Ares
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Ares is the Greek god of war. Rather, he's the god of the
brutality of war- the blood n' guts. His counterpart is Ares
Athena, the god of strategy and military intelligence. He is
often portrayed in media as quick to anger, hotheaded, and
brash to a fault. If you piss him off, you can bet your ass is
going to be beaten brutally in your next war. He is the son
of Zeus and Hera. Funnily enough, some myths involving
him portray him as a jobber who'll go crying home to
mommy if you somehow manage to hurt him. In a way, this
makes sense, as outside of Sparta he's pretty unpopular due
to representing the bad side of war, so of course they'd take
the piss at him. Correspondingly, when the particularly- Aliases He Who Delights in
militant Romans were influenced by Greek religion and Battle, the Ruthless God
called him Mars, he was portrayed far more positively by Alignment Chaotic Evil
them. He also stands out by seeming surprisingly reverent
Divine Rank Intermediate God
of women (he defended his daughters and mother fiercely,
and is said to be the father of the first queen of Amazons Pantheon Greek
who of course are foremost examples of badass matriarchal Portfolio Killing, strife, war
ladies) when Greek and Latin culture alike was quite Domains 3E: Chaos, Destruction,
misogynistic. Evil, War
5E: War
Deities & Demigods considers him to be chaotic evil, but Home Plane Olympus (Arborea)
there are arguments to be made for chaotic neutral or even
Worshippers Barbarians, fighters, half-
chaotic good (thank the Romans and their reinterpretations
orcs
of Ares as Mars for that). Due to his nature, Ares makes an
excellent choice for barbarians, as well as a decent choice Favoured Weapon Shortspear
for fighters, though Athena arguably fits the fighter niche
better (being the patron goddess of the tactical side of war). GM's planning on a setting in Greece will probably
make liberal use of him, and so should consider his rivalry with Athena as a plot point.
Ares is a prominent villain in DC Comics as part of Wonder Woman’s rogue’s gallery. Since the broad scope of
this depiction is based in a public domain character, Supers RPGs can get away with copying him even more
closely than normal sample characters.
If he can grimace like Not as villainous as the
that through a helmet, DC depiction, but still
I'd hate to see him suitably savage.
without it.
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