| “ | After a millennia, my father was finally offering me a place in the family by his side. But all I could think about was how he punished humans for every little thing... with earthquakes, fires, floods. My family were the real monsters, and I didn't want to be like them. So I locked them up and destroyed the key. | „ |
| ~ "Jen" |
Zeus, better known as Ken in the 21st century, is the main antagonist of the fourth season of the The CW series Legacies, as well as the unseen overarching antagonist of the previous three seasons.
He was a malevolent deity who seeks to reclaim his dominance over Earth and dethrone Hope Mikaelson as the world's most powerful being. He was the king of gods and the father of several other deities like Ben/Prometheus and Jen/Vulcan. His sister was the Goddess Lynn, also known as Charon and the Ferryman. He was the God of the sky, lightning, thunder, storms, law, order, justice, destiny, fate and kingship.
He was portrayed by Luke Mitchell.
Personality[]
Driven by ego, dominance, and a need to be both loved and feared, Ken treats his children; Ben (Prometheus) and Jen (Vulcan), with cold manipulation and cruelty
Biography[]
Origins[]
The gods were happy once, except Zeus. His insatiable desire for conquest led him to find new places where he could be feared and loved. When the gods crossed into "Valhalla" to Earth, the wars intensified and more and more humans started arriving in Limbo. Eventually, his sister Lynn/Charon found a mother and child who had died for no reason, and she ferry them across to Peace. When Zeus found out, he cursed her to do this for all eternity to never return home.
There was a time where Zeus and the Furies worked in harmony, but he killed them when they stopped being collaborative with him. Eventually, the Gods began living atop a high mountain of a village, which had a threshold beyond which mortals could not pass.
At some point, Zeus had a daughter known as Vulcan, and a son named Prometheus with a mortal woman. Years later, Prometheus cried out to Zeus for the first time for his help as his lover Ash was dying, but the god never came. So Prometheus claimed his birthright; Godly Magic. Actually, he stole it, hoping to save Ash's life. But it was too late. When Prometheus returned with the fire Earth would come to know as magic, he gave it to his village. But the humans didn't want to stop worshipping the gods, they wanted to be them. And in their lust for that power, monsters were born along with many of the world's ills. So Zeus punished Prometheus by chaining him to a rock so monsters could eat his liver, and cursed him to heal by sunrise so he could feel that same pain again the next day, forever.
His daughter Vulcan was an artist in a family of warriors, and Zeus hated her for that. However, he demanded her make weapons for the gods, but she offered to make armor to protect them instead. So he cast her out and said her wasn't one of them because she had the heart of a coward. So she began working in a cave alone. One day, Zeus came to see her because of Malivore; a creature that could make the world forget you ever existed. So Vulcan made the god's sarcophaguses, so her family would be spelled to sleep until Malivore was destroyed and, as an incentive, Zeus promised a "boon" to whoever defeated Malivore and woke they up. However, Vulcan lied and locked all of them, since the spell to wake the Gods never existed.
Season 4[]
Ken awakens in Season 4 and wages war on the supernatural world with the aid of Aurora de Martel, in a campaign to eliminate Hope Mikaelson, the world's only tribrid (witch‑werewolf‑vampire), who he sees as the only rival to his title as the most powerful being. Forced to serve Ken, Jen forged a lethal God Spear crafted from red oak ash and divine magic. Ken unleashes chaos in Salvatore School by triggering the werewolf curse among students, causing mass transformations. He also changes his son Ben’s curse so that he becomes a mortal human being and is susceptible to dying.
MG and Kaleb Hawkins were killed in chaos and Alaric was forced to kill Jed in defense. Lizzie channeled Ken's powers through siphoning to weaken him. Hope attacked but was eventually overpowered. Following Hope's strike, Cleo (as a Fury) holds the God Spear while Ken was impaled upon it. His divine physiology couldn't withstand the spear's magic and he finally dies. With Ken's death, his son Ben becomes an Immortal demigod once again, and the surviving gods retreat or remain imprisoned.
Powers and abilities[]
Powers[]
- Godly Physiology: Being the King of the Gods, Zeus was virtually the most powerful of all of them. He possesses vast divine powers; immunity to mortal magic, lightning and weather manipulation, immense strength and durability, and vast lifespan. Ken’s powers are so immense, that he claims it took him a life time (100 years) to master them. He was described as being on another level beyond all previous villains in The Vampire Diaries universe. His threat level is so high, that he wound up causing the deaths of five major characters within the Legacies show, before three of them were resurrected by Landon.
- Weather Manipulation: Zeus is shown to have the ability control the weather by generating storm clouds when he generates lightning bolts.
- Electrokinesis: As the god of the sky, lightning and thunder, Zeus can generate lightning in multiple ways, such as generating lightning out of his palms.
- Aerokinesis
- Flight
- Thermokinesis
- Immortality: Like all Gods, Zeus was immortal, so he cannot die of old age, diseases, or by any mortal weapon. Even though he is thousands of years old, Zeus retains the appearance of a young man.
- Cursing: Zeus was able to curse Lynn into turning the Ferryman Charon and Ben, so that he would die every day, and then resurrect physically healed so the curse would continue.
- Necromancy: Through the "boon" (a favor from the gods), Zeus could ressurect someone to give his summoner their wish. Although Zeus has hinted to being able to restore the dead to life at will without the use of a “Boon”, as he stated to Aurora De Martel he could bring her brother Tristan back to life, but chose not to; as he did not believe Tristan was worthy of living again due to the life Tristan lead.
- Teleportation: As a God, Zeus could teleport himself through lightning and others over great distances with ease. He mainly does this by summoning a bolt of lightning and riding it from one location to another.
- Telekinesis: Zeus can manipulate matter with his mind. He remotely unlocked the shackles holding Aurora, and blocked Kaleb’s fire breath with a wall of telekinetic energy.
- Superhuman Strength: Like all Gods, Zeus was able to generate great amounts of force.
- Chlorokinesis: Zeus could command plants of all kinds to grow at a rapid rate simply by commanding them to do so.
- Psychic Link: Zeus had a mental link with the Furies.
- Weather Manipulation: Zeus is shown to have the ability control the weather by generating storm clouds when he generates lightning bolts.
Abilities
- Master Combatant: As a 10,000 year old god, Zeus possessed an extraordinary level of combat skills. He effortlessly overpowered Hope Mikaelson numerous times, in spite of her immense training with Alaric Saltzman who has spent years fighting various supernatural creatures.
Weaknesses[]
- Belief: According to Jen/Vulcan, Gods are only as powerful as people's belief in them, which had diminished over the years. And then, the ultimate death sentence for a god came along.
- God Spear: To be added
- God Sarcophagus: To be added
- Malivore: To be added
- White fire and brimstone: Phosphorus and sulfur.
