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| “ | Kratos, so glad you could carve out some time for us. You know we need it. I sense some bad blood between us, Kratos. Oh, all the memories. They're overwhelming, really. Let's see... How many sins have you committed against me? Oh, that's right, you murdered my niece Athena. And what else, what else? Ah, and you killed my brother, Poseidon. And, I have not forgotten that it was you who butchered my beautiful Queen! I will see you suffer as I have suffered. Your soul is mine. | „ |
| ~ Hades before confronting Kratos. |
Hades is the God of the Underworld. He is a supporting character of the first God of War title and one of the major antagonists of God of War III. He originally started off as an ally towards Kratos, but after being infected by Pandora's Box, he (along with most of the God of Olympus) aided Zeus in his attempt to kill Kratos.
He is voiced by Nolan North - who also portrayed Abbas Sofian in Assassin's Creed, the Penguin, Black Mask, and KGBeast in the Arkham video game series, Scarecrow, Captain Boomerang, and Hush in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Killer Croc in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash, Green Goblin, Magneto, Pyro, and Vulture in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Dr. Edward Richtofen in Call of Duty, David in The Last of Us, Redmond and Blutarch Mann as well as Merasmus in Team Fortress 2, and General Zod in Injustice: Gods Among Us, in God of War (2005) - and Clancy Brown - who also portrayed Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption, Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants, Savage Opress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Kurt Caldwell in Dexter: New Blood, Mr. Freeze in The Batman, the Kurgan in Highlander, Undertow in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, Kojak in Recess: School's Out, Dark Dragon in American Dragon: Jake Long, Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok and What If...?, Supreme Intelligence in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., The Watcher in Avengers Assemble, Siege in the Mighty Ducks animated series, Hakon and Wolf in Gargoyles, Edgar Volgud in Atlantis: Milo's Return, Dr. Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot video game franchise, Lex Luthor in the DC Animated Universe, and General McGuffin in Wander Over Yonder.
Contents
- 1 History
- 1.1 Past
- 1.2 The Great War
- 1.3 God Of War
- 1.4 God Of War II
- 1.5 God Of War III
- 1.5.1 Attack on Olympus
- 1.5.2 Confronting Kratos
- 2 Personality
- 3 Powers and Abilities
- 4 Gallery
- 4.1 Images
- 4.2 Videos
- 5 Trivia
- 6 External Links
- 7 Navigation
History
Past
Before Hades was born, an oracle forewarned Cronos that one day, all of his children would rebel against all the Titans. To prevent that, Cronos decided to eat his children and imprisoned them in his stomach. When it was Hades turn, Cronos managed to consume him. It is never really confirmed but it is likely that during his imprisonment, Hades' head fell into some stomach acid resulting in his deformed, skull-like face.
The Great War
After Zeus rebelled against Cronos and the Titans, Hades aided his brother in battling them. During the War, Hades engaged Cronos, himself and attempted to take his soul with his soul-stealing claws.
However, Atlas interfered and managed to stop Hades with his Atlas Quake ability. Poseidon managed to weaken the Titan with his lightning magic and Hades took advantage of Atlas' weakened state, by tearing the Titan's soul from his body and absorbing it into himself. After Zeus banished the rest of the Titans to Tartarus, Hades, along with his godly brethren took control of the world, with Hades becoming lord of the Underworld.
Some time after the Great War, Hades had also kidnapped the Goddess; Persephone, brought her to the Underworld, and forced her to marry him.
God Of War
Hades appeared before Kratos on his journey to defeat Ares in translucent form and gave the Ghost of Sparta a spell called the Army of Hades to help him on his journey.
God Of War II
After Zeus' defeat at the hands of Kratos, the king of Olympus called a meeting of the gods, which Hades attended. Zeus asked his brethren to help him kill the fallen mortal, to which Hades accepted. However, the meeting was disrupted upon the arrival of the Kratos with the Titans, so as to begin the Second Great War.
God Of War III
Attack on Olympus
With the Titans ascending Mt. Olympus, Hades quickly dropped down the side of the mountain to join Helios and Hermes in engaged the enemy. He succeeded in dislodging the Water Titan Oceanus from the mountainside.
Confronting Kratos
After Kratos fell into the Underworld, he found himself continually taunted and challenged by Hades, who was determined not to let the Ghost of Sparta escape again. After Kratos finally managed to find where the god of the dead was lurking, he taunted his enemy from the shadows, reminding him of how he had wronged him by slaying his brother, Poseidon, his niece, Athena, and worst of all, his wife, Persephone. Hades swore to make Kratos suffer as he had suffered and emerged from the darkness. Hades first attempting to take the Ghost of Sparta's soul, but was unsuccessful.
A fierce battle began between the two with Kratos gouging out parts of Hades' body, such as Hades' Lung, and Kidney. Growing tired of Kratos, Hades attempted to drag Kratos into the River Styx.
However, Kratos managed to overpower Hades, and use both his Blades of Exile and Hades' claws to form a noose around Hades' neck. He started bashing Hades' head into the ceiling and dropped him into the Styx. Kratos then took the Claws of Hades for himself. But the God of the Underworld wasn't finished yet. Hades absorbed the tormented souls in the River Styx and emerged out of the River as a giant version of himself without his helmet. Hades and Kratos resumed their battle and the Ghost of Sparta finally managed to defeat him by using the Claws of Hades to tear out Hades' soul and absorb it. With Hades dead, numerous souls violently dispersed from his body.
Now without his rulership of the Underworld, the tormented souls of the Styx rose up and dragged him down into the river. With the soul of Hades enabling him to swim in the Styx, Kratos dove in and came across Hades' mutilated body with a hole torn in the stomach. Also with the god of the underworld gone, the souls once kept there poured forth, now free.
Personality
Unlike most of the other gods, Hades has no concern for what goes on in the mortal world and instead focuses all of his attention on the Underworld. If someone wrongs him in any way, Hades is quick to become furious towards them and hold a grudge against them. He cared for his family, as he was angry at Kratos for killing many of them like his brother, niece, and wife.
Hades also seems to be a rather sardonic and vindictive individual, as seen in the time leading up to his confrontation with Kratos when he constantly taunted and mocked him. He also seems to be masoch*stic, since even when he is taking rather painful strikes, he says that he only enjoys it.
Powers and Abilities
As a god, Hades has superhuman strength and durability and is immortal to conventional means of killing. In addition, his access to the Underworld means he is able to travel through shadows and trap anyone within it. The Claws of Hades aren't just for decoration; they're utter beasts in battle. Hades can wield them so efficiently, his opponents barely have time to react and dodge them. Plus, they can pull out souls and summon manifestations of other enemies. As Kratos has demonstrated this ability with other enemies' souls having acquired the Claws of Hades, it is likely Hades also has access to it. This summoned souls range from Olympian Warriors with the traditional weapons to monsters like Chimeras, Sirens and Centaurs. Although they are less durable than their living counterparts, they still pose a valid treat when summoned onto the battlefield. And that's not even counting the Hades' Cerberus Breeder.
Hades may be confined most of time to the Underworld, but he remains a deadly fighter. He's fought and defeated at least two Titans and obliterated a whole Spartan Army. One of these Titans was Atlas, the guy who's able to hold the whole world on his shoulders. Although Hades defeated him by pulling his soul out and having Poseidon's help weakening Atlas, it still appeared as though Hades pulled Atlas onto his knees with his own strength. But what's more impressive is getting the drop on Kratos in a battle that shook the very foundations of the Underworld. In the same battle, Hades withstood having whole chucks of his flesh torn off, his neck stabbed and being smashed into the ceiling repeatedly.
Gallery
Images
The Concept of Hades' Head
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Hades in the God of War comics.
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Hades in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
Hades' Helm.
Hades Action Figure.
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Hades Action Figure without his helmet.
Hades confronting Kratos
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Statue of Hades in God of War.
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Statue of Hades in God of War III.
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Hades in God of War: Ascension.
Videos
God of War III - Boss 2 Hades 1 2
Kratos vs. Hades, Part 1
Kratos vs. Hades Part 2
Trivia
- Hades was voiced by Clancy Brown in God of War III, who has voiced many video game villains, such as Baron Praxis from Jak II, and Dr Cortex and Uka Uka from the Crash Bandicoot series.
- He also voiced Lex Luthor in many animations, Mr. Krabs in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, Savage Opress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Undertow in Disney's The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.
- However, Hades was voiced by Nolan North in God of War.
External Links
- Hades at the Heroes Wiki
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