Ares

**Ares**, also known as **Mars** is the Greek god of courage and war being one of the Twelve major Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. He embodies the physical valor necessary for success in war but can also personify sheer brutality and bloodlust, in contrast to his sister, the armored Athena, whose martial functions include military strategy and generalship.

## History

He was born to Zeus and Hera thousands of years ago alongside his older brother, Hephaestus, god of the forge. His mother loved Ares dearly and groomed him, admiring how handsome he was unlike the older. He was born in the region of Thrace, Hera choosing to give birth to him there as a way to once again tell her husband Zeus of how much she did not agree with his lustful cheating. Unlike Hephaestus' birth however, someone was there to assist in his birth, thus preventing him from being like his older brother.

Ares would grow up to be a fearless soldier, he had some semblance of focus and discipline, but for the most part was ruthless and brutal, slaying many with his sword-spear and glorious shield.

He would live as Hera's enforcer and her on-and-off bodyguard, a mother's boy as mortals would call it, he would also have an infamous affair with the scandalous Aphrodite, who would seduce him as long as her husband Hephaestus was absent.

In modern day, he was present during the great convention of gods from numerous pantheons where they discussed the upcoming battle of the Archangels before Lucifer himself interrupted and slaughtered him.

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## Powers and Skills

As the son of two prime Greek gods more specifically the King and Queen of mount Olympus, Ares is an incredibly powerful deity who's power is not as dependant on worship but more about the level of violence in the world being empowered by human wars.

### Powers

* **Immortality:** Like all the Greek gods, Ares was seemingly ageless and could not be killed by conventional means as he was unaffected by almost all Earthly drugs/substances and could heal from almost anything.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** Ares possesses immense levels of superhuman durability as his skin was denser and more resistant to attacks being relatively unfazed by impacts.
* **Superhuman speed:** He can move at considerable superhuman speeds despite his muscular physique allowing him to traverse considerable distances in a short time frame.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes:** Ares possesses heightened reflexes, enough so to react in response to Mercury, another god.
* **War manipulation:** As the God of War, Ares had the ability to manipulate war, strife, combat, bloodlust, rage, and other forms of conflict. This power also allowed Ares to naturally be incredibly skilled in all forms of combat, fighting, and weaponry.
	+ **Violence empowerment:** Ares was empowered by violence, hatred, rage, bloodshed and death, becoming more powerful.
* **Electricity manipulation:** Like his father Zeus, Ares can generate and control divine electricity to an extreme degree, generating everything from precise small tendrils to tremendous torrents. He could also summon immense celestial bolts of lightning, and redirect them towards desired targets.
* **Conjuration:** As the God of War, Ares could summon virtually any physical weapon out of thin air but this had limitations for example; he could not conjure an Archangel Blade or an Adamantium Sword.

## Weaknesses

1. Higher Beings - Lucifer, as an Archangel, was easily able to kill him and God, Amara, Death, or any other cosmic being could do so as well.
2. Magic
3. Lack of warfare or violence
4. Other Gods/Demigods
5. Emotions