I.s.l.a.n.d App (Game Closed)
Your Name/what you go by: Picaro
AIM/E-mail/contact info - some way of reaching you: AIM - g66 gochou, MSN - blackchibioracle[at]hotmail[dot]com
Your character's name (last, first): Hades
Series your character's from: Olimpos
Background info on your character:
It’s said that one does not get the gods one desires, but the ones that one deserves.
Considering this, one really has to wonder what the Greeks of old were regularly up to, as their gods tended to identify themselves as gods by breaking every rule possible (moral and others) and coming off unscathed. If you don’t know what I mean, the almighty god-father Zeus tends to, ahem, REALLY get around (if you know what I mean) while his wife (who also happens to be his sister) regularly throws the epitome of epic jealous bitch-fits and incest as well as starting wars is considered the good standard amongst gods. Eating your kids, having males give birth in many creative ways and having your funny ways with mortals is also part the norm.
…Thankfully the gods aren’t really like what the silly stories that humans tell each other describe.
Being gods they are kindhearted, sincerely devoted to their duties, loving of their followers and without a doubt very civil beings in general.
...Ha, as if!
As it turns out, the gods are little better than the humans who worship them. In most cases they’re worse. While they tend to be not as bad as the myths make them out to be (Zeus isn’t married or has any kids - doing so would be rather difficult for a being whose mere presence crushes everything but other gods), they are still egoistical jerks who don’t give a damn about the humans and whatever funny ideas they have about them.
One of the main reasons for this is that they don’t tick like humans do: they don’t need to eat, stay eternally the same age, are immortal, can teleport, hear thoughts like spoken conversation, can become visible and invisible as they please, have some freaky god-level powers… You get the point.
Their various powers put them into a situation where they simply have no scale that would allow them to relate to even the most basic concepts of humans and emotions. They’re dangerously childlike in the way that they don’t know or bother about morals or the results of their actions as long as they’re entertaining. They also display the same uncaring interest for humans as a kid would for an anthill: usually it just gets ignored, but when they’re bored enough they might decide to poke it for fun and watch the ensuing mayhem.
In short, they’re clueless egocentric jerks who have no concept of thinking about anybody else than themselves. But they’re all-powerful clueless egoistical jerks, so that’s fine.
However, even being a god also has its drawbacks: The first is that they can only speak the truth. On one side this limitation gives them a certain amount of integrity and the ability to be all-knowing by simply trying to speak what they desire to find out about - If they can’t say it, it’s not true.
This disability has some sad and some hilarious side-effects. The sad one is that they can’t lie about anything to anybody. Not their feelings, their likes and dislikes, their embarrassing little secrets,… It’s always 100% the truth. They also can only know about what crosses their mind as one can’t question what one never thought of about. On the other hand they have a hell of a long time to learn how to bend the truth without actually lying and are quite fond of using their disability to lie to pick on other people. (Ever had a god tell you to the face that you’re a big idiot who’s wasting their time purchasing your one and only big dream? They think it’s hilarious!8D).
The only other drawback to being a god is that they have literally an eternity of boredom to kill, which leads us to Apollo and the PLOT of the story.
But let’s talk about Hades first, shall we?
Hades is like any other of the gods, but at the same time very different. He is best known for being the King of the Underworld and the big brother of Zeus and Poseidon (which makes him the oldest/first god known to exist), albeit his area of responsibility also covers being the god of evil, riches, madness and pretty much everything else that you wouldn’t want to have exposed in broad daylight. He is also surprisingly normal and inconspicuous for being a god and a pretty nice guy. For a god. (Which means that he’s still a condescending jerk with a dubious taste for what’s considered entertaining, but at least he isn’t partial about who or what his victim is. And he will help people if they ask nicely enough and the result promises to be entertaining.)
Now there’s actually a story behind why the oldest brother serves the youngest one (one that includes possibly rigged gambling), but let’s skip that as Hades is actually quite happy with his end of the deal and being Zeus’ dark antithesis.
Character-wise Hades can easily be described as the most grounded of the gods, yet being incredible detached at the same time, even towards the other gods. Among the gods he is shown to be able to understand human emotions and motivations the best and is also definitely the one who’s the most cognizant of the true mechanics behind the existence of the gods. The main reason for this is that Hades pretty much personifies the idea of living life less ordinary - following his credo of “do ask”, he keeps thinking outside of any boxes and always follows his curiosity, no matter what. (Not that much could hinder him, being only possibly second to Zeus in power and all. The manga hints that their power levels may make them something like worthy rivals, but none of them seems to be overly interested in doing anything rival-ly.)
Ironically this makes Hades the unofficial bogey of all the other gods, who are suspicious of his cool nature and constant way of acting like there’s some secret joke going on that only he knows about. That he has no problems at screwing with them just in the same fashion as they do with humans probably doesn’t help his reputation, either.
…It should also be noted that his ability to understand human reasons doesn’t make him any more humane than other gods and that he is a difficult conversation partner at best. Hades enjoys challenging those he talks with by phrasing his words intentionally diffuse or by being deliberately frustrating or distracting. (His favorite phrase “hmph” has by now evolved a personality of its own.)
True to his name as „the unseen“ Hades is the only god who doesn’t have a true form. Or rather… He does have one (probably!), but it constantly changes as Hades appearance varies from one point of view to the other. Apollo sees him as a handsome male with a nasty smile and a face like a dead woman’s, a human priestess who catches a glimpse of him describes him as a terrible four-legged beast that’s as big as an ox and has glowing eyes …and in Ganymede’s eyes he’s a girl. This fun game of “tell me what you see” is explained by the fact that the form of the king of the underworld always reflects the hearts of those who look upon him: to some he looks that beautiful that they cannot defy him, to others he looks like a terrible monster … and even then Hades’ form never fully settles as the smaller details about his appearance keep changing. (There are no two panels where his horns stay the same.)
Hades first gets involved with the plot of the story when he takes an interest in Apollo, a young god who keeps intruding upon his territory because he let himself be suckered into starting to see a human priestess as more than a short-lived bug that’s too dumb to live (grudgingly promoting her to a stupid conversation partner that’s still too dumb to live). Meeting with him, Hades finds himself entertained enough by the naïve tsundere (Apollo kinda failed at the ‘ask questions’-thing back then) that he keeps returning for more talks. He also explains the concept of ‘rotting’ to the younger god.
Hades' influence gives Apollo all kind of weird ideas, ruins his relationship with his twin sister Artemis and eventually leads him to kidnap the prince of Troy, Ganymede, in order to keep him for his personal entertainment in the garden of Zeus. Which theoretically could lead to the end of the world if Zeus reacts the wrong way. But at least it’s entertaining.
I’m taking Hades from the end of the manga, after he showed Ganymede the way out of Zeus' garden.
Sample post:
This is unexpected. I‘ve never arrived where I didn’t mean to arrive before. The ground feels strange as well, like touching a limb that’s still attached to you but has gone numb.
“Hmph.” How vexing. I’ve been around since the beginning of the world, but this is a sensation that I’ve rarely felt. Am I feeling happy about this? No, that’s not the right word.
“I came here out of-…“ -my free will. I can’t say it. Of course I wouldn’t be able to, but this confirms what I thought.
“I was brought here by somebody or -thing else.” So it’s true. I’ll have to find out what is behind this misplacing of myself.
“This place is part of my territory.” The truth. A numb limb is still part of one’s body, even after one has lost all of one’s feeling for it.
“I can influence it to my-…” So not to my will. “I can partly influence it.” Hmph, so I won’t be able to do as I please? This might become entertaining; I’ve never been limited before.
“I can- …” Oho, I can’t leave? How unusual. To experience limits which are almost like those of a certain mortal… “…Hmph. I wonder if there’s some kind of motive to find in this situation, as well.
“Maybe the skies might decide to drop down and smile at me. Or..
“Maybe it could be a reason…
…that even eludes the gods?”
Well, whatever. “…This might help to kill some time.”
A list of things your character might have on them after they got snatched up and put on this island:
Nothing but himself!
AIM/E-mail/contact info - some way of reaching you: AIM - g66 gochou, MSN - blackchibioracle[at]hotmail[dot]com
Your character's name (last, first): Hades
Series your character's from: Olimpos
Background info on your character:
It’s said that one does not get the gods one desires, but the ones that one deserves.
Considering this, one really has to wonder what the Greeks of old were regularly up to, as their gods tended to identify themselves as gods by breaking every rule possible (moral and others) and coming off unscathed. If you don’t know what I mean, the almighty god-father Zeus tends to, ahem, REALLY get around (if you know what I mean) while his wife (who also happens to be his sister) regularly throws the epitome of epic jealous bitch-fits and incest as well as starting wars is considered the good standard amongst gods. Eating your kids, having males give birth in many creative ways and having your funny ways with mortals is also part the norm.
…Thankfully the gods aren’t really like what the silly stories that humans tell each other describe.
Being gods they are kindhearted, sincerely devoted to their duties, loving of their followers and without a doubt very civil beings in general.
...Ha, as if!
As it turns out, the gods are little better than the humans who worship them. In most cases they’re worse. While they tend to be not as bad as the myths make them out to be (Zeus isn’t married or has any kids - doing so would be rather difficult for a being whose mere presence crushes everything but other gods), they are still egoistical jerks who don’t give a damn about the humans and whatever funny ideas they have about them.
One of the main reasons for this is that they don’t tick like humans do: they don’t need to eat, stay eternally the same age, are immortal, can teleport, hear thoughts like spoken conversation, can become visible and invisible as they please, have some freaky god-level powers… You get the point.
Their various powers put them into a situation where they simply have no scale that would allow them to relate to even the most basic concepts of humans and emotions. They’re dangerously childlike in the way that they don’t know or bother about morals or the results of their actions as long as they’re entertaining. They also display the same uncaring interest for humans as a kid would for an anthill: usually it just gets ignored, but when they’re bored enough they might decide to poke it for fun and watch the ensuing mayhem.
In short, they’re clueless egocentric jerks who have no concept of thinking about anybody else than themselves. But they’re all-powerful clueless egoistical jerks, so that’s fine.
However, even being a god also has its drawbacks: The first is that they can only speak the truth. On one side this limitation gives them a certain amount of integrity and the ability to be all-knowing by simply trying to speak what they desire to find out about - If they can’t say it, it’s not true.
This disability has some sad and some hilarious side-effects. The sad one is that they can’t lie about anything to anybody. Not their feelings, their likes and dislikes, their embarrassing little secrets,… It’s always 100% the truth. They also can only know about what crosses their mind as one can’t question what one never thought of about. On the other hand they have a hell of a long time to learn how to bend the truth without actually lying and are quite fond of using their disability to lie to pick on other people. (Ever had a god tell you to the face that you’re a big idiot who’s wasting their time purchasing your one and only big dream? They think it’s hilarious!8D).
The only other drawback to being a god is that they have literally an eternity of boredom to kill, which leads us to Apollo and the PLOT of the story.
But let’s talk about Hades first, shall we?
Hades is like any other of the gods, but at the same time very different. He is best known for being the King of the Underworld and the big brother of Zeus and Poseidon (which makes him the oldest/first god known to exist), albeit his area of responsibility also covers being the god of evil, riches, madness and pretty much everything else that you wouldn’t want to have exposed in broad daylight. He is also surprisingly normal and inconspicuous for being a god and a pretty nice guy. For a god. (Which means that he’s still a condescending jerk with a dubious taste for what’s considered entertaining, but at least he isn’t partial about who or what his victim is. And he will help people if they ask nicely enough and the result promises to be entertaining.)
Now there’s actually a story behind why the oldest brother serves the youngest one (one that includes possibly rigged gambling), but let’s skip that as Hades is actually quite happy with his end of the deal and being Zeus’ dark antithesis.
Character-wise Hades can easily be described as the most grounded of the gods, yet being incredible detached at the same time, even towards the other gods. Among the gods he is shown to be able to understand human emotions and motivations the best and is also definitely the one who’s the most cognizant of the true mechanics behind the existence of the gods. The main reason for this is that Hades pretty much personifies the idea of living life less ordinary - following his credo of “do ask”, he keeps thinking outside of any boxes and always follows his curiosity, no matter what. (Not that much could hinder him, being only possibly second to Zeus in power and all. The manga hints that their power levels may make them something like worthy rivals, but none of them seems to be overly interested in doing anything rival-ly.)
Ironically this makes Hades the unofficial bogey of all the other gods, who are suspicious of his cool nature and constant way of acting like there’s some secret joke going on that only he knows about. That he has no problems at screwing with them just in the same fashion as they do with humans probably doesn’t help his reputation, either.
…It should also be noted that his ability to understand human reasons doesn’t make him any more humane than other gods and that he is a difficult conversation partner at best. Hades enjoys challenging those he talks with by phrasing his words intentionally diffuse or by being deliberately frustrating or distracting. (His favorite phrase “hmph” has by now evolved a personality of its own.)
True to his name as „the unseen“ Hades is the only god who doesn’t have a true form. Or rather… He does have one (probably!), but it constantly changes as Hades appearance varies from one point of view to the other. Apollo sees him as a handsome male with a nasty smile and a face like a dead woman’s, a human priestess who catches a glimpse of him describes him as a terrible four-legged beast that’s as big as an ox and has glowing eyes …and in Ganymede’s eyes he’s a girl. This fun game of “tell me what you see” is explained by the fact that the form of the king of the underworld always reflects the hearts of those who look upon him: to some he looks that beautiful that they cannot defy him, to others he looks like a terrible monster … and even then Hades’ form never fully settles as the smaller details about his appearance keep changing. (There are no two panels where his horns stay the same.)
Hades first gets involved with the plot of the story when he takes an interest in Apollo, a young god who keeps intruding upon his territory because he let himself be suckered into starting to see a human priestess as more than a short-lived bug that’s too dumb to live (grudgingly promoting her to a stupid conversation partner that’s still too dumb to live). Meeting with him, Hades finds himself entertained enough by the naïve tsundere (Apollo kinda failed at the ‘ask questions’-thing back then) that he keeps returning for more talks. He also explains the concept of ‘rotting’ to the younger god.
Hades' influence gives Apollo all kind of weird ideas, ruins his relationship with his twin sister Artemis and eventually leads him to kidnap the prince of Troy, Ganymede, in order to keep him for his personal entertainment in the garden of Zeus. Which theoretically could lead to the end of the world if Zeus reacts the wrong way. But at least it’s entertaining.
I’m taking Hades from the end of the manga, after he showed Ganymede the way out of Zeus' garden.
Sample post:
This is unexpected. I‘ve never arrived where I didn’t mean to arrive before. The ground feels strange as well, like touching a limb that’s still attached to you but has gone numb.
“Hmph.” How vexing. I’ve been around since the beginning of the world, but this is a sensation that I’ve rarely felt. Am I feeling happy about this? No, that’s not the right word.
“I came here out of-…“ -my free will. I can’t say it. Of course I wouldn’t be able to, but this confirms what I thought.
“I was brought here by somebody or -thing else.” So it’s true. I’ll have to find out what is behind this misplacing of myself.
“This place is part of my territory.” The truth. A numb limb is still part of one’s body, even after one has lost all of one’s feeling for it.
“I can influence it to my-…” So not to my will. “I can partly influence it.” Hmph, so I won’t be able to do as I please? This might become entertaining; I’ve never been limited before.
“I can- …” Oho, I can’t leave? How unusual. To experience limits which are almost like those of a certain mortal… “…Hmph. I wonder if there’s some kind of motive to find in this situation, as well.
“Maybe the skies might decide to drop down and smile at me. Or..
“Maybe it could be a reason…
…that even eludes the gods?”
Well, whatever. “…This might help to kill some time.”
A list of things your character might have on them after they got snatched up and put on this island:
Nothing but himself!