Editing Hades

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|journalCOD=The God of the Underworld, a former (and still aspiring!) world conqueror who would like nothing more than to see Hercules wiped off the face of the planet.<br>With the Coliseum a tangle of bugs and Cloud a tangle of emotional issues, he ought to have found a way, but Sora showed up just in time to show HIM up, and prove once again that sliminess doesn't pay.

'''Hades''' is an antagonist from the ''[[Kingdom Hearts (series)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' series, originally from the 1997 Disney animated feature ''Hercules''. He is the Lord of the Dead and the ruler of the [[Underworld]]. Hot-headed literally and emotionally, he will stop at nothing to see the end of [[Hercules]].

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Hades tries to convince [[Terra]] to give in to his darkness by having him duel [[Zack]] in the Coliseum. He flees when Zack is defeated, but reappears when [[Aqua]] arrives. He is surprised to see that the person winning the games is a "little bluebird", and calls Terra a coward for not using his darkness. Hades challenges Aqua, fighting her alongside the [[Ice Colossus]], but flees when he is defeated, vowing to return.

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[[File:Sora's Entry Pass (KHFM) KHHD.png|thumb|left|Hades gives Sora an entry pass to the games.]]

When [[Maleficent]] began her conquest of the worlds, Hades became one of her allies. He utilized the [[Heartless]] by supplying them as monsters to the [[Olympus Coliseum]], for heroes to battle as usual. However, he also gained the assistance of [[Cloud]] by promising to lead him to [[Sephiroth]] if he will kill Hercules.

When Sora arrives at Olympus Coliseum and is rebuffed by [[Phil]], Hades provides him with a pass to enter the games, but when [[Sora]] starts winning the tournament, Hades instructs Cloud to kill Sora as well. When Cloud fails to kill Sora, Hades has [[Cerberus]] attack Cloud, but Hercules rescues Cloud while Sora defeats Cerberus. As Sora leaves the Coliseum, Maleficent warns Hades not to be overcome by the darkness, but Hades waves Maleficent away, claiming he can handle it.

When Hades learned of Maleficent's demise, he took matters into his own hands. Hades, determined on personally defeating both Hercules and Sora, opened the [[Hades Cup]] in the Coliseum. The long, grueling tournament had a battle with him near the end. Unfortunately for Hades, Sora defeated him in the battle, knocking him into a cell where he was beaten up by someone. After a few more battles in the cup, though, Hades decided on a way for revenge.{{fact}} When Sora reached the final rank in the tournament, he had to combat the [[Rock Titan]].-->

One year later, Hades resurrects [[Auron]] in the Underworld and offers him his life back if he kills Hercules. When Auron refuses this offer, Hades becomes enraged, and almost strikes Auron down until Sora and company arrives, needing to speak to him. However, Sora and the others quickly retreat, as Hades is invincible within his domain and they are weakened by the Underworld's curse.

Pete suggests waiting for the Heartless to take care of Sora and company, but Hades dispatches Cerberus to take care of them instead. However, Sora and Auron defeats Cerberus and escapes when Sora unlocks a door with the Keyblade. Learning that the Keyblade can open any lock, Hades decides to steal it and reopen the [[Underdrome]], a coliseum locked up by [[Zeus]] long ago. After Pete informs him that only Sora can wield Keyblade, Hades kidnaps [[Megara]] and traps her in the Underdrome, knowing that Sora must use the Keyblade to rescue her and unseal the Underdrome in the process. Additionally, Hades sent a [[Hydra]] after Hercules to prevent him from interfering and had Pete on standby to ambush Sora once he enters the Underdome. However, Sora is able to save Meg with Hercules's help. At the exit of the Underworld, Hades confronts them and reminds Hercules about the Hydra which he had neglected to finish off completely. They enter the Coliseum to see it in ruins with the Hydra towering over it. The Hydra is defeated, but Hercules lost his strength and will, because of the guilt that he had since he had not completely destroyed the Hydra.

[[File:Hades Defeat KHII.png|thumb|200px|Hades falls into the River Styx.]]

Within in the [[Datascape]], a data version of Hades makes a deal with the Data-Cloud: if Cloud destroys Data-Sora and Data-Hercules, Data-Hades will give him the power to go to other worlds by telling him "The Secret of Heroes", and make him become stronger. However, he later double crosses Data-Cloud, and reveals that he isn't the source of Olympus Coliseum's [[Bug Blox]]. After the defeat of the Data-Cerberus, the real source of the world's Bug Blox, Data-Hades battles the trio of data heroes.

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In his normal state, Hades has blue skin and blue flaming "hair". His eyes are completely yellow except for his black pupils. He has very sharp teeth and an unnatural black mouth. His face is quite long and thin, with his chin jutting out abruptly. His fingers are long, thin, and clawed. He wears what appears to be a dark grey shirt underneath a black toga, the latter of which seems to be held up by a small skull pin on his right shoulder. Hades's feet are never visible, due to the length of his robes.

When Hades gets angry, he quite literally erupts with anger; his skin turns a reddish orange and his hair flares up in a bevy of glowing flames.

{{Q|What is so funny, you imbeciles! How dare you get a happy ending... HOW DARE YOU!|Hades, after Hercules saved Meg}}

Hades is one of the most temperamental characters in the series. Although others are shown to be temperamental, Hades bursts out in anger on a more regular basis. When Hades gets angry, he explodes into a red pillar of fire and his normal blue colored "hair" burns red (which is ironic since blue fire is warmer than red fire).

Hades is also shown to be very cunning and smooth when calm and tends to talk a lot; for instance, when he tricked Sora into opening the Underdrome to save Meg. He also shows this trait when talking to Hercules, most of the time giving indirect answers and eerie hints that usually lead Hercules to danger. Also, unlike other Disney antagonists, Hades never seems to lie directly, instead never telling the whole truth of the matter. He possesses a biting, dry wit, and has a habit of making both subtle and overt verbal jabs at those around him. Hades also has childlike tendencies, like blocking his ears with his fingers and pretending he doesn't hear Sora when he tries to talk to him. He admitted that he has an ambition to rule the world in ''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded''.

Hades is a powerful recurring boss in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series who always makes heavy use of Fire elemental magic in his encounters. The Lord of the Dead has high amounts of HP, and can even become invulnerable for short periods of time. In the first ''Kingdom Hearts'', Hades is fought only in the final rounds of the Hades Cup. In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', he is fought not only as a scripted boss, but also in the Hades Paradox Cup.

[[File:Hades - Hercules (1996).png|thumb|left|Hades in ''{{w|Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules}}''.]]

Hades, like many characters from ''Hercules'', is based on a person from Greek mythology. While the Greek version of this deity has a humanoid depiction and is for the most part a relatively passive but unmerciful deity, the Disney version is depicted as an evil, satanic god with a hatred for his brother Zeus, jealous of being assigned to the Underworld while the Sky God became ruler of Olympus. Both versions of Hades also have a series of demonic beasts at their disposal, and reign supreme over the souls of the dead. Believers in the Grecian Hades would show their devotion to their god by going as far as to bang on the ground to ensure he was listening to their prayers. Major differences between these two depictions of Hades are that the Disney Hades is trying to overthrow Zeus, has an affiliation with fire, and is served by the demons [[Pain and Panic]], qualities that were actually associated with {{w|Alcyoneus}}, {{w|Hephaestus}}, and {{w|Ares}}, respectively, in the original mythology.

 

In the Disney film, Hades crashes an infant Hercules's party, only to return to the Underworld and learn from the Fates that the boy would be the only thing that stood in the way of the Lord of the Dead's stealing his brother Zeus's job as Ruler of the Gods. He later had sidekicks Pain and Panic kidnap the baby and turn him mortal so that he could be killed, the dark god plotting while Hercules aged. Hades eventually found a girl named Megara in his ownership, using her to lure Hercules into his traps once he learned the hero had lived. Hades succeeded in freeing the Titans and taking over Olympus as prophesied eighteen years ago, yet was defeated at Hercules's hand. The god was then sent tumbling into the River Styx.

*In all of his appearances, Hades tries using a character from the ''Final Fantasy'' series to get rid of Hercules. In ''Kingdom Hearts'', ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'', and ''Kingdom Hearts coded'', it is Cloud, in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', it is Auron. In ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', he uses Zack in this manner, as well as to display the power of darkness to Terra.