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| “ | You use my bident well. | „ |
| ~ Hades revealing himself to Seraphim. |
Hades is the secondary antagonist of the Netflix animated series Blood of Zeus.
He is the King of the Underworld, who seeks to find the Eleusinian stone so he and his wife, Persephone, can free themselves from the shackles of the Underworld and be in Olympus instead. Tired of going through each cycle of separation from Persephone, Hades created a plan to get the stone due to the fates granting him this opportunity. He employs Seraphim to help him get the stone under the promise of freeing his dead lover's soul, who has become a wraith. Hades is Heron's uncle and like the original myths, he is the older brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
He was voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
Personality[]
| “ | Forgive me. | „ |
| ~ Hades expressing sadness right before he stabs Heron. |
In season 1, Hades appears as an ambiguous man who compliments Seraphim on using his bident well. He promises freedom from his predicament in the Underworld in exchange for his loyalty, telling him to kneel.
Later in season 2, his full personality traits are revealed: a just and usually fair person who deeply loves and cares for his wife and children. Throughout his life, Hades sought to be with Persephone forever and not suffer from their eternal separation. At first, he seems intimidating and dark, which fits the common perception around him being associated with death but in actuality, he just a friendly and fair man suffering from loneliness and despair. Due to his position as Lord of the Underworld, Hades must watch over the afterlife and makes sure order is held but the job has affected his mental well-being. Hearing the cries of the countless souls and the overwhelming pressures of his job as driven Hades to depression. His depression was so extreme lead Hades to leap off a cliff and land into the ocean so he wouldn't hear the cries of the undead, implying that he has been contemplating suicide. It's worse that he is continuously forced back to the Underworld mainly for staying out of it for too long, which worsens his mental state.
That all changed when he met Persephone, he loved how beautiful and peaceful she was but refused to confront her out of insecurity. Anytime, he is out of the Underworld he goes to speak to her from the shadows and have intriguing conversations but one day, Ares arrives to ruin the moment as he attempted to force himself on Persephone just to see who she has been speaking with. Upset by the depravity of his nephew, Hades arrives to stop him leading Persephone to know his identity. Though he expected rejection, he was surprised that Persephone was not terrified by him and wanted to start a proper relationship with him. Persephone represented the companionship that he long sought for and somewhat cured him of his depression but that soon changed when Demeter, Persephone's overprotective mother, tried to stop the relationship. After swallowing a few seeds from a fruit of the Underworld, something that Hades tried to protect her from, led her to be stuck in the Underworld as a way to show her devotion to him. Of course, Hades did not approve of this as he did not want her to suffer as much he has.
Over the years of their eternal separation, Hades's sense of despair has worsen than it was before as not only his work is still filled with it's many pressures and hardships but now has to deal with the fact that he can only see his wife half a year while the rest she stays on Mount Olympus with her mother. Despite having children of his own, it wasn't enough to fulfill his lonely heart but was determined to find anything help him break away the aching chains of the Underworld and be with Persephone for good. He made it his life mission to get the Eleusinian Stone, so he and his wife be rulers of Olympus instead of the Underworld. When it comes to his relationships with his siblings, Hades holds a disgruntled view of them specifically Zeus, who he blames for his suffering. Like many others, Hades feels Zeus has abused his authority as ruler of Olympus due to his reckless behavior and philandry while accusing him of betraying him. He says that Zeus knew what stone he was selecting but had Hera help him select the right one with Poseidon knowing about it, in a way accusing Zeus of collaborating against him. Hades shows no sympathy to his brother during his trial and condemns him to his fate thinking he deserves this.
Despite his sympathetic goals, Hades is shown to be rather treacherous as he is willing to do whatever means necessary to get the Eleusinian Stone as he willingly works with Demeter, who promise that she, Persephone, and Hades will rule Olympus together once they get the stone. He also betrayed Heron's trust of returning to the Underworld by killing him so he can have the stone.
However, Hades is shown to be very human at heart as he relates to Seraphim's tragedy of being wronged and was sympathetic to him. He shows this sympathy by whispering to Seraphim to eat the giants flesh as to make him stronger and was offering to help Seraphim in his situation of freeing his dead lover, Gorgo, from her fate as a wraith. He was even willing to offer the demon a second chance during his trial and kept his end of the bargain in the end, showing himself to be honorable and fair as well. He is disgusted by Zeus's philandering and disloyalty when he is nothing but a hypocritical person who use the title "King of the Gods" to do as he pleases, and Hades calls Zeus out for caring only for Electra and Heron and abandon Seraphim just because Zeus hates his father. Besides, he disagree with Demeter's idea of spread spores to weaken the gods and kill mortals, showing that he won't drag mortals into their mess.
Though, he killed Heron, Hades has a sad expression on his face and sheds a single tear, showcasing he is not proud of himself for doing it and is aware that he had committed a heinous act, killing an honorable and noble hero. Irony for him, this not only make Gaia anger and realease Typhon but also Cronos and the Titans to destroy the Gods for their evil.
In season 3, Hades shows more regrets and horrified by his actions have caused the suffering the others, especially he has standards despite his disgust towards the Olympians because they died in Typhon and Cronos's hand. This is proved when he horrified seeing Cronos throws Rhadamanthus, Ares and Hephaestus into the abyss, showing that even he will not let those he dispied die in being erased. While Hades despises Zeus, he still holds some care towards his younger brother because he refused to reveal Zeus's location to Cronos.
After Heron sacrifices himself to kill Typhon, which simultaneously also buys him and Zeus time so they could arrive and take down Cronos and the Titans once and for all, he was saddened by the death of his nephew.
Appearance[]
What Hades looked like centuries ago.
After spending his time as ruler of the Underworld, this is what Hades now look.
Many centuries ago, Hades once looked like a handsome young man with a beard and long brown hair while wearing simple black robes. But after spending so much time in the Underworld, Hades loses his youthful appearance and now looks much older when compared to his brothers. His skin is now pale and lost all of his hair turning him bald while having purple markings on his head and face. His beard is grey with white stripes on it, his eye color, however, is light purple.
In battle, Hades wears basic armor over his robes and a black helmet. In the flashbacks, the armor he wore is dark green with a black cape around his shoulders and his robe is dark grey with dark green stripes on it. In the season 2 finale, he wears similar armor but is gold instead.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Unlike his original myth counterpart, who seems completely fine in ruling in the Underworld, this version is portrayed more tragic and sympathetic due to his desperation on wanting to be with his wife and suffers immense pain every time he leaves the Underworld for too long.
- Due to this, Hades can be considered to be one of the most sympathetic and tragic depiction of the mythological being in media, at least so far.
- Hades story parallels Seraphim as both are tragic figures being used by the Olympians with their lives lay in ruin (Hades was tricked by Zeus, Hera and Poseidon in ruling the Underworld and Seraphim was treated like dirt by Hera and felt cheated by the gods).
- Both of them meet their lovers in their lives: Hades to Persephone and Seraphim to Gorgos.
- They are disgusted by the Olympian's hypocrisy and abuse of power.
- Despite being with his wife for 6 months before she is forced to leave, Hades remained fair and equal in his dominion while Seraphim abandons Gorgos to kill Acrius's son, leading him to become a demon with an obsession on revenge.
- Seraphim choose not to take Eleusinian Stone and let Heron get it, which later he and Heron help each other to save Gorgos from her fate as a wraith. Hades, on the other hand, choose to kill Heron, leading Gaia to unleashed Typhon, Kronos, and the other imprisoned Titans to punish the Olympians for their cruelty and Hades for killing an honorable hero. He witnessed Persephone's death at the hands of Typhon, The Underworld being destroyed, and forced to bear the weight of the world instead of Atlas.
External Links[]
- Hades on the Blood of Zeus Wiki
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