Ares (DC Extended Universe)

"Who is this young woman?"

- Ares, as Sir Patrick Morgan meeting Diana for the first time Ares (also known as: Sir Patrick Morgan and The God of War) is the primary antagonist of the 2017 epic superhero film Wonder Woman. He is the fearsome, manipulative and ruthless Greek God of War, son of Zeus and Wonder Woman/Diana Prince's arch-nemesis as well as her half-brother. He is bent on wiping out humanity at any cost via World War I.

He was portrayed and voiced by actor David Thewlis, who also portrayed Remus Lupin from the Harry Potter franchise.

Early Life
Ares was born millions of years ago to Zeus, the King of the Olympian gods, as one of the latter's many godly children. In his childhood period, he came to a point of realization that he has mighty powers and that his role is the God of War.

In some point unknown, Zeus had created the human race and made them in the gods likeness, and Ares saw the race with disdain and corrupted the humanity with war, fights, bloodthirst and violence. As a response, Zeus created a new race which is of course the Amazons which were intended on defending humanity from Ares's corrupting influence while also spreading love and compassion.

However, Ares violently rebelled and killed other gods for disagreeing with his bloodthirst and extremism. To that end, Zeus was left as the only god and faced against his own son at combat and managed to wound him and temporarily subduing Ares for a while but not before Zeus fathered Diana as a contingency weapon that could one day save humanity by defeating Ares ,who is the daughter of Hippolyta ,and therefore he created the protected island paradise Themyscira for the Amazons to live, being hidden away from the god of war.

Afterwards, Ares re-appeared and succeeded to kill Zeus, but not before he vowed to wipe out humanity.

Manipulating World War I
In 1918, Ares had arrived to the city of London, capital of Britain, where he had used his shape-shifting ability to take a human form, and dubbing himself as Sir Patrick Morgan. Under this identity, Ares managed to hide his true-self and used as an advocate member in the War Council ,only to manipulate both sides of the Central Forces and the Allied against each other, in order to advance his goal to destroy humanity.

Meeting Diana
Diana ,who now recieved the surname "Prince" because of her being a princess in Themyscira, had arrived with Steve Trevor straight to London, where Ares witnessed her arrival. He had maintained his disguise and pretended not to know his identity.

Afterwards, Steve delivers Doctor Poison's notes to his superiors at the Imperial War Cabinet, including Sir Patrick Morgan whose Ares himself, who is "trying to negotiate an armistice with Germany". Steve believes General Erich Ludendorff (the film's secondary antagonist) will complete and use the gas regardless of an armistice, and Diana concludes Ludendorff is Ares himself and slaying him will end the war.

Steve and Diana decide to travel to the front lines to stop Ludendorff, accompained by Steve's team: spy Sameer, marksman Charlie, and smuggler Chief. Arriving at the Western Front in Belgium, the group's progress is halted by enemy trenches, until Diana pushes alone through the German lines, rallying the allied forces behind her to liberate a village from German control. Diana and the team celebrate the freedom of the villagers, and Diana grows close to Steve.

Mastermind
Learning that Ludendorff will attend a gala at a nearby castle, Steve infiltrates the party and is followed by Diana, who intends to kill Ludendorff. Steve stops her to avoid jeopardizing the mission to destroy the chemical stores, and they quickly learn that Ludendorff has used the gas to bomb the nearby village.

Diana is devastated that Steve interfered, allowing the loss of life. In rage, Diana pursues Ludendorff to a complex where the gas is being loaded into a bomber to attack London. Diana fights and slays Ludendorff, but is stunned when his death does not stop the war.

Revealing Himself
After she had killed Ludendorff, Sir Patrick arrives to the place, and confronts with Diana. During their conflict, Morgan finally reveals himself to Diana as not rather than the true Ares and he explains her that  though he has encouraged them to destroy themselves, humans themselves contain the dark impulse to make war. Then, the meeting between them leads into a lengthy, harsh, extremely destructive and violent battle.

Final Battle and Defeat
"The godkiller sword could not defeat me, the Lasso of Truth could not hold me, and you will not see the end of this day."

- Ares to Wonder Woman, during their battle

As they fight, Ares attempts to convince Diana that humanity does not deserve to be saved, and reveals that she herself is the weapon of Zeus: his last child. As Ares overpowers Diana, Steve hijacks the bomber containing the gas and sacrifices himself to incinerate it at a safe distance.

Inspired by Steve's selflessness and his final words, Diana dedicates herself to defending mankind and summons her power to finally destroy Ares and spare humanity. In London, the team solemnly celebrates the end of the war.

Personality
Ares as the God of War is an extremely megalomanical, egotistic, selfish, cold, dark, ruthless, brutal, bloodthirsty, extremely manipulative, cunning and sinister mastermind of terrorism and war from the most diabolical kind that ever imagined.

Actually, Ares represents the ultimate personification of destruction, war, anarchy, chaos and death, and sees nothing more or less than wiping out humanity at any cost with the usage of World War I.

Powers and Abilities
As a Pagan/Olympian god, Ares had many powers and abilities such as;

Powers

 * Pagan God Physiology: As an Olympian god, Ares is an incredibly powerful being, enough to surpass the already tremendous might of Wonder Woman.
 * Super Strength: Ares has a tremendous level of superhuman strength, notably superior to that of Wonder Woman, with him able to send her flying vast distances with his incredibly mighty blows.
 * Invulnerability: Ares, as an Olympian god, cannot be killed by normal superficial means, given as how Zeus was only slain by another Olympian god, Ares himself. As such, Ares withstood numerous tremendously mighty blows from Wonder Woman, conflagrations, and the full force of massive explosions.
 * War Manipulation: Ares, as the God of War, has the formidable power to manipulate war, strife, combat, bloodlust, rage, and other forms of conflict. This power also allows Ares to naturally be incredibly skilled in all forms of fighting, and weaponry.
 * War Inducement: Ares can induce conflicts by influencing people or events - raising personal and fanatical armies, shown when he corrupted humanity with warfare shortly after the race's creation, and latter instigating the extremely devastating global World War I, with conflict, bloodshed, and the deaths of millions serving to make Ares more powerful.
 * Electrokinesis: Ares can generate and control electricity to an extreme degree, generating tremendous lightning torrents from his hands, though he was also capable of far more precise small sparks as well. Ares promptly conducted an extreme amount of electricity through the Lasso of Truth, in order to instantly break free from Wonder Woman's otherwise unbreakable noose.
 * Telekinesis: Ares can move, hurl and manipulate objects' movements to an immense degree with mere hand gestures, thus keeping the Lasso of Truth from entangling him while fighting Wonder Woman, as well as telekinetically projecting waves of debris and hurling entire tanks at her.
 * Thermokinesis: Ares can manipulate and conduct an immense amount of heat, notably doing so when Wonder Woman tried stabbing him with her Godkiller sword, with the blade melting and harmlessly breaking into pieces upon touching the war god.
 * Teleportation: Ares swiftly disappears as soon as Wonder Woman slashes her sword at him, promptly reappearing some distance away.
 * Invisibility: Ares can render himself imperceptible to humans as he covertly manipulates and corrupts them, notably doing so to General Ludendorff and Doctor Poison.
 * Illusion Casting: Ares can conjure up extremely realistic and vibrant illusions, notably temporarily altering the environment around himself and Wonder Woman to look like a luscious forest ally.
 * Flight: Ares can fly at considerable speeds, capable of maneuvering with precision in any direction, as well as hovering in one place.
 * Shape-Shifting: Ares can alter his true godly appearance, notably when he disguised himself as the human "Sir Patrick Morgan."
 * Immortality: Ares, due to him being an Olympian god, has been alive for milennia, predating the time when Zeus created humanity and the Amazons.

Abilities

 * Expert Deceiver: Ares is extremely skilled in deception, as he very convincingly posed as the human "Sir Patrick Morgan", and deceived not only Wonder Woman, but even the highly experienced spy Steve Trevor into believing that he was a staunch Allied Powers supporter, with him notably funding Steve Trevor's Team for their military expedition to find and defeat General Ludendorff, with Wonder Woman never suspecting "Sir Patrick" until Ares willingly reveals himself to her.
 * Warfare Expertise: Ares, as the God of War, is an expert in all areas of warfare, with him effectively using this knowledge while posing as "Sir. Patrick Morgan" of the War Council.
 * Weapons Intuition: Ares also revealed to Wonder Woman that he had not been the one to start World War I, but merely taught both opposing sides of the global war how to create weapons of mass destruction, which induced humans themselves to choose war with one another.
 * Master Combatant: Ares, as the God of War, is a tremendously skilled, fierce, and formidable armed and hand-to-hand combatant, a master of numerous martial arts, as well as an expert in wielding weapons, with centuries of combat experience. Indeed, Ares' tremendous combat skills have allowed him to defeat and kill off all of the other Olympian gods (even his more powerful father Zeus), and to consistently maintain the upper hand against the extremely skilled Wonder Woman, mocking her skills, and with Wonder Woman only managing to ultimately defeat Ares with considerable effort and initial failure.

Family

 * Zeus † - Father and Victim
 * Wonder Woman/Diana Prince - Arch-Nemesis, Paternal Half-Sister and Killer

Allies

 * General Ludendorff
 * Doctor Poison/Maru

Enemies

 * Olympian Gods - Victims
 * Wonder Woman/Diana Prince
 * Steve Trevor's Team
 * Steve Trevor † - Seemingly Ally turned Enemy
 * Sameer †
 * Chief †
 * Charlie †
 * Etta Candy - Seemingly Ally turned Enemy

Trivia

 * This is the first time where David Thewils plays a comic book villain character.
 * This is the second time in which David Thewils stars in a Warner Bros. produced movie since Harry Potter.
 * Ares shares few similarties with the Marvel villain Loki:
 * They are both gods.
 * Both of them are Chaotic Evil.
 * Both of them are masterminds and manipulators.
 * Both of them are archenemies of their half-brothers.
 * Both Loki and Ares are shape-shifters.