The Gods and Goddesses

Subject: The Gods and Goddesses Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:07 pm

Zeus- King of the Gods, Ruler of Mount Olympus the God of Sky and Thunder. Zeus is married to Hera, with her his children are the Gods Ares, Hepaestus and Athena. His other godly children are Apollo and Artemis who are twins. Zeus has also fathered many heroes such as Hercules.

Any child Fathered by Zeus is very strong, and may have some of his abilities such as control of the weather. Any mortal Gifted by Zeus is a skilled fighter with the sword almost to the point of unbeatability. Any mortal Favored by Zeus travels only in kind weather and has luck in sword fighting. Majority of Zeus's children are golden blonde with blue eyes but there are many exceptions.

If you are a child of Zeus you are under his protection but you are constantly berated by Hera's children for Zeus's unfaithful nature. You also have a hero complex feeling you must live up to your father and have to save everyone, this gets a lot of Zeus's children into trouble.

Hera- Goddess of Marriage, Women and Childbirth and Queen of the God's as Zeus's wife. With her husband Zeus, Hera's children are the Gods Ares, Hepaestus and Athena.

Hera is not known for her kindness as most know that she threw her own child off of Olympus. Hera is also a very jealous sort and often persistantly attacks Zeus's mortal children. In the earlier years of Greece this stopped Hera from having her own affairs but in recent years she has had her own children with mortal men. This has slackened her vengeful feelings towards Zeus's children but her own children have a problem his.

Children of Hera are gifted in weaving and spinning, they also are skilled healers, however they have an extremely jealous nature. Any mortal gifted by Hera are very beautiful and have a talent for birds. Any mortal favored by Hera become good caretakers and are skilled in persuassion.

The majority of Hera's children tend to have her dark hair and bright eyes, they are also as stubborn and jealous as they are lovely.

Poseidon- God of the Sea, Creator of Horses as well as the God of Earthquakes. Poseidon is known for his mood swings and is occasionally off balance with his moods.

Children of Poseidon have control of water and are extremely skilled with longer projectile weapons such as spears. Mortals gifted by Poseidon has a love of water and are excellent swimmers. Mortals favored by Poseidon will never be harmed by water.

Many of Poseidon's children have his dark coloring but many more of them are fair haired like Zeus. They are also prone to mood swings like their father.

Hades- God of the Underworld, Hades is also the Richest God as all the worlds wealth is found in his domain. When Zeus defeated Cronos, their father, each brother drew over which realm they would reign. Zeus the heavens, Poseidon the seas and Hades the underworld and over the dead. Contrary to belief that Hades was a harsh ruler he often despaired with his dead charges and was known for his compassion. He was consort to Persephone until recent times where they choose to part so that each could find happiness, though Persephone still returns to the Underworld each year to visit with Hades who has become her best friend.

Any child of Hades can see the dead but can only speak with them if they have drunk from the sacred river, they also have a gift to become invisible but only for so long. Any mortal gifted by Hades has wealth and power, as well as a kinship with the spirit world. Any mortal favored by Hades is given a long life and a happy one.

Many of Hades children are pale with black hair and light eyes, and all share in his compassionate nature, though many of his children have lighter looks and darker personalities, mostly it depends on the woman.

Hades children share a bond with Persephone's children and it is not uncommon to find them in marriages or friendships.

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Aphrodite- The Goddess of Love, Lust, and Beauty formerly the wife of Hephaestus, though like Hades and Persephone they have choosen to go their seperate ways. For years Ares was her lover but they too have parted ways.

The children of Aphrodite are beautiful, and usually need no other skills though they have talents such as singing. Mortals gifted by the goddess are lovely and have happy love lives and may have talent depending on their conection with her. Mortals gifted by Aphrodite have much luck in love and have love filled lives.

Aphrodites children range from fair hair to dark hair, light eyes to dark eyes, but all of them have exceptional beauty many a child of Aphrodite has become a famous model. Children of Aphrodite normally become involved with children of Ares, while the two of them make Hepheastus's children jealous but it is becoming more common for Hepheastus's children to win over Ares's children in the end.

Apollo-God of Music, Prophecies, Poetry, Archery, Light and Truth. He is the twin brother of Artemis and like true twins they continue to be devoted to each other.

The children of Apollo are almost as beautiful as the children of Aphrodite as he is considered the most beautiful male god. They are skilled in the areas of music and archery, many of them have future sight and they are very truthful. Mortals gifted by Apollo are skilled in the arts with a fair hand at prophesizing, while mortals favored by him are very able in sports.

All of Apollo's children are blonde (there are no exceptions) with sky colored eyes, though it could be a clear blue sky or a cloudy grey one. Majority of his children also have the golden glow to their skin. They also have a bond with the children of Artemis (who is no longer the virgin goddess though she still protects the virginity of young girls). More often than not any child of Apollo is born in corilation with a child of Artemis whether it is the same day or even within the same hour.

Persephone- The embodiment of Earth's fertility and for centuries she was Queen of the Underworld. The daughter of Demeter and thought of as her younger self. Persephone is known for being lured into the Underworld by a lonely Hades, while there she eats three pomegrantes forcing her to remain with Hades three months of the year. Her mother, in greif for her daughter, let's the Earth die and go into a winter when her daughter leaves and when she returns it is reborn. Though Persephone only continues to visit Hades because they became close friends and her mother changes the seasons out of habit.

Children of Persephone have gifts with nature, they can speak with animals and plants and make them grow, they are the Earth in human form to a point. Mortals gifted by Persephone are gifted with plants and depending on the strength of the gift can control them. Mortals favored by Persephone are one with nature and have a calming pressence to animals.

The children of Persephone are unique amoung those of Olympus, while others usually have set traits Persephones children are as changing as the seasons. Some are born with the colors of the spring, pale and innocent with rosy cheeks, some the summer with tangles of golden hair and bronzed skin, fall with wild rust colored hair and old eyes and winter a stark contrast of pale and dark.

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Artemis- Goddess of the Hunt, Wild Things and the Moon. Artemis remains the protector of the innocent whether it is male or female, the constant protector of virginity. Though it has been at least a century or two since she herself has been a virgin. It became impractical for her to be one when she found men that she loved with all her heart, contrary to popular belief, Artemis didn't hate men she simply wished to protect women from them. She has learned that not all men wish to harm women and that many can be trusted.

Artemis's children are very skilled hunters, more so than the children of Apollo, they also have skill with wild animals most of the time more so than Persephone's children as Artemis's children often have the ability to change minds with animals. Occasionally Artemis's children have lunar powers and have a slight control of water and when they are seen and not seen. Mortals gifted by Artemis are skilled hunters and are capable of hiding easily in forests. Mortals favored by the goddess are good workers headstrong and sure of themselves, and occasionally have a sprinkling of power from one of her many arts.

The children of Artemis are usually coppery blonde to offset the children of Apollo who are always fair, Artemis's children always can blend into the forest. They have strong bonds with children of Apollo and occasionally Persephone and Poseidon depending on abilities.

Ares-The God of War, Murder and Bloodshed. Ares is perhaps the most known god with the worst reputation and he couldn't care less. He enjoys that people still fear him and invoke his name when they are about to do battle, though he does have a softer spot for mortals and in fact has had many mortal lovers and many more children.

The children of Ares are, loud, boastful, easy to anger, and strangely enough have good singing voices. They are skilled in all kinds of combat, and stronger than most other demi-gods, they are also easier to provoke and unlike their father they can't think clearly when provoked. Mortals gifted by Ares are skilled in battle, and are usually women most often the Amazons or other famous tribes. Mortals favored by Ares are strong and determined and more often than not singers.

The children of Ares are always dark haired, and normally have wavy hair though some are known to have stark straight hair. Their eyes are different in the way that they have more pigment color, and many times they appear to have no whites at all. The children of Ares normally side with Hera's children in a fight, fall in lust with the children of Aphrodite, pick on the children of Hephaestus and make the children of lesser gods their servants.

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Athena- Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare, Handicraft and Reason. Athena is the wisest of the gods and more skilled than her brother Ares in the art of war. Athena is known also as the patron goddess of warriors, and has favored many heroes such as Jason and Odysseus. In the past Athena took no consort but she too was swooned by the beauty of mortals and has born many children with them.

The children of Athena are more inteligant than other demi-gods, are skilled with crafts such as weaving, spinning and sewing. They are often considered to be 'know it all's' and 'teachers pet' as Athena's children are smug and more often than not boastful or their intelligence. However they are also skilled in the area of stragety and occasionally weaponry. Mortals gifted by Athena are usually male and practice in the feild of law.

The children of Athena are always very fair in skin color with dark or light hair, there eyes however are always the same shade of gray. The children of Athena form alliances with which ever is more beneficial to their current cause, they also form relationships for the same reason. However some rouge children of Athena have been known to follow their hearts and choose someone for love, they are few and far between.

Hephaestus- God of Fire and Smiths. Hephaestus was the child thrown off of Mount Olympus by his mother Hera and for centuries had very weak legs from the trauma. In recent times his Uncle Hades healed his legs with water from the sacred river and now Hephaestus is just as strong as he was meant to be.

The children of Hephaestus are gifted with their fathers skills, able to create anything with metal be it a weapon or a metal man. They are also able to produce fire by simply willing it into existence.

The children of Hephaestus are different from the others in the way that while other demi-gods are always perfect looking, even when they've been crying or injured, the children of Hephaestus are rugged. Their hair is constantly windswept, their skin constantly dirty either with soot, dirt or some sticky substance and they are always sporting a bandage of some sort on their person (older children are known to sport more tattoo's than any other demi-god). However they are still attractive with dark colored hair (there are exceptions) and feircely colored eyes.

Demeter-Goddess of fertility, grain and harvest. Demeter is the mother of Persephone and as such she is the controler of the seasons. While before during her daughters forced imprisonment in the Underworld Demeter, in her greif, let the earth die though now she simply changes the seaons out of habit.

The children of Demeter are the most versitile in the control of weather, where others can only control rain or thunder or earthquakes the children of Demeter can control all of them. However usually they are strong in only a few of the traits and barely able to control the others. They are also gifted with stronger plant control than Persephone's children to the point of being able to grow plants on their own skin, again some have a gift for green plants, flowers, or vegtables in rare occassions some have even been gifted with cactus it all depends on the mother.

Demeter's children the colors of the earth from the darkest volcancic rock to the palest sand, and they have eyes ranging in all the colors of precious gems. Almost all of the children sport plants on their bodies, which are always petite even in the case of the boys.

Dionysus-God of wine, parties/festivals, madness and merriment. Dionysus is the only god who has been banned from Mount Olympus (Which now happens to be on the 500th floor of every major skyscraper around the world). One night he became so intoxicated that he revealed godly secrets to a mortal causing the Second World War to break out (Which was fought mostly by the children of Gods). Zues in his anger at losing children banned Dionysus to being Principal of Olympus Academy. Dionysus is also not allowed to consume liquor anymore.

The children of Dionysus are also plant growers though they can only grow plants that are used to make alcohol. On the school grounds a seperate area of grapes and grains is set aside for the children of Dionysus. They throw the best parties but many of them get in trouble for underage drinking.

The children of Dionysus are always pudgy, attractive but pudgy, like their father. All of them have very curly brown hair and eyes the color of wine. Even though they throw the best parties Dionysus's children are often picked on at school because of their father or their weight depending on the child.

Hermes-God of flight, thieves, commerce, and travelers. Hermes is perhaps the most trickey god of them all being sly and inventive. Hermes and many of his children are the messengers of the gods, they ferry the dead along with contacting all children set to attend Olympus Academy. Hermes is known for his winged boots but his children are known for something else.

All demi-gods are able to leap long distances just as they are abnormally strong but the children of Hermes stand out by one trait that none others have. The children of Hermes have wings (of all colors, sizes, and types) this is due, in part, to Hermes prolonged wearing of the winged sandals. They also have the ability to put small parts of their bodies threw objects at once, it is a rare ability to be able to move your entire body and then it is very tiring.

The children of Hermes are all very lean. They have a variety of eye color though most tend to have eyes the color of birds, their hair is usually blonde. Often times their wing types affect their personalities (Owl-Graceful, Hawk-Dominant, Eagle-Predator etc) They are very energetic in a fight and will use any weapon available to them.

Aether-Aether is the god of the Upper Air, in a way Air itself.

The children of Aether have control of the air element. Much like Hephaestus's children Aether's children control the air by the movements of their body. They are also swifter runners than the other demi-gods and more graceful.

Aether's children are pale, pale hair and skin practically white, the only parts of them with color are their eyes though depending on how strong their gift is their eyes may be pale as well. The children of Aether usually only use staffs as weapons though their main weapon of choice is their elemental skill.

Erebus- The God of Darkness and Shadow. Erebus is the husband of Nyx and even though he has many mortal children has never pledged is love to any but Nyx. He is good friend with Hades and their children are almost always together.

Erebus's children control darkness. They are able to cover themselves and others in shrouds of shadow and other times pull the darkness out of places. The children of Erebus can feel the emotions of those around them and many times control these emotions, some of them are even known to have the ability to put emotions into people.

The children of Erebus have pitch black dark hair and eyes that glow in the dark. They are the most cat-like of all demi-gods and a few have even sported tails or ears from time to time. They are most skilled in stealth and recon missions however they are also skilled assassians.

Gaia-The Mother of the Earth. Gaia combines Persephone and Demeter into one and rules over them in a sense.

The children of Gaia are more powerful in animal and plant manipulations and are even skilled in breeding animals and plants. They are also able to control all four elements but are usually only skilled in one with the others being only inklings, though some have been known to train up a weaker element to give them an advantage.

Hermea-Goddess of Daylight and Sun.

Nyx-