Hera of Olympus

Special Abilities:

• Superhuman strength
• Resistance to injury
• Ability to bless or curse marriages

Personality:

Hera is, without a doubt, her reputation. She is jealous. She is vindictive. She is vain yet insecure. She has a mean streak, she's even a little bit crazy, and she wears her heart on her sleeve. But in addition to those things, she is also dutiful and protective. Hera is loyal and loving to those who do right by her, and when she loves, she loves hard. She is honest and candid, never hiding her flaws, never afraid to let her feelings be known. When she is not hurt, Hera is compassionate and kind.

History:

Initially, Hera had no interest in Zeus, despite his insistence on courting her. A daughter of the titans herself, she was a powerful goddess in her own right and had no desire for husband, especially Zeus, with his reputation for being reckless and obsessed with power. Finally, Zeus resorted to trickery, posing as an injured cuckoo bird. Hera took pity on the creature and held it to her breast to keep it warm. Zeus resumed his true form and, taking advantage of Hera's surprise, raped her. To cover up her shame, Hera married him. Once they were together, Hera accepted her situation and came to love Zeus.


Hera spent her lifetimes loving yet resenting her ass of an husband who got off on his own power and couldn't keep it in his pants. Because of the unrequited, unyielding, and unconditional love she had for him, it broke Hera every time he cheated, and she lashed out, punishing the women by turning them into cows, arranging their deaths, having them watched by hundred-eyed guards, etc. This earned her the reputation of a vindictive scorned woman. Some of her insanity stemmed from her sense of responsibility for her husband. As Zeus's wife, she felt it was her duty to keep him reined. But because she was so blinded by her love and because he was more powerful than her, she could not punish him, so she punished his lovers instead, hoping that he would feel guilt due to their pain and change his ways.


When she was finally fed up with Zeus's cheating, she convinced the other gods and goddesses to join her in a revolt to overthrow Zeus for often abusing his power and for bringing shame to Olympus with his unbecoming, philandering ways. They agreed. Hera was able to drug Zeus, and the gods bound him in chains. Unfortunately, while they were arguing about how to proceed, Briareus, who sympathized with Zeus, freed him from the chains. Zeus stormed in and grabbed his thunderbolt and punished Hera by hanging her from a cloud by a chain of gold.


Hera wept for years, thinking of how she got to that place--her rape, loving a cheater, punishing the wrong person every time. When Zeus finally got annoyed at the weeping and set her free, Hera finally left him.


When Zeus started conquering story realms, Hera was the one to round up the most powerful witches across every dimension to stop him. She became one of the first librarians and is one of the only remaining elder librarians.