Death God Hades (ハーデス, Hādesu) is a Greek deity, brother to Zeus and Poseidon, and the dark ruler of the Underworld (冥界, Meika) and serves as the primary antagonist in the last story arc of Saint Seiya, The Hades Chapter. Within the Saint Seiya universe Hades still plays the role of ruler of the Underworld, but is and old enemy of Athena, and subsequently the enemy of the warriors known as Athena's Saints. Hades bears a special grudge against all saints who had worn the Pegasus Cloth. He wishes to wipe out all of humanity by turning the Earth into a desolate frozen wasteland. He despises all human beings, who are each time more ungrateful towards the Gods.
Contents [] Synopsis Age of myth As with Greek mythology, Hades is one of six children born from the union of the titans, Rhea and Cronus. Unlike his other siblings: Zeus, Posiedon, Hera, demeter and Hestia, Hades is not an Olympion god, but instead rules over existence itself alongside his brothers and the goddess Athena. While Zeus ruled over the sky and heavens, Poseidon controled the seas, and Athena became guardian diety of Earth, Hades was entrusted with rulling over the land of the dead conssiting of both Tartarus, where sinners are sent to suffer, and Elysion, home of the virtuous and honest. It was during this time that he rallied the promordial gods Thanatos and Hypnos as his personal generals. It was during the age of myth that Hades fought the then current Pegasus Saint who had mortaly wounded the god. Worrying for the state of his appearance, as well as his life, caused Hades was thrown in a state of trauma, deciding to forever retreted within Elysion until the world had been conquered by his subordonates.
The 15th and 18th centuries Hades most notable holy wars on humanity took place during the 15th and 18th centuries. The 20th century Hades's most recent holy war was took place in the 20th century. Avatars Much like the previous two main antagonists of Saint Seiya, namely Gemini Saga and Poseidon, Hades does not invade the Earth direcly prefering to take possesion of a human being. Every 243 years Hades can enter the world of humans and fight against Athena for control over the world. However, do to his pride and narcississm, as well as the trauma of near death caused by the Pegasus Saint from the age of myth, Hades refuses to engage his opponents directly, oppting to instead manifest his spirit inside the body of the purest and most softspoken adolescent boy on Earth.