Hades

[Hades]

Hades, God of Death and the Underworld

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Name: Hades
Nickname: Pluto might count
Gender: Male
Age: quite immortal; appears early thirties
Sexuality: Bisexual
Fairytale: Hercules (and Greek Myth)
Year: Faculty - Counselor/Benefactor
Face Claim: Neil Patrick Harris

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Personality: Hades generally puts Hades first (there is ONE exception to this rule, his wife Persephone). In actuality, when you compare him to a lot of the other Greek Gods though, he turns out pretty good. Sure, he has frustration about his role in life, but he does his work. He doesn't go back on any deals he makes, mostly because he's so good at dancing around them. He's also remarkably faithful to his wife, particularly when compared to others.

Okay, yes, he does want to rule over all the impressive domains. and Olympus. And the afterlife. He might be here solely so he can snag a few souls from heroes and make it decidedly less easy for them to succeed in life. But c'mon, hey, a hero's nothing if it's easy, right? And if they're willing to make a deal with a evil, that's probably their problem, not his.  Hades just wants what's his, and he's quite possessive about it. He also has a literal fiery temper that ignites quite... vibrantly with literal hellfire. But hey, his wife can cool him down. Shame she's not here.

Appearance: Hades looks good. C'mon, look at him. You know you want a piece of that. He doesn't have the burly form of some of his other fellow deities (looking at you, Apollo), but he's not some scrawny, underaged kid trying to relieve his past (that would be Hermes, you're welcome for that one). He's a well built, muscled without being outrageous, young man.

His hair is naturally blonde, or, well, his human version is. It had this strange tendency toward turning white or blue when his powers start to take over, which is generally a warning sign. Same with the eyes, which sometimes burst into flame.

In general he dresses sharply, though he's taken to wearing sweater vests now that he's taking a role of guiding the youths.

History: In ages past, thee gods were birthed from the Titans. Three brothers in particular were all born from the main titan Kronos, each with equal power and potential: Hades, Zeus, and that other guy. They rebelled and took out their dad and became the rulers, which is how that works. Then they all drew straws, and Hades got stuck with the underworld.

But hey, he could make do, right? Some throw pillows, a nice rug, an immortal minion or two, it was all... very bad. Even worse, Hades actually did his job. He handled souls, all the souls, every dying person in the world. He ran the underworld smoothly, and he did a great job of it. But nooo, he couldn't be in Olympus, he couldn't be one of the celebrated. He got mocked instead. So he might have been a little upset about this and planned to overthrow the gods of Olympus. Really, the world would've been better off with him as a ruler.

But somewhere along his plan, one of his immortal minions got lost. That wasn't going to do, but Hades couldn't quite track him down, something about portals. But oh, oh he came back, and this time, Hades wasn't having any of it. An immortal demon couldn't love, couldn't feel: he would help make sure that Hades' plan got on track and--

hello goddess of the harvest, when did you become so beautiful? Hades was technically hit by an arrow from Cupid, yeah, sure, but he was sort of drawn to her before that. And she was drawn to him too: she saw the hardworking, misjudged person he actually was, deep down in side. It was a really romantic story: he was her first, they got legitimately married. Then, of course, her mother decided to pitch a fit and start up seasonal bullshit. Because the gods of Olympus weren't done messing with Hades and his.

so back on plan: get Hercules. Kill Hercules. Take over at the aligning of planets. Get Persephone all the time. Get appreciation. Boom. Small problem: that minion? the one that's kind of key to the WHOLE PLAN? He VANISHED AGAIN. WITHOUT PERMISSION. Hades was NOT HAVING THIS. And he was going to find this Tintagel place, and set up shop. Mess things up so that his plans can get on track, so he can get appreciated, so he can get souls, so he can get back to Persephone (yeah, definitely in that order).
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Sample Post: "WHAT!?" Hades yelled, fury causing fire to roar from him. "What do you mean Panic's GONE AGAIN!?" You'd almost feel sorry for the minion, given that it was already Fall, which meant that Persephone wasn't allowed back but would be as soon as weather and calendar got in order. But missing this last part of his plan? Right before he could actually get everything together? No, no, no.

So Hades stormed to the Fates. "You three," he said, thrusting a hand toward them, "you made promises. And I'm sick of these portals messing up my CENTURIES OF PLANNING!"

"he needs laid," murmured one of the Fates.

"I DO NOT NEED LAID!" insisted Hades. He took a breath, smoothing his hair back down. "What I need, is a portal to this place that Panic keeps running off to. You know the place, right? you keep letting portals show up, here, and don't think I don't know that it's you girls. But hey, I'm a reasonable god. Fair. Just. So how's about you just set up a portal for me to jot through? I go pick up Panic, mess with the world enough that he never wants to go back, and then head home. Conquer Olympus, set everyone up, get the girl, and we're all happy? Capiche? I think it's very fair." His eyes flared dark. "Don't you?"

The fates actually looked nervous for a moment, which is impressive, because they are fates being written by Fate. However, just as they were going to say something, Fate intervened. A portal appeared. Hades looked at it, grinning. "See?" he asked, looking at them. "That wasn't hard, was it?" He gave them another tight smile before stepping toward the portal.

Let's see what this Tintagel was all about, shall we?

[Tibby ♠]