Hera [U/C]

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ｏ ｇｒｅａｔ ↘↘
"O Great Hera, Queen of the Gods," indeed.

ｈｅｓｉｏｄ ｈａｓ ｃａｌｌｅｄ ｍｅ ｔｈｉｓ ↘↘
To be frank, I'd rather be known as Hera, or Juno, for all you Roman fans. Though I suppose it must be oh so difficult for mortals to remember four letters, so the various epithets that also refer to me include: Aigophágos ("Goat-Eater"), Akráia ("She of the Heights") Ammonia, Argéia ("She of Argos"), Teléia (as goddess of marriage), Basíleia ("Queen"), Leukṓlenos ("White-Armed"), Bounáia ("She of the Mound"), and Boṓpis ("Cow-Eyed" or "Cow-Faced"). Hesiod paid dearly for the last one.

ｉｔ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｏｂｖｉｏｕｓ ↘↘
Did the title "Queen of the Gods" not speak for itself?

ｉｔ ｄｏｅｓ ｈｅｌｐ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｒｔａｌｓ ↘↘
It's rare I ever appear for mortals, but I suppose it could happen, so I'd rather you be able to recognize me for who I am and not some other minor deity. The form I've grown fond of lately is a Caucasian woman in her late twenties, standing at five feet and nine inches. I have fair, unblemished skin as smooth and silky as satin itself. My hair is a curly honey blonde, usually with chocolate brown highlights, but I may not have them if I'm attending somewhere where first impressions are of great importance. My almond-shaped eyes change colors frequently, but are most often either a caramel hazel or a vivid blue, like that of a peacock feather. I don't bother myself with those silly chemical makeup products, seeing as my features are perfect as they are. The form I take looks regal enough that I could be royalty, but intimidating enough that this pretty face could be a person's worst nightmare. I like to wear casual feminine outfits when I'm away from Olympus. A blouse or turtleneck, skinny jeans, and boots or pumps is a typical outfit choice for me, however I may mix it up with a skirt or a vest every once in a while. Whatever suits the day's schedule, I suppose.

ｂｏｗ ｄｏｗｎ↘↘
I am Queen of the Gods because I am married to the King, Zeus. I have more power than most would think; he trusts me with his secrets and the reason for his decisions more than anyone else, and he goes to me for approval if he's considering anything too drastic. One of my deities includes marriage; fitting, seeing as I don't think any other goddess would have remained faithful to their husband for so long. Women, the sky, and the heavens are also officially under my wing.  

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ｃａｎ'ｔ ｌｉｖｅ ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ ｔｈｅｍ ↘↘
Mother and Father? The woman who bore me was the Titan Rhea; lovely woman she was. A pity she got stuck with an idiot like Kronos, the fool who believed he could prevent a prophecy. You see, long ago Kronos received prophetic warning that one of his sons would someday overthrow him when they grew older. Worried for his throne, he decided the only solution was to eat his children one by one; even the daughters! So my siblings and I spent a great deal of time together in the stomach of Daddy dearest, waiting for someone to come and free us of that awful place. Thank goodness Rhea was not taking the actions of her husband lightly; when it was time for Kronos to eat his final child, Zeus, she swapped him for a rock in blankets. My mother was very clever, or my father was very stupid, because he thought nothing of it. When Zeus was all grown up, she gave him a concoction to trick Kronos into drinking, forcing him to regurgitate us all and igniting the war between the gods and the Titans.

ｐｌａｙｉｎｇ ｎｉｃｅ ↘↘
My siblings are the ones I spent so long with inside of my father. My sisters are Hestia and Demeter, my brothers, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. They can get on my nerves at times, but as Queen of the gods, I am also like the mother of the gods, and so I can never truly hate my family. *sigh*

ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｍｙ ｅｙｅｓ ↘↘
Unlike the other god and goddesses, I have no demigod children to brag about, but I do have a few godly children that I've sired with Zeus. There's Heb/e, the goddess of youth, Eris, the goddess of discord, and Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth. My more famous sons are Ares and Hephaestus; a pair of disappointments, sadly. One turned out to be a punk motorcyclist and the other a hideous cripple.

ｈｅａｒｔ ｈｅａｒｔ ↘↘
My heart belongs to Zeus, and only to him. I love the man dearly, but he's always going off and having affairs with other women. I mean really, what don't I have that they do? Love is such a frustrating thing. I can get along with my siblings for the most part; we are family, after all. I likes Hades in particularly because he is faithful to his wife (for the most part) and isn't as childish as his brothers tend to be.

ｂｒｅａｋｉｎｇ ａｒｍｓ↘↘
Zeus' consorts and their children. As simple as that. I've never liked that he's gone to other women simply for sexual pleasure, and am not very fond of any one who dares agree to his ridiculous whims. He's married, for goodness sake! That in itself is shameful and I look down on any person who happily goes along with it. And his children; don't get me started! They should be begging for my forgiveness, not shooting glares at me every time they see me. It really is stressful being the wife of the most wanted man on Earth and above it.