Hephaestus

Vulcanus ヴルカヌス

God of Blacksmiths 鍛冶の神

God of Metalworking 金属加工の神

God of Forges 鍛冶の神

God of Carpenters 大工の神

God of Craftsmen 職人の神

God of Artisans 職人の神

God of Sculptors 彫刻家の神

God of Sculpture 彫刻の神

God of Metallurgy 冶金の神

God of Fire 火の神

God of Volcanoes 火山の神

God of Stone Masonry 石積みの神

Craftsman of Olympus オリンパスの職人

Smith of Gods 神々の鍛冶屋

Lord of Craftsmen and Smiths 職人と鍛冶屋の主

Blacksmith of the Gods 神々の鍛冶屋

Fur Face 毛皮顔

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God of Forges

God of Carpenters

God of Craftsmen

God of Artisans

God of Sculptors

God of Sculpture

God of Metallurgy

God of Fire

God of Volcanoes

God of Stone Masonry

Craftsman of Olympus

Smith of Gods

Lord of Craftsmen and Smiths

Blacksmith of the Gods

Fur Face

## Family

Chaos (Great-Grandaunt)
Gaia (Great-Grandmother)

Eros (Great-Granduncle)

Erebus (Great-Granduncle/Cousin-Granduncle)

Nyx (Great-Grandaunt/Cousin-Grandaunt)

Tartarus (Great-Granduncle/Step-Great-Grandfather)

Pontus (Great-Granduncle/Step-Great-Grandfather)

Hydros (Great-Granduncle/Step-Great-Grandfather)

Ouranos (Great-Grandfather)

Oceanus (Granduncle)

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Hyperion (Granduncle)

Iapetus (Granduncle)

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Mnemosyne (Grandaunt/Stepmother)

Phoebe (Grandaunt)

Tethys (Grandaunt)

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Megaera (Grandaunt)

Alecto (Grandaunt)

Tisiphone (Grandaunt)

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Gyges (Granduncle)

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Python (Half-Granduncle)

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Ourea (Half-Grandpablings)

Phorcys (Half-Granduncle)

Ceto (Half-Grandaunt)

Aether (Cousin-Granduncle/Second Cousin-Uncle)

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Charon (Cousin-Granduncle/Second Cousin-Uncle)

Thanatos (Cousin-Granduncle/Second Cousin-Uncle)

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Hestia (Aunt)

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Hera (Mother)

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Poseidon (Uncle)

Zeus (Father)

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Achelous (Cousin-Uncle)

Acheron (Cousin-Uncle)

Cocytus (Cousin-Uncle)

Lethe (Cousin-Aunt)

Pyriphlegthon (Cousin-Uncle)

Styx (Cousin-Aunt)

Atlas (Cousin-Uncle)

Prometheus (Cousin-Uncle)

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Helios (Cousin-Uncle)

Eos (Cousin-Aunt)

Selene (Cousin-Aunt)

Iris (Cousin-Aunt/Second Cousin)

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Amphitrite (Cousin-Aunt/Aunt)

Stheno (Cousin-Aunt)

Euryale (Cousin-Aunt)

Medusa (Cousin-Aunt)

Ladon (Cousin-Uncle)

Ethiopian Cetus (Cousin-Uncle)

Echidna (Cousin-Aunt)

Chimera (Cousin-Aunt/Second Cousin)

Cerberus (Cousin-Uncle/Second Cousin)

Hecate (Second Cousin)

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Morpheus (Second Cousin-Uncle)

Ares (Brother)

Apollo (Half-Brother)

Artemis (Half-Sister)

Athena (Half-Sister)

Dionysus (Half-Brother)

Hermes (Half-Brother)

King Aeacus (Half-Brother)

King Minos (Half-Brother)

King Rhadamanthus (Half-Brother)

Heracles (Half-Brother)

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Nike (Second Cousin)

Bia (Second Cousin)

Zelus (Second Cousin)

Boreas (Second Cousin)

Notus (Second Cousin)

Eurus (Second Cousin)

Zephyrus (Second Cousin)

Minotaur (Step-Half-Great-Grandnephew/Second Cousin)

Empousa (Second-Cousin-Nieces)

Asclepius (Half-Nephew)

Automatons (Children)

Relics (Children)

Achilles (Second Cousin)

Aeolus (Colleague)

Cacodemon (Colleague)

Hephaestus (ヘパイストス), or ****Vulcan**** (バルカン), or ****Vulcanus**** (ヴルカヌス) is the God of Blacksmiths (鍛冶の神), God of Metalworking (金属加工の神), God of Forges (鍛冶の神), God of Carpenters (大工の神), God of Craftsmen (職人の神), God of Artisans (職人の神), God of Sculptors (彫刻家の神), God of Sculpture (彫刻の神), God of Metallurgy (冶金の神), God of Fire (火の神), God of Volcanoes (火山の神) and the God of Stone Masonry (石積みの神). He is known as the Craftsman of Olympus (オリンパスの職人), Smith of Gods (神々の鍛冶屋), Lord of Craftsmen and Smiths (職人と鍛冶屋の主), Blacksmith of the Gods (神々の鍛冶屋) and Fur Face (毛皮顔).

## Background

Hephaestus was born during the Animal-Human War. Between 1674-1667 B.C, Hephaestus witnessed his father Zeus' head in pain, and the former knocked the latter's head open and freed Athena, who is a full-fledged warrior, ready to battle.

## Personality

Out of all the Gods Of Olympus, Hephaestus was the most benevolent besides Athena. Hephaestus loved the things he forged and created, with his most cherished creation being Pandora, whom he came to love as his own daughter. However, Hephaestus had very low self-esteem.

## Appearance

Hephaestus is a cat with the kanji "火" meaning fire. His true human form is a bearded, old-looking man that looks strong and muscular. His appearance is what makes Aphrodite to resent him, claiming that he is too ugly.

## Abilities

Hephaestus, as a god was immortal, and possessed godly powers, although clearly to a lesser extent than the other deities.

### Superhuman Strength

Benefiting by his great size and being a god, Hephaestus has tremendous strength as he crushed and shaped Omphalos Stone by his bare hands with ease and could lift his full-stone hammer to work.

### Superhuman Durability

As a God, Hephaestus is immune to normal weapons and is highly resistant to injury. He also survived brutal beating from Zeus, despite remaining disfigured.

### Electrokinesis

From his ring, Hephaestus can releasing stream of lightning energy to active his anvil.

### Expert Blacksmith

He was also a masterful blacksmith, forging powerful artifacts such as Pandora's Box.

### Technokinesis

As the god of blacksmiths, Hephaestus has unbelievable mechanical abilities which are second to none.

#### Enhanced Forging

Hephaestus can build any kind of machine out of any kind of material, as well as animate it and make it do things to suit his needs. He can even do this absentmindedly, fiddling with parts and gears when nervous or thinking hard over something. Hephaestus can make everything from fierce automatons, most notably, Talos and the Colchis Bulls, indestructible weapons to jewelry and entire Olympian palaces of unprecedented beauty, including all of the Olympians' thrones in the Hall of the Gods. He is known to have made the bows and arrows of Apollo and Artemis, Orion's mechanical eyes, the body of Pandora, and all of the Olympians' thrones.

#### Trap Creation and Incapacitation

Hephaestus was vastly skilled in creating virtually inescapable and undetectable traps, shown when he imprisoned Hera on her own new throne and later Ares and Aphrodite in a golden net. In both instances, only Hephaestus himself was capable of disabling these complex traps. He was later even able to use his tools to unchain Hera, while simultaneously keeping himself and her from falling into the Void of Chaos.

#### Machine Sensitivity

Hephaestus can instinctively sense faults in a metal ore.

### Pyrokinesis

As the God of Fire, Hephaestus has absolute control and divine authority over fire, heat, and lava. Hephaestus sends Ares and his sons into retreat rather quickly with this ability. As this is an exceptionally powerful and dangerous ability, only children that he chooses would inherit it from him.

#### Fire Blasts

Hephaestus generates a wave of flames that instantly flattens the wheels of Ares' war chariot, and completely melts the helmets of Deimos and Phobos. Hephaestus can generate fireballs, fire blasts and columns of fire. He can also set himself on fire and create a wall of flame, for defense.

#### Teleportation

Hephaestus appeared, in a massive "column of fire".

#### Fire Immunity

Hephaestus is completely immune to any amount of fire and heat, as he works with them constantly in his forges.

#### Super-heated Fire

Hephaestus can increase the heat of his fire, to the point that it becomes white-hot.

#### Heat Sensitivity

He can sense heat, flames, and metals, akin to thermal vision.

### Geokinesis

As God of volcanoes, lava, and magma, he has a certain level of control over earth as volcanoes are connected to earth, and magma, which is just underground lava, are rocks at a high level of heat.

### Magmakinesis

As the god of fire, he has control over magma.

### Prowess in Battle

Due to his constant work in his forges, Hephaestus is extremely strong and therefore a formidable warrior in battle, despite the fact that he is the most injured of the Olympians. For instance, he successfully fought against the Giant Mimas in the First Gigantomachy, and managed to bring him down with the help of Ares and Hercules. However, he could still be physically overpowered by other stronger opponents, such as Zeus (who literally seized him by his ankles and tossed him off Mount Olympus) and Typhon (who defeated him, knocking him out of the sky with such force that a new lake was created when he landed).

#### Hammer Mastery

Hephaestus excelled in fighting with a heavy hammer.

#### Cursing

Hephaestus placed a powerful curse of misfortune on the necklace he made for his stepdaughter Harmonia as a wedding present. Hence, though it was the most beautiful piece of jewelry imaginable (precious jewels in delicate gold lace), horrible tragedies would always strike the person who wore it.

### Weaknesses

Hephaestus likes liquor and constantly drinks too much. Also he can be crafty and vindictive. As the god of fire, water could also harm him greatly.