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Aristos Kadmou, better known as Wrath, is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Athena) of Alexandra Bracken's 2021 Greek Mythology-inspired novel Lore.
He is the despicable leader of the Kadmides House, the cult-like group associated with protecting the new reborn Ares, who in this case is Aristos himself, during the Agon. Upon killing and becoming the new Ares, as per the tradition Aristos had to pick a new name to fit his godhood, and so he selected Wrath, making this his new title.
Wrath is considered the most violent, brutal, and demonic ascended mortal in the history of the Agon, but his overarching goal was to end the event so that he could ascend to Olympus and become a true god.
Biography[]
Past[]
Not much is known of Wrath's past, although he did have a son named Belen.
When Lore was ten years old, Wrath attempted to buy her off her father so he could marry her, revealing his perverted nature. Although Lore's father refused, Wrath still kept his eyes on the girl until he ascended to godhood.
Death of Hermes[]
Wrath starts the novel off by killing Hermes, the original Hermes, making it so no further mortal could ever become a new Hermes.
Sending a Message[]
Wrath sent Castor, the new Apollo, a message, showing decapitated heads with coins over their eyes. He would later lock two children inside a bronze statue and cook them alive by lighting a fire underneath it to kill them slowly and painfully.
Hunting the Aegis[]
Since Wrath sought to end the Agon so he wouldn't need to fear death every seven years, he needed to find the Aegis, in which the inscription of how to end the Agon could be found in the form of a cryptic poem. Since Lore had stolen the Aegis years prior, he had to turn to someone else who already knew the poem in order to understand it. However, Wrath misunderstood the poem, and began to conceive a plan in which he wiped out all of humanity and started fresh by repopulating the world with the goddess Athena. Little did he know that Athena was simply manipulating him in order to get her shield back.
Death[]
At Athena's request, Wrath killed his own son Belen in cold blood, hoping that would work as the sacrifice needed as part of the process to end the Agon, but it was never a true sacrifice, because Wrath never loved his son.
Upon realizing Athena was not loyal to him, the two began to fight. The battle was bloody, but eventually Athena decapitated him. However, before he died, Wrath was able to fatally poison Athena, which would lead to her death moments later.
It can be assumed that Wrath's soul ended up in Tartarus.
Personality[]
Wrath is cold, cruel, and uncaring towards everyone that doesn't benefit him in that exact moment. He is also extremely perverted, as seen with his attraction towards Lore during her youth. In truth, he doesn't 'love' anything apart from his own power, as seen by the fact that he killed his own son without second thought.