Hermes (God of War)

“	I thought Spartans fought with honor. And yet you seek to kill me when I have no way to defend myself? Not fair! But you have your own sense of honor, right, Kratos? And what has that honor brought you? Nothing but nightmares of your failure. Today you may defeat me, but in the end, Kratos, in the end you'll betray only yourself.	„
	~ Hermes to Kratos

Summary

Hermes is the Greek god of Travelers, Messengers, Thieves, Commerce, Sports, Athletics, and Speed. He is the son of the King of Olympus Zeus and the Pleiades Maia. He is also the father of Ceryx and the messenger of Mt. Olympus.

Hermes is shown as being playful and childish. He is greatly arrogant and boastful of his speed, thinking that his foes have no chance of ever defeating him, regardless of who they are. He acts quite laid-back most of the time, frequently flipping his coin when idle. He is also fairly talkative, as he taunted Kratos about his tendency to kill family members and his never-ending quest for revenge. However, it appears that this light-hearted demeanor masks an intense hatred, which occasionally becomes evident in his dialogue with the Spartan and especially manifests itself when he is forced to confront Kratos in battle.

Powers and Stats

Tier: Low 1-C

Name: Hermes

Origin: God of War

Gender: Male

Age: Thousands of Years Old

Classification: Deity, Greek God, Olympian God, God of Messengers

Powers and Abilities:

• Powers
• Resistances

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Greek Godhood
• Divine Magic
• Immortality (Types 1)
• Attack Reflection (With the Golden Fleece)
• Acrobatics
• Energy Manipulation
• Fire Manipulation (His hair and sandals can easily generate fire upon running)
• Dream Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Probability Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Non-Physical Interaction (Souls are constructs of magic, composed of their form, the metaphysical nature of a being, their luck, their mind and their direction. Is the one who brings the dreams to Mortals from Morpheus' realm, and is also the one who personally ferries the souls of the dead to the Underworld. Damaging souls can shatter and fragment their memories as a consequence)

Resistance to the following:

• Divine Magic (Gods resist the innate properties of their magics)
• Disease Manipulation (All the gods are unfazed by the disease that plagued the entire world when Hermes died in God of War 3)
• Illusion Creation and Perception Manipulation (Olympians can easily see through illusions and hidden pathways, as well as translate the murals within the chamber containing Pandora's Box)
• Death Manipulation (Had sex with Aphrodite, who shares the same powers as her twin daughters Zora and Lora, who can kill people at the mere act of having sex with them)

Attack Potency: Low Complex Multiverse level (As an Olympian God, he should be superior to Persephone. Also fought against the Titans in the Great War)

Speed: Infinite (Is the one who brings the dreams and who personally ferries the souls of the dead to the Underworld. Even when battered and exhausted and barely able to catch his breath, he was still capable of easily dodging and outpacing the Light of Helios' charged Solar Flare at close ranges, which could illuminate the entire Underworld, which is infinite in size. His peak self easily ran faster than Kratos)

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Striking Strength: Low Complex Multiverse level

Durability: Low Complex Multiverse level

Stamina: Superhuman (Fought in the Great War for hundreds of years. Was cast off of Mount Olympus and cursed to wander around for at least one hundred years)

Range: Low Multiversal (Gods are present across their domains, which at the minimum span all of space and time.. Is the one who brings the dreams to Mortals from Morpheus' realm, and is also the one who personally ferries the souls of the dead to the Underworld)

Standard Equipment: His Winged Sandals, Golden Fleece (Formerly), Invisibility Helmet (Formerly)

Intelligence: Above Average; possesses thousands of years of combat experience

Weaknesses: Incredibly arrogant and prone to insulting his foes to the point of driving them over the edge. Also incredibly lazy to the point where he won't take his enemies seriously in a fight because of his beliefs that his speed makes him untouchable.

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