Hades (Deity)

## Hades

God of the Underworld, the Dead, & the Riches, and King of Hell

**Hades**, also known as the "**Death Lord**", is both a fictional character and deuteragonist of the *Historic Tales* series created by David Jaffe and Scott Phillips. He was a God who was revered in Earth's Greco-Roman mythology.

He is the fifth eldest son of the Titan King, Cronus, but was consumed out of Cronus' fear of a prophecy that a god would rise and overthrow him one day (whether by one of his children or a god born from a far from his Olympus).

"*No soul returns from my kingdom. So, the sound of death knells. I arise!*"

—Hades.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Patrick Seitz (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Appearance

Hades was a tall, muscular man with pale skin wearing black robes, a cape, and golden jewels.

* Hair Color: Black
* Skin Color: Gray
* Eye Color: Red
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Ah Puch
* Charon
* Cleopatra
* Cliodhna
* Izanami
* Minos
* Phlegyas

### Neutral

* Hel
* Morrígan

## Abilities and Powers

As one of the council rulers of Hell and everything that resides within it, Hades was both one of the oldest of his siblings and one of the most powerful of the Olympian Gods surpassed only by his brothers Zeus and Poseidon. Hades was naturally a force to be reckoned with by any being who is foolish enough to anger him. His will alone was the absolute authority in both the gloomy realm itself as well as all other areas that are under his control; Nothing happens in the realm without his knowledge of it.

### Powers

* **Olympian Physiology**:
	+ **Death-Force Manipulation**: Hades could kill or manipulate death forces to his will and since he was the God of the Underworld, he had secondary authority and representative of death; the primary authority and representative of death was Thanatos, God of Death.
	+ **Immortality**: As a god Hades was immortal. Only a sufficiently powerful weapon or an extremely powerful being can kill him.
	+ **Invisibility**: Despite not using it in battle, he possibly used it when Medusa came to face him during Ragnarök where she wasn't able to be seen in the dark and walks right in as opposed to fall from the ceiling during the battle.
	+ **Superhuman Agility**: Despite his appearance, Hades is quite agile, being able to scale down Olympus with his Claws alone and being able to backflip over Giants who are 67 m (219'10") with no effort.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**: Hades showed no sign of fatigue in his battle with Kratos or during the battles with the Titans.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: As a God, Hades had displayed feats of great incredible supernatural strength, able to overpower Titans with one heave in ease, during Hades' battle with the Giants, enabling him to effortlessly slay a Giant with the aid of his chained weapons, and in the middle of Ragnarök, Hades' stomps were enough to create shock waves.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: As a god Hades had supernatural feats of durability prior to his death in Ragnarök.
	+ **Invulnerability**: Hades was invincible to certain forms of attacks, all mortal weapons, and able to take significant amounts of force.
	+ **Necromancy**: As one of the rulers of Hell, Hades has absolute control over the souls of the dead and his world, to the degree where he was able to gift them to worthy mortals, Hades can also instantly steal souls from mortals or magical beings from afar. The best example of this is seen when Hades stole a Giant's soul and absorbed it. While Kratos traversed the dangers of Pandora’s Temple, Hades gifted him with the souls of the Underworld to aid him in his journey. These souls are much stronger if they are summoned from the deepest depths of Tartarus. These souls can viciously maul Kratos’ enemies to death or weaken them enough for him to finish them off.
	+ **Power Bestowal**: Followers of Hades are granted a fraction of Lord Hades' powers and become Warriors that literally fight with Spirit. They are capable of using their abilities to steal life-force from others and emit dangerous elemental attacks that target the Soul of another enemy. Followers of Hades can also use teleportation to surprise his enemies and can also use stealth to become invisible or become spirits to protect themselves temporarily. They are capable of summoning a few hands of Hades to aid them in battle. Due to Hades granting these powers, they should be able to replicate them (some of which they did) on a smaller scale. Hades also granted them with the power to summon souls to help the fight.
	+ **Pyrokinesis**:
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**:
	+ **Shapeshifting**:
	+ **Soul Removal**: Hades, using the Claws of Hades, could remove the soul of any living being: mortals, beasts, fellow gods and even Titans.
		- **Soul Absorption/Soul Empowerment**: Every removed soul can be absorbed by the user of the Claws of Hades, bestowing certain abilities on the user or increasing their power. This allowed Hades to become more powerful, with every taken soul.
		- **Soul Materialization**: Hades was able to summon souls to attack his enemies, fighting for him. This ability was even more outspoken, when he used the claws, as he could use it to summon the souls of powerful monsters, utilizing their abilities briefly.
	+ **Darkness Mimicry**: Hades was able to transform himself into complete darkness.
		- **Superhuman Speed and/or Teleportation**: In his darkness form, Hades was able to move and/or transport himself at great speeds for quick attacks, as he was able to employ this when he slew a giant.
	+ **Necroscience**: As God of the Dead, it is likely that Hades had complete knowledge of all the spirits who enter his realm of the underworld, as he knew where Lucifer was going, saying that "where you're going is far worse than you can imagine".
	+ **Telumkinesis**: Hades possesses total control over weapons such as his bident or chained weapons, even controlling them with his mind and calling them to him.
	+ **Telekinesis**: Hades possessed great telekinesis; he was able to make his bident move back to him.
	+ **Teleportation**: Hades could teleport from Olympus, the Underworld and to mortal world.
	+ **Umbrakinesis**: Hades was also able to manipulate and control shadows and darkness as he demonstrated in his fight in Ragnarök. Hades could also breath dark energy from his mouth.
* **Halysikinesis**: Hades could manipulate the Claws of Hades with high precision and proficiency. He could teleport the claws, attacking people over long distances and at high-speed, as well cover whole areas with his chains.

## External links

* Hades *Wikipedia*
* Hades *Assassin's Creed Wiki*
* Hades *Blood of Zeus Wiki*
* Hades *Earth-27 Wiki*
* Hades *God of War Wiki*
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* Hades *Myths and Folklore Wiki*
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