Harmonia/Concordia

**Harmonia** is the Greek Goddess of harmony and peace and former Queen of Thebes. Her Roman counterpart is **Concordia**.

## Basic Info

### Alias

Goddess of Harmony and Concord, Queen of Thebes, Mom (By her children)

## Family Info

### Siblings

* Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Pothos, Anteros, Himeros, Hermaphroditus, Rhodos, Eryx, Peitho, The Graces, Beroe, Golgos, Priapus, Aeneas, Phlegyas, Enyalius, Thrax, Oenomaus, Cycnus, and the Amazons (Immortal siblings)
* Leo Guzman, Marko Backinski, Quiara Crest (Paternal half-siblings)
* Max Palacios-Balcazar, Angelica Charity, Damon Argos, Markell Lafayette, Primrose White (Maternal half-siblings)

### Offspring

* Semele, Autonoe, Agave and Ino (daughters)
* Polydorus and Illyrius (sons)
* Horizon Rhodes (Demigod child)

### Extended Family

* Hera and Zeus (Grandparents)
* Hephaestus (Uncle)
* Hebe, Eris, Enyo, Eileithyia (Aunts)
* Ryan Anderson, Oscar Vasquez, Esperanza Vasquez, Gabriel Sandoval, Diana Silver, Philip Priam, Sadie Torres, Anatole Mycenaean, Evelyn Dare (Cousins)

## History

### Early Life

Harmonia was born to the gods Ares, god of war and blood lust and Aphrodite, goddess of Love and Beauty, making her sister to The Erotes, Phobos and Deimos.

### Harmonia and Cadamus

Those who described Harmonia as a Samothracian related that Cadmus, on his voyage to Samothrace, after being initiated in the mysteries, perceived Harmonia and carried her off with the assistance of Athena. When Cadmus was obliged to quit Thebes, Harmonia accompanied him. When they came to the Enchelii, they assisted them in their war against the Illyrians, and conquered the enemy. Cadmus then became king of the Illyrians, but afterwards he was turned into a serpent. Harmonia, in her grief stripped herself, then begged Cadmus to come to her. As she was embraced by the serpent Cadmus in a pool of wine, the gods then turned her into a serpent, unable to stand watching her in her dazed state

### The cursed necklace

Harmonia is renowned in ancient story chiefly on account of the fatal necklace she received on her wedding day. When the government of Thebes was bestowed upon Cadmus by Athena, Zeus gave him Harmonia. All the gods honored the wedding with their presence. Cadmus presented the bride with a robe and necklace, which he had received either from Hephaestus or from Europa. This necklace, commonly referred to as the necklace of Harmonia, brought misfortune to all who possessed it. Other traditions stated that Harmonia received this necklace (ὅρμος) from some of the gods, either from Aphrodite or Athena.

Polynices, who inherited the necklace, gave it to Eriphyle, that she might persuade her husband, Amphiaraus, to undertake the expedition against Thebes. Through Alcmaeon, the son of Eriphyle, the necklace came into the hands of Arsinoe (named Alphesiboea in some versions), next into those of the sons of Phegeus, Pronous and Agenor, and lastly into those of the sons of Alcmaeon, Amphoterus and Acarnan, who dedicated it in the temple of Athena Pronoea at Delphi. The necklace had wrought mischief to all who had been in possession of it, and it continued to do so even after it was dedicated at Delphi. Phayllus, the tyrant, stole it from the temple to gratify his mistress, the wife of Ariston. She wore it for a time, but at last her youngest son was seized with madness, and set fire to the house, in which she perished with all her treasures.

Hyginus gives another version. According to him, the thing which brought ill fate to the descendants of Harmonia is not a necklace, but a robe "dipped in crime", given to Harmonia by Hephestus and Hera. The necklace gave peace and held Harmonia's powers in it, which is what made it cursed. Harmonia is also rationalized as closely allied to Aphrodite Pandemos, the love that unites all people, the personification of order and civic unity, corresponding to the Roman goddess Concordia.

## Personality

Harmonia is extremely fond of peace and harmony, as her name specifies and states. Also described to be down-to-earth because of her fondness to mortals. She has an extremely big heart, and her heart is completely pure, without bad thoughts whatsoever. Harmonia is also described as a goody-goody, and she loves being right. Harmonia seems vastly different to her mother and her father in functions as well as personality, being monogamous and loyal and loving to her husband, Cadmus, through thick and thin, whilst Aphrodite and Ares like to indulge themselves in many different lovers and not be loyal to one partner only. She is also extremely humble for accepting marrying a human without protest, unlike Thetis, the Nereid. Harmonia is also very motherly, accepting Horizon for being non-binary and using their preferred pronouns (They/Them)

## Appearance

Not much was mentioned about Harmonia's appearance in mythology, but it is certain that she would have been a beautiful, youthful lady, especially as the daughter of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty and Love. When Horizon meets their mother, Horizon describes Harmonia as having "this air of peace" around her that made Horizon feel comfortable and with wavy brown hair, blue eyes (similar to Horizon) and light skin. Haromonia was also seen wearing a white Greek dress and brown sandals

## Powers and Abilities

### Goddess Powers

Harmonia, as the daughter of two Olympian gods, is a rather powerful goddess

* **Concord Manipulation**: As the goddess of Harmony, Harmonia has the power to manipulate accord, cause concord/agreement/compatibility between others to organize individuals/groups or cause internal harmony.
	+ **Concord Inducement**: As the goddess of Harmony, Harmonia can cause concord/agreement/compatibility between others to organize individuals/groups.
* **Blessing Inducement**: Harmonia can bless anything including people, places, objects etc. and produce positive effects and phenomenon. This can include bringing good luck to people, or something as little as Emotion Augmentation as long as it is the happy emotions.
* **Peace Manipulation**: As the goddess of Harmony, Harmonia has the power to influence all forms of peace, including mental, physical, spiritual and conceptual ones, regardless of the area and numbers involved.
* **Virtue Manipulation**: As the goddess of Harmony, Harmonia can sense and manipulate the virtues of themselves and of other people, whether increasing, decreasing, causing or otherwise chancing virtues, even manifesting the emotional energy to physical level.
* **Harmony Embodiment**: She is the personification of harmony, the idea that people should get along with one another and with nature instead of trying to change their environment to their liking.

## Trivia

1. By another account, Harmonia was from Samothrace and was the daughter of Zeus and Electra
2. Both Eirene and Harmonia are goddesses of Peace
	1. The only difference is that Harmonia didn't abandoned her children
3. In one version of her story, she was transformed into a snake
4. Horizon theorized that Harmonia's Necklace might be in their cabin, but Harmonia herself has not confirmed this