Hermes

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**Hermes** is the God of Trade, Wealth, and Travelling. He is a messenger for the other Gods, as well as one of the two soul collectors for the Underworld. He travels across the three realms to perform his duties.

## Appearance

Hermes is a God with scarlet red skin, matching hair and yellow eyes. His hair is shoulder-length and wild. He frequently wears it in a ponytail, or else pulled back from his face with a sweatband.

In the Mortal Realm, Hermes wears an off-white toga with winged sandals and a winged headpiece. Occasionally he is seen holding his trademark staff, a caduceus. While working in the Underworld, he wears a black suit. On Olympus, Hermes wears casual clothing, including sweatshirts, t-shirts, and workout shorts. He is often seen wearing winged sneakers.

After being put on house arrest, he briefly sported a black mustache.

## Personality

Out of all the Gods, Hermes is the most playful and cheeky. He enjoys teasing his friends and is always up for a good time. He is incredibly sweet and friendly towards Persephone, who he has known for many years. Despite his mischievous personality and tendency to fool around, Hermes can become serious when the matter demands it, briefly threatening Thanatos when he inquired about Persephone's name change one too many times.

Although he often plays the role of a "dumb jock", Hermes is actually incredibly perceptive, able to determine the motivations and feelings of others with ease. He is also shown to occasionally be self-conscious, such as when he was working a long day and stunk so badly that Demeter and others were repulsed by him.

## Biography

### **Red-Letter Wrath**

As an acquaintance of Demeter, Hermes frequently delivered mail to her farm. He eventually became acquainted with her daughter Persephone, at the time known as Kore. After being told by Demeter that he smelt awful, Hermes decided to take a quick bath before returning to Olympus. Noticing her in the shadows of the pool watching him, he called her out on staring, mistaking her for a flower nymph. After slyly revealing her identity, Hermes realized he had not just misunderstood her station, but had trespassed on Demeter's property and interrupted her only daughter while she was bathing. After Kore agreed it was scandalous of him, Hermes reluctantly asked what she wanted from him.

Kore revealed she wanted more friends. In order to visit her without Demeter knowing, Hermes pretended to ask if she knew anyone who wanted an encyclopedia, as Athena had ordered doubles. Demeter quickly saw through this ruse and realized that Hermes had seen Kore. Hermes quickly appeased her by flattering her and explaining he couldn't help but bring Kore gifts. Demeter begrudgingly allowed Kore to receive the gift, having the two "meet."

Over the years the two would continue their friendship, with Hermes supplying Kore with "contraband." The two would also continue to skinny-dip together, although this was kept a secret from Demeter, who forbid Persephone from interacting with men. Hermes would later become a client of Hades to aid in collecting souls to bring to the Underworld.

One day while collecting souls in the Mortal Realm, Hermes noticed a large amount of shades beyond what was on his list. Sensing that something was wrong, Hermes followed the trail of death and found Persephone after her act of wrath. After assisting Demeter in calming Persephone down, Hermes would later assist her in covering the entire thing up. Hermes brought the shades into the Underworld, hid them, and then slowly brought them out over a period of months to effectively hide the entire thing from Hades. Although he did this because of his friendship with Persephone, Hermes was also bribed by Demeter with a large sum of money to keep quiet about the whole incident.

## Relationships

### **Family**

#### Maia

Maia is Hermes' Mother. Although is not much known about their relationship, Hermes states he only cares for three things: his Mother, making money, and annoying Apollo. Because she didn't inherit godlike powers, Hermes took it upon himself to give his Mother the best life possible and expresses that she's a beautiful woman who deserves good things. When Zeus states she has a deep bosom, Hermes was shocked to hear him say that about her.

### **Friends**

#### Persephone

Persephone and Hermes are old friends, having met as Hermes' role as a messenger brought him to the Mortal Realm frequently. Like several other Gods, Hermes was unaware that Demeter had a daughter. After a long day of traveling, Hermes stunk so badly that Demeter and others found him repulsive. He chose to take a quick bath on Demeter's property before returning home but he soon notices Persephone in the water and hiding from him. He assumed she was a flower nymph but she corrects him by clarifying she's a Goddess after she comes out from hiding.

Persephone recognize him as Hermes and how is she surprised to see he stayed around much longer then the other Gods that come to Demeter's land. Hermes explains how he think Demeter is hiding something to which she agrees because it is her that Demeter is hiding. Hermes is confused by this until Persephone reveals herself as Demeter's daughter, much to his shock.
He comes to realize in the few minutes he's spoken to her that he has trespassed, misunderstood her station, interrupted her bath, and was completely naked in the water. Persephone playfully states that the situation was a scandal, to which Hermes ask what she wants in return for her silence so Demeter never finds out. Not long after Hermes returns with a set of encyclopedia that he claims Athena ordered by mistake and ask Demeter if she knew anyone else who wanted them. However, Demeter quickly realized he had met Persephone.

Hermes apologizes for his deception and quickly states he understood why Demeter hid her away from the deathless gods. He compliments Persephone and revealed that seeing her provoked him to bring a suitable gift for her. Seeing as he already met her, Demeter allows Hermes to give Persephone the encyclopedia but warns him that she is a candidate for TGOEM or reveal her existence on Olympus. As it turns out, what Persephone truly wanted was to be friends with Hermes but fearing her Mother would be against it, created the scheme as a way for Demeter to feel she outsmarted Hermes by "discovering" he has already met Persephone before arriving with a gift Demeter would approve.

The two became close friends in the course of a few months and keep parts of their friendship very secretive from Demeter as their activities involved going skinny dipping and Hermes giving Persephone contraband. Hermes grew to have genuine feelings for her, showing to have small crush on her which Demeter had seemed to pick up on but not Persephone. Despite his crush on her, Hermes made no effort to divert her from TGOEM and kept his promise by keeping her existence a secret. He came to see the straining relationship between Persephone and Demeter and came to the conclusion that Demeter was rising her was mortal, which he believed would lead to a dangerous road.

After finding Persephone had accidentally committed an the act of wrath, Hermes came to Demeter and Persephone's aid and spent hours with Demeter to calm her down before she revert back to her original form. Hermes was deeply confused how Persephone had committed the act and would see she felt a deep guilt for the lives she took. The following day, Hermes was 'willing' to manipulate the records for soul collecting after Demeter bribed him too but also used his crush on Persephone against him.

    Much later, Persephone would come live on Olympus with Artemis and the two are thrilled to see each other again and share a hug. When Persephone speaks of her time with Hades in the Underworld and Apollo, Hermes' best friend and roommate, attempts to get her to believe Hades was only being kind to her so he can sleep with her. While Hermes did initially laugh at this, he tells Apollo to leave her alone as Persephone states she had a good time.

When she slips with a knife when cooking, he appears worried and comes quickly to her aid. With Apollo and Artemis, the four of them played games and watch a movie before Hermes fell asleep on the couch in the living room. Unknown to Hermes at the time, Apollo sexually assaulted Persephone that night while Hermes was asleep . While he would wake up later when hearing Persephone on the phone with Hades, he would sneak away and find his way back home as Apollo left him there soon after the assault.

Days later, Hermes would go visit Persephone and he psyches himself up to ask her to come with him to work, which she accepts. He would go to her room while she changed which infuriate Artemis when she discovered Hermes has already seen Persephone naked plenty of times. After her fight with Artemis, Persephone would leave with Hermes and he carried her to the Underworld, causing Hades to be jealous as he saw them from the window.

They go their separate ways before he joins the elevator ride with Hades, Persephone, and Thanatos and Persephone lets him have some baklava as Hades rejected her gift. Hermes eats it with delight and compliant her cooking skills. Later on, Hermes would remember her birthday, possibility being the only one who knew besides her Mother, and bring her a bouquet of balloons as a gift.

When Zeus orders Hermes to grab Persephone from the Underworld, he goes but upon seeing her, he realizes he can't and leaves. Zeus becomes frustrated with Hermes, Hades, and Apollo's, (not knowing Ares was interested in her as well) infatuation with her and Hermes states her commitment to an academic education is what makes him attracted to her, much to Zeus's confusion.

When Artemis arrives, frustrated with all the lies and secrets around her, she comes to Hermes for answers on Apollo and Persephone's relationship. After the discussion, Hermes is visibly upset as he comes to realize he has missed several clues and fears something has happen but was blind to it. Hermes takes his frustrations out on Apollo's piano by slamming down on the keys before Apollo arrives and ask about Artemis. When seeing Apollo the next morning, he starts to ask Apollo questions about the night he fell asleep in the living room while Apollo left without waking him up. Apollo claims to not remember and while Hermes seems suspicious, choses to let Apollo leave to find Artemis.

As Persephone's trial begins, Hermes is the first to talk on stand to explain his part in covering up Persephone's act of wrath and begins by telling the story of how they met. As Hermes concludes his story, he comments he would do everything again as he likes money but also reveals he likes Persephone. With his story done, he reveals that Thanatos played a part in reporting Persephone's act of wrath to Zeus and then leaves for Thanatos to go up next.

#### Apollo

Hermes is Apollo’s former best friend and roommate. Hermes can sometimes be just as immature as Apollo and will usually poke fun at Apollo out of amusement. Because Apollo and Hermes have feelings for Persephone, they see each other as rivals for her attention and compete with each other. Hermes will sometimes gloat about how much closer he is to Persephone compared to Apollo and remind him of just how much she doesn’t like Apollo. Unlike Apollo, Hermes truly cares for Persephone and makes no effort to actually ask her out as he respect her position as a TGOEM candidate.

On the night of Persephone's assault, Hermes had fallen asleep on the couch and woke up to Persephone on the phone with Hades and Apollo gone. He did not question that night too much and kept coming over with Apollo, completely unaware of what Apollo did to his friend. Hermes would tease Apollo about Persephone dislike of Apollo, seemingly knowing she does not like him but is unaware of the full extent.

After being put under house arrest, Hermes starts to notice Apollo's constant questions about Persephone and becomes quite annoyed by it. It's not until Artemis arrives crying over a call she received from Persephone about her hatred of Apollo that Hermes starts to become suspicious of the two's relationship. This frustrates Hermes and causes him to smash on the piano keys until Apollo ask him to stop. Hermes then questions him about the night they were over at Artemis' and Hermes woke up with Apollo gone but he claims he couldn't remember. While Hermes doesn't seem to believe his answer, he decides to let Apollo go.

After the trial, Hermes takes Hades's side and leaves for the Underworld for a decade, losing all contact with Apollo. After realm travel resumed, Hermes decides to move out of his shared house with Apollo and move in with Artemis, both feeling the need for a fresh start and wanting nothing to do with Apollo. When packing his things, Apollo discovers Hermes knows Artemis's location and demands he tells him. Hermes refuses and explains to Apollo that Artemis isn't ready to talk to him and he can't blame her.

Apollo asks if this has anything to do with Persephone and that what happened between him and Persephone ten years ago, she needs to "get over it." Hermes begins to question Apollo and learns about Apollo's assault on Persephone, and that he took photos of her when he assaulted her. Apollo tried to spin he was the victim in the situation; however, Hermes knew he was lying all along and punched Apollo for what he did to Persephone.

Hermes is no longer in contact with Apollo and made it clear he never wants to hang with him again to Persephone in their conversation later on.

#### Artemis

Hermes and Artemis are friends, but Hermes enjoys pushing her buttons, doing things to deliberately make her angry for his amusement. Artemis is shown to allow Hermes inside her house despite her "No Men Allowed" policy but this is mostly because he is almost always with Apollo. The only time she ever showed real anger towards him was when she found him in Persephone's room when she was changing, and it was revealed that he had seen Persephone naked many times before because of their skinny-dipping activities in the Mortal Realm. Artemis orders him to leave and Hermes does so in a hurry, showing that he can be scared of her when she is upset.

After Hermes was placed under house arrest and Artemis distressed over a call from Persephone stating she couldn't stand Apollo, she arrives to speak to Hermes and he allows her inside, wanting to help her try to make sense of what is happening. Together, Hermes admits that he thinks something did happen between Apollo and Persephone and while he's not sure what it is, he sees it isn't good.

Sometime after the ten year gap, Artemis and Hermes decide to move in together as roommates, both feeling the need for a fresh start and both wanting nothing to do with Artemis's twin Apollo. When Apollo demanded Hermes to tell him Artemis's location, Hermes refused to tell him out of respect for Artemis.

### **Professional**

#### **Hades**

Hermes acts as a soul collector for Underworld Corp and is Hades' subordinate. Hermes states he has worked under Hades on and off for several years and was recently rehired so he can help Thanatos with his work load. Due to his years of working in the Underworld, Hermes was able to help cover up Persephone's act of wrath due to his crush on her and Demeter bribing him with money. Despite this, the two seem to have a mutual respect for one another but there have been very limited interactions outside of the workplace. This doesn't stop Hermes from making jokes about Hades or Hades showing to be annoyed by some of the things he does. Hermes has also shown an interest in one day driving Hades' car, which he denies everyone except Persephone.

When Hermes discovers Persephone had stayed the night at Hades' house after Zeus and Hera's party, he jokes about her "surviving" the night. During the time Hades is struggling to distance himself from Persephone to stay with Minthe, he showed jealously seeing Hermes carrying Persephone to work. He's also surprised when Hermes arrives to work with balloons that were meant for Persephone as it was meant for her birthday, making Hades question just how well he knows her. Not long this, Persephone's act of wrath was revealed, as was Hermes' part in covering it up but Hades has yet to deal with him on this matter.

When Hermes discovers Thanatos, Minthe, and Thetis part in revealing Persephone's act of wrath to Zeus, he confronts Minthe and makes it clear that Hades has moved on and has chosen Persephone. Hermes later arrives to Hades' home so he can take Persephone to Zeus, which Hades denies him. This almost leads to a fight until Persephone appears and Hermes realizes he is unable to go through with it and decides to leave instead. Hermes then arrives days later, delivering the news that Demeter was capture and Persephone's trial would begin the following day.

When Hermes arrives to testify during the trial, Hermes tells the story of how he and Persephone met and became friends before her act of wrath. He reveals to have no regret in helping Persephone because of the he bribed he received from Demeter but also because he liked Persephone. Hades allows Hermes a chance to explain how he hid this from him for months and Hermes soon reveals that Thanatos played a part in exposing her to Zeus, much to Hades' anger and Persephone's shock.

#### Thanatos

As fellow soul collectors for Underworld Corp, the two had a friendly relationship until Thanatos rats him out for hiding Persephone's act of wrath. Hermes invites Thanatos over to his house to play video games and is shown to be very excited to have him over. However, when Thanatos begins to ask him questions about Persephone, particularly the mystery behind her name change, Hermes quickly gets irritated with him and tells him "not to fuck with things (he) shouldn't be fucking with." Thanatos finds that surprising from Hermes and frustrated with no leads for the snarky three, this leads him to see Apollo willing to help him get dirt on Persephone without Hermes being unaware of that.

Hermes was furious to hear from Zeus that Thanatos, Thetis, and Minthe reported about Persephone's incident. He warns Thanatos about the consequences that'll be upon the three for throwing him under the bus with Demeter and Persephone. Hermes gives Thanatos and Minthe the facts about how Minthe doesn't care about Thanatos, Zeus will never leave Hera for Thetis, and Persephone's 'berserk' version is Hades' flavor. Hermes' warnings started to bother Thanatos, feeling more doubt for the three. After seeing Persephone revealing herself in Hades' office after Minthe briefly leaves, he starts to realize Hermes was right about Persephone being Hades' flavor.

When Hermes arrives to testify during Persephone and Demeter's trial, Hermes reveals that Thanatos would have never noticed how he tampered the records because Thanatos does not pay attention to details. He then reveals to Hades and Persephone that Thanatos played a part in exposing Persephone to Zeus, much to Hades' anger and Persephone's shock. As Thanatos arrives to begin his testimony, Hermes passes him and expresses that if he goes down he would bring Thanatos with him.

When Thanatos begins his testimony and angers Hades, Hermes teasingly tells Thanatos he really upset Hades over his comments about Persephone.

### **Others**

#### Demeter

Hermes and Demeter have known each other for years has he has travelled through the realms constantly. Like most Gods, he seems to fear Demeter which is shown when he meets Persephone, after he trespass and interrupted Persephone's bath when he was trying to clean himself up. When the two talk, Hermes reveals he thinks Demeter is trying to hide something and then discovers it was Persephone herself since she was Demeter's daughter.

After Persephone playfully teased him about the scandal that was the two naked in the water, he asks her what she wanted so she wouldn't tell Demeter. This didn't seem to work as Demeter quickly discovered the two met despite Hermes trying to give Persephone books by claiming Athena has ordered double of her encyclopedia and asking Demeter if she knew anyone who would want it.

Hermes apologizes for his deception and quickly states he understood why Demeter hid her away from the other gods. After complimenting Persephone and revealing how he brought a suitable gift for her, Demeter allowed the two to meet but warns him that Persephone was TGOEM candidate and did not want him talking about her on Olympus. As it turns out, Persephone created this scheme as a way for Demeter to feel she outsmarted Hermes by "discovering" her and allow the two to be friends.

Hermes and Persephone were well aware anything could change Demeter's attitude towards their friendship which is why they kept certain aspects of their friendships from Demeter such as skinny dipping. Hermes would witness the Mother and daughter relationship and come to the realization that Demeter was trying to raises Persephone as a mortal which he could sense would lead to a dangerous road.

After witnessing the act of wrath by Persephone's, the two spent hours together calming Persephone done before the two brought her home. Hermes was 'willing' to manipulate the records for soul collecting after Demeter bribed him too. It is hinted that Demeter was aware of his crush on Persephone, which she subsequently uses against him to keep him silent.

At the trial, Hermes tells his story of covering up Persephone's act of wrath and how he discovered Demeter had a daughter he never knew about. He reveals that the scheme Persephone had come up for the two to become friends was done as Persephone wanted more friends, which deeply shocks Demeter.

## Powers and Abilities

* Hermes has the ability to travel extremely quickly between the realms to deliver his messages. This ability caused Hades to hire Hermes as a soul collector to make up for the slack of Thanatos.
* He has the power of flight.

## Gallery

Hermes excited to see Persephone.Hermes delivering a letter to Persephone.Hermes giving a letter to Hecate.Hermes about to knock on Persephone's door.Hermes with Artemis and Persephone.Delivering a letter to Artemis.Hermes wielding his caduceus staff.Hermes guiding the shades in the underworld.Hermes' portrait in Hera and Zeus' mansion.Hermes and Persephone.An image of Hermes at the end of certain chapters.Hermes with a mustache.Hermes' eyes.
## Trivia

* As a child, Persephone states Hermes was stealing cattle and making handcrafted musical instruments.
	+ In Greek Mythology, Hermes stole the cattle from Apollo and then gave him his signature lyre, which he also invented.
* As of currently, Hermes seems to be the only one aware of Thetis' affair with Zeus besides Minthe and Thanatos.
* Hermes claims that Persephone's beauty rivals Aphrodite and she shared the same thoughtful look like Athena.
* In Episode 175, it was revealed that when Aphrodite and Ares are out of the house, Hermes babysits their children.
* In Greek Mythology, Hermes is the son of Zeus and Maia. In Lore Olympus, Hermes is the son of Maia but the identity of his father is unknown and there is not indication that Zeus is his father.