History Characters / HadesTitularCharacter

** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] in ''Hades II'' with him and Hecate, Melinoë's guardian after [[soiler:Chronos conquered the House of Hades and froze everyone inside it in time, save for Hades himself. Hecate is warm and supportive of Melinoë, but can be a demanding teacher when the time comes, such as when she tests Melinoë before leaving Erebus. Hades, on the other hand, is aloof when Melinoë encounters him in Tartarus, but it stems more from his treatment at the hands of Chronos and his depression over his failure to protect the House of Hades, and he still supports Melinoë by offering her a boon to fight Chronos with.]]

* LovingParentCruelParent: The Cruel Parent to both Nyx and Persephone's (Zagreus' adoptive and biological mothers respectively) Loving Parents. He regularly sneers down his nose at Zagreus and his efforts to escape the Underworld, going so far as to send monsters after him [[spoiler:and act as the FinalBoss]]. [[spoiler:Eventually, Hades starts to go a little easier on Zagreus in every context except for combat]].

[[spoiler:-->'''Narrator:''' ''The once-feared Underworld King resembles now the wretched and damned that here were shackled in his stead, until the scheming Titan Chronos cut them loose.'']]

* SoProudOfYou: In the sequel, [[spoiler:when spoken to after defeating Chronos for the first time, Hades proudly commends Melinoe for being able to do on her own what took the full might of Olympus to achieve.]]

* PapaWolf: After realizing his daughter has descended Tartarus to save him, Hades urges her to no avail to escape while she can and avoid Chronos's wrath. When that doesn't work, he decides to instead offer her a boon to aid her against the FinalBoss.

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Having been reduced to Chronos's prisoner in the sequel, he's a ragged, handcuffed and uncharacteristically anxious shell of the imposing god from the first game. At the very least, he still offers Mel support via minor boons.
-->'''Narrator:''' ''The once-feared Underworld King resembles now the wretched and damned that here were shackled in his stead, until the scheming Titan Chronos cut them loose.''

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Hades doesn't back down or show weakness in front of anyone, even Nyx herself. However, the only person that can make him look ''meek'' and can't make eye contact with is [[spoiler: his wife Persephone]]. Once [[spoiler: Persephone returns]] it's the first time Hades is outright gentle and cautious around anyone and their conversations afterwards is nothing but Hades promising he'll do whatever he can to make sure [[spoiler: Persephone feels at home.]] Due to [[spoiler: Persephone's influence]] Hades also starts showing a more fatherly and kind side to Zagreus, even calling him by his name and makes a genuine attempt at an apology for the years of abuse and an offering to start over. Even Zagreus is initially surprised at this change, but does welcome it.

** In the sequel, [[spoiler:he act disturbingly meek and cordial upon first seeing his father, Chronos, even when he sits on his sons throne and freezes his family in time, hammering home just how much he fears the Titan of Time.]]

** He's not this with [[spoiler:Melinoë. He doesn't belittle and berate her in contrast to her brother. When he puts down her attempts to kill Chronos it's more of worry and fear as he knows how powerful his father is considering he locked up the lord of the underworld and his family. That said when he sees Melinoë's resolve to save him and their family he does his best to help her by giving his boons to her to stop his father. It makes sense as he went through his CharacterDevelopment in the first game thanks to Persephone returning to him and was gone throughout his daughter's entire life as he asks Hecate to keep her safe from Chronos.]]

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* In the sequel, [[spoiler:he act disturbingly meek and cordial upon first seeing his father, Chronos, hammering home just how much he fears the Titan of Time.]]

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Hades is the god of the Underworld and of the mineral riches of the earth, the lord and master of the House of Hades, and the father of Zagreus. He is in charge of maintaining order within the Underworld, determining the placements and punishments of the dead, and hearing the petitions of shades that come before him.

* HowTheMightyHaveFallened: Having been reduced to Chronos's prisoner in the sequel, he's a ragged, handcuffed and uncharacteristically anxious shell of the imposing god from the first game. At the very least, he still offers Mel support via minor boons.

* HowTheMightHaveFallened: Having been reduced to Chronos's prisoner in the sequel, he's a ragged, handcuffed and uncharacteristically anxious shell of the imposing god from the first game. At the very least, he still offers Mel support via minor boons.

[[Characters/HadesCthonicGods Chthonic Gods]] ([[Characters/HadesZagreus Zagreus]] | '''Hades''') | [[Characters/HadesOlympianGods Olympian Gods]] | [[Characters/HadesOtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]]]

-->'''Hades:''' [[spoiler:You think your mother shall make me go soft, do you?]]

* ActuallyPrettyFunny:

** [[spoiler:And of course, losing Persephone, the only person he ever really opened emotionally up to, is the most recent one. To make matters worse, he have ever opportunity to talk to Persephone again, but he believes the only way to protect her and prevent another war is by staying far away from her and trying to prevent Zagreus from meeting her.]]