Like the rest of the individuals here, I'll post my WIP character sheet. I'm personally leaving some sections open to be edited (like the relationships tab). 

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[h1][center][u][b]Hades, God of the Underworld[/b][/u][/center][/h1]
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[h2][center][u][b]|Names/Titles/Role|[/b][/u][/center][/h2]
[center]Konrad Vitalis (former); Hades, God of the Underworld, Chthonic King of the Dead, Overlord of the Abyss, Stygian Lord of the Five Rivers, Dis Pater, Aita, Orcus, Pluto[/center]
[center]Former Sanitation Officer, Gaoler of Tartarus, Cleanser of Hellas[/center]


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[center][u][b]|Origin|[/b][/u][/center]
The legends of High Pantheon and their deities, no matter how grandiose they may be, always require a demonic entity to appease their governing realms. Hades exists as the Overlord of the Underworld, a fabled deity that arbitrates the dead and condemns the unworthy. Typically depicted as an avatar of vengeance and hatred, Hades’ existence lives to fuel Hellas with nightmares of undulated, unceremonious death. Many of the commonfolk fear his rebuke in the form of hallowed wraiths stalking their villages, or a visit from the ferryman of the Styx. Their fear pushes the men and women of Hellas to bound their fallen loved ones, cleanse them with herbs, and offer their corpses to the Underworld - either through the Gates or by burial. In truth, the mortal known as Konrad Vitalis was a shipboard janitorial worker that utilized miniature drones to deep scrub the interior and exterior of the original starfaring vessel. The former mortal was ostracized from the rest of the crew for his macabre demeanor, insane sanitation standards, and outright inferiority complex. When the time came for the ascendancy, he rejoiced and joined Zeus in the decision to rule over the colonists.
	
Despite his joyous appreciation, he would still be isolated away from Olympus to toil in the depths of the future Underworld. With the gift of a nanocomposite super-printer cortex and the necessary augmentations to ascend, Konrad would descend onto Hellas as the Greek God of the Underworld, Hades. In the vast mountains, Hades nestled his home behind a pair of leviathan, nanocomposite gates known as Cerberus. It was inside the gates that the cortex was first utilized, scraping and printing the ground beneath him to begin construction of the supervault far below the crust. The device, now called the Styx Core by Hades, would become biocoded to the former mortal and give full access to the cortex’s unlimited potential. The underworld would be born with Konrad as its malevolent master.

[center][u][b]|Appearance|[/b][/u][/center]
The king of the dead, Hades, is a gangly individual with long, black hair and narrow, azure eyes. Long,  He stands as a tall, thin giant of a person with a sick complexion despite his tendency towards hygienic values. A long, shrewd face with bags under his eyes peaks out from a soot stained Corinthian helmet with horn adornments. Jet black, nanocomposite power armor adorns his form, fueled by the necrotic-bioenergy that energizes the entirety of the Underworld. A swarm of nanite drones draps his shoulders like an umbral inferno, while a gaudy, obsidian wreath crowns his skull to proclaim his palatine status. The lord of the dead holds no weapons save for several canisters of extremely potent sanitary products utilized when traveling to the overworld. When push comes to shove for the overworld, Hades will materialize a bident from the noxious energy of the underworld to enact violence on those that would oppose him. 

[center][u][b]|Personality[/b][/u][/center]
As a mortal, Hades had been an ambitious man who ruthlessly tackled the most unclean installations with a myriad of potent solutions. A macabre, obsessive personality drove him towards an unsightly demeanor to those who knew him, but never did it fully distance them. In his strange desires lay a logic that saw unimaginable efficiency to his former crew mates, an unparalleled mind that purely sought his vices in manual labor. Despite this, a stark inferiority complex wrapped around him as a shroud of doubt due to the accusations from those he worked with.  In the eons of his ascendancy, Hades has become enthralled in his eternal work for the Underworld. The personality that he had as a mortal has become hyperinflated to drastic proportions with the exception of his ego. His ambitions stretch the length of Hellas, his morose obsessions driving the growth of the abyss, and his efficient logic controlling the flow of the overworld’s dead. Only his former inferiority complex has been removed in favor of a growing ego as the infernal ruler of the Underworld. Where once he would shy away from gatherings, he now strides among them with infinite confidence. Few are the times when his mortal personality would creep out, only in times of deep stress.

Today, common dialogue with Hades is rare but brief when encountered. Most lures for his attention revolve around his domain, his macabre obsessions, and the various solutions boiled in the abyss. Most tend to find Hades a difficult person to find solid ground with; however, those with the favor of the King of the Underworld find the morose man delightfully chatty and inviting. When dining for the attention of Hades, most strangers will find themselves literally walled off and a personal orator speaking to them instead.
 
In his personal time, Hades will engage with his adjutants and servants to continue expanding the sphere of the Underworld. This often has him traveling through the supervault to personally oversee a variety of tasks. Preferably, the Overlord prefers to clean, develop new sanitation methods, and model new biomechanical automata in said tasks. Hades, however, still manages to find the appropriate time to groom his heir when possible and engage in lengthy tirades with his godly servants. He will never, unless direly necessary, step into the overworld for a brief respite, instead Hades will lounge in Elysium’s controlled environment for a short rest before resuming his eternal work.

Although it is common for a deity to pursue his bloodline, Hades never engages in active romance with any of the men or women of the overworld. The exception to this was his first romance with an acolyte woman who bore him the heir of the Underworld, Zagreus. Since the natural, elderly death of the acolyte, none have truly obtained his romantic attention and likely never will. 

[center][u][b]|Ideologies|[/b][/u][/center]
While the mortal version of Hades upheld many values in conjunction with his profession, the ascended version owns similar, but different ethics compared to before. As a mortal, Hades held virtues of competence, determination, and aspiration close to his heart in completing his daily tasks. Now, he wields perfection, judgment, and ambition as his core pillars of faith. Each task, no matter how minute, is ruthlessly tackled with an efficiency reminiscent of his mortal life. Whether it be research, ritual, or reaping the fields he’s sowed, Hades accomplishes goals that stretch beyond the daily tasks of his human life. His core ideals stretch to every corner of the underworld from Tartarus to Elysium, where his principles are displayed as physical manifestations in nanocomposite shells. 

Examples of his core pillars often begin with his necessity for perfection, ensuring every angle of the Underworld is within absolute control of his fingertips. While the supervault is biocoded, Hades will often personally engage several times a day with his adjutants to rectify oversights on their fault. This generally leads to his case of judgment, where he carefully weighs the needs of the abyss over several matters and judges them according to his personal ethics. Then, in his reign of ambition, will penultimately decide on the evergrowing wants of the supervault in order to expand his sphere of influence and modum of operation.

When it comes to hierarchies in the overworld, Hades will ignore the tact and pomp of high societies and palatine courts to achieve his goals. Despite this, the former Sanitation Officer’s inflated ego has pushed him into a state of divine supremacy that he lords over minor gods, mortals, and demi-gods. Many of his allies, enemies, and kin label him a hypocrite for his views on the overworld; however, this thought process has never bothered him and he continues to act as such to this day. 

Unlike other deities in the High Pantheon, especially the original crew, Hades firmly believes in his divinity as the supreme ruler of the supervault known as the Underworld. His actions, demeanor, and dialogue reflect his attitude as a superficial deity despite knowing the truth of the Gods. Furthermore, Hades stands as one of the many that do not believe the original colonists deserve the tech-ascendancy. The chthonic deity remains resolute in his chief position as governor of the underrealm, forever controlling the mortal affairs through spiritual intervention.
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[center][u][b]|Powers|[/b][/u][/center]
[b]Overlord of the Dead[/b]: Hades commands the Styx Core through his divine biocode, imprinted upon his heart and wrapped in an evolving, hexogramic cipher to prevent external hacking. His total control of the Underworld allows him infinite access to the full capability of the supervault. Engaging with Hades in his domain is beyond a death sentence as he can actively control, manipulate, and contort the supervault’s nanocomposite structure to his will. This extends to pieces of the supervault in the underworld, such as his power armor and his biomechanical servants. Through the power of necrotic bioenergy synthesized through the vault, Hades wields omnipotent powers as if he were an actual god. Although limited in potential, never lasting for long periods of time without direct connection to the River Styx, Hades can materialize the Underworld outside of the supervault. Specific examples of his divinity extend to his materializing bident, the leagues of bionic automata, sub-core power armor that can eject potent sanitary solutions, and nanocomposite injectors for overworld abyssal influence.

[b]Infernal Sovereign:[/b] As one of the original deities to embark on Hellas, Hades utilizes his realm defying status as the ‘Brother of Zeus’ on all entities minus the major gods. This, in addition to his infamy as the Overlord of the Abyss, allows him to exert his influence to achieve his goals in a myriad of forms - persuasion, intimidation, or bartering. Most, save for the original crew members, will bow their heads in acceptance and acquiesce to the demands of the chthonic lord. Those unbowed to his demands suffer no form of vengeance, only cursed upon by heated words of Hades.

[b]Lethian Solutions[/b]: The chthonic king, when journeying across the overworld, always journeys with a retinue of nightmarish automata rigged with bioenergy and reservoirs of cleaning solution. Before or after reaching his destination, Hades will sanitize areas highlighted by his otherworldly agents and begin the process of extending the River Styx to afflicted areas. Disinfecting agents range from necro-synthesized chloric bleach, hyper methanesulfonic acid, proto-alkaline cleaners, and a vast array of flammable oxidizers for [i]sturdier subjugations[/i].     

[b]Stygian Protocol[/b]: Unknown to anyone, save for the closest to the chthonic warlord, Hades has an utterly occult ability to raise the dead. The Overlord’s resurrection ritual, while sounding remarkably divine, is closer to forced cybernetic reincarnation. Those that gain the favor from the overworld are dragged down to the underworld upon their natural life’s extinction, regardless of circumstance. In an effort to preserve their original personality, abilities, and functions, Hades undergoes an intense operation within the proximity of the Styx Core. The fresh cadaver is resuscitated with a fabricated, subdermal implant of a sub-core of the supervault. The skeletal structure is reinforced with nanocomposite, veins pumped with synthesized bioenergy, and their deteriorated organs replaced with produce from the Elysian fields. By the time of their awakening, they appear similar but ultimately ghastly to their original features. While this endeavor showcases the supreme aptitude of the supervault, it is an operation only performable within a certain timeframe and within the confines of the abyss. Despite its inherent value, the cybernetic reincarnation still holds an eighty-eight percent chance of failure and the cadaver is added to the legion of the dead.

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[b]The Stygian Nether Plate[/b]: One of the first creations that Hades experimented with in the supervault was the reproduction of hardened nanocomposite printed onto human skin. The tests succeeded in producing armor more durable than subdermal plating and as flexible as synthetic fabric. The caveat to producing such equipment was the enormous amount of biofuel necessary to fabricate and use it. Due to these constraints, Hades deemed that only himself and select individuals would be allowed to wear wargear such as this. As such ‘nether plate’, as the chthonic king calls it, is jet-black durable powered armor that uses the biofuel processed through the supervault to energize articulate movements and heighten the wearer’s strength. All versions of this armor come with internal reservoirs for the abyssal fluid, while dozens of pipes run along the lengths of the back and forearms. Each set is meticulously designed to the biocoded individual’s preference, however, the few that wear such plating choose to fashion their wargear after Hellenic bronze age armor. Every set has an operative capacity of seventy-two to ninety-six hours before requiring complete refueling.
The few suits that do exist pale in comparison to the sheer ferocity of Hades’ personal set, known as the Stygian Nether Plate. Large, sleeker reservoirs fit to the back while hairpin pumps push biofuel through miniscule pipes across the full plating. Within the Stygian plate, a sub-core of the Styx Core resides to further benefit the overall control of Hades’ personal armor, granting ultimate control of the artifact as if he were in the Underworld. Clawed fingertips, spiked protrusions, and backmounted emitters dot across the surface of the armor with small spherical openings for spraying a variety of powerful concoctions. Through its sub-core, the Stygian Plate has the capability to operate for an indefinable amount of time. Due to this skyward limit, the artifact can expend fuel-intensive operations more regularly than the basic version of the plating. For instance, the armor can eject a swarm of biological automata in a flame appearing cloak or temporarily exert the influence of the Underworld by solid printing nanocomposite structures. 

[b]The Chthonic Bident[/b]: The second test that Hades’ performed in the Underworld, before the creation of the four regions, was the capacity of sub-core influence. He began with minute, simple extensions, testing the range of the Styx Core to its limits with remote routers. The chthonic king then implanted the sub-cores in simple, handheld devices to surmise the utility and range of gear with subsidiaries of the primary cortex. Satisfied with the results, Hades’ finalized his projects in implementing the additional cores that would eventually become the regional cortexes; however, his experiments left him with a unique device in the form of a weapon. The chthonic bident is a nanocomposite, two-pronged polearm with an immensely inferior core installed into its spearhead. A reservoir for biofuel makes up the length of the polearm from end to shaft to spearhead. Small, circular nozzles at the tip of twin prongs allow the bident to superprint as if it were the Styx Core itself, although with a remarkably smaller fuel tank. Similarly, a variety of chemical substances can be sprayed from the tips with a given command by Hades. Like many of the devices in the supervault, the Chthonic Bident is genecoded specifically to Konrad, allowing only himself and his biological children to wield it. The most impressive feature of the weapon, however, is its ability to seemingly materialize from nothing; however, this is only an illusion as the bident can rematerialize from the core planted inside it. When unneeded, Hades will fold the weapon back into the sphere to be utilized at a later date. 

[b]The Abyssal Crown[/b]: Unlike the previous artifacts, the Abyssal Crown is a rudimentary piece of wargear built from scratch with far off goals in mind. The original experiments succeeded in testing the capabilities of the sub-cores, nanocomposite flesh grafting, and viable Styx Core ranges. The Crown, however, presented a trial to influence the supervault regardless of distance. Presently, through the sub-cores and biomechanical automata repeaters, Hades can only influence the Core from within the underworld and within several kilometers of the River Styx pipes. Unfortunately, the Abyssal Crown fails as a truly beneficial work of art and remains a prototype at best. As such, the most that the Crown can produce is long-distance connection to the Styx Core to remotely operate it for the span of several seconds. During this period, while linked to the reservoirs in the Stygian Nether Plate, an immense amount of biofuel is burned to rapidly cool the neural processing amplifiers in the helmet. This often gives the appearance of a crimson, flaming entity true to the infernal lord's name. The helm further functions as a fully enclosed EVA with connection ports to the Stygian Nether Plate through the inside of the headwear. Otherwise, in appearance, the Crown remains only a title as it is, in actuality, styled in the form of a Corinthian helmet with a red and black plume. Four, jagged horns rise up from the temple of the helmet to act as external signal-boosters. While wearing the headgear, Hades appears as a mask of constantly swirling shadows with a pair of glaring, red eyes. In the future, the chthonic warlord hopes to improve it beyond its prototype capacity.
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[center][u][b]|The Domain of Hades|[/b][/u][/center]
The underworld - or the Styx Core to the High Pantheon - is the abyss given life as a hyper-powered vault that pulsates beneath the crust of Hellas. The obsidian, nanocomposite walls stretch and form like a living creature that adjusts to the will of the owner. The vault is fueled by raw organic matter processed into hyper-synthesized energy, either through the churn of fresh cadavers or earthen clod. Matter is delivered to the Styx Core via elongated pipes stretching beneath the soil, capping in areas designated for ritual burial or places of worship for the King of the Dead. These pipes, often seen as the River Styx, journey through all sections of the supervault and connect directly with the cortex. As energy and material are supplied to the cubical super-printer, vast components of eldritch property are designed to uphold the grand scheme of the underworld. Biomechanical horrors reminiscent of the shambling dead, wraiths, or other incomprehensible beings stalk the breadth of the supervault to do the bidding of the biocoded owner. Vast labyrinths of minor fabrication units, processors, and other arcane devices meld the gaping distances of the ever growing abyss. A pair of  enormous, obsidian hued powered gates lead the way into the infernal halls of the Underworld, dubbed Cerberus by the Overlord. Due to the sheer size of the supervault, Hades has categorically split the underworld into several areas referencing the original mythology: Tartarus, Asphodel , the Temple of Hades, and Elysium. Each section of the underworld is governed by a divided cortex, powered by a separate length of necrotic pipes. The cortexes, ultimately controlled by Hades, are supervised by vassals of the King. Typically these vassals are heroes, demi-gods, or particular favorites of the Overlord that catch his attention. Other gods, granted slivers of authority by the Styx Core, also operate in the nefarious halls of the dead. 

[b]Tartarus[/b]: Tartarus presides as the darkest corner of the supervault, closest to the magma core of Hellas. Within the infernal depths, rampant heretics, demi-hybrids, and demagogues loiter about in nanocomposite cells connected to a divergent section of the River Styx known as the River Phlegethon. The High Pantheon, as part of the original agreement eons ago, secludes their most dangerous entities here and entrust their faith to the King of the Underworld to uphold their punishments. In return, Hades is granted autonomy from the Pantheon and exclusive monopoly on the dead Hellasians. Those beings that reside in Tartarus are either turned into bioenergy over a long period of tenuous, biological extraction, or held for a length of time as punishment by the High Pantheon. Rumor has it that some of the original dissidents against the Gods have been holed up in the obsidian cells for eons. The Tartarus Core, the lesser symbiotic companion to the Styx Core, governs and fabricates for this particular region of the supervault. One of the five autonomous servants of Hades, Minos, governs this section as Hade’s most virtuous ‘nephew’. The Tartarus of Hellas rises as a delving, long hall of pipes and cells with a superficial tower at one end leading to the next level of the supervault. 

[b]Asphodel[/b]: Unlike the mythology as a realm of neutrality, rises as a nightmare factory of bubbling vats where the majority of the necrotic bioenergy is siphoned and synthesized several hundreds of times. At a distance, this part of the underworld appears as a cacophony of sizzling sludge-lakes with sporadic islands between the liquid masses. On closer inspection, the lakes show their true forms as a synthesizing vats that churn the raw ingredients of Hellas into perfected concoction for the rest of the supervault. Nanocomposite bio-automata patrol the causeways with long, skewering polearms to ensure the raw mixture is properly dissolving. More importantly, they ensure nothing undesirable enters through the supervault’s pipes. The Asphodel Core, another fabricated cortex hardcoded to the Styx Core, governs and automates the synthesizing process for the rest of the supervault. The mainline pipe of the Asphodel Core, the River Acheron, distributes the synthesized fluid to the River Styx with any overflow directed into certain facilities across the underworld. The second of the five autonomous servants, Aeneas, governs Asphodel from within a cluster of obsidian temples dotted across the length of vat-lakes. Asphodel, like the other sections of the underworld, remains an integral part to the overall function of the supervault.

[b]The Temple of Hades[/b]: Residence of the God and the Styx Core, remains the largest section of the underworld to date. A grand, umbral temple encloses several acres of nanocomposite land centralized around the super-printer cortex, walled behind dozens of thick energy barriers. Foundries as tall as titans of Greek mythology fabricate innumerable, biomechanical servants and other important devices for express use within the confines of the underworld. Miniature, energy-gridded vaults hide artifacts of cataclysmic potential within the halls of the Temple, while vast chambers for the sentient lives of the abyss remain in sporadic clusters throughout the lengthy hall. Fabricated columns in the shapes of the High Pantheon hold the temple aloft in their governing palms, but the figure of Hades remains as a marvelous statue that stands away from the replica of the Gods. Most visits from the overworld are greeted here in the grandiose portion of the supervault, usually pooled around the areas that Hades most visits. Furthermore, Hades spends the majority of his days toiling in his private chambers within the Temple, governing from a great tower overlooking the River Styx. Unlike the rest of the sections, the Temple is specifically controlled by the Styx Cortex and its biocoded owner. 

[b]Elysian Fields[/b]: Elysium stands apart from the underworld as the least confined by nanocomposite shell. A vast terrarium of curated, biologically tampered flora cover the lengths of this section of the abyss. Pristine, bioluminescent necro-fluid, synthesized thousands of times over, flows through the pipes of the River Lethe into the Elysian reservoirs. In turn, the reservoirs distribute a curated mist through Elysian biomechanical servants on the level. Through this mist, an artificial ecosystem blossoms on this level of the Underworld. To prevent it from cascading past Elysium, an enormous acropolis shields the ecosystem within the confined realm. This portion of the supervault was created specifically for the creation of sustenance and new sanitary agents, biochemically atomised through the Elysian flora. It is largely thanks to the works of Demeter and her G.A.I.A. devices that the Elysian Fields exist in the first place. The Goddess of the Harvest’s vast control over life allowed the ecosystem to properly thrive, life-seeding the terrarium with her power. In return, Demeter holds a small amount of sway in the realm whenever she visits. Hades knows of her pet projects in the acropolis but ultimately does not mind and elates at the visitation of the goddess. From a distance, the nanocomposite plains of Elysium appear as moss covered temples with a fragrant mist overlapping rivers of water-like fluid. On closer inspection, the moss and flora are specifically divided into separate chambers of the acropolis to gestate and artificially breed offspring herbs. Unlike the other regions of the abyss, the favored of Hades reside in the heavenly forest to lounge and enjoy the fruits of his labor. The vast floral land of Elysium is controlled and governed by the Elysian Core, another facsimile of the Styx Core specifically fabricated for regional governance. Like the rest of the regions of the Underworld, Elysium is co-ruled by the third of Hades' sentient servants, Aecaus. Above even Aecaus, however, Demeter commands equal influence to the biocoded adjutant through her contributions to the Underworld. 

Finally, despite it not being a region, a path leading to Mount Olympus beneath Hellas’ crust lies bared by the ‘champions’ of the dead legion. Known only to be entered by Zeus, or ranking members of the High Pantheon, an indistinguishable gate stands in a quiet corridor of the Olympus’ monolithic, primary temple. Those granted access to this gate often find themselves greeted by Charon upon descending towards the Underworld. Invited guests are guided, by Charon, through the most lethal automata into the Temple of Hades to speak with the chthonic king.
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[center][u][b]|Important Servants/Figures|[/b][/u][/center]
[b]Charon[/b]: Unlike the original mythology, Charon is one of the greatest biomechanical automata to be molded by the Styx Core and acts as the harbinger of Hades as opposed to the ferryman of the Underworld’s Rivers. He works as a vanguard into the overworld, gathering throngs of mortals for rituals or to otherwise suit the needs of Hades. Charon is the foremost reason, outside of the other deities, that mass burials and mourning rituals have seeped into Hellas. In the abyss, Charon is generally referred to as the Mouth of Hades, allowing the harbinger to bring his word to the mortals of the Overworld in cryptic, disturbing messages. Wherever the chthonic creature is found, he is generally accompanied by a gaggle of other nighmaric creatures from the underworld to impose their presence on the overworld. He appears as a nanocomposite skeleton clad in long, black robes with a bulbous back, carrying vast reservoirs of the bioenergy synthesized through the Styx Core. In personality, Charon holds a uniquely sentient thought process unlike the other automata. He will often tell Hades tales of the overworld, chiming in on how he personally views different subjects when asked. No matter the response or order, Charon is penultimately loyal to the Overlord of the abyss. Charon, like many of the chthonic abominations, is aware of his master’s former mortality and their purpose on Hellas.
 
[b]Zagreus[/b]: The heir of the Underworld, an energetic adolescent with a personality similar to Hades. Zagreus, a name given to him by the King of the Dead, was born to Hades through his time with the first acolyte that bore outward faith towards him on Hellas. Although the acolyte has long passed on from his life, rejecting immortality to lay in the fields of Elysium, Zagreus remains even into the eons with plentiful rejuvenation treatments. The adolescent spends most of his time in the supervault mapping the labyrinthine depths or attending Charon on surface trips. He appears as a lithe, shorter version of Hades with a broad chest and a flock of unkempt, black hair that compliments the emerald eyes of his mother. The demi-god wears a set of nanocomposite armor akin to his father’s own set, albeit with more flesh showing and gaudier cloth overlaying integral components. When the abyss is in dire straits, Zagreus will operate like his father to ensure stability of his home. Unlike Charon, Zagreus is unaware of the truth and firmly believes in his divinity. 

[b]Aecaus[/b]: Adjutant-Ruler of Elysium, Aecaus was a demi-god born from the labors of Zeus’ many fornications with Hellas’s population. Initially, before his internment in Tartarus, Aecaus held great power over a specific province of Zeus’ domain as a statesmen and son; however, he failed as his hubris brought forth unwarranted questions about the truth of his birthright to the High Pantheon. Thus he was exiled to Tartarus’ depths to remain in the Underworld until oblivion; however, Hades found a particular liking in one of the Captain’s sons and monopolized his earnest abilities to govern the abyss. Hades repaid the forlorn son with the truth of their existence and a home to call his own in the form of the Elysian Gardens. In appearance, Aecaus is a tall, muscular man with groomed, light blonde hair that compliments a pair of oceanic blue eyes. He often strolls the Underworld clad in reforged, necrofueled power armor similar to the armor he wore in the overworld. In personality, Aecaus is an honest and benevolent individual that held the adoration of the people, however he is headstrong in his decisions and stubborn to a fault.

[b]Minos[/b]: Adjutant-Ruler of Tartaros, Minos is a demi-god delivered to the Underworld for the myriad of minor troubles he forced on the Hellasians. Born as a bastard of the Zeus bloodline, Minos ruled a corner kingdom bent on spreading the glory of the gods through conquest and raid. Originally, the High Pantheon allowed and consecrated the wholesale slaughter for one of Zeus’ progeny; however, his ambitions stretched too far and too high for the deities to allow. After murdering the daughter of a minor god of the Pantheon in war, Minos was struck from his rightful divinity and removed from his kingdom to be delivered to Hades. The chthonic king claimed the progeny with the intent to have him serve, despite the errant protests from Minos himself to release him onto the Overworld. A deal was struck between Hades and the future Adjutant, in lieu of confinement Minos would govern Tartarus as its overseer and the underworld’s ruler would allow short journeys to the overworld. Either side would profit from the exchange, Hades’ gained a new servant and Minos’ claimed his limited freedom to pillage the overworld in ghastly raids against heretics and dissenters. Like many of Zeus’ children, Minos is a tall, muscular man with curly, dark hair set above a pair of azure eyes. He claims dominion over Tartarus clad in the nanocomposite, reforged wargear of his past life, further fashioned with abyssal intricacies. In personality, Minos is a gregarious, aggressive individual with a broad mind for warfare and tactics. 

[b]Aeneas[/b]: Adjutant-Ruler of Asphodel, Aeneas was the burdensome love child between a mortal and minor-goddess with a tie in physical romance. The overarching god connected to the union, Zeus, disallowed Aeneas’ rise to the Pantheon and he was forced to live a life as a mortal alongside his princely father. Motherless, Aeneas lived with a disdain for harlots and courtesans out of appreciation for his father. Despite his noble upbringing, the adolescent enacted his revenge early as a serial murderer that presented the dismembered corpses of mortal women in worship to Hades. After a multitude of slayings, the vengeful man was captured for his crimes within the confines of his father’s kingdom. Unable to bear killing his son, Aeneas was exiled from his homeland to journey across Hellas in pursuit of redemption. Hades, however, had different plans for the divine love-child and approached him in the overworld to strike a deal. Gain a home, the truth of his origins, and immunity from the High Pantheon in exchange for working in the Underworld for him. As if viewing a paragon of justice from Olympus, Aeneas groveled before Hades and accepted his bargain. Thus did Aeneas become Adjutant-Ruler of Asphodel and the Lich of the Vat-Lakes. As the scion of nobility and a minor goddess of love, Aeneas is a lithe, beautiful man with long, white hair above a pair of emerald eyes. The lovechild strides the Underworld clad in thin, chemically-repellent robes with different alterations of powered PPE to operate in the vat-lakes. In personality, Aeneas is a somber, wrathful individual with a large dose of reverence for the chthonic king.

[b]Legion of the Dead[/b]: The catch-all term for the vast, innumerable automata of the Underworld, the Legion of the Dead are the biomechanical drones that stalk the supervault in an endless gait. Their appearances range from insectile, to mammalian, to humanoid with a variation of the three in truly gruesome individuals that could be classified as champions of Hades. While the majority of the monstrosities still retain flesh, most of their underlying skeletal structure and organs have been replaced with nanocomposite augmentations, bioenergy veins, and reservoir implants. The Legion wield a variety of different armaments per their classification and roles, but the standard array of equipment provided are bidents, chemical solutions, and chemical-resistant toga-robes. Forever forced to wander the dark depths of the abyss, some fortunate souls manage to claim trips to the overworld for short periods of time. Automata cannot survive Hellas without routine supply of the supervault’s necro-energy, synthesized from the various subcores across the underworld. Without resupply, the biomechanical drones last upward of forty-eight to seventy-two hours of active operation in the overworld before defaulting and ceasing motive function. Advance parties from the Underworld routinely reclaim fallen automata before the primitive colonists of Hellas can claim their chassis. The mortals of the overworld nickname the servants of Hades as his ‘Shades’, despite their appearance suggesting otherwise.
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[b]High Pantheon[/b]: Hades and the hierarchy of the High Pantheon hold a strained relationship based on benefits and trade. Whenever a deviant, heretic, or traitor appears in their midst, Hades is called to claim their life in exile unto Tartarus. The chthonic lord faithfully completes the task set for him, requesting favors in return for the services he performs. These requests usually result in hours of long debating before conceding certain parts of the underground portions of Hellas to the former Sanitation Officer. Despite the services he performs, Hades is always thankful for the work that the High Pantheon requests. Although an official part of the High Pantheon, Hades keeps his distance from Olympus to govern the Underworld where he feels most comfortable with. Any trip to Olympus causes an uproar from the Pantheon as Hades marches through the skyward streets with a minor throng of his undead cohorts.

[b]Mortals[/b]: The colonists of Hellas view Hades as the proper nightmaric, necessary evil of folklore tales. Despite his closeness to the overworld, Hellasians hold grand rituals to stave off the throng of the dead and uphold proper burial rituals passed down from their ancestors to placate the Underworld. Whenever a Shade, or a chthonic agent, appears in a village, the mortals brandish their weapons and prepare for the worst in case their holdings are forced to pay a tithe of the dead. A great variety of cults hold Hades in high regard across Hellas, however, and raid or sacrifice in the name of the Underworld. The chthonic king cares little for the opinion of humans and their inconsequential beliefs, only focusing on what he could pilfer from their burial sites or cull from their populace to enact his desires.

[b]Demi-Gods[/b]: The variety of demi-gods scattered across the land, born from divine loins, view Hades in a mixed light. Hades actively reigns supreme over any confrontation with the lesser children of the gods, enforcing his demands and prejudice upon meeting. Belying this, the chthonic king always issues fair deals and equal opportunities for those he barters with. In confrontation, both parties will part with positive gains compared to their first assumptions. The more favorable of demi-gods, usually individuals that Hades had an eye on already, are swiftly invited to join the Underworld to claim a corner of the supervault for their own or to work under the Overlord himself. Few accept the offer, and fewer accept it willingly as every offer to join the chthonic paradise is a clever ruse to enforce their eternal stay. Thus is Hades treated by the demi-gods as every bit the judge he claims to be.

[b]Gods[/b]: Among the throng of the divine, Hades holds a fearsome relationship with his ‘siblings’. Many are outright rejected from idle conversation, unless attempting to barter with the chthonic king. Few manage to hold a special interest to him, those deities that hold titles involving death, life, medicine, machine, flora, fauna, and structures. Those that are accepted by him are outright sought and engaged with, gifts in hand and tales to tell. These individuals he cherishes like the many automata that plague his supervault.

[b]Zeus[/b]: Hades has always thought of Zeus as an elder brother after accepting him onto the ship for the initial voyage and after accepting him into his inner circle of ascended followers. Even as Konrad became Hades, he never failed in showing his appreciation and trust to the King of Gods. Without question, the chthonic king would answer and fulfill the requests of his ‘elder brother’ even if the request wasn’t handled according to specification. The God of the Underworld, further, held favor for the King of Olympus’ many biological children, going as far as taking many into the Underworld to become champions and servants. Despite Hades’ familial reverence towards Zeus, it was never reciprocated by the high deity of Olympus. Zeus’ demeanor always held a slight disgust for the officer, but Hades’ position was extremely beneficial to the Lord of Lightning so thus held his tongue on his behavior.

[b]Demeter[/b]: A kindred spirit to the former mortal, Konrad, and an invaluable ally to Hades. Originally, Konrad had distanced himself from every other individual, deeply delving into the important work that heralded his job as the sanitation officer. The two had only passed each other in solitary workflow, one appreciating the other in their dutiful resolve. As proper gods, the two interact more often than when they were mortals. Hades now views Demeter in a very favorable light based on the work that they both accomplish on Hellas. In specific, it is due to the closeness that they share that the Elysian Fields was successfully created. No short amount of work or time assisted the most recent addition to the Underworld. It is due to Demeter’s efforts that Hades always, willingly, allows her to travel through the Underworld, though Zeus scrutinizes their visits as is the standard with the King of Gods. The chthonic king always makes an effort to strike a lengthy conversation with the goddess of the seasons, ebbing away from his inferiority complex as a mortal and stretching out his newly refined ego.

[b]Hermes[/b]: As mortals, Alejas and Konrad barely interacted outside of normal duties performed about the Olympus. Typically, the sanitation officer would contact the telecommunications office whenever one of his drones would lose signal outside the starship on routine purges. Thus, it was a given fact that most of the communications department found Konrad to be a simpleton at worst and a convenient janitor at best. In ascendancy, the two have had much more interaction considering their positions as direct personnel for the Captain. Hades knew of the reputation that Hermes had, thus always prepared some form of parting gift whenever a message was brought from Olympus. It is rumored that the two have bonded much more closely after the death of the Captain and implementation of the clone.

[b]Apate[/b]: Konrad always held a soft spot for the late Nyx during their time on the Olympus, her being the only other individual that would routinely speak to him off-duty as the shipboard psychiatrist. Even into the ascendancy, Hades would seek Nyx in Olympus to talk in the early days of his reign as the chthonic king. When the Goddess of the Night passed, Hades silently mourned in the Elysian Fields but found himself rebound with delight that at least her daughters continued to live. Similar to how he treated Nyx, the infernal lord would attempt to find Apates during his trips to talk and remark on her mother’s likeness. He would dote and engage with the daughter of Nyx as if he were some form of uncle, albeit not having any actual relationship with the Goddess of the Night. Despite this, neither Nyx nor Apate have never been invited into the Underworld unless under strict authority by Zeus. To Hades, he had wished to perfect Elysium before encouraging Nyx to visit. 

[b]Typhos/Isaac Holcomb[/b]: Unlike the majority of the crew, Isaac and Konrad had a modest amount of interaction between rest periods. With the head of security remaining uptight and practicing standard discipline, Konrad always felt like he was being watched as a potential danger for the inhabitants of the Olympus. Occasional questioning and jeers, Isaac’s demeanor kept Konrad away from him as much as possible. In ascendancy, Hades has not seen a single appearance of the man and felt glad to be rid of the individual; however, he always felt a prickle on his skin whenever the chthonic lord heard of raids against his temples.
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