Aphrodite

**Aphrodite** is the Olympian Goddess of Love and Beauty, and one of the many supporting characters in the Reggiesworld series.

## In the Reggiesworld Series

Aphrodite appeared in the first book in the city of Athens, presenting one of the tasks Collin must pass: killing Medusa by decapitating her, and using her gaze as a weapon. Once the task is complete Collin must then use the gaze to turn a few minotaurs into stone. She then allows Collin to pass and continue his quest.

Aphrodite was seen in bed, with her handmaidens, but when she sees Collin, she tells them to leave. She attempts to seduce Collin, telling him, "Even though you are no longer the God of All Powers, you can still share my bed." But Collin was not amused. Annoyed, she reveals how she yearns for a "real man" to meet her, but since Zeus refused to let the imprisoned Daedalus finish the bridge, she has not had her wish granted and she expressed how much she dislikes Hephaestus. That's when she realizes that Collin needs those bridges fixed and tells him that she might give him information only if Collin pleases her (he must have sex with her, though she gives him information even if he refuses). If he does, Collin would be given a high amount of Red Orbs. While having sex with her, the handmaidens say Collin has "such power" and later they begin making love as well. Aphrodite wanted Collin to have sex with her again, but an impatient Collin agreed. Then Aphrodite tells Collin to go to Hephaestus for help after.

It is unknown if Aphrodite or her handmaidens were able to escape the palace when Gaia's giant corpse destroyed all of Olympus, however, it's likely they couldn't and died because of it, since Athena counts herself as the only living god by the end of the Book Of Exodus.

## Powers and Abilities

As the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite possessed many powers.

* **Astral Projection:** She was able to communicate with Kratos in *God of War* through a magical image of her face in a doorway.
* **Beauty Embodiement:** Aphrodite's beauty was spellbinding, such that even Kratos could not bring himself to attack her.
* **Beauty Inducement:** She could also cause others to become beautiful.
* **Immortality**: Aphrodite is an immortal, as she cannot die through natural causes or weapons that can easily kill a mortal. Only other gods, divine weapons or other immortals, can probably harm her.
* **Amokinesis:** Aphrodite attracts both men and women naturally through her presence and/or by her will.
	+ **Love inducement:** Aphrodite could cause other beings to fall in love with one another.
* **Power Bestowel:** Aphrodite granted Kratos the ability to wield Medusa's gaze.
* **Shapeshifting:** A small alteration to her appearance in God of War III is that Aphrodite has auburn hair, rather than the blond hair in God of War, implying that she too can alter her appearance.
* **Telepathy:** Aphrodite was able to perceive Kratos' mind when he encountered her. None of the other Olympians displayed this ability like she did. This implies that, as she is the Goddess who oversees strong emotions such as love, this allows her to see into people's minds

## Personality

She seems to have a very carefree, yet promiscuous outlook on life. In fact, the only thing she cares about is having sex, and is actively neutral in the war Collin is waging against the gods. This promiscuous nature seems more to do with the fact that she is the Goddess of Love, Beauty, Sexuality and Procreation, than it does with the opening of Pandora's Box. But after it was opened, the evils Lust/Vanity completely took possession of her which made the already sex loving goddess even more promiscuous than ever indeed.

She loves making love rather than do anything else. Her only benchmark, it seems, for having intercourse with someone is whether or not she finds the man attractive enough to sleep with her.

It is implied by her handmaidens that she is difficult to fully please sexually, due to her having so much experience in the matter (it's also most likely that she prefers having sexual intercourse with men, but since the bridges were nearly destroyed the only way to please her were her handmaidens). She was surprised when Kratos is able to nearly make her lose her composure with his own experience.

## Appearance

Aphrodite is considered to be flawlessly beautiful. She has long, auburn hair kept in a braid and pale blue eyes. Though she has in this new lifetime hazel brown eyes, hiding the pale blue that truly is her eye-color. Her body can be considered "perfect" since she is the Goddess of Love, Beauty, and Sexuality. She wears a revealing dress that exposes most of her body, including her perfectly sized and formed breasts (most likely to sexually appeal to mortals) and she is barefoot. Curiously Aphrodite's traits, like height, skin colour, slenderness and breast size seem to be a perfect in-between of the ones of her handmaidens.