Strife

Strife

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Strife, the self-proclaimed God of Skirmishes and strife, is the nephew of Ares, cousin of Deimos.

Being a minor God, Strife constantly tried to prove himself to his "Uncle Ares" by helping him in his various plots as well as his schemes to kill or hurt Hercules. It had been revealed that if Ares were to ever die or become mortal, Strife would move up in the hierarchy as God of War though he constantly batted with Discord for the position.

Strife was one of the first Gods that Young Hercules had to deal with during his time as a teenager, though Hercules defeated him each and every time.

Strife was a trickster. He often took the form of mortals to cause strife. He took the form of an Agitator to stir villagers against the last Golden Hind when he knew that Hercules was in love with her. Later, he lured Hercules' son Aeson out of the Elysian Fields and into Tartarus. There, he chained the boy and took his form to try to hurt Hercules (HTLJ "When a Man Loves a Woman").

Strife's one great accomplishment came when he murdered Hercules' wife Serena. With help from Morpheus he was able to enter the hero's dreams causing Hercules to kill Serena in his sleep (HTLJ "Judgment Day").

When Hercules used the Kronos Stone to go back in time, Strife tried to kill the hero with an arrow covered in the blood of a Golden Hind. Strife's aim was good and Hercules was taken down by the arrow but survived. Luckily, Serena was nearby and was able to use her powers to heal Hercules (HTLJ "The End of the Beginning").

Soon after, Strife was killed by Callisto with the Hind's Blood Dagger (HTLJ "Armageddon Now").

Wardrobe[]

Strife wears a complete outfit made of black leather and what looks like silver safety pins holding it together. What little skin shows is extremely pale. He has short spiked and messy black hair and very pale blue eyes. In the series Young Hercules, in the first episode, he takes the form of Nysus Gaius in which his clothing changes completely. He wears a gray tail-jacket, a sleeveless orange shirt with dark orange stripes, and a gray pair of pants with a brown, leather belt. His hair is not messy and spiky, but combed to the side elegantly with only a few locks falling above his right eye.

Powers & Abilities[]

Strife has the basic range of Powers and Abilities of an Olympian, he demonstrated many powers, like other Gods. Strife has the ability to cause conflict & struggle between mortals so that they misjudge a situation or always disagrees and cause conflict as well as committing an act of violence. His other powers as a god are:

Immortality: Hades has the ability to live infinite life span as well as immunity to all sorts of diseases.
Invincibility: Hades is invincible to all sorts of weapons (swords,axes,crossbows) as well as all magical powers from the Gods although these powers can hurt him but not kill him.
Power over the weather: All Olympians has the power to control and manipulate the weather bring out storms , tornadoes ,rains and Lightning.
Power over the Elements : Strife has the power to control and manipulate the elements by throwing fire and lightning from his hands as well as creating powerful Fireballs capable of killing Mortals as well as hurting Gods.
Teleportation: Strife has the ability to teleport to any place whatever he sees fit either on earth or Olympus.
Conjuring: Strife has the power to create beings out of thin air.
Time Manipulation: All gods have the power to manipulate time but they often don’t use unless it’s extremely necessary and because it’s restricted by Zeus himself to use.
Super Strength: Strife super strength can send people flying as well as gods but he seems to be weaker than gods such as Ares , Discord & Aphrodite.
Energy Blasts: Hades has the power to shoot powerful Blue Energy blast capable of killing mortals and hurting Gods.
Invisibility: All Gods have the power to make themselves invisible to all mortals they can't be seen or heard by them.
Telekinesis: Hades has the ability to move objects , mortals as well as gods with his mind.
Healing: All gods have the power to heal mortals but they can’t heal mortal wounds this ability is restricted by Zeus as well as Athena but for.
Shapeshifting: Hades has the power to alter his appearance to take form he likes he can also choose only to change his hair and clothes colour.
Astral Projection: Strife has the power to be at two places at once.

Background[]

For some fans,they speculate Discord is Strife's supposed mother, but Strife never referred to Discord as his mother. The reason for this theory is because that Discord is based on Eris (Roman: Discordia) who is Ares' sister both in the show and in myth. In this case, the Character is based on the god Enyalius who is the son of both Eris (Enyo in other legends) and Ares (he is actually technically both the nephew and don of his uncle Ares). Sometimes, the character is an assitant to Ares, sometimes in some legends another name for Ares Himself.
Strife is shown to actually be quite intelligent when given time to think things through, as shown when he came up with the plan to kill Serena on his own. He also immediately recognized Callisto as untrustworthy, despite Ares’ fascination and attraction for her getting in the way of his senses.
In one episode of Young Hercules, Strife mentions that Discord is a millennium older than he.
In Greek mythology, Eris was the Goddess of strife.
Strife's death is very problematic for the future shown in "Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules". In the Xena comic series the past changes and the events of the twilight occur differently.

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