Hades

"Love, happiness, joy... They've all been taken from me. What I'm left with is only anger and a thirst for vengeance."

- Hades to Zelena

Hades, also known as the Lord or King of the Underworld, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts in the twelfth episode of the fifth season. He is portrayed by guest star Greg Germann.

Hades is based on the character of the same name from Greek Mythology, and the Disney film Hercules.

Magical Abilities

 * Immortality
 * Witchcraft
 * Spell Casting
 * Telekinesis
 * Teleportation
 * Pyrokinesis
 * Shapeshifting
 * Conjugation
 * Heart-Rip

Trivia

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Character Notes

 * Hades enjoys violin music.
 * According to himself, Hades is often mistaken for a demon. He also says that he is not the Devil, but people are always conflating them.

Storybook Notes

 * Hades' text page from the Underworld storybook says:
 * One of the missing pages from the storybook reads:

Hades nodded to himself, impressed with the leader's magic. The leader was elegantly dressed in black, which also impressed Hades. Proper fashion was very important to him. He noticed that much more that whatever the leader was shouting about. It was a vitri- olic tirade about some young farm girl who had offended the great leader. The leader believed that the blue villagers were hiding the farm girl. But instead of snap- ing the necks of the villagers for their heinous crimes the leader merely went down the line of them, transform- ing each one into a drooling, screeching beast. This form of animorphic retribution may have been satisfying to the leader, but it wouldn't do at all for Hades. He'd have to somehow convince the leader to go back to plain old killing. It turned out this leader was one of Hades' larg- est suppliers of souls, and he couldn’t very well having that supply dry up. He started to think about what kind of deal he'd offer when the leader tried to turn Hades into a hairy beast. Of course this didn't work. The leader had mis- taken Hades for one of the blue villagers, due to his outfit. But Hades is a god. Even though he [image ends] to reside on Mount Olympus, like all the oth[image ends]


 * Another page reads:

welling in his eyes. Only these were not tears of sad- ness. They smoldered with rage. "You’re wrong about me, Father. I will make a great king." Hades wiped the tears away as he said this, though his voice was a vacuum of emotion. With cold determina- tion, he approached a towering pedestal on the far side of the bed chamber where an ornate filigreed box was left unattended. Hades face betrayed a slight smile. He knew this box held the prize he sought, and no one would stop him from taking it now. He opened the box and inside was an ancient crystal shaped like a crude lightning bolt. "The Olympian Crystal", he said reverently, with more love than he had ever shown for leathery old Kronos. "So…" a voice boomed from across the bed chamber. Hades turned to see Zeus in the room, looking at him in Judgment while touching the lifeless frame of their father for one last time. "…your heart really is sickened." Zeus stepped forward to his brother, in all his chiseled might. And every inch of his muscle nauseated Hades, but he maintained an even keel. For now. "Will you not take a moment to mourn our father?

"Who loved you?" Zeus felt genuine compassion for his brother. And the olive branch he offered bore no hidden thorns, only the promise of reconciliation. That Zeus was capable of such forgiveness only stoked the flames within Hades further. "No, Zeus", Hades spat. "He only loved you." Hades took the crystal into his hands. It was his now, and no one would take it from him. Not even the mighty Zeus. The powerful magic within it glowed fora moment. "That power is not yours to wield," Zeus warned. "The Olympian Crystal is dangerous. It belongs to the king" "I should have been king," Hades said, wielding the crystal like a septer. "And once I use this to kill you, [three illegible words] kingdom I desire. He approached his brother, and for a moment, Zeus [two illegible words] that the crystal was powerful enough [three illegible words], even him. But Zeus bravely, perhaps [three illegible words] proud. Hades raised the crystal, [three illegible words] up at Zeus' chest, looking his brother in the eye as he prepared to strike him down, [three illegible words] into Zeus' heart, when…


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Production Notes

 * His casting call describes him as "a mysterious, dangerous and vindictive God-like figure known obscurely as 'Distinguished Gentleman' or 'DG'". He is also described as "a mysterious figure with god-like powers who is always clad in a perfectly tailored suit", someone who can "strike fear into people just by being friendly", and "the last person you ever want to share a drink with".
 * The idea of Hades getting a pedicure in "Souls of the Departed" was pitched by Greg Germann.


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Lost

 * As the heroes get ready to leave the Underworld, Hades says that the portal to Storybrooke will stay open for "15 minutes tops", a reference to the third Lost number.

Popular Culture

 * When Cora enters his lair, Hades is listening to Niccolò Paganini's composition "Violin Concerto No. 2 In B Minor, Op. 7, Ms 48". He also says to Cora that he wouldn't expect a miller's daughter to "appreciate a virtuoso like Paganini".
 * The book Hades reads in his lair is Goethe's play Faust. The story, which Hades happens to be reading as he is about to inform Mr. Gold that he will take his unborn child unless Mr. Gold agrees to work for him, parallels the deal Rumplestiltskin made with Fendrake, which was signed over to Hades. In the play, a man calls on the Devil for further knowledge and magic powers. The Devil's representative grants Faust magic powers for a set number of years, but at the end of the term, the Devil will claim his soul, and Faust will be eternally damned.
 * The song "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" by The Ink Spots plays in Hades' car radio during his date with Zelena. Hades plays the song again on the Underbrooke Diner's jukebox, as he prepares for another date.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.