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And the world may be long for you

But it will never belong to you

Created on 2009-07-18 18:19:11 (#21162367), last updated 2009-10-15

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Name:	Ερμής [Hermes] // Armin A. Driskoll
Location:	New York, United States

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.the myth;
» God(dess): Hermes
» Reference: Here you are~
» Family: {mother & father} Zeus & Maia; {spouse} none.
» Played By: Stephen Campbell Moore
» Human Alias: Armin A. Driskoll
» Human Age: 30
» God of...: Heralds and thievery.
» Flair: Hermes is extremely quick on his feet and can outrun almost all mortals. He's been known to even haul ass past a bicycle, but only when he's feeling particularly sprightly.

He is also a master of persuasion, talking mortals out of whatever he might want from them. Usually, it's money, but he's never turned his nose up at information or a good-looking stranger.
» Flair Type: Continuous.
» Fitting in: Confidence man, specializing in mail fraud.

» Weakness: From the moment of his birth on Mount Cyllene, Hermes has displayed an insatiable need to prove himself, especially against his elder brother, Apollo. Driven by jealousy and greed, he's constantly challenging his peers, wagging his tongue and puffing up his chest in an effort to be recognized as superior. However, in the presence of Gods who undeniably outrank him, such as Zeus, Hades and Hera, Hermes is a brown-noser, through and through. This also stems from his insatiable need for recognition.

As a God, Hermes was bathed in a beautiful, golden light that acted as a natural airbrush. His beauty was praised by all who met him. Now a mortal, that light is gone and he's been revealed as a relatively plain man. Not unfortunate-looking, but nothing to turn your head at, either. Hermes is incredibly sensitive of this, fearing that he's lost some standing by appearing less than a Greek God, and will go to extreme lengths to preserve what beauty he still has. He spends hours grooming and selecting his outfits. He crash diets if he sees mortal life start to have the slightest effect on his physique. And, should someone tease him about his less than perfect appearance, he's liable to punch a hole through a wall the moment he finds himself alone.

As a lesser weakness, Hermes is a complete gossip-hound. The best way for someone to wiggle into his good graces is to tell him a juicy factoid about some God he's currently trying to one-up.

» History: Born on Mount Cyllene to the ancient nymph Maia and the patriarch of the Olympic pantheon, Zeus, Hermes wasted no time in proving his worth to the Gods. Within a few hours of his birth, he successfully stole a herd of Apollo's cattle and led them to a cave, where he slaughtered several of them as an offering to the Gods above him, thus inventing holy sacrifice. Apollo, however, possessed the gift of prophesy and soon confronted the young Hermes and his mother, who both categorically denied that Hermes had stolen the cattle. Apollo then went to Zeus, who insisted that Hermes return the herd. Still, Hermes denied, but eventually buckled beneath his father's stare and returned the cattle to Apollo. However, shortly after returning them, Hermes began to play his other invention, the lyre, and Apollo was so taken with its sound that he traded the herd for it. From that moment forward, the two Gods had a close, but extremely volatile friendship. Hermes shared his inventions with Apollo and Apollo agreed to impart to the younger deity some of his knowledge. Despite the friendship, Hermes never stopped trying to prove himself against Apollo.

Given the position of courier and herald of the Gods by Zeus, Hermes soon grew into his most famous talents: the swiftness of his feet and tongue. His wit also imparted to him diplomacy and its shadow, treachery. A gifted thief and liar, Hermes indulged in less than savory activities for the sport of it. Even as he conned and cheated, he exhibited a fair amount of grace and good-nature.

Hermes continued to use his keen mind for other tasks as well, such as invention. Over the course of his stint in Ancient Greece, he masterminded the alphabet, numbers, astronomy, music, the art of fighting, gymnastics, the cultivation of the olive tree, measures, weights, and many other lesser things. A shameless favoritist, he taught these things only to the mortals in his favor.

Serving as a psychopomp, a deity who bears people between the realms of the living and the dead, Hermes brought Persephone back from the underworld to her Demeter. Though he was rejected as a suitor of Persephone by Demeter, he did his utmost to reunite mother and daughter.

Hermes' most important endeavors were usually undertaken upon Zeus' request, such as tying Ixion to the wheel, stealing the metamorphosed Io from Argus and rescuing Dionysus from the flames of his birth. Simply put, Hermes would do absolutely anything to earn his father's praise. Other notable acts include his bestowal of gifts to the first mortal woman, Pandora, such as a deceitful nature and a silver-tongue. Hermes was also responsible for the creation of mortal languages, acting as a Greek Tower of Babel, and is thus known as the great interpreter.

Hermes was taken by Cronus just before the outbreak of the Trojan War. Hermes therefore has no recollection of any events that concern him after that point of departure.

» Personality: Hermes was born with a chip on his shoulder. No one knows exactly how it got there; perhaps being the son of Zeus had something to do with it, but none of his siblings seem to be so neurotically obsessed with their parentage. Perhaps it's just how he is. Regardless, Hermes moves constantly forward with a nervous energy, never satisfied with his own accomplishments, capabilities and possessions. In conversations, he can be quite annoying and nit-picky, tearing apart others' sentences due to a grammatical flaw or tiny piece of misinformation. He's always looking for some way to stroke his own ego in order to feel like he's worth a damn.

Eloquent when he'd like to be, well-dressed when he'd like to be, lively and interesting when he'd like to be, sometimes all that energy expended on being "impressive" takes its toll on the God. He's known to slip into long bouts of depression and apathy, which he spends alone in a room, moping and tinkering on failed inventions.

Despite his desire to be seen as superior to his peers, Hermes does care about the people he's trying to define himself against. If he didn't care about them, after all, what they thought of him wouldn't be nearly so important. While he usually does not know how to show people his caring or concern, he feels it nonetheless. His usual solution is to tell someone who is nurturing and kind what's going down so that they might comfort the upset party in his stead. It isn't gossiping, he insists- it's just group therapy.

As he's always looking to have more of everything, be it experiences, money, thrills, Hermes is notorious for being unable to settle on a lover. He's tried them all at one point or another, people of all shapes and sizes, religions and creeds and temperaments. Settling for a single lover means stagnation to Hermes, and he's vowed to never stop moving.

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