Hades, the latest title from Supergiant Games, finally 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:came out of early access late last year. It quickly topped everyone’s game of the year list with its wit and charm. The gameplay is challenging and the characters are hot as hell (get it?). With the completion o🌄f the game also comes the completion of the story, so be warned: this article is full of spoilers.
Once players manage to fight thei🏅r way past Hades for the first time and meet their mother, the joy is cut short by Zagreus’ inability to survive above ground for very long. Those short meetings always leave the player wanting more. So here are some interesting things about Persephone fans may not know.
10 💧 She Didn’t Know Zagreus Was Alive When Shཧe Left
Supergiant Games manages to deal with this devastating topic with care and compassion. Zagreus cannot understand how his mother could have abandoned him all those yeꦯars ago until he discovers he was actually stillborn as a baby.
ꦑNyx was able to ask her daughters, The Fates, to revive him, but not before Persephone had already left. She is ecstatic to learn that Zagreus is alive and it is he who convinces her to return to the House of Hades so that they can all be a r🐽eal family. Cue the tears everyone.
9 Ever♔yone In The Underworld Respects Persephone
Once the restriction on mentioning her name is lifted, the residents of the underworld have nothing but lovely things to say a🔜bout their Queen. Nyx refers to Persephone’s kind and stately manner and the two treat each other with kindness and respect.
It is said that she brings out a softer side to Hades -- the usually cold and harsh God of the Underworld. With that in mind, it’s no surprise that everyone is glad she’s back. It's a shame she couldn't have brought out his softer side when he was making 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the pact of punishment.
8 🦩 She’s The Reason For All The Poms Of Power 🎃
The real-world myth of Persephone involves her being kidnapped by Hades who had loved her from afar. The game deviates from this my🌌th slightly. In the myth, Zeus is her father and gives her to Hades. But some interpretations of the story have Persephone being the one who falls in love with and chooses to be with Hades.
Whether willingly or tricked into it, Persephone eats pomegranate seeds. This means that she is bound to the underworld and has to spend part of each year there. As such, the pomegranate became one of her symbols which is why they can be found throughout the underworld and in her garden. Zagreus can use those precious poms for even more 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:precious boons in the game.
7 💮 ꦡ She’s Demeter’s Daughter
Over the course of Hades, playe🗹rs will learn that Demeter is not to be ꦕmessed with; she is a stern and harsh Goddess. At first, it is implied that it is just Demeter’s age that has made her so cold. But it is later revealed that she lost a daughter named Kore. It turns out, Persephone changed her name from Kore as she hated her birth name.
Persephone’s lineage is also the reason for the secrecy surrounding her stay in the underworld. Hades worries that Demeter will incite a war between the Olympian and Chthonic Gods if she discovers Persephone is with him. Zagreus definitely doesn't want to go toe-to-toe with Demeter -- especially not after seeing 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:what her legendary boon can do.
6 She Is The 🍒Godd𒁏ess Of Seasonal Change And Vegetation
While her mother, Demeter, is the Goddess of the Seasons, Persephone emb🍃odies seasonal change and vegetation. That explains why she is able to keep a warm and vibrant garden in the middle of Demeter’s cruel winter.
The myth of Persephone states she spends some time each year in the underworld and some on Olympus. Her journey to and fro is what marks the ch🐼anging of the seasons. Perhaps her embodiment of life is what gives the realm of the dead in Hades a more vibrant feeling when she is in it.
5 She Adds A Nice Touch To Hades’ Bedroom🌸
When players eventually get into Hades' bedchamber, they may notice that it is rather… barren. He sleeps on a stone slabbed with a stone pillow if it can even be called that. Once Zagreus convinces her to come back to the 🉐underworld and try to reconcile with Hades, players may notice some changes in the bedroom.
There appears to be a family portrait on the wall; sweeter still is the small and bright pillow next to Hades’ chunk of rock. Obviously, th꧙e Goddess decided she wasn’t going to settle for a man with only one pillow.
4 ☂ Ze𒉰us "Gives" Persephone To Hades
Much like some versions of the myth of Persephone, she is given to Hades by Zeus. But the game changes the details a bit in accordance with other tellings of the tale. Perseph༺one, instead, goes to Hades willingly in orderꦇ to escape Demeter, her overbearing mother.
Zeus sees Persephone as𓂃 a consolation prize to Hades who has to live in the Underworld forever. As Hades is madly in love with Persephone, he naturally finds the idea that she is just a "consolation prize" incredibly rude. It’s sweet how much he cares about her and remarkable how low Zeus' emotional intelligence is.
3 💞 Persephone Doesn’t Care For The Olympian’s Drama
Persephone regularly quips about her disdain for her family members on Olympus. She doesn’t care for their snobbery or feuds, their double-speak, and quick 🐓tempers. That’s part of the reason she agreed to move to the House of Hades.
Even when she runs away from Hades, she doesn’t go to rejoin her relatives amongst the clouds. She’d much rather live in her little garden and relax. Who can blame her really? The Olympians are an intense fam🧔ily, to say the least.
2 🐬 Cerberus Is Her Good Boi
Cerberus is the three-headed canine guardian of the gates of hell. It is his job to make sure that nobody comes or goes with the boss’ say so. He is, for the most part, infallible in that he is trained to be a guard dog. Although he’ll allow Zag to pet him and escape the underworld, he’s still quite menacing. He only holds a soft spot for Zagreus ওand Persephone.
Persephone, however, views 🀅the giant beast as basically a three-headed puppy. In the note she leaves when she runs away from Hades, she makes sure to tell Hades to take care of Cerberus. Maybe Persephone’s love for the pup is why Hades forgives him every time he lets Zagreus out. Or tears up the nearby lounge.
1 Her Keepsake Has Helped Many World Records 💃
Persephone’s 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:keepsake is a must-have for anyone trying to max out one particular boon. Her Pom Blossom grants one random boon an addition level every few rooms. Naturally, this keepsake is essential for any player trying to hit the world record 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:for highest boon level. Twitch streamer an𝄹d YouTuber Haelian managed to get Aphrodite’s Crush Shot boon to a staggering level💎 51!
He obviously had to try and get as many poms as possible throughout the run, too. But a level that high wouldn’t have been possible without Persephone’s keepsake. Of course, instead of going for the highest boons, fans could always 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:try speedrunning the game.