this alone is what i wish for you: knowledge
Out of Character Information
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In Character Information
character name: Hades
Fandom: Olimpos
Timeline: End of the series.
character's age: Unknown, but he's the eldest of the three brother gods who rule the universe... so, pretty old.
powers, skills, pets and equipment: He has the general god powers of his world - the ability to read the thoughts of everyone and anyone (except for gods, perhaps) in the immediate radius. It might be by choice, but it's unclear. He also has no material needs (Food? What's that? Gods literally don't understand the point of eating in Olimpos), is well nigh invulnerable, can regenerate, is immortal, disappear, reappear, hide himself, crush mortals with his presence... he's a literal godmod, though he doesn't seem to be able to control others with his mind or anything like that. How much he is able to influence others with his presence is dependent upon how much power they have individually. Additionally, he can 'hide' or simply not show most of his presence if he wants to, remarkably unobtrusive for a god as he is. If he reveals himself fully, however, it's suggested that normal mortals unaccustomed to his presence can be forced to the ground by the immense pressure - as Zeus simply 'passes by,' he causes an earthquake. Yeah. Hades, though, has enough control over himself to not do that.
A few things that might not be seen as powers include the fact that gods literally cannot lie - it's a physical (metaphysical?) impossibility. Additionally, gods are perpetually unchanged. They don't age or change - unless they want to. Hades in particular is able to appear to all beings as how they perceive death - his appearance in the manga is only how Apollo sees him, and for instance, a young mortal woman is utterly terrified by his apparently beastlike form, and Ganymede's first impression of Hades is 'a dead woman.' Despite those admittedly unflattering descriptions, Hades can also look 'so beautiful it's impossible to defy him.'
He can disappear and reappear at will, but he cannot jump through time or manipulate it. Hades is also apparently able to manifest on a slightly different plane than the mortal one, where he has a massive body and uses this location to mess with the middling little humans, though it's unlikely that he does this often. (This will be impossible in Anatole, anyway.) Oh, and he can project his voice like Morgan Freeman only not really, because he could be floating in the sky above you or someplace else entirely, and pass on his messages through... something. The joys of having eleven chapters of canon. It appears to come through the shadows, though.
Hades is also capable of extending wings and flying, using animals such as rats and ravens (possibly only those associated with Death and the Underworld) to attack those who displease him, and is the god of Riches, Madness, and almost everything not associated with Zeus (death, darkness, etc.), and thus has power over all of these things. As the god of Riches, he probably has no need to 'make' money, and can instead take it from beneath the ground (like instant-result mining!). Since he'll probably never buy anything, this ability isn't of much use to anyone. It's also implied that Hades can incite Madness, or just drive mortals mad with fear. He apparently has a distinct aura of death and madness, which can be made so obvious to the degree that mortals are struck with fear. He doesn't do this very often, however.
He's also very good at pissing people off.
Since Olimpos canon is very, very, small, most of these abilities are either only shown once or taken from the fact that other gods are able to do the same thing or something very similar. Additionally, a lot of these powers will require a permissions post - namely telepathy, testing the truth of various ideas, and how much influence his spiritual presence will have. All abilities here are canon.
Hades has acquired a pet bird in Anatole.
canon history:
First of all, the background of the Olimpos doesn't match up completely with the Greek myths that most people know. Hades and his brothers, Zeus and Poseidon, have no parents. Persephone does not exist - in fact, there are maybe five real gods in the series. Gods are not all-knowing; they have to say something out loud to know if it's true or not. Nor are they omniscient. They are, however, for the most part, egotist jerks. With massive power. Not exactly the greatest combination.
As for Hades himself, however, he did draw lots with his brothers and received the domain of everything under the earth. He was quite pleased with it, actually, and apparently enjoys being the yin to Zeus's yang, so to speak. (Neither of them think much of Poseidon, by the way.)
Within the actual story, Hades is... kind of a troll. Okay, he's definitely a troll. Whenever he shows up and talks, he tends to change opinions, change beliefs, and make people uncomfortable. Apollo, one of the central characters, is becoming more and more interested in a human priestess, and Hades mentions it to him in conversation. Eventually, he tells Apollo of 'rotting' - mortals that seem so sweet that they 'rot,' and in turn begin to rot everything around them. He says this to Apollo in his typical enigmatic manner and disappears in a flurry of black sand.
Yeah, he's kind of creepy.
Later on, he apparently follows Apollo's trail to the temple where the priestess stays, and appears to her. The woman sees him as a horrific beast, which confuses the other god greatly, as he hasn't heard of Hades's uncanny ability to be seen as whatever the viewer perceives as death, or the reflection of their greatest fear. Hades just smiles again and disappears. Again. Apollo, reasonably, is bewildered by what just happened. Sometime after this event, Hades again appears to Apollo and instigates a 'game' to describe the moon, which ends up being a roundabout discussion of Apollo's sister, Artemis - the goddess of the moon, whom Apollo meets regularly and calls 'the only person he needs,' and yet after meeting the human priestess, things have become more and more strange. A result, of course, of Hades's description of rotting.
The mortal priestess has begun to rot, Hades seems to say to him. And you have been speaking to nothing but a mirror.
The girl is kicked out of the temple because the harvest has improved (and she's also apparently killed. Fun times in ancient Greece), and Apollo no longer finds the temple interesting. He returns to his sister, and Hades laughs, because Apollo grieves over his irretrievable past with his sister. And then he promptly talks circles around Ganymede, the young boy kidnapped by Apollo to lure Zeus's interest, once he meets him face to face.
personality:
As mentioned before, gods in Olimpos tend to be egotist jerks. Hades is no exception, although he is slightly more understanding of humans than most other gods. Fitting, perhaps, for his intimate connection with mortality. His brothers are far less connected with humans - Zeus has nothing 'above' him, and is unable to categorize anything without relativity. Poseidon is even more childish than the other gods, and sees humans as just... humans. Hades, on the other hand, is endlessly curious, always trying to prove things in his deadpan and yet incredibly creepy manner. This could, though, just be another one of his ruses to fight off eternal boredom. Being immortal can get boring sometimes, you know.
On that subject, it's pretty obvious that Hades's primary motivation for anything is amusement. He's fairly benign for a god, and might even do something for you if you ask nicely and if he thinks the consequences will be entertaining. That said, he has no qualms about messing with mortals on his own time. Additionally, all those godmod powers? He honestly doesn't use them much, because he'd rather be amused than have mortals worshiping him, unlike Poseidon, who reveals himself to humans often enough so that they think that all gods are as macho as he. Hades keeps out of sight for almost all of the time and is strangely unobtrusive, choosing to appear almost randomly and very quietly.
Hades is perpetually calm and smiling with what looks like morbid amusement, and the only displeasure he shows is faint at most. He also has a way of speaking that leaves most people frustrated - he doesn't answer questions directly or immediately, and is perfectly fine with answering any inquiry with some sort of allegory or curious explanation. Despite his implacable veneer, Hades does get irritated at times, though it's mainly implied in canon that it takes quite a lot of pushing. Above all, Hades is an individual interested in amusement and not much else.
why do you feel this character would be appropriate to the setting?
He tends to be a massive troll and Anatole would be an interesting place to see him in.