Post by Zeus on May 12, 2010 23:24:05 GMT -5
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.:Full Name of Character:.Zeus
.:Nick Name:.Known by many names Lord of the Sky, Astrapios, Mighty Zeus and Brontios just to name a few.
.:Appearance Age:.around 45
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[/u][/center][/size][/font].:Look:.Zeus is a man that carries power with him wherever he goes and whatever he does. He is very tall, and has the looks of a brave gladiator, or fighter. His body is not as muscular as some of the other gods, it does not have to be. He wears a beard that he keeps scraggly and a bit unkempt. He has dark hair and piercing blue eyes.
.:Height:.6"5
.:Portrayed by:.Sean Bean
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[/u][/center][/size][/font].:Basic Personality:. Zeus is a very abitious God. He is very goal oriented, and rarely backs down from a challenge. When he sets his eyes on a goal he focuses night and day on it until that goal is met. He is also quite intelligent and very strategically thinking. He focuses on what the next step should be before the need arises to have that step. Zeus also has a bit of a temper, when he is angered or heaven forbid..embarassed he has been know to unleash his powers upon those who are to blame..or are nearby.
Another side though is a softer one that few get to see. Zeus, although sometimes causes the mortals a great deal of agony and distress actually truly love them. He sees them almost like helpless beings who need his guidance to truly become something. He also loves his many daughters and sometimes dotes endlessly upon them. His wife is also a testament of his softer loving side, even though many consorts could say the same.
Superbly rational, Zeus has become an outstanding administrator and a respected leader. He sets high standards and is a very strict disciplinarian, even-handedly meting out punishments to those who brake the rules and settling all their disputes with great wisdom and impartiality.
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[/u][/center][/size][/font].:Species:. god
.:Position:. Ruler of the Gods
.:Power:.
1. Controling the Sky (thunderbolts, Rain, winds..etc..)
2.Control the mystical life energies of other Olympian gods
3.Granting superhuman abilities and properties to living beings or inanimate objects
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Wife: Hera (plus many other consorts)
Parents: Cronus and Rhea
Children: Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite,Dionysus, Hebe, Hermes, Heracles, Helen, Hephaestus, Perseus, Minos, the Muses
Siblings: Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera
.:History:.
The birth of Zeus was to be a fateful event.Sixth child of the ruling Titan god Cronos and the goddess Rhea, Zeus was the first to escape the fate of being swallowed by his father. Cronus, made fearful by a prophecy that one of his children would overthrow him, had eaten each of his children shortly after their births to prevent this from happening.
Rhea, understandably, was not happy about this, and after the birth of Zeus, tricked Cronus into swallowing a rock that she had wrapped in a blanket, leading him to believe it was his newborn son. With the help of Gaia (the great Titan oddess Mother Earth) Rhea placed the care of her infant Zeus in the hands of the ash nymphs who hid him in their cave.Zeus grew nicely under the nymphs' care, and, as a young boy, came to be an attendant to his father. Cronus had no reason to suspect that his new cup-bearer was actually his son.
His mother and the goddess Metis (a Titan goddess of wisdom) prepared a special potion for Zeus to slip into his father's cup. When Cronus drank from the cup he grew nauseous and vomited up Zeus' five siblings that he had swallowed -- Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon.
Understandably outraged at having been imprisoned all these years, the siblings decided to wrest the throne away from Cronus. The wise Zeus realized that they would need both weaponry and powerful allies to accomplish this feat so, with his brothers; he freed the Cyclopes (one-eyed giants) from their imprisonment in Tartarus
Grateful for their release and willing to help battle Cronus, the Cyclopes presented the brothers with gifts to show their appreciation. To Zeus they gave his thunderbolts, to Poseidon his trident, and to Hades a helmet that, when worn, made the wearer invisible.
Now well armored, the siblings began the battle against their father and his troops. The war was long and bloody, but eventually won when the invisible Hades crept up behind Cronus, Poseidon immobilized him with his trident, and Zeus knocked him unconscious with his thunderbolts.
Zeus soon after decided he needed a queen and picked Metis, the goddess who had helped him trick Cronos into disgorging his brothers and sisters.When Metis became pregnant, the great goddess Gaia, irritated with his high-handed ways issued a prophecy that any son of Zeus and Metis would grow to eventually usurp the throne of his father. So, in a variation of his father's routine, Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis to prevent her from giving birth to a son.
He need not have bothered for Metis was carrying a daughter, not a son. As the unborn daughter grew for years inside his head, Zeus developed the headache to end all headaches! Hephaestus, the god of the forge, could see how miserable Zeus felt, and fashioning a golden axe especially for the occasion, split Zeus' head open to relieve the pain. When he did, out stepped Athena, full-grown daughter of Zeus who was fully-clothed and ready to assume her divine responsibilities as the goddess of war. She was to become her father's most trusted ally and advisor.
Now with Metis out of the way, Zeus went on to have several other consorts (and children by them) before actually marrying. Eventually though Zeus decided that it was time for him to marry, and he picked the goddess Hera.
But Hera was not at all interested in this arrogant young god and wouldn't let him near her. Realizing what it was that was "putting her off", Zeus transformed himself into a cuckoo and created a thunderstorm that drenched him thoroughly. Finding the little bird wet, bedraggled, and shivering, the kindly Hera picked him up and cradled him next to her heart. Changing back into his usual form, Zeus convinced her that she should take pity on him too, that, like the bird, he was also vulnerable and madly in love with her. Hera realized she loved him too and agreed to marry him and become his Queen.
.:RP Sample:.
Zeus was not in a very good mood. It was understandable really, the recent attacks on Olympus and the Gods were causing a stir. He was furious when they started to happen, but he did not take action because he though for sure they would go away, of course things are rarely that easy when it comes to Olympian matters.
He sat on his throne overlooking the mortal realm. It was actually just a large open area on the floor of his palace and it could virtually show him wherever on earth that he so choosed to look at. Currently it was at Sparta, he was watching the battle that his son Ares was in. His son was fighting bravely which caused no surprise, he was the god of war afterall. He knew his son could not truly be hurt but each strong and powerful blow that landed upon an enemy Zeus swelled with pride. He would never actually show these emotions outright to his son, or any of his sons that was their mother's job. He knew they knew he loved them and that was all that mattered. Sons should not be coddled, they should be treated like the men they will soon become.
Daughters were different, they were so beautiful and innocent...for the most part. Zeus had a soft spot in his heart for his daughters. He thought about his children, there were many. He had claimed each one, empowering them and giving them their right to certain powers, sometimes protecting them from Hera if needed be. He was a good father, but how was he suppose to protect them from something he could not see? Something he could not control? He slammed his fists down angrily on his marble throne and lightening flashed threateningly across the sky. The Ruler of the Gods was not happy and he was going to do something about it.
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