponents with it.
	+ **Master Spearman**: He is a Master Spearman, possessing skills, techniques, and abilities unable to be replicated by any mortal beings. He possesses immense spearmanship skill, capable of wielding the spear to its utmost potential. He could easily use their spear-wielding skills to their utmost potential, and taking out numerous opponents with it.
	+ **Master Archer**: He is a Master Archer, possessing skills, techniques, and abilities unable to be replicated by any mortal beings. He possesses immense archery skill, capable of wielding the bow and arrows to their utmost potential. He could easily use his archery skills to their utmost potential, and taking out numerous opponents with it. He could also manipulate the trajectory of the arrows he shot with nearly-perfect precision.

* **Master Technician:** Tartarus is a very skilled Technique-type fighter, having spent millennia perfecting his skills and abilities to the utmost perfection.

**Umbrakinesis**: As the Protogenos of the Abyss and the Pit of Evil, he has absolute control and divine authority over darkness, although not so much as Nyx and Erebus.

* **Darkness Generation**: He can shoot solid bolts of darkness, and surround enemies in pitch-black clouds of lightless space.
* **Darkness Shields**: He can solidify shadows into virtually impenetrable shields.
* **Invisibility**: He can use shadows to cover himself in darkness to become invisible.
* **Shadow Travel**: Using shadows, he is able to travel anywhere he wants at incredible speeds.

**Essence Absorption**: Tartarus has the ability to suck beings into the swirling whirlpool of darkness on his face, which he did to the immortal essence of many gods and angels. Tartarus can technically absorb beings by absorbing their immortal essence into his armor for very long periods of time. Though it is unknown to what extent he can use this power.

* **Power Suppression**: Just by being in his domain, Athena's innate capacity to heal slowed to a near halt forcing her to drink from the River Phlegethon.

* **Telumkinesis**: Tartarus can likely summon and control weapons that cause pain and suffering.

* **Regeneration**: Tartarus is shown with the ability to regenerate half of his body that was blown off and his arms that were cut by Amenominakanushi during their yearly squabble.

**Master Magician**: As a Primordial Entity, Tartarus has shown a grand amount of skill in the magical arts.

* **Defensive Magic**: Tartarus can deploy defensive magic circles to protect himself from even the most powerful of attacks.

**Master Manipulator**: One of Tartarus' most dangerous traits is millennia worth skills of his cunningly deceiving and manipulative nature. His ability to deceived and manipulate others to his will is so dangerous, that even the gods are afraid to him. He has been a master manipulator, having deceiving soo many people since the time of the old testament, and he is capable of corrupting, deceive, manipulate, and do others to his bidding, while claiming to be a bystander, remaining behind the scenes and appears as an innocent being, and see them fall into despair and watch them fall so high. His skills are roughly equivalent or possibly superior and cunning than any evil gods like Loki, the god of mischief (who is known in the Norse pantheon as master manipulator of the Aesir Deities).

**Flight**: Tartarus has demonstrated the ability to stay afloat in mid-air.

## Equipment

**Star of Hades**: The **Star of Hades** is a powerful dark divine broadsword wielded by Tartarus that when used is able to heavily boost the underworldly abilities that Tartarus possess.

**Armor of Infernals**: The **Armor of Infernals** is a demonic-divine bulky yet light armor that Tartarus wears when leaving his realm. It is durable enough to tank hits from even Umashi'ashikabihikoji.

## Quotes

* *"The time has come for me to do what I should have done years ago! Now, I will wipe you off the face of existence! For I AM the Underworld and you have no place in it!"* - Tartarus.

* *"Silence! All was stripped from me! Only hatred for the traitor who went against his family remains mine."*
* *"It shall begin soon... Darkness will pour forth from the doors of hell... a darkness to swallow all the world's light."*
* *"Be honored, little buddha. Even the Kotoamatsukami were never worthy of my personal attention. But you will be destroyed by Tartarus himself!"* - Tartarus to Chaos Benny her defeat.
* *"You cannot kill me! I am the pit itself. You might as well try to kill the Earth. Gaia and I - we are eternal. We own you, flesh and spirit!"* - Tartarus to Damasen.
* *"Oh...Kami-Musubi, my complete opposite, my arch-enemy. It is time for you and the rest of the traitors to perish for going against my mother and our **MASTER**!"* - Tartarus to Kami-Musubi.
* *The Greek Gods have love and madness. You should learn Greek mythology. Every God is just a crazy thing. Yesterday, they were affectionate, and today they are driven by madness. -* Tartarus to Hyoudou Issei.
* *"I see. I can somewhat understand why Ares likes to play with other species. You don't think that death awaits you. Your ideals and actions are mostly led by feelings. And you don't realize your weaknesses. You're absolutely ignorant. So foolish that you're almost lovely." -* Tatarus to himself during his fight against Hyoudou Issei and Ddraig.

## Trivia

* Tartarus is the only primordial entity, excluding Chaos herself, to barely interfere in the mortal realm.
* According to Hyginus, Tartarus was the offspring of Aether and Gaia.
	+ To some other ancient Greek ideologies, Tartarus was the offspring of Aether and Hemera.
* Tartarus' height is [193cm] and body weight is [77kg].
* Tartarus's appearance is based on Mard Geer Tartaros from *Fairy Tail*.
	+ His armor's appearance is based on Gabranth from *Final Fantasy*.
* Tartarus's is included among the developing list of the **Top 50 Strongest Beings of Draconic Deus**.
	+ For now, he is ranked as the 19th Strongest Being.