Zeus

### Aliases

God of the Sky, God of Thunder, God of Lightning, God of Kingship, God of Honor, God of Justice (Purviews)
God, Elder God, Lord of the Sky, King of Olympus, King of the Gods, Cloud Gatherer (Titles)
Jupiter, Jovis (Aliases)

### Relatives

Cronus (Spiritual Father)
Rhea (Spiritual Mother)
Hades, Poseidon (Spiritual Brothers)
Hestia, Hera, Demeter (Spiritual Sisters)
Athena, Artemis, Enyo, Eileithyia, Hebe, Britomartis, Diana, Cassandra Sandsmark (Daughters)
Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, Hercules (Sons)

## Biographical Information

### Place of Birth

Mount Ida
Crete, Greece

## Romantic Relationships

* Hippolyta: Lover (3000 BCE)
* Helena Sandsmark: Lover (1993)
* Hera: Wife (Prehistory - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Olympian God Physiology:**  As one of the Big Three, Zeus has the ultimate powers a god can possess. He is rivaled only by his brothers, Poseidon & Hades. He possesses the standard physical & magical superiority inherent in all gods, though to a much greater degree due to his status as one of the oldest Olympians, as well as one of the Big Three. He is sometimes referred to as "the first among the gods."
	+ ***Immortality*:** Daimons are immortal & can live forever. They do not age like humans & are unaffected by time or succumbing to mortal frailty as sickness or impotence of any kind.
	+ ***Superhuman Agility***
	+ ***Superhuman Durability***
	+ ***Superhuman Senses***: Daimons' senses are enhanced to immense superhuman levels, allowing them to perceive the world in far greater detail than the senses the average human possesses.
	+ ***Superhuman Speed***
	+ ***Superhuman Strength*:** Daimons possess incredible physical prowess. Most notably, Zeus was able to crush & imprison Typhon himself (the only known being with strength superior to his own) by hurling Mount Etna on top of him. Also, when Hephaestus angered him, Zeus easily overpowered him & flung his son all the way from Mount Olympus to Lemnos. This is especially impressive because Hephaestus is one of the physically strongest Olympians in creation.
	+ ***Transfiguration*:** Olympians possess the ability to shapeshift & to transfigure others. He frequently transformed himself into other shapes to seduce those whom he fell in love with. He once transformed thousands of ants into an army of hardened & fearless human warriors (who would later become known as the Myrmidones) at the request of his son.
* **Divine Abilities**
	+ ***The Divine Six*:** Zeus is one of the Divine Six, making him one of the Elder Olympians. He is also the King of the Olympus, which give him the most say in any issue.
	+ ***Council of Twelve*:** Zeus is a member of the Council of Twelve, making him one of the twelve major deities of the pantheon. Every summer & winter solstice, they hold an official meeting to discuss the state of their pantheon.
	+ ***God of the Sky*:** Zeus has absolute control over the weather.
		- ***Aerokinesis:*** Zeus has absolute control over air.
			* ***Wind Generation***: Zeus can generate tremendously powerful hurricanes & tornadoes at will. A notable example was when he generated a massive thunderstorm around Mount Olympus, while attempting to win favor with Hera.
			* ***Air Ropes***: He had divine authority over all 4 Wind Gods, whom he bound & harnessed to his war chariot with tightly wound ropes of wind that he generated.
			* ***Flight***: He can manipulate the air currents around him to hover & fly at great speeds.
			* ***Nephelokinesis***: Zeus once made an indistinguishable living replica of Hera out of a cloud.
		- ***Celestial Hydrokinesis***: Zeus is capable of bringing about a global flood by causing tremendous torrents of water to pour down from the heavens all over the world.
		- ***Hyetokinesis***: He has absolute control & divine authority over rain, as well he can choose whether it's going to rain or even decide when it should stop.
	+ ***God of Thunder / God of Lightning*:** Zeus can control lighting to an unrivaled degree. He is able to generate extremely powerful & fast thunderbolts & lighting bolts that can shatter huge mountains & kill Titans. In addition, Zeus can manipulate lightning to empower his attacks, move faster, generate a lightning shield & cause an explosion of electrical energy.
		- ***Electrokinesis*:** Zeus has absolute control over both static & celestial electricity.
			* ***Lightning Generation***: He can generate tremendous bolts of lightning from his fingertips.
			* ***Static Electric Shocks***: Zeus can send great amounts of static shock through the bodies of others on contact.
			* ***Electrical Immunity***: Zeus is completely immune to any amount of electricity.
	+ ***God of Kingship***
	+ ***God of Honor / God of Justice*:** Zeus maintains control over the other deities by preventing their feuds from escalating to epic proportions & ensuring the overall order of the world by handing down and enforcing justice.
	+ ***King of Olympus***
	+ ***Chlorokinesis***: Despite his status as a sky god, Zeus has a level of control over the earth & its natural elements. He has an extensive knowledge of the properties of herbs and plants, which he learned from the nymphs who raised him. However, this ability is not as strong as his sister Demeter.
	+ ***Teleportation***: He can disappear in "a blinding flash of lightning."
* **Entertainer**: Zeus is an excellent entertainer, being able to sing, dance, & joke, all skills that he acquired from the Kouretes that helped raise him. His singing was said to be "as clear as the streams on Mount Ida" & his satyr jokes were outrageously hilarious. His entertainer skills enabled him to win favor with all of the Titans at Mount Othrys, even Kronos himself, such that they grew to harbor no suspicions of his true intentions at all. Zeus also later applied these skills again to woo his wife, Hera.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Zeus is an extremely skilled, formidable & experienced warrior.
* ***Master Bolt***: Zeus's most powerful weapon, the Master Bolt, is stupendously powerful, generating many tremendous white-hot lightning bolts simultaneously & easily making a hydrogen bomb look like a firecracker in comparison. When hurled, the blast "lights up the world" & the shock-wave can be felt many miles away.

### Weaknesses

* **Power Hungry:** In some ways Zeus is lustful for power; it is evident in his title as king of the gods and his fear of his own brothers betraying or dethroning him. If he imagines that he is being plotted against or insulted, he can be very unforgiving. He often allows his negative traits to override his better judgment. His decisions are not always based on justice, but rather his personal whims & what he sees as best for himself, rather than the greater good.
* **Grudges:** Zeus has a tendency to hold grudges. He has a very strong & lasting distrust of Poseidon as he believes the latter had once attempted to overthrow the former from his throne. He instantly blames Poseidon for anything that the latter could be guilty of in the barest, despite having no evidence & all facts pointing to the contrary.
* **Unreasonable:** He is noted to often be quite unreasonable, especially if he has been proven wrong or made a fool of. He gets angry, tries to assign blame elsewhere & takes any attempts of reasoning with him as challenges to his authority (or more likely judgment). The only thing one can do is wait for him to calm down & try to reason with him later.
* **Stubborn:** His refusal to change his decision when he is wrong, tendency to put himself before the other gods, or even admit a problem actually exists has put both Olympus & the world in danger numerous times. it has been noted that it is actually Hera who holds Olympus together & without her the gods would quickly implode.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 8 - Paragon / Proficient
* **Strength:** 8 - Paragon / Proficient
* **Speed:** 8 - Paragon / Proficient
* **Occult:** 9 - Omega / Exemplar
* **Weapons:** 8 - Paragon / Proficient
* **Range:** 9 - Omega / Exemplar
* **Strategy:** 8 - Paragon / Proficient
* **Combat:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **TOTAL:** 490 - Threat Level 9 / Critical Threat

## Trivia

* Despite his battle prowess, he recognized that there were those more strategically skilled & knowledgeable than him, as he considered Athena to be the finest strategist in battle.
* Zeus can mean "day," "shining" or "life" in Ancient Greek.
* He is the only Elder Olympian who was not born on Mount Othrys, since he was born in a cave at the base of Mount Ida on Crete.
* Zeus likes tailored suits, reality television, & a "Chinese food place on East 28th Street."
* Jupiter, the largest planet of the Solar system, is named after Zeus' Roman counterpart.
* He is the only Olympian that wields a weapon that cannot be used by mortals.
* Zeus' Egyptian counterpart (in terms of supreme authority) is Ra, though in terms of attributes, he has much more in common with Amun. His Norse counterpart (in terms of supreme authority) is Odin, though in terms of attributes, he has much more in common with Thor.
* His past lovers include Alcmene, Aphrodite, Beryl Grace, Danae, Demeter, Ganymede, Helena Sandsmark, Hippolyta, Karme, Leto, Maia, Metis & Semele.
* He originally planned to marry Leto before Hera convinced him to marry her to solidify their union against the Titans.