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The Former Zeus, birth name unknown, but more commonly known as simply Zeus, is the main antagonist of the first book in the Dark Olympus series, Neon Gods.
He was the greedy abusive leader of the Thirteen (all based on the Gods of Olympus), before his death at the hands of Hades, and being replaced by his son, Perseus, who became the New Zeus.
Biography[]
Past[]
At some point before the events of the novel, Zeus killed Hades' parents by burning their house down, which left Hades with severe burn scars, and left many people to think that the entire Hades bloodline was dead.
Later in his life, Zeus kills his wives and replaces them all, all being his new "Hera", as in this story, the Gods names are used as titles rather than real names.
Present[]
The story starts with Zeus announcing that he will marry Persephone, who doesn't want to marry Zeus, but has no choice. In retaliation, she runs away, accidentally running into Hades on his side of the bridge connecting the Upper and Lower city. The Lower City is Hades' domain, which Zeus has no power in, which means she is safe, but Persephone soon realizes that she might not be much safer in Hades hands.
Zeus later calls Hades and orders him to bring back his wife, which Hades scoffs at and says that he has no control over him, and that he will do whatever he wants to Persephone. Unknown to Zeus, Hades and Persephone made a deal; Hades will pretend to be abusive and degrading to Persephone in public to torment Zeus, but in reality Hades is a nice guy who just wants to get back at his parents murderer.
Zeus eventually manages to get the upper hand once more and gets Persephone to return back under threat of harming her family, but Hades refuses to allow Zeus to win, so he sneaks into Zeus' tower. They have a brief exchange, before fighting. The fight ends with Hades dodging an attack from Zeus, but the momentum from Zeus' attack sends him off the balcony, and Zeus falls to his death.