Rhea (Riordan Books)

**Rhea** is the Titan goddess of fertility, motherhood, comfort, and ease. She was the sister-wife of the Titan King Kronos and mother of the six Elder Olympian gods: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Her Roman form is Ops.

## Powers

As an Elder Titaness and mother of the six Elder Olympian gods, Rhea is certainly an extremely powerful force in her own right. However, she admitted that combat wasn't her specialty.

**Titan Physiology:** As a Titan, it is presumed that Rhea possesses all of the abilities common to members of her race, including:

* ***Divine Form:*** Like all Titans, Rhea has the ability to incinerate any being lesser than a god or Titan only by being present when she transforms into her divine form.
* ***Titanic Energy Blasts:*** As a Titan, Rhea has the ability to blast things hundreds of yards away from herself with a yell or wave of the hand.
* ***Superhuman Strength (presumably)***
* ***Superhuman Speed (presumably)***
* ***Superhuman Durability (presumably)***

**Reproductive Manipulation:** She has the ability to freely alter and manipulate the process of reproduction. She gave birth to a more powerful and beautiful race of immortals than the Titans.

**Serenity Inducement:** As the Titaness of Comfort and Ease, Rhea has the ability to induce powerful feelings of tranquility in others, which she channels through her aura. Her presence is sufficient to put everyone around her at total ease, including her powerful siblings and children. Her daughter Hestia inherited this power.

* ***Mental Healing:*** She possesses the ability to heal mental shifts and illnesses. When her daughter Hera cursed her grandson Dionysus with madness, Rhea healed him without fail or issue.
* ***Dream Communication:*** She has the ability to communicate with others through their dreams. Her first encounter with Apollo took place in his dream.
* ***Persuasion:*** She has remarkable skills of persuasion, given how she managed to convince her eldest brother and nearly all of the female Titans to either side with her children or stay out of their way during the First Titanomachy.

**Feline Manipulation:** Rhea has an affinity for animals, particularly lions, who almost always accompany her. Kronos was wary of her before eating their children for this reason. Her lions seemed to possess some form of healing saliva, as Apollo's thoughts increasingly cleared as a lion licked his face and hair, though that could be due to their connection to her.

**Prophecy:** Rhea planted Dodona, which proves that she possessed the ability to foretell the future as Dodona's power emanated from her.

## Abilities

**Intelligence:** Like her sons Zeus and Hades, Rhea is very intelligent and possesses considerable strategic skills. She managed to trick Kronos twice, although she had help and he was in a weakened state of mind. She gave useful advice to her children before and during the First Titan War. She also gave good advice to Apollo regarding how to deal with his enemies.

* ***Tongue of the Old Times Fluency:*** Rhea has perfect understanding and fluency in the ancient language that Gaea spoke to the Titans, the Elder Cyclopes, and the Hekatonkheires before the birth of the Olympian Gods.

**Midwifery:** As the Titaness of Fertility and Motherhood, Rhea is an adept at delivering newborn babies and raising children. She personally delivered all of her nieces and nephews.