| “ | I am not an Olympian! My family has made that quite clear. | „ |
| ~ Hades. |
| “ | As much as I dislike certain upstart demigods, it would not do for Olympus to fall. I would miss bickering with my siblings. And if there is one thing we agree on - it is that you were a TERRIBLE father." | „ |
| ~ Hades standing up to Kronos in The Last Olympian. |
Hades is a major character in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series by Rick Riordan. He is one of the Big Three alongside his brothers Zeus and Poseidon.
He is the Greek God and ruler of the Underworld, riches and the dead. At first Hades was thought to be a villain, but then it was revealed he hadn't stolen the Lightning Thief, and wasn't as evil as believed. He also helped the demi-gods in the end, and got his own cabin for his children in Camp Half-Blood. He is also the father of Nico di Angelo, Bianca di Angelo, and Hazel Levesque.
In the musical, Jonathan Raviv played the character off-Broadway, whom also played Poseidon and Chiron off-Broadway as well.
History[]
First Titan War[]
Hades and his siblings were swallowed by whole by their father, the Titan Kronos out of fear of them becoming adults and overthrowing him. However, their youngest sibling, Zeus, wasn't swallowed whole and was raised somewhere else, and eventually grew up to rescue Hades and the others from their father. Hades and siblings were freed, and worked with Zeus in defeating and overthrowing the Titans, and succeeded.
Ruling the Underworld[]
After defeating the Titans, Hades, Zeus and Poseidon all agreed to divide their father's domain to each other. However, Hades was Kronos' firstborn son, but agreed to divide the domains, as his brother Zeus claimed the Heavens, and Poseidon seized the seas, leaving Hades with ruling the Underworld. Though Hades gained divine authority over the dead and metals and jewels, he became greatly feared by his siblings, nephews, and nieces, and wasn't accepted as an Olympian.
Over the centuries, the Olympians moved west. During World War II, Hades' demigod children were fighting against Zeus. The Oracle predicted that one of the children would either preserve Olympus or raze it to the ground. The gods swore on the River Styx to not father any more children.
However, because Hades already had two demigod children, Zeus ordered Hades to take them to Camp Half-Blood. Hades refused in fear of his son and daughter would turn against him or be killed. In retaliation, Zeus attempted to kill the di Angelo children, but Hades protected them but he could not protect his lover, Maria.
He wished to bring her back from the dead, but he was stopped by Alecto. Hades also cursed the Oracle of Delphi to be trapped forever until he and his children were respected as heroes.
Shortly after Luke Castellan, Thalia Grace, and Annabeth Chase encountered the satyr Grover Underwood, Hades somehow discovered that Thalia was a demigod child of Zeus. Still extremely bitter at his brother for murdering his lover Maria, Hades sends the most terrifying monsters of the Underworld (including all three Furies) to destroy her. The quartet could have escaped from the monsters, except for the fact that a bloodthirsty Cyclops in Brooklyn stopped them, so that the monster army could catch up.
The Cyclops chained Thalia, Luke, and Grover in the air to direct the monsters in their direction, but Annabeth managed to save them by stabbing the Cyclops in the foot. Once the quartet reached Camp Half-Blood Hill, Hades' infernal army finally caught up with them. Thalia told her friends to run to safety, while she, in an act of selfless heroism, fought Hades' army on her own. Zeus took pity on his daughter, and to prevent her soul from going to Hades, Zeus transformed Thalia into a pine tree, just as Halcyon Green had predicted to her.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians[]
The Lightning Thief[]
While attending the Olympian winter solstice, Hades' helm of darkness was stolen by his nephew, Luke Castellan, whom also stole Zeus' master bolt while they were asleep. Hades learned that his helm was stolen, but kept it a secret since he believed his family wouldn't help him and tasked his furies to find it. When one of his furies, Alecto, learned of an unclaimed demigod Percy Jackson, Hades deemed him the thief and went as far to have a minotaur kidnap Percy's mother Sally to make a bargain. Percy would later make it to Camp Half-Blood, and was tasked on a quest to travel to the Underworld, as Chiron and several of the Olympians believed Hades to behind the stealing of Zeus' weapon.
Percy and his friends Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood travel to the Underworld and confront Hades, but the god reveals the theft of his helm. Percy promises his uncle that he will retrieve the helm, and escapes from Hades by using Poseidon's pearls to leave the Underworld. Hades' nephew would return the helm to him after retrieving it from Ares, and keeping his word, Hades returns Sally to Percy, upholding his end of the bargain.
The Titan's Curse[]
Before the events of The Titan's Curse, Hades would have his two children, Bianca and Nico be retrieved from the Lotus Hotel as he wanted them to become members of the great prophecy. Hades' children would be found by Grover, but Bianca would sacrifice herself to save her friends while Nico learns that he is the son of the death god, and leaves Camp Half-Blood.
The Last Olympian[]
Hades imprisons Percy in the Underworld when the demigod arrives with Nico, as the death god wants his son to become the king of the Gods and decides not to help his family fight the Titans. When Nico helps Percy escape, Hades attempts to stop his nephew from bathing in the River Styx, but fails and vanishes after Jackson stops his army. Hades is later persuaded by Nico to assist his family in fighting Kronos, whom is defeated by Luke, who stabs himself to no longer be a vessel to the titan. After the events, Hades is welcomed by his family for his bravery, and his children are allowed to have a cabin at Camp Half-Blood by Percy, who honors Luke's final words to honor the minor gods' children.
The Heroes of Olympus[]
When Hades' lieutenant Thanatos is captured, the death god is doing everything he can to keep control of the Underworld. He also sends Nico to Camp Jupiter, but forbids his son to not tell anyone about the camp, and to tell the Romans that he is the son of Pluto. Additionally, Hades' Roman counterpart Pluto's daughter, Hazel, was found from the Underworld by Nico, who decides to take her to Camp Jupiter.
During Nico's trip across the world, Hades appears to his son briefly to encourage him, particularly in the hopes of Nico finding a happy ending, something that Hades' children don't often get. Hades also tells Nico that some deaths simply cannot be and should not be prevented, something that Nico remembers when deciding not to stop Octavian from inadvertently killing himself. Hades later takes part in the final battle with the Giants, sending the fallen Giants back to Tartarus.
The Trials of Apollo[]
Hades is mentioned to have forbidden anyone from ever going to Tartarus again, something that Nico and Will Solace plan to ignore on their quest to rescue Bob from the Pit.
The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure[]
Nico and Will sneak into the Underworld on their quest, doing their best to avoid Hades' attention due to the god having forbidden travel to Tartarus. The demigods are forced to make a deal with a demon and steal from Persephone's Garden in order to get the Underworld's residents to keep silent about their actions.
After Nico rescues Bob, Hades allows his son to speak with Maria and Bianca in a dream, explaining that although they have both moved on, they were granted one last visit with him by Hades. Hades reveals that he's the one who sent Nico after Bob, causing Maria to frown when Nico mentions that Hades had once told him that he was annoyed that Nico wasn't as good of a demigod as Bianca. On Maria's prompting, Hades explains that Percy Jackson had changed a lot of things for the gods, making them rethink their priorities, standards and behaviors, causing Hades to have second thoughts after he sent Nico the prophecy and realized that it put Will Solace in danger too. However, Nico had made Hades incredibly proud, so he decided to break the rules and show him how proud he is by allowing his son to see Maria and Bianca. Nico's family express their pride in him and tell Nico to go and be happy with Will for himself. Nico is finally able to let his mother and sister go, noting that they seem completely at peace as they vanish. Before Hades leaves, he agrees to Nico's request to save Amphithemis from Tartarus, proudly telling Nico that he has Hades in a place where Hades can grant whatever he desires, and Nico only wants to save someone else.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Geokinesis: As the God of the Underworld, Hades has absolute control over the Earth and stones, and the walls of the Underworld, Erebos.
- Earthquake Generation: He can generate massive earthquakes, doing so in The Lightning Thief when Percy infuriated him.
- Subterranean Navigation: Hades is a skilled navigator, being able to navigate underneath the Earth. He was able to lead his siblings in and out of Tartarus via the Underworld's tunnels, before even becoming the Lord of the Underworld itself.
- Ferrokinesis: Hade is the God of Wealth, and can sense, manipulate and summon any type of metals and jewels underneath the ground. He is richest Olympian of all, and is often referred to as "The Rich One".
- Necromancy: Hades is the God of Dead, and has divine authority and absolute control over the dead and undead, and always has room for many souls (thus gaining the nickname, "The Hospital One").
- Metamorphosis: Hades can capture or release living souls at any time, doing so when he abducted Sally Jackson.
- Death Curses: Hades can place curses on the living, but is unable to kill before the Fates decree their time. He can, however, prevent a person's from ever leaving their body, meaning that person's body will eventually turn to dust with age, and their soul will be lost forever.
- Death Sense: Hades can sense when a person is dying, and when their soul is being judged in the Underworld.
- Life Sense: Hades can also sense life auras, which allows him to determine how much longer a person has left to live.
- Power over the Undead: Hades can reanimate and summon the undead, being able to reanimate skeletons, raise zombies, silence dead souls, and physically come in contact with ghosts.
- Umbrakinesis: As the God of the Underworld, Hades has absolute control over shadows and darkness.
- Imperceptibility: He can use shadows to cover himself in complete darkness, becoming invisible.
- Shadow Travel: He can also use the shadows to travel over vast distances.
- Darkness Shields: Hades can solidify shadows into unbreakable shields.
- Darkness Absorption and Dissipation: Hades can absorb and dissipate shadows.
- Phobokinesis: Hades has absolute control and divine authority over the power of fear, and this ability becomes even more powerful with the Helm of Darkness.
- Induced Terror: When wearing the Helm of Darkness, Hades can induce and radiate death and terror.
- Dark Infernal Pyrokinesis: Hades has absolute control over black hellfire, which is more destructive than normal flames.
- Hypnokinesis: Hades has complete mastery over sleep and the Oneiroi dream spirits, spreading the wordthat the dead need a coin to gain passage onto Charon's boat.
- Cryokinesis: Hades as limited control over the cold, generating an aura and forming ice on rocks when meeting Hazel in The House of Hades.
- Osteokinesis: Hades can summon and control bones via the use of telekinesis.
- Magmakinesis: Hades has limited magmakinesis, and has some control over magma and lava due to being underground.
- Shapeshifting: Hades is capable of changing into anything he wants, being able to transform into an eagle and a bat.
- Transfiguration: Hades can turn others into anything he wants, and was forced turn Leuke into a poplar tree.
- Infernal Monster Lordship: As the God of the Underworld, Hades has absolute control over the ferocious monsters native to the realm, such as Cerberus, the Hellhounds, the Furies, the Keres, the Oneiroi, and various creatures.
Abilities[]
- Leadership: Hades is a capable leader like his brothers, and was able to lead his armies of the undead and monsters against the Titans.
- Intimidation: Hades is one of the most feared god by all of his siblings, nephews, and nieces, which is similar to his father, Kronos. Due to his control over the dead, and his ability induce fear and madness, have caused him to be one of the most dread deities.
Equipment[]
- Helm of Darkness: Created by the Elder Cyclopes, the Helm Darkness is one of Hades' symbols of power. The helm allows Hades to become invisible, melt into shadows, and pass through walls. While wearing the helm, Hades cannot be touched, seen, or heard, and radiate and induce fear so intense, that he can drive anyone insane or stop their heart. According to Grover Underwood, the helm is why most sane creatures fear the dark.
- Staff: Hades had a double pronged spear that was his staff, being his personal weapon before the Sword of Hades was made. It was possibly made of Stygian Iron, and though described as staff, in Greek mythology, it's described as a pitchfork.
- Sword of Hades: Hades' current main weapon, the sword contains one of the Keys of Hades, and allows him to send anyone to or from the Underworld with a touch. Crafted with Stygian Iron, the power of the sword could tip the balance of power in Hades' favor over Zeus' master bolt and Poseidon's trident.
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Trivia[]
- His Roman counterpart is Pluto.
- Hades is the only God of the Big Three to not break the oath, as he had children before the pact was made.
- Hades not being accepted as an Olympian mirrors how the planet Pluto is not considered a full fledged planet, as it's considered a dwarf planet.
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