Midas

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**Midas** (also referred to as **King Midas**) is the main character of the story, King Midas.

## Appearance

### Light

He is a skinny man who wears a blue and white cloak as well as red ribbon and crown. He often has donkey ears, even after the curse was lifted. He has short brown curly hair and a goatee.

### Dark

In contrast, his skin is black and his hair is shaggier and white, his beard becoming longer. His uniform is that of a golden gladiator as is his grown being larger. His hands are also gold.

## History

### Light

Midas is king of his land and one day Apollo and Silenus Marsyas engage in a "flute off" competition with King Midas as the judge. After the music is played, Midas gives the win to Silenus Marsyas, which upsets Apollo who claims he actually won and curses Midas with donkey ears. Midas hides his ears with a large hat but his hair becomes long and needs cutting as such his barber is hired to cut it, which in turn reveals his secret. Some time after, Midas' Barber couldn't contain himself and digs a hole where he whispers "The King has grown the ears of an ass!", however, the discretion is foiled when reeds spring up echoing what the barber has said. Midas becomes a laughing stock. Meanwhile, Dionysus and Silenus Marsyas walk in Midas' garden, only for Silenus Marsyas to get lost. Midas catches him in his garden decides to and takes him back to Dionysus, he then grants Midas a wish, to which Midas asks to have the "golden touch" However, Midas ends up turning everything into gold, including his wife and children. Midas realises that turning everything, including food and drink into gold is bad and runs back to Dionysus, begging to have his powers removed. Dionysus is upset at first but for the sake of Midas' wife and children he allows Midas to get rid of his wish, by "washing away his wish in the river Pactolus" which involves dipping his family into the river to turn back to normal, ridding the wish and saving his family.

### Dark

In the dark version, Midas finds Apollo and Silenus Marsyas having a party near his property, which angers him, he complains but Apollo punishes him by forcing him to have donkey ears, as Apollo always wins every argument. Midas hides his ears under his hat and forces his kingdom to fear him to never speak or discuss what has happened to him. Eventually, Midas' hair gets too long and he hires his barber to help cut it. Any one the barber knew was killed by Midas as to prevent him from every discussing what was under the hat, however, the barber, being unable to keep his mouth shut goes and digs a hole where he whispers about the king. But the hole echoes the secrets. Silenus Marsyas and Dionysus go drinking one day and argue, causing Silenus Marsyas to storm away. Midas meets Silenus Marsyas but is insulted, Midas goes to Dionysus who wants to keep everything at peace, as such he tells Midas that he can have anything he wants. Midas asks for the golden touch. However, Midas ends up turning everything into gold, including his wife and children. Midas realises that turning everything, including food and drink into gold is bad and runs back to Dionysus, begging to have his powers removed. Dionysus tells Midas to go wash his wish away in the river Pactolus. Midas goes to the river, but the river turns to gold to teach Midas a lesson.

Midas returns in Snow White, where he is recruited and joins Grimm's forces (made up various characters from the previous stories) to destroy Snow White's wedding and kill the Seven Dwarves and the Dwarf King, assisting Grimm also to turn the entire planet into darkness.