Death Vs. Hades

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Death from the Darksiders series and Hades from the God Of War series

Death, He is the leader of the Four Horsemen and the eldest of the surviving Nephilim ever since he carried out the extermination of the rest of their kind on the orders of the Charred Council. vs. Hades, god of the Underworld, wealth, and the dead. He is the brother of Zeus and Poseidon and a son of the Titans Cronos and Rhea.

Death's past is mysterious and by all indications he prefers it that way. What is known is that he is one of the oldest of his kind, the nephilim, one of the Firstborn. When the nephilim went on their world destroying crusade under Absalom, it was he, as the closest thing they had to a crafter, that suggested the creation of the lesser and Grand Abominations from the bodies of the ravaiim, the race that inhabited the first world the nephilim attacked. This was, indeed, the very reason they targeted the ravaiim's world. These were terrible weapons made of metal meshed with sinew, organs, and flesh, far more powerful than the nephilim's other efforts, such as the sword Affliction and Death's own scythe, Harvester. They were eventually sealed away by the Firstborn in the Abomination Vault, though not before many were lost or destroyed on battlefields like Kothysos.

Armaments and Abilities:

Death wields the shapeshifting scythe Harvester or other shapeshifting scythes when needed. He is capable of wielding a wide variety of secondary weapons, from bucklers, armblades, gauntlets, and claws to massive maces, axes, and spears. The Horseman also wore many different pieces of armor though he eventually obtained the full suit of Abyssal Armor. He also makes use of his
Phantom Horse, Despair, as a steed and his crow companion, Dust, to search for the correct path.

Redemption: One of Strife's handguns that Death wields.

Death Grip: A power that allowed Death to use a ghostly hand to pull items towards him or pull himself to certain points.

Voidwalker: A power that allowed Death to create portals in certain surfaces, it could also be used to travel through time once it had been upgraded with the Phasewalker.

Wrath Powers: Death could wield powers from both the Necromancy and Harbinger skill trees.

Soul Splitter: A power that allowed Death to split his spirit into two forms while turning his physical body to stone.

Reaper Form: Death can transform into a large hooded being with skeletal wings and wielding a massive scythe. He can also summon this form for brief moments during battle and when opening chests and doors.

Strengths: Considerable physical strength,


Weaknesses: N/A

Hades appears in cut scenes in God of War II, depicting the Great War, when the Gods defeated the Titans. He is seen fighting and imprisoning Atlas alongside his brother, Poseidon. There is a statue of him in the Garden of the Gods along with Athena, Ares, Zeus, Helios, and Poseidon. At the end of the game he is seen with Poseidon, Helios and Hermes standing in front of Zeus, before the second Great War begins. Also when he's fighting Cronos, Atlas comes and uses a ground attack on Hades. Then Hades manages to take Atlas's soul within him. In the comics, Hades is seen in flashbacks competing in the wager of the Gods, a contest in which Gods choose various mortals as their champions, with the goal being the capture of the healing elixir known as Ambrosia. Hades chose Alrik, a warrior who sought to capture the Ambrosia in order to save his ill father, as his champion. After which, in fear that Kratos may best his champion, Hades sent a torrent of great fires from the sky onto Kratos' army. However, he was still unable to kill Kratos. After Alrik was defeated by Kratos and torn apart by Rocs, Hades revived him and sent him to destroy the Spartan who defied him. After being saved from death, Alrik then discovered that his beloved father had died, and so, the new Barbarian King vowed to exact vengeance onto Kratos.

Powers and Abilities: Hades was one of the most powerful gods of them all, being the ruler of the underworld and one of the oldest of the gods, his power is rivaled only by Zeus, Kratos, and Poseidon.

Immortality: Like all gods, Hades was immortal, and could not be slain by mortal means.

Invulnability: Hades was invincible to certain forms of attacks, and able to take significant amounts of force, Kratos only managed to defeat him by ripping his own soul out of his body, While Kratos did have to destroy the peices of flesh he tore from Hades twice, lest the Ruler of the Underworld would keep recovering.

Shapeshifting: Hades could also shapeshift, which he demonstrated during his battle with Kratos, as he increased his size throughout the battle, eventually growing to the size of a giant.

Superhuman Strength: As a god, Hades has super strength, his strength is incredible, able to overpower titans with ease, and match Kratos in battle.

Superhuman stamina

Superhuman durability

Necromancy: As the ruler of the Underworld, Hades had a good deal of control over the souls of the dead, to the degree where he was able to gift them to worthy mortals. While Kratos traversed the dangers of Pandora’s Temple, Hades gifted him with the souls of the Underworld to aid him in his journey. These souls are much stronger if they are summoned from the deepest depths of Tartarus. These souls can viciously maul Kratos’ enemies to death, or weaken them enough for him to finish them off.

Pyrokinesis: In the comics he was also capable of launching fireballs, indicating his ability of Pyrokinesis, likewise when really hurt by Kratos during there battle, his realm would ignite with a burning inferno.

Umbrakinesis: Hades was also able to manipulate shadow and darkness as he demonstrated in his fight with Kratos. Hades could breath dark energy from his mouth.

Regeneration: Hades possessed regenative powers, such as when Kratos ripped a piece of his fleash out, he could heal himself simply by place the flesh back.

Telekinesis: Hades posssesed telekinesis, although a seeminly weak varity, he was able to make the flesh Kratos tore out of him move back to him.

Hades also carried the Claws of Hades, duel hook-ended chain-blades with the power of tearing the souls from any living being, even a Titan. They are depicted as being a set of spiked chains with two hooks glowing purple at the end of each. Hades is "draped" in them, and they are embodied with his magic powers. Using the magic stored within the chains, Hades can pull out the soul of his enemies. By absorbing souls, they allow Hades to become stronger, something he even references whilst battling Kratos, as he taunts him by stating his soul will only make him stronger. These chains are extremely lethal weapons as they allow Hades to attack at short and long distances. Hades when he slams his claws on the ground he can spread the chains everywhere to instantly kill his enemies. They glow with a dark purplish aura indicating the number of souls that it has absorbed. By absorbing countless souls, the chains' attack power increases as well as the speed . Hades has the ability to summon legions of the undead as well as a wide array of undead beasts using the Claws' power. The chains were a very powerful part of Hades' arsenal, and with them he defeated many Titans in the War. Free from certain limitations the claws being so powerful even managing to rip the ground from his helmet.

Strengths: (see above)

Weaknesses: N/A

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