History Characters / AssassinsCreedThoseWhoCameBefore

* KarmaHoudini: Surprisingly, she gets the lightest "punishment" from Persephone if exposed for her treachery. All she gets is a truth curse which makes her unable to lie, which while inconvienent, is nothing compared to being fed to Cerberos like the Eagle Bearer, or blinded and disfigured like Adonis, or ''killed'' like Hermes.

* CarryABigStick: Wields the hammer Mjolnir, which Eivor can acquire in-game, and an ancestor of Shaun Hastings attempted to acquire.

* DropTheHammer: His main weapon is a giant hammer that can create shockwaves.

* DropTheHammer: Wields the hammer Mjolnir, which Eivor can acquire in-game, and an ancestor of Shaun Hastings attempted to acquire.

* AllMythsAreTrue: The basic premise is that the mythology and beings of all religions are essentially extrapolated from First Civilization beings. So far, figures from the Etruscan/Greco-Roman pantheon (from ''II'' onwards), the Ancient Egyptian one (in ''Origins'') and the Norse one (in ''Valhalla'') have been presented on-screen, but we also have Durga, a Hindu Goddess based First Civilization figure in ''ComicBook/AssassinsCreedBrahman.''

* CoolSword: The Swords of Eden seem to be used to give their wielder traits of ShockAndAwe blasts, TheLeader, and SuperStrength, effectively enforcing AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Goes out this way.

* YouHaveFailedMe: After the Eagle Bearer defeats him at the end of the first ''Fields of Elysium'' episode, Persephone stops the fight dead, calls Hermes pathetic and [[DisneyVillainDeath throws him off a bridge to his death for having failed her one too many times. If you manage to convince him to side with you instead, the exact same thing happens, minus the]] BossBattle.

** She's the definitive main antagonist of ''Fate of Atlantis'' being the one behind the Olympus Project, and the reason Atlantis was sunk in the first place as a way prevent her insane experiments getting out of control.

* GambitRoulette: Her whole plan is this, considering the fact that it includes such world-historical events as UsefulNotes/TheCrusades, UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance, and UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, spreading dissension and conflict among Assassins and Templars across continents to the very minute gambit of making Subject 16 decide to help Desmond achieve his destiny that she could not foresee in any way. Which is forcing Desmond into a SadisticChoice which would bring her back to life and kill him.

* MsExposition: Her holograms in the Temple in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' provide considerable background and insight into First Civilization culture and their attempts to avert the Toba Catastrophe. She returns in ''Syndicate'' to perform the same function in The World War I simulation/Lydia Frye's memories, here she gives dates and more detailed background about the First Civilization era.

* ObviouslyEvil: One of the Isu recordings in ''Fate of Atlantis'' has a note how her own kind could see her rabid hatred for humans.

* {{Irony}}: His latest reincarnation, Elijah, would be the one who end Juno's ambitions.

* {{Reincarnation}}: His Sages are essentially his avatars, periodically recurring in human hosts with his memories, his looks and some aspects of his personality though they themselves count as separate beings. Known Sages, aside from the three in ''Black Flag'', include two Templar Grandmasters, a 6th Century Byzantine Bishop, a 14th Century Confucian Author, the mythical Wandering Jew, a German Spy during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, the illegitimate son of Desmond Miles, and a certain English musician called [[Music/DavidBowie David Jones]] who was ''said to be "otherworldly", "extraterrestrial", and "possessed by multiple personalities"''.[[note]]The real David Bowie only had the appearance of heterchromia due to a childhood injury that left an eye permanently dilated.[[/note]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: After the Eagle Bearer defeats him at the end of the first ''Fields of Elysium'' episode, Persephone stops the fight dead, calls Hermes pathetic and [[DisneyVillainDeath throws him off a bridge to his death for having failed her one too many times. If you manage to convince him to side with you instead, the exact same thing happens, minus the BossBattle.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: The Hades of Greek mythology, while not someone to be crossed, was one of the least dickish of the Olympians and was, when not being completely even-handed, was more altruistically inclined.

* AmbiguousSituation: His last words after being beaten hints that he knows full well he's an Aletheia made mock-up, or that he's aware he's in a simulation, but he doesn't elaborate.

* CoolCrown: Wears a wicked-looking crown/helmet hybrid forged from a dark metal. It's one of the two items you get for defeating him, but unfortunately its legendary effect of "+100% damage with torches" puts it squarely in JokeItem territory. ''Throne of Atlantis'' reveals it can also functions like one of the Apples, or would if Hades bothered to use it like that.

* ManaBurn: While in his SuperMode, all of Hades' melee attacks drain large amounts of the Eagle Bearers' adrenaline. Two to three hits are enough to empty the entire bar and thus leave them unable to heal, making it extremely risky to engage him in melee until Hades reverts to normal.

* TheQuietOne: He doesn't say very much in ''Torments of Hades''. He's a lot more chatty in the following episode.

One of the sons of Poseidon, and one of the Archon of Atlantis

* MarriageOfConvenience: His girlfriend Elpis would like to enter into one with him, as she has political ambitions to soothe tensions between the human and Isu populations of Atlantis. That said, when asked if they're in love, Elpis answers that she's not sure Isu men love in the first place. She seems to grow more attached to the Eagle Bearer in 3 interractions than she is to him after so long as his paramour, seeing as she kills him in order to save the Eagle Bearer from his wrath.

* OrderVsChaos: Aletheia explicitly states that Persephone's rule was based on extreme order, contrasting her husband Hades' style of unbridled chaos. Ultimately, neither extreme proved viable in the long run. This is contrast to the myths where both Hades and Persephone were very firmly on the order side of things and had a very cooperative and stable run of the underworld.