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Power

Superhuman Speed and Agility Superhuman Strength Power Conjuring Plague Creation Power over Wildlife Faunakinesis


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Physical Description [ ]

Hermes resembles a tall, muscular, tanned middle-aged male with bright, flaming hair. He dresses in typical Greek clothing consisting of white robes with armored pauldrons and a short skirted section. He dons a pair of multi-layered armored bracers, a flame-shaped crown on his head, and what appear to be metallic ribbons on his right thigh. Hermes' signature equipment are his boots, a pair of metallic sandal-like greaves with wings which bestow him with his signature speed. He is usually seen with a personal coin he uses to toy with.


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Personality [ ]

Hermes is shown as being playful and childish. He is greatly arrogant and boastful of his own speed, thinking that Kratos has no chance of catching or defeating him. He acts quite laid-back most of the time, frequently flipping his coin when idle. He is also fairly talkative, taunting Kratos about his tendency to kill family members, his quest for vengeance, and his inability to match Hermes' speed. However, it appears that this lighthearted demeanour masks an intense hatred, which occasionally becomes evident in his dialogue with the Spartan and especially manifests itself when he is forced to confront Kratos in battle. It is possible this is due to the fact that Kratos has killed his son Ceryx. Like most of the Gods defeated in the game, he remains defiant to the end, laughing at Kratos' "own sense of honour" and insisting that the Ghost of Sparta will only betray himself in the end.
His personality while among his fellow Gods is similar. He is confident and declares premature victory during the Wager of the Gods, but was also willing to aid Poseidon in trying to have Kratos killed during the Wager. Hermes self-absorbed and highly narcissistic nature always shines through, particularly being focused on his looks, considering himself to be the "prettiest" of the Gods.
With Athena he is playful and likes to engage in verbal back and forths, while also impetuously trying to flirt with her, despite her being a maiden goddess. After being banished from Olympus at the start of God of War II , Hermes gradually changes and matures into a more well-spoken, cunning and calculating God, with also more brazenness and boldness like how he talked back to Atropos about his banishment and the situation with Kratos and the Golden Fleece .


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Powers & Abilities [ ]

For all of his unique powers and abilities, Hermes is rather vulnerable. In fact, for all of his boasting, he is actually one of the few Gods that Kratos defeats rather easily and without much effort. Hermes mainly relied on his speed and agility in combat, knowing full well that he could never hope to win against Kratos in a straight fight. Likewise, Kratos appears to view Hermes as more of a pest than a serious threat, only engaging in battle with him after incessant taunting and provocation. Overall, Hermes, despite his limitations, still proved to be an impressive and skillful individual.

Vast Superhuman Speed: By wearing his winged boots, Hermes' already impressive agility and speed are magnified to beyond superhuman levels and allow him to become virtually untouchable in combat. While wearing the boots, Hermes displayed his enhanced agility by performing amazing feats such as: Sprinting at breakneck speeds Leaping (and possibly gliding) for great distances and making precise and accurate jumps. Defying gravity (being able to run up and across vertical and horizontal surfaces respectively) "Running" through the air and/or across the Oceans, all around the Greek world with the force of his speed and his winged boots . Operating on such speeds, that he can bring the dead mortals to the Underworld, deliver the sleeping ones their dreams, being ready for any messages the Gods might have for him, and despite all these duties he has time for his own personal life and plans. Superhuman Durability: As one of the Olympians and the Messenger of the Gods, Hermes was highly resistant to most forms of physical damage. Although he himself was nowhere near as powerful as many of the other gods, Hermes was still very powerful in his own right. Superhuman Agility: Along with his speed, Hermes's most famous attribute was his immense physical agility. He was able to leap great distances both horizontally and vertically, doing impressive gymnastic moves, quickly climbs, and was able to use his agility in combat effectively. Even while injured, he was impossible to hit with the divine light attacks of the Head of Helios . Acausality : The laws of time and space work differently for the Gods of Olympus. Immortality: As one of the Olympians and the messenger of the Gods, Hermes was immortal.

Power Conjuring: Hermes may also have had the power of conjuring the elements, as seen at the end of God of War II , Hermes had fire protruding from his hair and winged sandals. However, in God of War III , Hermes has bright light for hair that is sometimes seen with flames emanating from it. Faunakinesis : Wildlife was among Hermes divine domains, thats how his champion Danaus was granted the power to command the beasts of the wilderness. In the comic, Hermes was able to send Satyrs to combat Kratos. Wisdom: Combining his agility with his physical abilities, he was able to utilize the environment around him as a means to gain the upper hand over his opponents; making him show signs of an impressive intelligence, showing that he is one of the more clever and creative of the gods (while most of the gods, despite being very creative in their own ways, were mostly blinded by the evils that were infecting them as well as their arrogance).

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Greek Mythology [ ]

In Greek mythology , Hermes is the messenger of the gods and additionally, a guide to the Underworld. As an Olympian god, his sphere of influence was vast; he was the patron of boundaries (and the travelers who cross them), shepherds and cowherds, thieves and liars (and their cunning), orators and wit, literature and poets, athletics and sports, weights and measures, invention, general commerce, profit and good luck. He also acted as the messenger of Hades, guiding departed souls to their final resting place and carrying messages between the Underworld and Olympus. Another of his duties was to take Dreams from the God Morpheus and deliver them to the mortals.
His symbols include the tortoise, the rooster, the winged hat, the caduceus and his winged sandals. He was the son of Zeus and the Pleiades Maia , a daughter of the mighty Titan Atlas . His Roman counterpart was Mercury .
Hermes was born sometime after the first Titan War to Zeus and a goddess named Maia. He matured rapidly and within a few minutes of his birth stole the cattle of Apollo and invented the lyre. He even thought of a clever way to cover up his crime: tying bundles of grass to the cows' feet and leading them backward out of the pasture to make it look like something had been led into the pasture, but not away from it.
Despite this, Apollo found out and went to Zeus for justice. When brought before his father, Hermes attempted to charm Zeus into letting him go by telling him he was just an innocent new born baby. Undeceived, but amused by the child's boldness, Zeus instead forced him to compensate Apollo, which Hermes did by presenting him with the lyre