Ares

== "That means I can smash him into a pulp as often as I want he'll just keep coming back for more. I like this idea."

- Ares Ares (Ἄρης in Ancient Greek) is the God of conflict, war, and violence He is also associated with more virtuous aspects such as courage and righteous anger. The only son of Zeus and Hera, he is the brother of Enyo, Hebe, and Hephaestus (his mother's son alone). He was given the name Mars by the Romans, who additionally associated him with agriculture. His symbols include the boar,dog, serpent, spear, sword, and vulture. Ray Winstone was cast as Ares in The Lightning Thief, but he was never actually shown. ==Physical Description== Ares typically dresses in a leather duster with a muscle shirt, a bulletproof vest (actually his shield in a modern version of itself), an iron padlock necklace, black jeans, and combat boots. He wears red tinted wraparound sunglasses to cover his eyes which are hollow sockets filled with flames like nucular explosions. He is described as having black, oily crew cut hair, being tall, with a bulked up body, and a handsome face with scarred cheeks. He rides a large, black Harley Davidson chopper motorcycle with a flame pattern paint job, a leather seat made from human skin, with shotgun holsters riveted to the motorcycles sides. This motorcycle is actually his war chariot in a modern version of itself. He also has a hunting knife strapped to his thigh and an aluminum baseball bat (actually his spear in a modernized form) that can turn into various weapons, including a two handed broadsword and a shotgun. ==Mars== Ares can change his appearance and turn into his Roman counterpart, Mars. As Mars, he becomes more disciplined, warlike, and militaristic (if the latter two are even possible). Mars may have more children at the Roman Camp Half-Blood in San Francisco. The Greeks envisioned Ares as a brutal and fearsome being. In contrast; Mars was dignified and noble, the most revered of the gods after Jupiter, and the father of Rome. ==Personality== Ares is aloof, cruel, proud, rebellious, and violent; an easily angered bully who seems to care only about fighting. Rick Riordan stated that "He could pick a fight in an empty room." Because of this, he is disliked among gods and mortals. Even when Ares was brainwashed into starting a fight among his family, he still thought it was amusing. Ares is a capable strategist but his temper makes him tend to focus on strength and his arrogance leads him to underestimate his opponents, allowing more clever fighters to defeat him. He hates being called a coward and is willing to pick fights with people for no apparent reason. Ares believes any problem can solved through fighting and encourages rebellion and violence above everything. Despite his personality, he does have a soft spot for his children even if he can be a strict parent as shown with Clarisse. ==Abilities== Possesses the natural abilities of a God in addition to having vast physical strength and the minor ability to control fire. As the personification of war, he is an expert in all areas of warfare. He owns a magic war chariot that can transform into different modes of travel including a motorcycle (his preferred form) and a German Panzer. One of his most notable possessions is his magical spear that can turn into various weapons. He also has the ability to invoke feelings of anger, passion and violence in others. In The Last Olympian it is shown that he give his blessing to notable warriors like Clarisse, giving them invulnerability when they show true courage and righteous wrath in the heat of battle. ===Chariot=== Ares' War Chariot is Ares' personal chariot. When not being used by him, it is usually being driven by Phobos or Deimos. As tradition, his sons normally drive it aged fifteen. ==Relationships== He is Aphrodite's boyfriend, and has been for millenia. Her husband Hephaestus once caught them together in a golden net of his own design, and invited the gods to come and laugh at their affair. Hephaestus seems to enjoy inventing new ways to humiliate them, so Ares and Aphrodite pick the locations for their dates very carefully.Aphrodite also loves Ares more then Hephaestus and has many children with him His demigod children all have the same cruel, aloof, and rebellious attitude as he does, especially his daughter Clarisse. ==Children== ===Immortal children=== *Deimos (with Aphrodite) *Phobos (with Aphrodite) *Eros (with Aphrodite) ===Greek demigods=== *Clarisse La Rue *Sherman *Mark *Edward Teach (Blackbeard) *Eurytion ===Roman demigods=== *Remus and Romulus == Percy Jackson and the Olympians == === The Lightning Thief=== During the Winter solstice, Luke Castellan stole the master bolt and the helm of darkness. Ares caught him, but Luke convinces him into carrying out Kronos' plan. Ares let Luke go and kept the helm and the bolt until Percy came along to complete the delivery. On June 14, 7 days before the summer solstice deadline, Ares approached Percy Jackson, Grover Underwood, and Annabeth Chase on his motorcycle as they were trying to get dinner. He "generously" paid for their meal (frightening many of the customers and staff in the process) and then got the companions to retrieve his shield (in the form of a bulletproof vest) from the Tunnel of Love ride in an abandoned Waterland. In return he told them to jump in an animal-smuggler's truck to get to Los Angeles. At this point he also gave Percy a backpack with $20, a pouch of golden drachmas, fresh clothes for the three of them, and a box of Double-Stuf Oreos. However, this backpack was actually the modified sheath for the master lightning bolt, enchanted by Ares to have the master bolt appear in it when Percy got close to Hades. After Percy, Grover and Annabeth escaped from the Underworld by using the pearls given to Percy by the Nereid, Ares was waiting to kill them at the beach. Ares revealed the reasoning behind his plan, but accidentally revealed that Kronos was controlling him through his dreams. He tried to kill Percy with a giant boar, but Percy sliced off one of its tusks with Riptide and engulfed it with a wave, killing it instantly. He then challenged Ares to a duel - if Ares won, he would turn Percy into anything he wanted, and get the master bolt; if Percy won, then he got both the bolt and the helm and Ares had to leave. Eventually Percy won the duel when he stabbed Ares in the foot; Ares tried to attack Percy again in a fit of rage, but Kronos prevented him. Before Ares departed, he warned Percy that he made a terrible mistake by making the God of War his enemy. He then curses Percy that his weapon would fail him when he needed it most, before leaving. ===The Sea of Monsters=== Ares does not appear much in the Sea of Monsters. He is only seen talking to his daughter Clarisse La Rue on the ironclad CSS Birmingham. He orders his daughter not to fail the quest (and threatens her to make her do it), and get Percy Jackson and his friends out of the way. For this reason, Clarisse refuses to let Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson go, but they all escape when the ironclad explodes. ===The Titan's Curse=== He is seen first at the Junkyard of the gods, bringing a white limousine with the goddess Aphrodite inside. He is last seen in the Winter solstice of the Gods where he voted "Yes" on the destruction of Percy Jackson. In addition, the curse he gave to Percy in the first book (that, at a crucial time, his sword would fail him) comes back to haunt, as when Percy fights Atlas, his sword becomes too heavy to lift. ===The Last Olympian=== Ares is only seen attacking Typhon with a knife while riding his motorcycle, and to congratulate his daughter Clarisse La Rue on defeating the Drakon, and votes for Percy becoming immortal, muttering "I like this idea, then I get to smash him to the pulp and he'll keep coming back for more", when the gods give Percy Jackson the chance of becoming a god. ==Trivia== *Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is named after Ares' Roman counterpart. *Ares states in The Lightning Thief that he considers the U.S "the best thing since Sparta" as ordinary citizens are allowed weapons and how the constitution allows more freedom when it comes to punishment by law. *Ares uses sunglasses to cover his eyes, which are actually hollow sockets filled with flames. *Ares' aluminum baseball bat is actually his spear in disguise. *Ares' preferred form for his chariot is a motorcycle which serves the same purpose as an ancient war chariot did. *In The Demigod Files it says his hometown is Mount Olympus; however under his bumper sticker reads: "I wasn't born in Sparta but I got here as fast as I could." *According to Rick Riordan, Ares best quote is "Kill it dead". *In myth, Ares is portrayed as a military general or professional warrior but in America, he took on a 1950's rebellious "Greaser" persona. == Film == ===The Lightning Thief=== Ares is played by Ray Winstone, though he is not credited. He is seen briefly at the end of the film when the gods are arguing. He is seen on the left side of the screen with silver battle armor, and although it is a far camera shot of him, he is shown to have grey hair. When the gods are all sitting in their chairs, he is shown sitting crookedly (one leg is on the arm of the chair) in between Demeter and Athena. ==Gallery== Ares and Aphrodite Chariot.jpg|Ares and Aphrodite Chariot Ares Bust.jpg|Ares Bust Ares - Warrior.jpg|Ares - Warrior 9aphrodite.jpg|Aphrodite, his lover|link=Aphrodite ares god of war.jpg|Ares in war ==See Also== * Ares' Throne           FUCK YOU MY VAGINA==