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| Bio: |  Deity Name : Hera. Other Names : ˈHɪərə. ˈHɛrə. Ήρα. Here. Ήρη. Juno ( according to Romans ). Gamelia ( presider of marriage ). Zygia ( part of a pair ). Teleia ( perfect ). Role/Function : Goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, kings, and heirs. Queen of heaven. Queen of the gods. Powers : Affecting the weather. Driving mortals mad. Cursing other women's beauty. Objects and Familiars : Crowns. Cuckoos. Peacocks ( her chariot was drawn by them ). Cows. Pomegranates. Willow trees. Water lilies. Lotuses ( decorated her staff ). Parents : Kronos & Rhea. Siblings : Hestia, Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Spouse : Zeus. Children : Hephaestus, Hebe, Ares, Eris, and Eileithyia.  MORTAL BASICSFull Name : Elena Sophia Bianchi [ formerly Lombroso, Riccioli, McKinley, Packard, Saxon, and Lucius ]. Date of Birth : 05 Oct 1972. Nationality : very Italian. Social Class : Upper. Parents : Giuseppe Lello Bianchi & Silvia Luisa Bianchi. Siblings : None. Past Relationships : Six husbands respectively, nothing serious before them. Significant Other/Spouse : Reviewing applicants. Thoroughly. Children : None. Education : Graduated from St. Stephens International Boarding School - 1990. Career : Serial wife. MYTH AESTHETICS Height : Comfortable at an average, human height of five foot three. Build : All soft angles, very feminine. Hair : Loose curls of a medium brunette. Eyes : Fluctuating shades of blue, green, and violet. The iridescence of peacock feathers. Skin : Exceptionally fair. MORTAL AESTHETICS Height : One hundred and seventy-eight centimeters ( five feet, ten inches ). Build : Willow boned, but curvy. Hair : Very long and very dark. Perpetually black thanks to the wonders of Clairol. Eyes : Light brown. Skin : Dusky. Olive. Trademark European. MYTH PSYCHOLOGICAL Personality Traits : Jealous. Easily bored \ easily amused. Vengeful. Vindictive. Sadistic. Explosive. Dynamic. Compelling. Dramatic. Treacherous. Wicked step mother syndrome. Majestic. Solemn. Vain. Petty. Unrepentant. Murderous. Manipulative. Detached. Hobbies and Interests : Getting revenge against her husband's girlfriends. Following Zeus around. Spying. Being a jealous psycho. Strengths : Determined defender of the sanctity of marriage and monogamy. Weaknesses : Determined defender of the sanctity of marriage and monogamy - but married Zeus. MORTAL PSYCHOLOGICAL Personality Traits : Classic. Intense. Charismatic. Poignant. Confident. Catty. Elegant. Discontent. Codependent. Predatory. Materialistic. Effortless. Hedonistic.  Hobbies and Interests : Living the high life.Strengths : Her bank account. Weaknesses : Her inability to be comfortable while alone. MYTH RELATIONS Friends : Her children, sometimes. Enemies : Heracles, primarily. Zeus' illegitimate children; Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, etc. Her feelings over them fluctuate between civility and bitter rage. Zeus' flings; Leto, Callisto, Semele, Lamia, etc. They got what they deserved. Romantic Status : Taken, whether he likes it or not. Sexual Preference : Zeusosexual. Likes : Irony. Toying with people. Mortal watching. Competition ( although she's a very sore loser ). Devotion. Marriage ceremonies. Peacock feathers. Dislikes : Infidelity. Feeling unloved. Playing nice. Rudeness, impoliteness. Stress. Being undermined or questioned in her authority. Failure ( her's mainly, but if anyone else's affects her, it isn't tolerated ). MORTAL RELATIONS Friends : ( to be decided. ) Enemies : ( to be decided. ) Romantic Status : married to Matthew Packard Edward Saxon Alfonso Lucius DIVORCED Sexual Preference : Hetero. Likes : Italian cloves, sports cars, and shoes. Opera, concertos. Traveling. Big cities. Dolce & Gabbana. Crowded places. Vaganova ballet. Latin music. Street vendors. Dining al fresco. Vintage records. Pinot noir. The smell of rain. Bvlgari. Powerful men. Social climbing. Dislikes : Loneliness. Small children and animals. The beach. Jet lag. Tacky women, scandalous men. Tourist traps, gaudy knickknacks. MYTH BIOGRAPHICAL The oldest daughter of Cronus and Rhea, Hera was one of the first to be swallowed by her father due to a prophecy that one of his children would someday take over the throne. She was fortunately released some many years later when Zeus came along.  Hera chose to be raised separately from her siblings in the region of the Hesperides. She had never been very interested in her brothers and sisters, and was always more happy and peaceful when she was by herself. Hera had never responded well to Zeus' attempts to seduce her, so one day he resorted to trickery that appealed to Hera's nurturing side. It was the dead end of winter and Zeus turned himself into a cuckoo bird that appeared to be frozen from the cold. Hera, feeling sorry for the bird, held it close in an effort to warm it. It was then that Zeus made his true self known; turning back into his normal shape, he took advantage of the surprised state Hera was in and raped her. Hera was naturally furious, but opted to marry Zeus in an effort to cover her shame.Hera's marriage with Zeus was founded in strife and continued in strife. In the beginning, Hera was convinced that everything with Zeus would work out for the best. She very quickly found out how wrong she was. As the goddess of marriage, Hera presided over the right arrangements of the marriage and was the archetype of the union in the marriage bed, but she was never notable as a good mother. She naturally loved all of her children, but never seemed to shake her ambivalence or coldness toward them. All of her affection and attention was wasted on Zeus, she rarely had a smile or a kind word left to give to her children at the end of the day. When Hera found out about Zeus' illegitimate child Athena, she was jealous and outraged. In revenge, Hera gave birth to Hephaestus without Zeus' assistance; this had grave consequences as Hephaestus was born malformed. Zeus was then disgusted with Hephaestus and ordered Hera to cast her son from Mount Olympus. Tortured by her devotion to Zeus, Hera eventually conceded and disowned the child. Hephaestus eventually gained revenge against Hera for rejecting him by making her a magical throne which, when she sat on it, didn't allow her to leave it. The other gods begged Hephaestus to let her go but he repeatedly refused. He ultimately released Hera after being given Aphrodite as his wife. Hera has always had a vindictive temper not just against Zeus's paramours and offspring, but also against any mortals who crossed her. She often sought revenge with the bastard children if she could not hurt the mother first hand. Hera, protecting the deity of all wives, she is often angry with Zeus because she regards his infidelities as insults against what she stands for as a goddess. There are several examples of Hera's poorly controlled rage. On many occasions, Zeus has tried to conceal his illegitimate children to protect them from Hera's jealous anger. While Heracles was still an infant, Hera sent two serpents to try and kill him as he lay in his bed one night. When that failed, she waited until Heracles was grown. She drove him mad and caused him to murder his own wife as well as all of his children. When Hera discovered that Zeus was in love with a queen named Lamia, Hera turned her into a monster and murdered all of Lamia's children. Lamia was cursed by Hera with the inability to close her eyes so that she would always obsess over the burning image of her dead children. Once when Zeus was being particularly overbearing to the other gods, Hera saw her opportunity and convinced them to join in a revolt. Her part in the revolt was to drug Zeus, and in this she was successful. The gods then bound the sleeping Zeus  to a couch, but then began to quarrel over the next step. Briareus overheard the arguments from nearby, and still being loyal to Zeus, snuck up and released him. The other gods promptly fell to their knees begging and pleading for mercy. Hera's punishment was that she was painfully hung from the sky with chains. Hera cried all night, begging Zeus to release her, and he finally did when she promised to never riot against him again. Hera stood by her word for many years, until she saw true opportunity again with the Coup of Cronus.THE WAR -- Hera sided almost immediately with Ares. She wasn't fully intending to turn her back on Zeus, as she never truly believed that Ares had the slightest possibility of victory. She could only hope to make Zeus see how wrongly he had been treating her, make him reconsider all of his actions. It was a dramatic move, but dramatics had always suited Hera just fine. MORTAL BIOGRAPHICAL Elena's upbringing wasn't altogether unique or transcendent by any means. She was born and raised on the outskirts of Venice. Her birth was the culmination of two intellectuals, a biochemist and a clinical psychiatrist, that were so alike.. it's incredible how their one and only child would become so strikingly different. From the beginning, it was apparent that Elena wasn't on the same page or plane of existence as her parents. As a child, she was whimsical, obsessed with make-believe and fairy tales. This wasn't understood or tolerated by either of her parents. Rather than allowing the young Elena to play in the afternoons, they kept her indoors. Demanded she stay clean, keep her dresses pressed and unwrinkled, that she learn to read beyond her skill level, and that she strive to excel in mathematics and sciences. It wasn't long before the Elena became closed off and wilted, resorting to imaginary friends in the solitude of her bedroom as a means of escape. While her parents had been disenchanted by Elena's interest in fantasy, the unexpected production of imaginary friends was particularly horrifying. At six years old, Elena was enrolled in an all girls private academy. This new setting made the stringent prison of her childhood home look like Disneyland. Everything in Elena's life was now monitored; from free time, to what she ate, to who she spoke to. Life became monochromatic and numb, and Elena focused all of her new energy on going through the motions as quickly and painlessly as possible. After graduation, Elena did not return home. She also opted not to attend university, instead taking on a job as a cocktail waitress in a night club. It was profitable enough, and kept her in a comfortable lifestyle; rent got paid and she was able to afford the occasional pair of designer shoes. It was during her first year of cocktailing that she met Anthony Lombroso, a bartender of the club where she worked. It was classic bad timing on both of their parts that had the pair clattering into one another behind the bar, both getting doused in Remy Martin and diet cola. He took one look at her and the rest fell into place rather easily. Their engagement was a short one, at just four months. Their marriage, in the end, barely doubled that. To her credit, Anthony would be the only one of Elena's husbands that she loved. He was hit by a car shortly after their eight month anniversary, and died in the hospital later that night. The second husband, Dominic Riccioli, came more out of necessity than desire. He was a banker and twice Elena's age, but she had debts that needed to be paid. Their marriage was one of convenience and lacked the passion of Elena's first. She was the pretty face that got towed along to all of the business parties, and he wrote the checks for anything she coveted. The two conceded to divorce after her husband confessed to have fallen in love with a co-worker. It was after the divorce papers were signed and the first discovery of alimony that Elena realized her true calling. To be not just a wife, but a serial wife. Four more husbands followed over the years, some lasted longer than others. Each one more prosperous and older than the husband previous had been. No two were alike. Johan McKinley was a Dutch art gallery owner on vacation in Milan when he fell for Elena. Matthew Packard was real estate investor she shared a taxi cab with in New York while shopping. Edward Saxon was an eclectic writer in Soho. And the last one, Alfonso Lucius, was old money from a hotel heir empire. The strange part was that Elena never really planned for her marriages to end in divorce, they just always did. She very much wanted to be married, always had, for as long as she could remember. There was something comforting about being married, being taken care of. But some problem always ultimately reared it's head; infidelity, irreconcilable differences, Elena refusing to have children. Four days after her latest divorce was final, Elena was on the phone with her travel agent. She very much needed to clear her head and get a change of pace. Having spent the last decade in New York, she was feeling horribly Americanized. Her agent suggested Athens, and Elena didn't even have to think about it before saying, " Make the ticket a one way. " | |||||||||
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