User blog comment:The dark lord of fire/hades/@comment-3146930-20111212014536/@comment-3146930-20111212145151

Then why did he agree to draw straws for their realms when he could have simply used his status as the oldest to contest Zeus as the leader. I mean if the myth said that the other gods elected Zeus as their leader for leading them into battle, Hades would have no reason to care as it was fair. If he already knew what Zeus was planning, there is no reason to agree to his proposal, hence the ''obviously. ''