Perseus Lykaios

**Perseus Lykaios** is the Greek God of Heroes, Law, Order, Justice, Vengeance, Nature, Loyalty, Time, and Warfare. He's often portrayed as both the companion of heroes and patron of heroic endeavor, and protector of the planet's ecosystems. Initially, Perseus was born from Chaos as Demiurge and later from the remains of Ouranos. He was later reborn as the second born son of Atlanna and Poseidon, the younger twin brother of Arthur Curry, and the maternal half-brother to Orm Marius and Namor McKenzie. His Roman counterpart is **Quirinus**.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

As one of the Lords of Order, the son of Ouranos and later Poseidon, Perseus is an extremely powerful deity and was declared one of the most powerful Skyfathers in existence. His battle instincts and political power alone were highly respected amongst the Old Gods, having fought more battles than any other mortal or immortal. Due to having vast amount of influence and countless domains, Perseus bears a greater level of worship than most Olympians, contributing to his powers greatly. The only beings surpassing him are Chaos and The Presence, while Darkar and Archangels were the only ones capable of equaling him.

* **Atlantean Magic**: As an Elder God, one of the Lords of Order, the Keeper of the Dragon's Flame, and Nymph of Magix, Perseus wields formidable magical power and unlimited control over the supernatural divine energy of the Old Gods. He learned the mystic arts at the Silent School, having an inherent connection with the ancient magic of Atlantis before the Great Cataclysm, granting him a genetic predisposition to manipulate magic and various aspects of reality. Perseus is an Archmage and the mythical realization of the Demiurge, making him capable of performing feats of magic beyond anything displayed by magic users such as Zatanna, Doctor Strange, and John Constantine. Perseus would eventually become the Sorcerer Supreme of Olympus, having greater level of knowledge and mastery within the mystic arts than nearly anyone on Earth. This level of mastery was proven by the fact that Perseus is able to summon his magic at will and cast spells without speaking the required incantations. Perseus was powerful enough to have taken control over Dracula's castle to the extent of being able to teleport it to his desired location and keep the stronghold rooted there. His magical abilities were stated to have made him a threat against someone as mystically powerful as Dracula, Erzsebet Báthory, and Lilith herself, all three not wanting to fight against him unless necessary or their confrontations become unavoidable. When accessing his Demiurgic powers, Perseus' abilities become amplified to near limitless levels that's been likened to a "multi-dimensional messiah".
	+ **Order Magic**: As the God and one of the Lords of Order, Perseus is both lord and personification of Order and its related concepts. He primarily wields Order Magic which grants him the formidable power to manipulate the orderly forces of the universe such as justice, law, truth, fate peace, and other forces that influences reality. He's the first and most powerful Lord of Order, Perseus has the divine responsibility of universal maintenance and control over existence's nature. He can restructure and control the very fabric of existence, decide how things fit into place, control universal law, how life begins, operates and ends, and is responsible for combating chaotic forces to ensure stabilization and balance of existential essence. When tapping into his Demiurge powers, Perseus possesses unquantifiable sorcerous might, stating himself that creation holds no locked doors for him when bending the universe to his will.
		- **Destint Manipulation**: As the Weaver of Fate, Perseus is responsible for manipulating the fates of both mortals and immortals. He's stated to have spun the Web of Life and Destiny, which controls, decides, and links the fates of everything in existence from the lowest mortals to the most powerful beings. While rarely using his power over fate, Perseus was stated to have greater status than the Moirai, Norns, and The Three, with Ananke being considered his superior. His influence was so frightening that Those Who Sit Above In Shadows orchestrated the god's cycle of rebirth that prevented him from becoming the Demiurge. He's stated to hold the power to incite the Apocalypse and destroyed his own Thread of Fate, a cursed thread which causes him to reincarnate upon a mortal death. Perseus stated even with this power, rewritting his own past was impossible .
		- **Justice Control**: As the God of Justice, Perseus exerts absolute control over justice, fairness, truth, and the law. He's stated to rule over all things right and wrong, crime and punishment, governments, flow of karma, and forgiveness. He maintains control over both mortals and deities by preventing their feuds from escalating to epic proportions, and ensuring the overall order of the world. Perseus is both the embodiment and spirit vengeance, an essential form of justice that enforces it with brutal and fair punishments, and was associated with cases where individuals overstep their bounds or violate the divine and natural order. His judicial powers and domain of justice was the most frightening of all his abilities, even above fate itself, as gods were also required to uphold themselves to the law.
	+ **Divine Shield Construction**: Using divine energy, Perseus is able to create powerful shields capable of protecting himself and others from attacks. These barriers were more versatile compared to his psionic force-fields, including having greater range that can surround areas for indefinite periods of time. During the battle against Black Adam, Perseus summoned crystalline fractal shield to block the latter's lightning bolts and used the same ability to contain a beam of fire from Sabbac. Perseus created a shield powerful enough to withstand attacks from Felix Faust and Doctor Strange's magic, including making shields around his gauntlets that absorbed kinetic energy that can be redirected when unleashing his omni-directional blasts. He's also shown creating shields that could project energy through them, including being capable of casting spells from the projected energy.
	+ **Divine Wave Emission**: When clashing his bracelets together, Perseus can a large spherical omnidirectional blast of orange white-hot energy that's powerful enough to accidently injure Loke, send the mighty gods Steppenwolf and Darkseid flying back, and can even remove the absorbed energy from Doomsday. He could also generate shockwaves from his body without clashing his bracelet, notably destroying Klarion's magical restraints and knock down the Hulk with a powerful omni-directional blast of pure divine energy that gave him severe burns. Perseus could even freeze the momentum of targets, once causing Ares and Athena to be suspended in the air before they were blasted away. It's shown that Perseus is able to channel divine power into his weapons, notably using his spear, creating shockwaves upon striking the ground and could even summon a divine shield that allows Perseus to defend himself and those behind him from surrounding attackers.
	+ **Magical Awareness**: Perseus is highly sensitive towards mystical energy and supernatural creatures, granting him an immense awareness of events for which he's not present for. His abilities were similar to his enhanced senses and qualified as being extrasensory, being capable of seeing the Tower of Fate despite its glamor against all magical and non-magical beings. He detected Child's arrival within the mortal world, even tracking her every location using the massive chaotic energy that was caused by her magic. Perseus was able to become aware of when certain extradimensional beings entered the physical world, having sensed the ley lines failing and was able to detect Dormmamu and the Dark Dimension nearing the Earthly plane.
	+ **Magical Freezing**: Perseus can immobilize others using magic, including negating another's powers for as long as they are frozen. He notably stopped the Juggernaut's momentum despite him being impossible to halt once advancing in a certain direction, and later froze multiple Aurors simoultanously at the Acropolis Museum. Perseus would freeze Superman, preventing him from attacking Superboy, and was able to immobilize Kid Flash during a training excercise. His capabilities went beyond simply freezing targets, but could employ different methods of doing so through spellcasting. He used the Freezing Charm to successfully freeze a horde of cornish pixes after Gilderoy Lockhart failed to subdue them, and was even capable of freezing several spells thrown at him. His frequent non-verbal usage of the Full Body-Bind Curse was highly known, being powerful enough to paralyze multiple opponents at once with a mere gesture.
	+ **Mist Control**: According to Hecate, Perseus has immense mastery over the Mist, the mystical veil that hides the supernatural world from mortals, and can manipulate it for numerous purposes. Unlike his powers that are psionic in nature, the abilities derived from the Mist focused on influencing the perception of others based upon what targets want to see. A pure white column of Mist is able to surround him when he is present and be controlled at a momments notice. His capabilities focused heavily on illusions and concealment, but can also be used to summon Mistforms and transport himself within a remote area where the Mist is active. Perseus has used the Mist to amplify the effects of glamours, allowing him to perform glamouring spells to deceive others on a massive scale such as preventing others from discovering the glamour and thus ensures it won't get cancelled.
	+ **Nature Manipulation**: As the God of Nature, Perseus wields tremendous power over the forces of nature and weaves them according to his will. He commands absolute control over the forces of nature and the elements connected to them, including plants and animals. His powers are so formidable that even Storm, Nature Girl, and Thor working together struggled to combat them, showcasing the thousands of years of experience Perseus has over them. He's able to command vegetation to emerge from the ground and forests to grow, manipulate ecosystems and environments like tundras and deserts, unleash the elements and natural disasters, and punish others with famine, and even control the seasons to change the Earth's climate and state. Perseus was also the personification of the Natural Order itself, notably being protector of the planet's ecosystems and keeps close watch on the planet, ensuring there's an equilibrium of the Earth and the cycle between life and death is kept in check.
		- **Animal Authority**: As the Lord of Animals, Perseus has divine authority over the animal kingdom, primarily over lions, wolves, snakes, stags, ravens, dragons, and the phoenix. This ability was confirmed to be an extension from his separate telepathic power over animals that was derived from his Atlantean heritage, including giving him numerous methods of influencing animals. He's able to manipulate creatures such as the Kraken, Leviathan, Behemoth, and Ziz, animals who are known as the most powerful monsters in existence feared even by the gods themselves.
		- **Earth Link**: As the reincarnation of the Demiurge whom is sentient life-force of Earth's biosphere, Perseus' divine powers over nature have created a psychic bond between himself and the planet's primordial life-force. This connection extends throughout the universe, giving Perseus spiritual and material sustenance with an empathic sense towards living things. He's also stated to being linked to natural phenomenon such as earthquakes and volcanic activity, and is able to instinctively know when someone else is influencing them. Perseus even has the power to sense and detect people's life-force, which is connected to his ability to sense death, and confirmed to being capable of sense the very core of creation, describing it as the sacred source behind and within all things and transcends reality itself.
		- **Elemental Magic**: Being the God of Nature, this was Perseus' specialty and most common usage of performing magic. As an Elementalist, Perseus didn't focus on just one element, having shown the power to manupulate any of the elements and natural phenonenon. His mastery extended to casting spells that allowed him to produce specific effects for both combative and supplementary purposes. He doesn't actually need spells to control the elements, having shown the psionic ability to influence and control the elements including through hand gestures and martial art styles that are reminiscent of the qualities of the element itself. Perseus has demonstrated such immense power that it's capable of affecting entire planets and ecosystems.
		- **Fertility Manipulation**: Perseus has absolute control over fertility, the natural capacity for living beings to reproduce or grow. He can enhance the Earth's fertility, turning barren lands into fertile fields, encourage orchards to bear fruit, and flowers to bloom. Perseus could also render anything infertile, making them incapable of growth and reproduction. He's even capable of altering and manipulating the process of reproduction, including of himself, and produced several demigods with other immortals while having those children be mortal. Perseus was also known as the "Guardian of the Fields" and the "King of Bountiful Harvests" due to aiding in the growth of crops and bringing lush vegetation yearly, especially for the harvest season.
		- **Nature Perception**: With a blink, Perseus can see the physical world around him as patterns of natural energy, including the human body's nervous system, which in turn allows her to counter all but the fastest attack. This power was confirmed to be linked to his enhanced senses, particularily that of sight, which allows him to visually see electromagnetic forces, air currents, chemical reactions and even detect “visibly” telepathic communications. He's shown utilizing this ability to adapt these senses in harsh environments, including enabling him to ignore various impurities that would otherwise reduce one's visibility.
		- **Nature Empowerment**: Perseus' strength often relies on the surrounding environment and requires him to be at one with nature. This allows him to hear the voice of nature speaking to him, more so in an instinctive manner than what all students of the Silent School are taught. He can utilize his magic to listen to the voices of the forest and other natural environments, communicating with them akin to having a regular conversation. This skill has also proven to be a disadvantagee, as the destruction of nearby nature will cause excruciating pain to him and weaken his own self and ability to focus his magic properly. Perseus has shown being capable of overcoming this weaking, having an immense connection to the Primal Sources, the six elemental forces that compose the natural world, and could draw power from these forces to sustain him and even strengthen his abilities.
	+ **Potioncraft**: Perseus is an incredibly adapted in the field of potion-making and was known for being the youngest Potions Master in existence. His prowess in potion-making extended beyond simple execution from formally documented recipes accepted and followed by the general public. He's capable of brewing highly complicated potions such Veritaserum, Wolfsbane Potion, and the Mandrake Restorative Draught. Perseus achieve his mastery within the subject after creating the Elixir of Life and the Cure for Lycanthropy using the alchemical properties of the Philosopher's Stone. He was shown effortlessly making several advance potions considered to be almost impossible to make by other potioneers such as the Fifty Moons Potion, a Moisturizing Lotion, and the mysterious substance within Lucy's Cordial. Perseus is capable of identifying Polyjuice Potion by smell and produce fake Veritaserum that seemed real enough to fool Severus Snape, an accomplished Potions Master in his own right. H
	+ **Power of Axis**: Like his daughter Anthea, Perseus wields the primordial force known as the Axis only to a far superior level. This allows him to control space and reality to manipulate structures and their locations to his liking, essentially influencing the physical world akin to affecting matter itself. It's stated his powers over Axis are not the same as his abilities over space and reality, being instead the ability to utilize both forces to manipulate the axis of rotation to re-position where targets are located. He's even capable of using Omphalos to manipulate the Axis Mundi by tapping into the Axis' power, essentially rewritting civilization's history in the process.
	+ **Rune Magic**: One of his greatest practices, Perseus was exceptionally skilled with casting runes, symbols, and inscriptions for numerous purposes. His runic capabilities extended into various cultures and religions, allowing him to generate a variety of powerful effects He was shown being capable of using runes without actually drawing them, instead summoning them into existence by will alone, which is considered an near-impossible feat. Perseus was a master of creating new runes from nothing, and notably transformed symbols of the Olympians into usable runes given to demigods who've proven themselves. His mastery and knowledge within the field went beyond Odin's abilities, even being known as the Rune King and could even understand runes like a second language.
	+ **Spell Casting**: Perseus is known for being an extremely powerful spellcaster with immense knowledge on various spells and incantations, allowing him to control arcane forces to produce specific magical effects and phenomenon. His spellcasting capabilities were known for being incredibly versatile, having shown numerous methods of casting spells, many of which have been lose throughout antiquity. He's stated to possess greater success and efficiency casting spells if the spell was practiced prior to the initial perfomance, but could improvise spells by speaking backwards to initiate supernatural effects as long as words are being spoken clearly without stopping. His spellcasting also extends itself to performing complex spells with mere gestures, but required a clear visual intent before casting. Perseus has even shown the ability to cast "spells" by only saying or focusing on his willpower and intent, something that's considered almost impossible for anyone.
	+ **Technokinesis**: While not on the same level as Hephaestus, Perseus is able to manipulate technology and machinery using magic. He was particularily skilled combining magic with technology, something that's considered both difficult and impossible to due magic and science being coexisting opposing forces. Perseus was described as being the most inuitive person Leo has ever met, surpassing his own siblings and mastering mechanics within moments despite never being exposed previously. He was capable of accessing the highly sophisticated Batcomputer without any difficulty, privately communicating with Batman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman away from the advance technology of the Thanagarians. He was powerful enough to hack into Ultron's programming and disable the latter's ability to access the Internet, and gave him the power to have Ultron Sentries fight one another.
		- **Achive**: Perseus is capable of using a rare form of techno-magic to convert information into data can be stored, and later transfered to and from people for various purposes, including other forms of magic. With this, Perseus is able to coordinate the movements of his allies as well as knowing their present conditions and even give them new knowledge. His capabilities extended themselves to remotely accessing Vector Sigma, an incredibly powerful super-computer that grants access to the Atlantean afterlife, giving it a vast storehouse of wisdom, and the power to grant new Atlanteans life.
	+ **Wild Magic**: As the King of Faeries, Perseus has access to the strange and powerful magic unique to his people. Being the leader of the Wild Hunt, Perseus practices Wild Magic, the oldest and most powerful form of fairy-based magic that's not bound to many rules. He was described as feeling like Wild Magic itself due to its power binding hunters to the Hunt. Perseus was known for being extremely powerful tapping into Wild Magic, calling it "nature's untamable personality" and is seemingly connected to his abilities over the natural world. His exact capabilities were largely unknown since details of its usage are hidden from outsiders, however it's been acknowledged that powers derived from Wild Magic are neither demonic nor seraphically aligned, thus weren't linked to positive and negative forms of magic.
		- **Ley Line Manipulation**: Perseus is capable of manipulating the planet's ley lines for numerous purposes, including channeling energy from them to increase spells and other forms of magic. He was stated to have the power to create entrances within natural surroundings leading directly to Avalon, being the only being to have the capability of actually closing them off or moving their locations. Perseus is even able to cause points, known as sacred sites, where ley lines converge, forming a matrix where magic is amplified, particularly ones that has to do with magic transferrals
		- **Sensing**: As King of the Faeries, Perseus is capable of sensing certain magical elements connected with the natural world such as ley lines and convergences. He can even utilize this ability to trace and feel energy signatures, having sensed energy of the deceased at the Lazarus Pit and the people who've used it. Perseus is also shown perceiving entrances leading to Avalon, essentially bypassing some aspect of their natural appearance that is "wrong" or "off"—like a reflection in water that does not match the world above the reflection.
		- **Transfiguration**: Perseus was known for being extremely gifted in the field of Transfiguration, having complete mastery within all branches including Vanishment, Conjuration, Untransfiguration, and Transformation. He's a Master of Metamorphosymbiosis, an advance form of transfiguration that involves changing a person's appearance and transform others into living things, making him specially skilled with Human Transfiguration. He can wield a darker practice Metamorphosymbiosis which turns a living creature into the most aggressive being, but was also powerful enough to reverse its effects. Perseus transformed Daphne into a laurel tree to protect her from Apollo's lustful advances, turned Niobe into a weeping mountain out of pity, Fafnir became a dragon after being consumed by greed, and turned a land boy into a water dragon to punish a mermaid and her pod. He was noted for being a Master of Battle Transfiguration and can expertly wield transfiguration in combat, either through spells or by will alone, easily vanishing a massive black snake Severus Snape had sent at him in their brief duel, disintegrating it into smoke without saying a word. From this smoke, he quickly turned it into a swarm of pursuing daggers, which he directed back at Snape, who was forced to hide behind a suit of armour to avoid them. During the Cold Massacre, Perseus was also incredibly proficient with the Animation Charm, describing it as one of the spells he best excelled in and favoured, using it to such a great effect that with a single use, he animated virtually all of the millions of desks and suits of armour during the Cold Massacre.
* **Patron of Heroes**: As the God of Heroes, Perseus holds complete authority over heroes and heroic endeavors. He can of interact in the affairs of mortals more than any other deity, especially demigods since they are under his purview at the moment of birth. Perseus is usually known for offering guidance, assistance, or divine blessings that include either weapons or another form of reward for their accomplishments. His divine responsibility also includes the making of heroes, subjecting others to trials and challenges to prove their worthines of becoming heroes.
	+ **Quest Authority**: As the Patron of Quests and Heroic Endeavor, Perseus was responsible for watching over and guiding heroes along their journey's. He's stated to have the authority of granting or denying quests, including those from other gods. Furthermore, Perseus can decide the difficulty and obstacles of the quest, make the quest nigh impossible if he feels it's too easy, and even decide when it begins and ends. Perseus would often assist heroes remotely and only physically appeared before them when absolutely necessary, but was known for offering divine guidance when confronted with uncertain perils and choices.
	+ **Heroism Inducement**: Being the God of Heroes, Perseus has the ability to instill heroism upon others which inspires those who have given up hope to continue and do seemingly impossible achievements. His power only worked on those who possess the qualities required for becoming a hero, but needed a push to openly exhibit them since true heroes are created from their actions, choices, and the challenges they face. Furthermore, Perseus had stated the power itself rejects the notion that heroism is solely a product of innate qualities and highlights the role of personal growth, experiences, and the willingness to do what is right, even in difficult circumstances. He's revealed to have created heroes using this power and if taken away, they lose the ability of becoming a hero.
* **Divine Wisdom**: As the God of Wisdom, Perseus is by far the wisest of gods and is one of the most intelligent, knowledgable, cunning, and competent beings in Greco-Roman and Atlantean mythology whose always comming up wth brilliant ideas. He tends to measure the odds without taking his own or others' feelings into account and could make the wisest discision regardless of the situation to avoid any mistakes. Perseus has also shown an incredible level of emotional intelligence, being able to correctly predict the emotional traits within others and differentiate them from physical problems as well as quickly see the true emotion behind a person's words. His wisdom is often sought after by others seeing enlightenment, as both the Watchers and Celestials, two of the smartest races in existence, respect Perseus' words in matters regarding their own morality, continued steps in their universal observations, and living.
* **Psionics**: Being a Mind Fairy descended from Mu, Perseus and has an array of natural psionic powers that are both magical and psionic in nature acting independently from his own magic. These abilities often manifested as purplish-white hue of luminescent sparks emanating from his hands and body, resembling the natural Atlantean magic he was born with. He's known for being the most gifted and talented Mind Fairy in existence, being classified as an Alpha-Psion and Psionic of the Highest with power capable of rivaling the Phoenix Force itself. Perseus trained extensively at Zaltora and would become a master of various techniques within the Mind Art, being known as one of the most gifted and talented Mind Fairy's in existence. After being exposed to the Mind Stone's cosmic energies, Perseus awakened psychic abilities that were uncommon among Mind Fairy's and other psychics, including those not wielded by Old Gods.