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groinkick:
Hades had a crown (halo?) of Mordite.  Harry took notice of it and had some ideas of it.  Here is a question I have.  Could the Mordite crown/halo actually be of significance about Hades?  Mordite comes from the Outside.  I was thinking maybe he wears it like a trophy for his fights against the Outsiders, or perhaps it's an actual symbol of status for a position he holds (besides the obvious one).  Think it has a meaning or was Harry's guesses more accurate?

Another thing to consider also is that Hades has something from the Outside.  Mother Winter also does I think with the Black Staff/Walking stick.  I have the opinion that it's connected to the Outside, and that's why it's able to absorb the negative effects of dark magic.  Harry said it looked alive.  I think it's a form of life from there.

Tiberius:
Sure it could. From greek mythology, IIRC, Hecate (MW, and all the other fairy queens) was the only titan to help the olympians in the war against the titans (Old ones? The ones banished to the Outside?) so she could've gotten her trophy stick, and Hades his crown. Now, for us to truly validate this, we need more greek gods, but we have  a good basis for forming this hypothesis.

Quantus:

--- Quote from: Tiberius on June 09, 2017, 06:11:28 AM ---Sure it could. From greek mythology, IIRC, Hecate (MW, and all the other fairy queens) was the only titan to help the olympians in the war against the titans (Old ones? The ones banished to the Outside?) so she could've gotten her trophy stick, and Hades his crown. Now, for us to truly validate this, we need more greek gods, but we have  a good basis for forming this hypothesis.

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That was Rhea, Zues's mother.  Hecate was from a younger generation of the Olympian gods, though Zeus honored her above most (all?) others for some reason (In the DF Id credit it to her also being their Fate rep).

As far as the Crown goes, Hades most famous magical Artifact was a Helm of Darkness (which I could see as a reasonable mythological drift from a Crown of Mordite).  The myths said it turned the wearer invisible, and was featured in a myth or two, but in a DF context Id speculate that it's not simply visual invisibility but rather a more powerful/absolute sort of Anti-detection. It was supposedly forged along-side Zues's lightning bolt and Posiden's trident, so we're talking their original Items of Office/Power

Snark Knight:

--- Quote from: Quantus on June 13, 2017, 01:43:04 PM ---but in a DF context Id speculate that it's not simply visual invisibility but rather a more powerful/absolute sort of Anti-detection.

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Maybe it specifically makes him undetectable to Nemesis. That would be valuable indeed.

groinkick:
Maybe because Nemesis causes insanity, and loss of control he keeps that there so if he's ever corrupted he'll lose control and it will destroy him..  Kind of like a self destruct if he's infected.

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