Hades

***Hades*** is a fictional character appearing in stories and art created, drawn and self-published by Damon Avent (Khaliq Trevor X). He is the Greek God and king of the underworld and also one of the founding members of the Rage Knights, whom began the group initially to oppose the might of the Dark Prince Lucifer.

## History

He is the infamous God of the Underworld and the King of the dead in ancient Greek mythology. At the beginning of the series, he enlists the help of a frantic 'Future' Damon Bradley to aid in a battle against the Dark Prince (Lucifer). Forming the titular Rage Knights, a group of odd and isolated but potential powerful outcasts. In the *Rage Knights: Red God* universe, Hades is defined by his noticeable crimson red skin, and black toga. Pieced together by a single skull pin. Later on in the series, he undergoes many changes in his clothing and dons different forms of armor crafted in either Olympus or High Heaven Council itself. With some notable armors being created and stitched together by an adult Damon Bradley and his later incarnation, Nomad to help him handle specific battles that prove to enhance his already existing attacks and abilities.

### Personality

Hades is a soft-spoken god and despite his icy demeanor and value of strength, has a sensitive side. He never likes to completely undermine or underestimate anyone, though at the beginning of the series, he has a strong sense of urgency and places a great pressure on a Teenage Damon Bradley to become stronger before the Dark Prince arrived.

He lightens up after Dark Prince's defeat as well as Kaozu, and becomes more easy-going character whom enjoys teasing his friends. Later, Hades takes on parental or godparent roles and raises characters such as Rikki West-Stein and Lyssa Shaquadri.

## Powers and Abilities

Hades possesses super strength, invulnerability, flight, and basic hand-to-hand combat skills in addition to being a savage fighter whom mainly prefers to wield giant blades such as lances and claymores. As is such with his being the king of the dead and of the underworld, Hades possesses manipulation over the dead and can summon fallen souls to his aide. With the usage of certain spells such as his Grimoire Resurrection Arts, he can bring certain souls back to life indefinitely. With his power severely limited when it comes to the nature of the Multiverse and pulling counterparts from the afterlife.

Whenever he is on Earth for extended periods of time, he will start to diminish in strength and revert from his natural born crimson skin to that of an ordinary human mortal (as such was warned and taunted on him by Dark Prince as well as other members of the High Heaven Council ).

## Welcome to Earth Arc

Hades enlists the help of a nomadic strange man named 'Damon' (later refers to himself as 'Future Damon') who landed somewhere off the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This is when Hades officially founds the Rage Knights with the Future Damon. The two then gather supplies and venture around the world, namely western Germany and a small town in the UK, where the two meet Midlore West-Stein and eventually Spencer 'Dez' Holifield. During these years, Hades was more intense and focused on thwarting the Dark Prince before he tracked him down to kill him, steal the throne of Hell also while even blackmailing his interference on Earth back to the Chamber of Gods of High Heaven Council.

A responsibility lied on Hades to act as both a father figure and a mentor, since West-Stein, Spencer and Alternate Future Damon himself were each inexperienced fighters and unfamiliar with the rules of gods and immortality. Something that Hades placed with an extreme urgency, believing that Gods were always a hundred steps above humans and would frown upon his being on Earth. Alternate Future Damon talked Hades into making one last stop, in the new group's resistance team against his adversary –– Queens Mane. More so specifically, a middle school called North Star. Hades followed the incarnation of Future Damon to the city, where Hades was led to believe that the younger counterpart had stronger powers. Something that the Greek god deemed necessary in defeating the Dark Prince.

Hades awaited inside North Star alongside West-Stein and Spencer Dez as Alternate future Damon introduced him to his younger self. (The incarnation known as Teen Damon). Hades was disappointed by the kid, believing that he was going to become a babysitter due to the group's age and slow potential. This turned him into a rather sullen, brooding and grumpy figured that began believing they wouldn't be able to accomplish their goals. Hades and Alternate Future Damon bickered and had arguments, with Hades thinking the future incarnation was being too naive and innocent. An unexpected attack on the school however, orchestrated by Rory, prompted Hades to act. The Shaman proceeded to kidnap the teenager and drag him to the forest in an attempt to lure out Hades and the other young men. When Hades and Alternate Future Damon caught up with the magician, they quickly defeated him with Hades dealing the final blow.

This incident triggered Hades to take extreme precaution as he now knew that the Dark Prince was easily watching their every move. Hades pushed for the group of warriors to quickly train and prepare themselves for the advancing devil. Soon after, the group were ambushed when Dark Prince himself showed up unexpectedly at North-Star Middle School alongside his allies Ributto and Issac Hayes. Hades, Future Bradley, Midlore and Holifeld promptly acted with Hades facing the Dark Prince head-on. The two proved to be evenly matched, with the two devils besting one another and gravely wounding each other. Dark Prince retreated from the battle, before long, the Dark Prince summoned even more Diseased to make appearances in the United States. Hades himself however, was left in a weaker mortal state in which he could not use his traditional heaven-based powers, thus he spent a considerable time recovering in Bradley's SM Tech House. The Greek King had known of several sources capable of healing, including a legend of a Goddess's Whip.

### Deserters Arc

Not much is known about Hades whereabouts during the Deserters Arc proceeding Bradley's freshman year. He was said to have been wandering the human world aimlessly if not in High Heaven Council running parts of the All-Seeing light Dimension. He does however, appear frequently to battle Diseased and continue to patrol the Earth's safety. He is however, a notable summon to a teenage Bradley whom can conjure him upon will.

## The Red God Arc

During this arc, Hades summons both Damon Bradley and Midlore to High Heaven to become *ascended* into the Gods of Rage and Karma, respectively. This feat would allow them to enter and exit High Heaven Council at free will, in addition to being considered Demi-Gods whom could exercise their powers and rights as council members.

### Disaster Imperials Arc

Damon Bradley, while resisting and battling the maniacal Disaster Imperials asks Hades and Jessica Bree for help in battling Ceaser-Prime and his oncoming forces. Hades with Bree's help, travel to New York where they thwart an illusion copy of Prime's chip, the Venturan Vi. He is seen at the funeral of Bradley, following his supposed death battling Prime.

### Nomad the Lost Arc

During the Nomad the Lost Arc, Hades appears alongside both Midlore and Rikki West-Stein as a guardian and the former's best friend and close ally at the beginning. After defeating Kel Mann, Hades decides to leave back for High Heaven Council to regain his powers, while having faith in Nomad's sudden arrival. Thereafter, he goes to more judicial affairs in High Heaven, even protecting objects such as the Time Sync from any potential otherworldly or supernatural threats. From time to time, he joins the adventures of the Neo-Deserters and engages in battles with their many adversaries. Mostly he is summoned into battles to better assist the group.

Following the defeat of Erugi Voxe, Hades is seen much more and plots to bring the Rage Knights back to life and reform their team in the wake of Aphrodite-Bushra's dismissal from the council of Gods in High Heaven Council and sudden engagement with the Magistrates of Muck.

## Trivia/Notes

* Hades and Lucifer are two entirely different entities in both real-life folklore and history.
* Hades' personality, intentions and agendas differ greatly than brothers Zeus and Poseidon. Ironically contradicting most humans' belief of the Greek God of the underworld.

**Disclaimer***: To whom this may concern, the characters in their entirety, while they borrow inspiration from events, ideas, themes and other sources from the original author's life, are incredibly different and fictional entities inside the Rage Knights Red God and under no circumstance are they expressing a real person's actual views, ideologies, names and likeness to cause harm or defame them. The Rage Knights Red God is a work of fiction and for solely entertainment and educational purposes. Please note, the series does not represent events that have happened, nor events to come.*

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