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Power

Herculean Strength Superhuman Durability Superhuman Agility Superhuman Reflexes Superhuman Stamina Nigh-Invulnerability


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Personality [ ]

Hercules is an extremely prideful and quick to anger individual, despite this, he shows to greatly respect the gods, principally his father, Zeus, who he is always trying to impress. Because of his obsession to impress Zeus, and his pride, Hercules is also extremely jealous of his younger brother, Kratos, as he believes that Kratos is Zeus's favorite son, and that Kratos had been offered greater glory than Hercules could ever achieve, while finishing his 'twelve labors', which, according to Hercules, were just minor tasks when compared to everything Kratos has done. Because of all of this, Hercules is determined to destroy Kratos, and claim the throne of the God of War himself. Despite his apparent disdain for his more menial labours such as cleaning the Augean stables and procuring one of the Hesperides' golden apples, there is at least one that he does hold to be a proper accomplishment, that one being slaying the Nemean Lion.


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Powers [ ]

Hercules was considered the most powerful hero and demigod in existence. Hercules possessed a wide variety of godly powers that include:

Vast Superhuman Strength: Hercules is physically the strongest demigod , aside from Kratos. He is stronger than humans by enormous degrees and can overpower many monsters and beasts, as he did with the Nemean Lion. His incredible strength surpasses even some Olympians, with only his father Zeus and other greater gods like Poseidon and Hades being stronger. During his fight with Kratos, he proved to be a difficult challenge but was ultimately overpowered by Kratos, though not without much time and effort on the Spartan's part. Thanks to his strength, Hercules could toss and punch Kratos across the entire arena, easily lift him high above his head with one hand and deliver punches with the other if not countered in time,  and rip off parts of the Arena's walls and throw them with enormous strength. Even if gravely injured, he could lift and move the entire arena's floor with only moderate effort. His superhuman strength also extends to his lower body including his legs, giving him the ability to jump great heights and vast distances in a single leap. Superhuman Agility: Hercules' agility allows him to move superhumanly quick with little to no effort, able to dodge and react to blows from Kratos who himself is much lighter and faster than normal. Nigh-Invulnerability: Hercules, like most demigods and Gods , is invulnerable to a certain extent. It takes far more to end his life than simple injuries like a human would, as Hercules takes a tremendous amount and variety of attacks from Kratos during their clash, including but not limited to cuts and severe blunt attacks with his own Nemean Cestus, with the resultant blood loss and trauma not appearing to weaken or significantly contribute to his death, which itself was via Kratos crushing his face into his skull. Superhuman Reflexes: Hercules has the ability to respond or react to various forms of danger to a degree above a normal human, though not apparently very extreme in supernatural terms. He was able to dodge and/or block various attacks from different directions while in combat with Kratos, who himself is supernaturally fast. Superhuman Stamina: Hercules never tires and can remain in battles for very long periods of time, as not even when facing Kratos and after taking enormous amounts of injury and blood loss did he seem to be exhausted.

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Greek Mythology [ ]

In Greek mythology, Heracles was the Demigod son of Zeus and a mortal woman named Alcmene, who is the granddaughter of Perseus . Heracles was blessed with unnatural strength from birth. He was outright hated by Zeus' wife, Hera , who drove him to madness as he grew into adulthood. This god-driven madness led him to commit the murder of his wife, Megara, and his two sons.
Seeking atonement for his atrocious deed, King Eurystheus assigned Heracles to perform ten labors, like killing the Nemean Lion or the Hydra , but cheated him into doing two more. Heracles, however, had finished all these labors (mainly using his strength) and found redemption. Heracles had many more adventures, but was ultimately killed by his own wife Deianara (albeit unintentionally), ascending to Olympus as he died.
He also appears in other stories involving other heroes. For example, he was one of Jason 's Argonauts .