Olympian

Olympian can be considered to mean of and/or pertaining to Olympus, that is, the celestial home of the Greek pantheon of gods and Goddesses. The Greek gods are often called Olympians. Classically, the Olympian gods were a pantheon of twelve including: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis and Hestia. Hades, spent most of his time in the underworld rather than on the Olympus. However, different sources over time include different deities among the twelve. For example, Herodotus included Hercules among them. In the ancient world and Xenaverse, any Greek god or deity who is related to one of the twelve can be considered an Olympian. In Xenaverse everything is different with the godly family. In mythology the first generation is with Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera and Zeus. Zeus with Hera had only three children Ares, Eris or Discord, and Hebe and before his wedding with Hera he already had childrens from others goddesses with Metis the children were Athena, with Mnemosine the children were Muses, after these children he impregnated many lovers and they borned many more childrens including: Aphrodite, Artemis, Apollo, Dionisio and Hermes. In Xenaversethe godly family is with Zeus, Hera, Poseidon and Demeter are sibling but Hades is children of Zeus and Hera (we know that because Ares called Hades brother). Hephestos is only son of Hera.

In Xenaverse
In Xenaverse everything is different. Zeus god of Thunder killed his father Cronus with his own ribs. Zeus defeated the Titans and ruled the Universe. He married Metis but he swallowed her after a prophecy that Metis will bare a son who will take Zeus's throne He later married Themis, goddess of Justice and she bare the Fates, goddesses. After he swallowed her in the place of this son was born a daughter who "sprang forth from the head of Zeus" of Destiny but they divorced. After he had to chose between the two daughters of Nyx:Hecate, goddess of magic and Hera, goddess of womankind. He chose Hera so Hecate left Olympus. Hera was impregnated to the Dark couple of twins Hades, god of the Underworld and Celesta, goddess of Death, the second Ultimate couple of twins Artemis, goddess of the Amazons and Nature and Apollo, god of Light, Hephaestus, god of Arts and Crafts, Aphrodite, goddess of Love and Beauty, and the Warrior couple of twins Ares, god of War and Discord, goddess of Chaos. Zeus gave to Hades the Underworld and made his cousin Poseidon, god of the Sea along with his brother Triton. Ares romanced Aphrodite. He impregnated her to Demios, god of Terror. Later she married Hephaestus and she bare Cupid, god of Passion who later became a follower to Ares along with Discord and her son Strife, god of Skirmishes by Ares. Cupid was married to Psyche, a mortal turned to goddess of the Human Soul and bare a son Bliss. Celesta chose to be goddess of Death and she was vanished by Olympus. Her beloved twin brother Hades helped and toke care of her. Zeus had an affair with his cousin Demeter, goddess of Harvest and impregnated her to Persephone, goddess of Spring. Hades married Persephone and made her Queen of the Underworld. Zeus also had an affair with a mortal named Alcmene and impregnated her to Hercules the greatest Greek hero.

Role/Importnce
The lands of Greece, Macedonia, Italy (Rome) and Asia Minor praised and prayed to these gods and their temples often making offerings, despite some of the gods caring and help very little about them in return. The people believed the gods to be the bringers of all forms of matter and life whether they were suffering through hard ships or going through great times.

With the revelation of other pantheons in the Xenaverse, the overall importance of the Olympians is unclear. Hera claims that she and Zeus created humanity together, not simply the Greeks. When Aphrodite and Ares lost their immortality, the very concepts of love and war vanished from all peoples, not simply the Greeks. This seems to imply that the Olympians might be more important to humanity as a whole than the other gods, or it could be a coincidence that a handful of Olympians controlled such important aspects of existence.

Powers and abilities
The gods commonly possess many superhuman Powers and Abilities:  immortality, regeneration, the ability to become invisible to the human eye, telekinesis, superhuman strength, stamina, heightened senses, speed, and they can change their physical appearance and they have the ability to "teleport." All the gods possess the ability to manipulate matter and the elements of nature, and are able to create natural phenomenon or natural disasters. They also posses a wide range of seemingly magical spells such as the casting of fireballs.

Limitation
One god can not restore humans or gods to life. It took both Zeus and Hera to restore the life of their grandson, Evander. Also most of the gods cannot heal others without the blessing of either Athena or Zeus. The only gods that were able to do so were Ares (when he brought back the 3 people that had been killed by Xena in the "The Reckoning,") and Hades when Xena told him to bring Marcus back to life (but only for 48 hours because he (Hades) wasn't at full power in "Mortal Beloved.")

Only a very few things can kill an Olympian: Hind's Blood and the Ribs of Kronos. Xena was given the ability to kill Gods by Eli (XWP "Motherhood").

As of "God Fearing Child" and "Motherhood" when it came to the prophecy of Eve, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Hephaestus, Athena, Artemis, Discord, and Deimos are dead. Aphrodite, Ares and possibly Cupid, are still among the living gods.

List of Olympians

 * Aphrodite - Goddess of Love
 * Apollo - God of Light
 * Ares - God of War
 * Artemis - Goddess of the Hunt and Amazons
 * Asclepius - God of Healing
 * Athena - Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare and Weaving
 * Bacchus - God of Good Times
 * Celesta - Messenger of Death
 * Cupid - God of Love
 * Deimos - God of Terror
 * Demeter - Goddess of the Harvest
 * Dionysus - God of Wine
 * Discord - Goddess of Retribution
 * Fatuus - God of Unwelcome Prophecy
 * Fortune - Goddess of Luck
 * Hades - God of the Underworld
 * Hecate - Goddess of the Underworld
 * Hephaestus - God of the Forge
 * Hera - Queen of the Gods
 * Hercules - God of Energy and Strength (briefly)
 * Hermes - Messenger of the Gods
 * Hestia - Goddess of the Home
 * Lachrymose - God of the Despair, Boremon and Misfortune
 * Momus - God of Satire
 * Morpheus - God of Sleep
 * Nemesis - Goddess of Justice
 * Nike - Goddess of Victory
 * Persephone - Queen of the Underworld
 * Poseidon - God of the Sea
 * Strife - God of Strife
 * Terpsichore - Goddess of Dance and Music
 * Triton - Messenger of the Sea
 * Zeus - King of the Gods and god of Thunder, Sky and Lightning.