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{{cquote|''Sorry to keep YOU waiting. But now that I'm here, let's get this party started!''|quotecite= Hades revealing himself in [[Chapter 9]].}}

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|name= Hades

|image= hades_final.png|150px

|firstappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' (2012)

|gender= Male

*''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''

'''Japanese:''' <br />

*''Kid Icarus: Uprising''

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'''Hades''' (ハデス Hadesu) is the unexpected primary antagonist of ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. He is the true ruler of the [[Underworld]] and is responsible for [[Medusa]]'s revival, which set the events of the game in motion. Medusa was revived as a distraction for [[Pit]] and [[Palutena]] while Hades was busy gathering souls of the human race in order to store them within his realm. He accomplished this by using lies to turn different nations against each other, causing war to break out.  

===Personality===

At first glance, Hades appears to be a mischievous trickster. When engaged in conversation, Hades often acts carefree and speaks in a playfully dull tone that is filled with sarcasm and cruelty, often making snide remarks and backhanded compliments. Even in the middle of a battle, Hades is shown to be very calm and level-headed, rarely ever getting angry. Hades also has a bit of showmanship, always boisterous and bombastic. Hades is also shown to have a genuine sense of humor and enjoys telling jokes and making puns at even the most odd or inappropriate of times.

Hades also shows himself to be a cunning and manipulative strategist, knowing exactly how to trick others into doing his bidding. He revived Medusa to distract Pit and Palutena and when she is defeated, Hades managed to manipulate the humans into starting a war with each other over a nonexistent [[Wish Seed]], even tricking Pit into slaying the [[Phoenix]] to kickstart the war.  

Hades also loves to play mind games with his opponents, teasing them, annoying them, and finding any way to get under their skin. He frequently insults and belittles other characters. Pit in particular seems to be his favorite target as he goes out of his way to enrage him, usually by bringing up his inability to fly. During the Aurum Arc, he frequently sends [[Mimicutie]]s in Pit's path to impede his progress and in [[Chapter 20]], he mockingly presents the very real possibility that the angel may have to kill the possessed Palutena. The only one immune to Hades's mind games is Dark Pit, who mostly ignores him.

===Abilities===

Hades is an extremely powerful deity, easily one of the most powerful characters in the game, possibly second in might only to [[Dyntos]]. As the god of the Underworld and its true master, Hades has full power of control over his realm, with it appearing to be impossible to enter it without him knowing it right away. He can house himself anywhere (and everywhere) within the Underworld, even in the darkness, not needing a castle to live in like Medusa.  

Given his size, along with his strength and status as a god, Hades has incredible durability and vitality, having survived being bisected and beheaded only to regenerate these body parts easily and not be slowed down by it. Even when his heart was destroyed, Hades simply to brushes it off with a joke. Like the other gods, Hades is able to telepathically talk to others and project a giant astral hologram of himself wherever he wants. He also has a suction ability, which allows him to swallow things (including Pit himself) whole.

Hades was hinted to exist in chapters [[Dark Pit (chapter)|6]] and [[chapter 7|7]], but first reveals himself at the end of [[Medusa's Final Battle|Chapter 9]], where he interrupts the game's credits sequence after the defeat of [[Medusa]] to reveal his master plan. He states that it was him who revived Medusa, partly because of her hatred towards [[Palutena]]. In the [[Chapter 10|next chapter]], it is revealed that Hades created the rumor of the [[Wish Seed]] in order to make humans fight amongst each other which led [[Viridi]], the goddess of nature, to destroy them for their hubris. This was all part of his plan to collect the souls of all the countless human soldiers lost in battle. This soon leads the [[Forces of Nature]], the [[Underworld Army]], and [[Palutena's Army]] into a massive three-way conflict.  

''Mere moments after having his head crushed by Medusa, Hades returns with a new, fresh complexion. While he attacks Pit with a renewed ferocity, it still isn't enough to withstand the assault of the Great Sacred Treasure.''

====Trophy Description====

''The true ruler of the Underworld, he is so powerful that he easily resurrected Medusa for his own amusement—and to distract his foes. Full of arrogance, he does have a genuine sense of humor, though it mainly serves to conceal his callous disregard for life.''

==Trivia==

[[Category:Deities]]

[[Category:Kid Icarus: Uprising]]