Hades is the eldest son of the Titans, Kronos and Rhea as well as the third of their children.

He was consumed immediately after birth by Kronos who was paranoid that he would be overthrown by one of his own children. Hades thus spent his childhood in his father's stomach along with his brother, Poseidon, and his sisters: Demeter, Hera, and Hestia. During the Titanomachy, he proved to be a ferocious warrior and greatly aided in the ultimate downfall of Kronos and his followers. Although it was Hades' birthright to be named his father's successor, he agreed to divide the Titan King's former domain with his brothers and acquiesced, albeit resentfully, to taking the Underworld as his prize. Hades was the first god to fight Typhon when he woke up the first time. He came out of the Underworld with Cerberus and met Chiron and some heroes on the Earth's surface. Cerberus did not want to fight his father so he stepped down, but Hades continued. Wearing his Helm of Darkness he started attacking the monster, but finally it fell of his head and he was immobilized. He had to stay there and wouldn't help the Olympians against him (in the same Eon) again. Although he distanced himself from his family, Hades was lonely and wanted a wife to fill the void. One day, he spotted a young goddess named Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, whose great beauty and tender countenance won his admiration. Hades decided to take her as his bride despite his estrangement with her parents and his siblings, Demeter and Zeus. Hades secretly received Zeus' blessing but he knew that their overprotective sister would refuse to even consider the marriage and so promptly kidnapped Persephone. He then proceeded to woo the distressed goddess with gifts but eventually won her heart through empathy and kindness. A distraught and grief stricken Demeter soon caused the earth to become barren when she learned of the abduction and furiously blamed Zeus for allowing Hades to court Persephone behind her back. Pressured by mortal prayers and the other gods, Zeus demanded that the death lord return his daughter. Hades refused to lose his wife so easily and persuaded Persephone to eat five pomegranate seeds which would ensure that she returned to him for five months of each year.

Personality
Hades is noted to be a particularly honorable and just as well as a harsh god. He respects oaths and the laws of morality. Ironically, he has never killed a mortal before attempting to kill Thalia. This is most obvious in that he never broke the oath concerning the birth of demigod children of the Big Three as well as when he allowed Sally Jackson to return to the mortal realm after his Helm of Darkness was recovered, something he was not bound to do. His respect for the law and his code of conduct is evident as he's the supreme judge of the dead souls and of all creatures that traverses to the Underworld. He is also noted to be a hardworking and busy god, rather unlike many of the other Gods who take their duties and reponsibilities in a much lighter manner, such as Dionysus and Apollo. Despite his honorable habits, there is a cruel and darker side to Hades. Although he was the one to make a compromise with Demeter, he was indeed the one to trick Persephone into staying in the Underworld (though he did it because he was in love and searching for a wife). He also carries grudges for an extremely long time, a trait he passes onto his children. His traits mirror

that of his father Kronos in terms of cunning, ruthlessness, and deviousness. As his daughter Bianca put it, "Holding grudges is dangerous for children of Hades. It is our fatal flaw." This is most obvious when he attempts to kill Thalia when Zeus breaks his vow, something that may have been further provoked by Zeus' attempted murder of his youngest children in World War II, ultimately resulting in the death of Maria di Angelo; it should be noted that he did not have the same murderous intent in regards to Percy, despite similarly being the result of the broken vow as a son of Poseidon (probably because he has no grudges against Poseidon). Hades is a harsh father and is often demanding and critical of Nico, who he constantly compares to Bianca, and rarely shows Nico that he does care for him. His lover Maria di Angelo, stated he was a kind and generous man, hinting there may be a softer side to him. His darker side stems from the bitterness he feels at being spurned by his fellow Olympians, which in turn leads to his habit of holding grudges.

Appearance
Hades is described as a god with albino white skin, intense black eyes that were either the eyes of a genius or a madman, and having a mesmerizing, evil charisma, and shoulder-length black hair. In The Demigods Files, he is described as having a beard. He often wears black silk robes with souls threaded into the cloth. In battle, he wears imposing black armor with a blood-red cape and his terrifying helm. He arms himself with both his two-pronged staff and his mighty sword.

Abilities

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Hades is the God of the Underworld and thus wields dark and demonic powers. He is one of the three strongest gods of Olympus and is rivaled only by Zeus and Poseidon.

Hades transforming in the movie Added by JarodMighty

He has the ultimate powers that a god can possess He can generate and control Hellfire (infernal flames) He can summon and control legions of the dead and zombie warriors (ultimate level of necromancy). He can unleash endless waves of the dead or dark souls to maul or destroy his opponents. He can control darkness and shadows thus using them for concealment as well as attack. He can control to a large extent the dead and demons native to the Underworld. He can create and control dark energy (form of black fireballs, dark energy balls, blasts and lightning)

He is immune to electricity He is a shapershifter with the ability to transform himself into various fearsome demonic forms (as shown in film). Wields a Stygian sword, capable of absorbing the essence or life-force of monsters and mortals respectively. He has the power to use fear as a weapon. His Roman counterpart has the power to manipulate and control the riches under the earth surface. He can control the earth (though possibly on a lesser degree than Gaea as she is the primordial goddess of earth and all earth is her domain).

Attributes

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Hades' attributes are his scepter, two-pronged staff, his Helm of Darkness, and his pet dog, Cerberus, and now his sword (after The Demigod Files). He is mostly seen sitting in his throne in the Underworld, with Cerberus, while wearing his Helm of Darkness. Hades' main attribute is the Key of Death.

Relationships
Persephone Edit

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When Hades fell in love with Persephone, and kidnapped her, but she did not want to stay with him, and wanted to be rescued. Over time though, she fell in love with him and was relieved to be free from her mother Demeter's bossiness, nagging, and smothering for a time. He was very kind, and he didn't ever nag, boss, or smother her. He very much wanted her love and tried to buy it with many gifts at first, but then took to spending all of his day with her, trying to make her happy. Persephone was tricked and ate the six pomegranate seeds, so she had to stay with Hades for six months of the year. This came at a cost, as Demeter never could accept that her daughter had married Hades, and left her poor mother. Demeter's nagging increased with this action, but Persephone got to stay with her husband this way. She loves and respects him, calling him "my lord." Hades loves his wife, but during the time when she is away from him, he does not like to be alone. He seeks out mortal women during this time. Persephone hates hearing of his affairs and his demigod children. Hades is apologetic about his girlfriends with Persephone, but she is displeased when they are mentioned. He has the fewest demigod children of the Big Three, not even having any mentioned in the old myths, due to his strong (for a god) devotion to his wife. Hades' marriage to her also means, ironically, that his younger sister Demeter is his mother-inlaw, and his youngest brother Zeus is his father-in-law.

Immortal Family

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His relationship with his family has always been a little "difficult" due to his duties and his position as the loner in the family, but after the Great Prophecy was set, Hades distances himself even more from his siblings, especially Zeus whom he develops a grudge against. This is because the prophecy said that a child of the Big Three would either destroy or perserve Olympus and Zeus didn't want to take the chance. So Zeus ordered Hades to hand over any of his children to Camp Half-Blood to be "trained" for their own protection but Hades had a fairly good idea what that meant. His suspicions proved to be true when Zeus demolished the building that Hades, the children (Bianca and Nico) and their mother Maria were in. Hades was barely able to detect the attack and managed to save the children but Maria was killed instantly, something that up until recently Hades never forgave his brother for. It was also the incident that almost destroyed the Oracle of Delphi as it was she who gave the prophecy and it was she Hades focused his rage on, cursing her to be trapped within her current host until it withered to nothing, effectively killing her. The only act of protection Hades could offer his children was to wipe their memories and hide them for their own protection in the Lotus Casino. His grudge with Zeus in part led to Thalia being turned into a tree after it was discovered she was a child of Zeus, effectively meaning she was a living risk and Zeus had broken an oath on the River Styx. Being a god Zeus got off lightly, but Hades was angered by both this and the death of Maria, and he unleashed all the worst monsters in the Underworld to kill Thalia, leading to her sacrificing herself in order protect Luke and Annabeth whom she was traveling with, though Zeus managed to keep Thalia from ending up in the Underworld by turning her into a tree as she lay on the hill dying. Hades' relationship with his brother Poseidon is not shown, though seeing as though he didn't single out Percy's death it can assume it's healthier than his relationship with Zeus. Initially coming off cold and vindictive, Hades is not evil like his father, but rather distant and bitter due to past tragedies which leads him to behave the way he does, though he doesn't show it. This does change after the the events in The Last Olympian, as he was accepted because he helped save Olympus.
Mistresses Edit

Hades must have loved Bianca and Nico's mother, Maria di Angelo, very much if he had two separate children with her. When Maria di Angelo was killed by Zeus, the Oracle appeared telling him that he should not leave Bianca and Nico in the Lotus Hotel just so one of them could be part of the prophecy. He was angry and cursed the Oracle so that no one else could replace her until he and his children were respected and treated as heroes. He also seems to feel affection for his children, as described by Percy In The Sword of Hades in The Demigod Files: "Hades turned back to Nico. His gaze softened just a little, like rock soft rather than steel." That shows he must love Nico, 'just a little.' According to the list of children of Hades, many of them are of Italian heritage, which would imply that he is mostly interested in Italian women. He seems to favor his daughter

Bianca more then Nico, because in The Last Olympian, Hades tells Nico that "his sister would have done a better job". One of these reasons was the fact that she looks so much like her mother Maria. It is hinted throughout the series that during WWII Hades children fought against Zeus and Poseidon's children on the loosing side. It can be assumed that his children were Adolf Hitler and/or Benito Mussolini. Even in mythology he is the one god who never cheated on his wife. One nymph named Minthe attempted to seduce him, but before it could happen, Persephone, his wife, interrupted and changed Minthe into the plant called Mint.

Family

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Edit Children Macaria and Melinoe Bianca di Angelo (born a demigod) Children Bianca di Angelo, Nico di Angelo Joseph Stalin Adolf Hitler Hazel Levesque (as Pluto) Grigori Rasputin

Immortal children Partner Persephone Maria di Angelo Demigods Partner Maria di Angelo Ketevan Geladze Klara Hitler Marie Levesque Anna Parshukova

Symbol of Power

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Hades' symbol of power is the Helm of Darkness, which allows him to become a shadow. This means he can pass through walls and melt into shadows, not be touched, seen or heard, and radiate fear so intense that it can make a person go insane or stop their heart. It allows Hades to enter the corners of a living creature's mind and project terrifying images in addition to showing their worst nightmares. In The Sword of Hades in The Demigod Files, it is revealed Persephone forged him a new weapon of power in the form of a sword. The sword has a key of death embedded in its hilt, so the wielder can raise the dead from the deepest corners of Tartarus or send a soul to the Underworld by one touch of the blade. In other stories, Hades has a bident or chains with hooks as weapons.