Soul_Campaign
[ CHARACTER INFORMATION ]
Name: Hades (you don’t really want the full list of all the other names, titles and euphemisms he goes by, do you??)
Age: Hades' age is unknown, but he is the oldest of the three godly brothers who were there at the beginning of everything, which makes him the first god (known) to exist EVER in the universe of Olimpos. Considering this, it’s pretty safe to assume that Hades is older than existence and time itself, though his physical appearance (as seen in the manga/through Apollo’s eyes) is that of a young man at possibly twenty-something.
Gender: Generally assumed to be and appears as a male.
Fandom: Olimpos/Olympos (manga)
Timeline: I’m taking him from the end of the series, after he told Ganymede the way out of the garden and the following events.
History:
Source: 1 , 2
Summary:
Olimpos is the story of many things. It is the story of the young man Heinz who agrees to a seemingly harmless pact with ‘God’ in order to be able to marry the girl he loves. It is the story of the Trojan prince Ganymede who has been abducted by the gods and is now being kept in an eternal garden in the sky for a reason yet unknown. It is the story of the inexperienced deity Apollo who makes the mistake of letting himself get too close to one of his human sacrifices and ends up catching the interest of the King of the Underworld in the process.
…It is the philosophical tale of bored gods and struggling humans, and an experiment that might as easily cause the end of the world or as it might do nothing at all.
Character Personality:
Hades is the oldest of the three brother gods who rule over the universe. In this triangle of power, Hades takes on the position of the Earth, while the second brother, Poseidon, is the Sea and the youngest brother, Zeus, wields the position of the Sky, which makes him the absolute ruler of all. Now there’s 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. (General consensus is that Poseidon doesn’t really matter.)
In the story of Olympos, Hades has the role of as the undeniable instigator of change whenever he appears. He 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 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.
Character-wise Hades can easily be described as the most grounded one of the gods, yet being incredibly 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 being “the Other”. He is the darkness that is created by the light and in turn allows the light to exist, the evil that allows one to recognize the good, the death that ends and begins life,… Because of this he embraces the idea of living life less ordinary. Following his credo of “do ask”, Hades is in a way a divine philosopher who keeps thinking outside of any conventions and boxes and always follows his curiosity (which might be real or just another way to kill time), no matter what. (Not that much could hinder him, being only possibly second to Zeus in power and all.)
Ironically this makes Hades the unofficial bogey of all the other gods, who are suspicious of his morbid, cool nature and constant way of acting like there’s some secret joke going on that only he knows about. One thing that should be noted about him is that Hades’ ability to understand human reasons doesn’t make him any more humane than other gods. In the opposite, Hades tends to view the other gods like they do view humans (and treats them accordingly). He is also he is an accomplished liar who has turned toying with the limitation of only speaking the truth into an art, which makes him a difficult conversation partner at best. Hades tends to tell people what he thinks that they need to hear rather than what they want to hear (like answers to their questions) and 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.)
He also has the quirk of calling people by what he considers them to be or simply “it” or “that” rather than by their names, including himself, which might just show how detached he is. (Hades = Earth, Zeus = Sky, Apollo = Sun or Noisy Fly,..) Another curious point about his personality is that even though his ability to reflect the heart of others in his appearance would give him an edge over them he does neither know how he appears to them nor is he ever seen asking about it himself. This contradictive side of his also shows when he offers to show Ganymede a way to escape the garden with a smile even though his presence would is crucial in his and Apollo’s “ploy” to catch Zeus.
…Besides that he’s surprisingly normal and inconspicuous for being a god and appears often as a very down to earth deity who doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty and cares little about his reputation. He is also 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.)
Character Abilities:
First there are godly powers in general: every god possesses them to some extent and they include things like constant mindreading (it’s unknown whether they can decide to stop doing it or not), telekinesis, teleportation, the lack of bodily needs of any kind, immortality, eternal youth, the power to be in/visible at will, projecting their voices, levitation, creating and controlling minions, granting eternal life, using their elements however they want,… In short, the usual godmodding. Depending on the god’s level even their mere presence can have -literally- crushing side-effects (as is illustrated when Zeus’ first visit in the garden almost kills Ganymede).
That said, there is very little revealed about Hades’ specific powers. The most noteworthy thing about them is definitely that Hades’ form constantly changes. True to his name as „the unseen“ Hades is the only god who doesn’t have a true shape. Or rather… He does have one (probably!), but it constantly changes as Hades appearance always reflects the hearts of those who look upon him. Because of that he can look that stunningly beautiful that he’s impossibly to defy, look like something that came straight out of your worst nightmare and which makes you want to weep your brain out through your ears, have a switched gender or just look plain unsettling/creepy - It’s all literally just a question of the point of view.
Besides this, he is able to sprout wings and fly, is a master at stealth to the point where even other gods cannot find him if he doesn’t want to, can sick animals that get related to his territory (like rats and crows) onto people who annoy him and is that powerful that he and Zeus can be considered worthy rivals (if they were interested in doing anything rival-y). He is also not only the King of the Underworld and God of the Dead, but also the God of Riches, Madness, Everything Not Associated With Light,… Summed up, he's the dark yin to Zeus light yang. Try to remove any of them and you trigger the end of everything and you can bet that he’s aware of that fact.
Hades most dangerous ability is without doubt his vast knowledge, though. Being the embodiment of something that is so universal, there are few things he does not know at least something about (although the question of paying attention is always something entirely different) and it might be no understatement to claim that a casual talk/encounter with him can be even much more fatal than a meeting with Zeus - the latter only crushes the body, after all.
Character Weaknesses:
As a rule of thumb, all gods have three weaknesses that they share as well as one personal flaw. The first is that they are not omniscient. The second that they literally cannot lie. The third is that they are gods. While their lack of omniscience rarely influences them (Hades once mocks Apollo for thinking that knowing everything might be good, indicating he considers doing so foolish and undesirable - this ties into the gods’ pseudo-morals of considering anything that is “interesting” as good), their other two weaknesses shape them notably. This is especially true for their inability to say anything that would be a direct lie which is often quoted upon by the sentence “God does not lie”.
Originally portrayed as something good, the inability to lie is quickly revealed to be a two-edged sword at best: on one hand it gives the gods an easy mean to be practically all-knowing - if they can’t say something, it’s not true -, but on the other hand it also means that they can’t lie about anything, not even to themselves. They can predict the future and read the past without fail, but it is a fake omniscience at best as they can only know about what crosses their mind as one can’t question what one never thought about. Another weakness of this method is that the way things are phrased is extremely important. (This weakness gets often explored by the gods as there are plenty of ways to not to say the truth while also not speaking a direct lie.)
The less visible and more devastating disadvantage this “ability” brings is that the words of the gods are something absolute - being able to very- or falsify anything on the spot, the gods are unable to dream, hope or deny anything they don’t like as doing so would require lying to themselves. Which they can’t. They cannot lie about anything to anybody if you get down about the hard facts. Not about their feelings, their likes and dislikes, their embarrassing little secrets,… It’s always 100% the truth, no matter how much they wish it weren’t. (Which is wonderfully demonstrated when Hades reveals the truth about the relationship between Apollo and his sister to the younger god and Apollo finds himself unable to deny it as much as he wants.)
In this aspect the power of this divine Truth is revealed to be something crushing and the individual ways they handle it tends to show a lot about the gods and their differences in character. Zeus for example embraces it as an absolute and never questions anything while Hades, true to being his counterpart, utilizes it in order to question things and to show how things keep changing, leaving rarely something like an unchanging absolute. Poseidon on the other hand handles it by simply ignoring it.
The third weakness is as simple as it is complicated. Hades, Apollo and the others are gods and as such 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. (Most of the time they can’t even relate to each other as each and every god seems to consider themself an own species.) This leaves them 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, things are fine. They usually display the same uncaring interest for others 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 result.
Every god also sports something akin to a personal flaw, a trait that sets them apart from each other and shapes their character and way of acting and thinking further. Zeus is that detached that he fails to see anything which is not of concern to him which results in the extreme that while being all-seeing he sees through things without actually ever seeing them. Being the goddess of the reflection of the sun, Artemis lacks any personality of her own while Poseidon is too emotional/human-like and Apollo is proud yet inexperienced. Hades flaw is knowledge - being the oldest and often the most aware of the nature of things, there is little that the King of the Underworld doesn’t know about which turns him unapproachable. His way of thinking is often difficult to follow and his habit of burying the real meaning of what he says with the way he phrases things regularly results in his advices only making sense once it is too late.
[ SOUL CAMPAIGN SECTION ]
What are the abilities that your character will retain in Soul Campaign?
- his wisdom and anything related to it (f.i. being fluid in several languages, knowing about physics,... )
- his talent for being unobtrusive (not god-level, but still good at not being noticed if he doesn’t want to)
- the ability to make others miserable and give people headaches with his way of talking
- a sense for the dark side of things? He won’t know about them but has a knack for noticing that they’re there.
What are the weaknesses that your character will lose or gain in Soul Campaign?
Weaknesses that will be kept:
- he’ll still have a hard time seeing the difference between a mountain, a river and the sea - aka. What is relation? ( Meaning he may know a lot, but will often simply fail to see how it would be relevant.)
- he’ll still act like a god and retain his ‘divine’ sense of humor
- no sense for living with others (this concerns for example silly things like how to interact properly, morals, manners, things like “do’s & don’ts”, ethics, why wearing clothes ought to be important if you’re not cold ... )
Weakness that will be gained:
- during his stay in DC, Hades will be not only be stuck with a body that has needs such as eating and sleeping, but it will be the shape that Apollo sees him as. Meaning that he’ll end up as as an creepy/attractive male chimera with mostly human features, but also sporting claws, fur, feathers, three sets of overlapping, furry ears, several horns, hair that is long enough to drag on the ground and a face that resembles that of a dead woman. (See pictures for reference.) Dealing with that is going to be a pain (and may put him in the need of a flea collar).
- he will be somewhat weaker to “rotting”/adopting human qualities
- all of his godly powers will be cancelled (which he might occasionally forget)
- he still has his mind-set that tends to put “things being interesting” over such trifle things like surviving :| (which is no problem if you’re the ultimate godmod, but as a mortal… yeah)
- he still literally can't lie
[ WEAPON SECTION ]
Why your character should be a Weapon:
I think that Hades would do well as both, Weapon and Meister. The reason I see him rather as a weapon is because of the things he is associated with. Death, darkness, destruction, passion, the lack of justice and order… All those are things that fit the picture of a weapon better than that of one who is supposed to be controlling it. As the god of the dead he is also naturally linked to the idea of taking and especially keeping souls. Another thing is that he has always been a thing of unpredictable, two-edged beauty - he will just as readily be a valuable ally to those who know how to take him as he’ll bring an end that is worse than death to those who don’t. He also tends to be quite passive with his actions, preferring to give crucial incentives and then just watch how things start rolling and play out. Combining this with his lack of ego in regard to his position I think he would be one of the few gods who wouldn’t mind being used in any sense of the word. As long as you do it well, it shall be alright (and if you don’t, well, whoever gets shot deserved it anyway, as they say~).
What is your character's Weapon form?:
Hades takes on the form of a double-headed meteor hammer, a deceptively simple-looking weapon that is as versatile as it is powerful - if used correctly. Without proper knowledge it is one of those tools that make it devastatingly easy to cripple or even kill yourself with them instead of the intended target. Like Hades, it is highly unpredictable, easy to overlook and suits the qualities that are alluded to his domain. (Death can be swift, is one of the strongest forces there is and more likely the older you get (strength, gained by momentum) and can come in many shapes that can be seen or hidden until it’s too late. His alias of the “Earth” also fits to a weapon that utilizes speed and gravitation.) The weapon itself is as black as the depths beneath the earth and the chain has a length of about 3m. It doesn’t reflect any light and somehow has a knack for ending up looking more plain than intimidating.
While Hades may be easily wielded (everybody has a dark side to them and will die eventually), getting something akin to a good level of reasonable resonance with him is quite difficult. As mentioned before, Hades is an egoist who has no relation or attachments to others and getting that in consonance is going to be very difficult at best.
Weapon abilities:
See here.
[ SOUL INFORMATION ]
Soul Description:
Wise, Grounded, Alien, Aloof, Unsympathetic, Twisted.
Soul Appearance:
A black soul that’s basically an ever-changing mess of feathers, fur, long hair and horns. It wears Hades’ typical amused-knowing-more-than-you expression and feels surprisingly calm and gentle.
Name: Hades (you don’t really want the full list of all the other names, titles and euphemisms he goes by, do you??)
Age: Hades' age is unknown, but he is the oldest of the three godly brothers who were there at the beginning of everything, which makes him the first god (known) to exist EVER in the universe of Olimpos. Considering this, it’s pretty safe to assume that Hades is older than existence and time itself, though his physical appearance (as seen in the manga/through Apollo’s eyes) is that of a young man at possibly twenty-something.
Gender: Generally assumed to be and appears as a male.
Fandom: Olimpos/Olympos (manga)
Timeline: I’m taking him from the end of the series, after he told Ganymede the way out of the garden and the following events.
History:
Source: 1 , 2
Summary:
Olimpos is the story of many things. It is the story of the young man Heinz who agrees to a seemingly harmless pact with ‘God’ in order to be able to marry the girl he loves. It is the story of the Trojan prince Ganymede who has been abducted by the gods and is now being kept in an eternal garden in the sky for a reason yet unknown. It is the story of the inexperienced deity Apollo who makes the mistake of letting himself get too close to one of his human sacrifices and ends up catching the interest of the King of the Underworld in the process.
…It is the philosophical tale of bored gods and struggling humans, and an experiment that might as easily cause the end of the world or as it might do nothing at all.
Character Personality:
Hades is the oldest of the three brother gods who rule over the universe. In this triangle of power, Hades takes on the position of the Earth, while the second brother, Poseidon, is the Sea and the youngest brother, Zeus, wields the position of the Sky, which makes him the absolute ruler of all. Now there’s 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. (General consensus is that Poseidon doesn’t really matter.)
In the story of Olympos, Hades has the role of as the undeniable instigator of change whenever he appears. He 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 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.
Character-wise Hades can easily be described as the most grounded one of the gods, yet being incredibly 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 being “the Other”. He is the darkness that is created by the light and in turn allows the light to exist, the evil that allows one to recognize the good, the death that ends and begins life,… Because of this he embraces the idea of living life less ordinary. Following his credo of “do ask”, Hades is in a way a divine philosopher who keeps thinking outside of any conventions and boxes and always follows his curiosity (which might be real or just another way to kill time), no matter what. (Not that much could hinder him, being only possibly second to Zeus in power and all.)
Ironically this makes Hades the unofficial bogey of all the other gods, who are suspicious of his morbid, cool nature and constant way of acting like there’s some secret joke going on that only he knows about. One thing that should be noted about him is that Hades’ ability to understand human reasons doesn’t make him any more humane than other gods. In the opposite, Hades tends to view the other gods like they do view humans (and treats them accordingly). He is also he is an accomplished liar who has turned toying with the limitation of only speaking the truth into an art, which makes him a difficult conversation partner at best. Hades tends to tell people what he thinks that they need to hear rather than what they want to hear (like answers to their questions) and 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.)
He also has the quirk of calling people by what he considers them to be or simply “it” or “that” rather than by their names, including himself, which might just show how detached he is. (Hades = Earth, Zeus = Sky, Apollo = Sun or Noisy Fly,..) Another curious point about his personality is that even though his ability to reflect the heart of others in his appearance would give him an edge over them he does neither know how he appears to them nor is he ever seen asking about it himself. This contradictive side of his also shows when he offers to show Ganymede a way to escape the garden with a smile even though his presence would is crucial in his and Apollo’s “ploy” to catch Zeus.
…Besides that he’s surprisingly normal and inconspicuous for being a god and appears often as a very down to earth deity who doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty and cares little about his reputation. He is also 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.)
Character Abilities:
First there are godly powers in general: every god possesses them to some extent and they include things like constant mindreading (it’s unknown whether they can decide to stop doing it or not), telekinesis, teleportation, the lack of bodily needs of any kind, immortality, eternal youth, the power to be in/visible at will, projecting their voices, levitation, creating and controlling minions, granting eternal life, using their elements however they want,… In short, the usual godmodding. Depending on the god’s level even their mere presence can have -literally- crushing side-effects (as is illustrated when Zeus’ first visit in the garden almost kills Ganymede).
That said, there is very little revealed about Hades’ specific powers. The most noteworthy thing about them is definitely that Hades’ form constantly changes. True to his name as „the unseen“ Hades is the only god who doesn’t have a true shape. Or rather… He does have one (probably!), but it constantly changes as Hades appearance always reflects the hearts of those who look upon him. Because of that he can look that stunningly beautiful that he’s impossibly to defy, look like something that came straight out of your worst nightmare and which makes you want to weep your brain out through your ears, have a switched gender or just look plain unsettling/creepy - It’s all literally just a question of the point of view.
Besides this, he is able to sprout wings and fly, is a master at stealth to the point where even other gods cannot find him if he doesn’t want to, can sick animals that get related to his territory (like rats and crows) onto people who annoy him and is that powerful that he and Zeus can be considered worthy rivals (if they were interested in doing anything rival-y). He is also not only the King of the Underworld and God of the Dead, but also the God of Riches, Madness, Everything Not Associated With Light,… Summed up, he's the dark yin to Zeus light yang. Try to remove any of them and you trigger the end of everything and you can bet that he’s aware of that fact.
Hades most dangerous ability is without doubt his vast knowledge, though. Being the embodiment of something that is so universal, there are few things he does not know at least something about (although the question of paying attention is always something entirely different) and it might be no understatement to claim that a casual talk/encounter with him can be even much more fatal than a meeting with Zeus - the latter only crushes the body, after all.
Character Weaknesses:
As a rule of thumb, all gods have three weaknesses that they share as well as one personal flaw. The first is that they are not omniscient. The second that they literally cannot lie. The third is that they are gods. While their lack of omniscience rarely influences them (Hades once mocks Apollo for thinking that knowing everything might be good, indicating he considers doing so foolish and undesirable - this ties into the gods’ pseudo-morals of considering anything that is “interesting” as good), their other two weaknesses shape them notably. This is especially true for their inability to say anything that would be a direct lie which is often quoted upon by the sentence “God does not lie”.
Originally portrayed as something good, the inability to lie is quickly revealed to be a two-edged sword at best: on one hand it gives the gods an easy mean to be practically all-knowing - if they can’t say something, it’s not true -, but on the other hand it also means that they can’t lie about anything, not even to themselves. They can predict the future and read the past without fail, but it is a fake omniscience at best as they can only know about what crosses their mind as one can’t question what one never thought about. Another weakness of this method is that the way things are phrased is extremely important. (This weakness gets often explored by the gods as there are plenty of ways to not to say the truth while also not speaking a direct lie.)
The less visible and more devastating disadvantage this “ability” brings is that the words of the gods are something absolute - being able to very- or falsify anything on the spot, the gods are unable to dream, hope or deny anything they don’t like as doing so would require lying to themselves. Which they can’t. They cannot lie about anything to anybody if you get down about the hard facts. Not about their feelings, their likes and dislikes, their embarrassing little secrets,… It’s always 100% the truth, no matter how much they wish it weren’t. (Which is wonderfully demonstrated when Hades reveals the truth about the relationship between Apollo and his sister to the younger god and Apollo finds himself unable to deny it as much as he wants.)
In this aspect the power of this divine Truth is revealed to be something crushing and the individual ways they handle it tends to show a lot about the gods and their differences in character. Zeus for example embraces it as an absolute and never questions anything while Hades, true to being his counterpart, utilizes it in order to question things and to show how things keep changing, leaving rarely something like an unchanging absolute. Poseidon on the other hand handles it by simply ignoring it.
The third weakness is as simple as it is complicated. Hades, Apollo and the others are gods and as such 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. (Most of the time they can’t even relate to each other as each and every god seems to consider themself an own species.) This leaves them 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, things are fine. They usually display the same uncaring interest for others 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 result.
Every god also sports something akin to a personal flaw, a trait that sets them apart from each other and shapes their character and way of acting and thinking further. Zeus is that detached that he fails to see anything which is not of concern to him which results in the extreme that while being all-seeing he sees through things without actually ever seeing them. Being the goddess of the reflection of the sun, Artemis lacks any personality of her own while Poseidon is too emotional/human-like and Apollo is proud yet inexperienced. Hades flaw is knowledge - being the oldest and often the most aware of the nature of things, there is little that the King of the Underworld doesn’t know about which turns him unapproachable. His way of thinking is often difficult to follow and his habit of burying the real meaning of what he says with the way he phrases things regularly results in his advices only making sense once it is too late.
[ SOUL CAMPAIGN SECTION ]
What are the abilities that your character will retain in Soul Campaign?
- his wisdom and anything related to it (f.i. being fluid in several languages, knowing about physics,... )
- his talent for being unobtrusive (not god-level, but still good at not being noticed if he doesn’t want to)
- the ability to make others miserable and give people headaches with his way of talking
- a sense for the dark side of things? He won’t know about them but has a knack for noticing that they’re there.
What are the weaknesses that your character will lose or gain in Soul Campaign?
Weaknesses that will be kept:
- he’ll still have a hard time seeing the difference between a mountain, a river and the sea - aka. What is relation? ( Meaning he may know a lot, but will often simply fail to see how it would be relevant.)
- he’ll still act like a god and retain his ‘divine’ sense of humor
- no sense for living with others (this concerns for example silly things like how to interact properly, morals, manners, things like “do’s & don’ts”, ethics, why wearing clothes ought to be important if you’re not cold ... )
Weakness that will be gained:
- during his stay in DC, Hades will be not only be stuck with a body that has needs such as eating and sleeping, but it will be the shape that Apollo sees him as. Meaning that he’ll end up as as an creepy/attractive male chimera with mostly human features, but also sporting claws, fur, feathers, three sets of overlapping, furry ears, several horns, hair that is long enough to drag on the ground and a face that resembles that of a dead woman. (See pictures for reference.) Dealing with that is going to be a pain (and may put him in the need of a flea collar).
- he will be somewhat weaker to “rotting”/adopting human qualities
- all of his godly powers will be cancelled (which he might occasionally forget)
- he still has his mind-set that tends to put “things being interesting” over such trifle things like surviving :| (which is no problem if you’re the ultimate godmod, but as a mortal… yeah)
- he still literally can't lie
[ WEAPON SECTION ]
Why your character should be a Weapon:
I think that Hades would do well as both, Weapon and Meister. The reason I see him rather as a weapon is because of the things he is associated with. Death, darkness, destruction, passion, the lack of justice and order… All those are things that fit the picture of a weapon better than that of one who is supposed to be controlling it. As the god of the dead he is also naturally linked to the idea of taking and especially keeping souls. Another thing is that he has always been a thing of unpredictable, two-edged beauty - he will just as readily be a valuable ally to those who know how to take him as he’ll bring an end that is worse than death to those who don’t. He also tends to be quite passive with his actions, preferring to give crucial incentives and then just watch how things start rolling and play out. Combining this with his lack of ego in regard to his position I think he would be one of the few gods who wouldn’t mind being used in any sense of the word. As long as you do it well, it shall be alright (and if you don’t, well, whoever gets shot deserved it anyway, as they say~).
What is your character's Weapon form?:
Hades takes on the form of a double-headed meteor hammer, a deceptively simple-looking weapon that is as versatile as it is powerful - if used correctly. Without proper knowledge it is one of those tools that make it devastatingly easy to cripple or even kill yourself with them instead of the intended target. Like Hades, it is highly unpredictable, easy to overlook and suits the qualities that are alluded to his domain. (Death can be swift, is one of the strongest forces there is and more likely the older you get (strength, gained by momentum) and can come in many shapes that can be seen or hidden until it’s too late. His alias of the “Earth” also fits to a weapon that utilizes speed and gravitation.) The weapon itself is as black as the depths beneath the earth and the chain has a length of about 3m. It doesn’t reflect any light and somehow has a knack for ending up looking more plain than intimidating.
While Hades may be easily wielded (everybody has a dark side to them and will die eventually), getting something akin to a good level of reasonable resonance with him is quite difficult. As mentioned before, Hades is an egoist who has no relation or attachments to others and getting that in consonance is going to be very difficult at best.
Weapon abilities:
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[ SOUL INFORMATION ]
Soul Description:
Wise, Grounded, Alien, Aloof, Unsympathetic, Twisted.
Soul Appearance:
A black soul that’s basically an ever-changing mess of feathers, fur, long hair and horns. It wears Hades’ typical amused-knowing-more-than-you expression and feels surprisingly calm and gentle.