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Name: Eros/Cupid/Amor

Domain: (Sexual) Love and Desire, Intercourse, Things of a Erotic Nature

Quote for File: “ Oh, did you expect me to play fair? I am the god of love. I am never fair. ” – Cupid, The House of Hades


Appearance: According to Rick Riordan, Cupid is a lean, muscular young man with huge snowy white wings. He wears a simple white frock and jeans, and has his golden bow and quiver slung over his shoulder. His face is very handsome, but rather harsh as well, and "as difficult to look at as a spotlight." Cupid has shoulder-length straight black hair and blood-red eyes, as if "every valentine in the world were squeezed dry, distilled into one poisonous mixture."

Personality: Cupid's form of love seems to be harsher and more enforced than Venus'. This might be due to Cupid being a son of Mars. Love isn't fair or kind. He can be cruel, twisted, and hurtful. Fallen for a crush way out of your league? Maybe you begin to question your sexuality? Find the love of your life, but she's married with children? Eros' plans are beyond the understanding of mortals, or even gods, it would seem. Or, maybe there is no grand design to this, as 'love is blind' or depicted as an immature child, Love just is. Random and dangerous, after all, Paris and Helen caused a war. Love and lust can make people do dangerous things: make a woman drown her children to get the man of her dreams back into her life, kidnap that girl you've been stalking in hopes of Stockholm syndrome. Perhaps the hearts of men are just playthings to Eros. Eros has Erotes, siblings and followers, to perform checks and balances in order to keep the chaos of romance to a minimum, as his twin can cause people to reject love. Love returned, sweet talk and flattery, hermaphrodites and of effeminate men, sexual desire and love unreturned, weddings and marriages, and longing and yearning. He is the frequent playmate of Hymenaios and Ganymede. According to Cupid, his counterpart, Death (Thanatos), is very much similar to him, but can sometimes be kinder. Due to his nature, he is thought of by Christians as a demon of fornication, of a depraved mind and perversion, his closest equivalent in the Bible is Asmodeus, the demon of lust and not only is responsible for twisting people's sexual desires but the same dangerous presumably.

Abilities: Cupid presumably possesses the standard powers of a god, though, as a son of Venus and Mars, Cupid is very powerful.

Amokinesis: As the God of Love and desire, Cupid has absolute control and divine authority over love, lust, and desire, but not quite as much as his mother, Venus/Aphrodite. Cupid's form of love seems to be harsher and more enforced than Aphrodite's, which might be due to Cupid being a son of Mars/Ares.
Arrows of Romance: Cupid's power over love is usually exercised and enforced through his romantic golden bow and arrows. Anyone struck with Cupid's arrow will instantly be filled with uncontrollable desire and love for another (of Cupid's choice). This will even work on Olympians, shown when Cupid forced Apollo to fall in love with the nymph Daphne in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods. Due to these arrows of omnipotent allure, most of the gods, even Zeus himself, were wary of Cupid, as mentioned in Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes. If Cupid's arrows miss a target, they will glow white-hot and explode in a "geyser of flame", as seen in The House of Hades. However, when it does hit a target, the arrow dissolves, leaving no blood or visible wounds, though Nico's face did depict pain on the impact. The only known deities who have at least partial immunity to the romantic effect of Cupid's arrows are the three Virgin Goddesses: Hestia, Athena, and Artemis.
Coerced Romantic Confession: As shown in The House of Hades, Cupid can also force anyone to confess their true romantic feelings, and can always tell if the person is lying. The only known one Cupid did this to was Nico di Angelo, with the latter being forced to tearfully admit his secret love for Percy Jackson.
Romantic Omniscience: As seen in The House of Hades, Cupid, as the god of love, always knows who a person is actually in love with.
Beauty and Allure: As the God of Physical Attraction, it is mentioned in Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, that much like his mother Venus/Aphrodite, Cupid can change his appearance at will, depending on the perception of beauty of the person he is in the presence of.
Invisibility: Cupid can render himself invisible in order to assault others unexpectedly, as seen when he first meet with Psyche in Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, and when Nico and Jason faced him in The House of Hades. He cannot, however, will himself to become invisible while sleeping, which is why Psyche finally manage to see his face.
French: As a son of Venus/Aphrodite and God of Love, Cupid is fluent in French due to it being the "language of love".
Archery: Which not quite as skilled in archery as Apollo and Artemis, Cupid is still quite an impressive archer, due to his long experience at striking others' hearts with his arrows of omnipotent allure.
Disembodied Spirit: In Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, since his physical body was far to weak for him to travel, Cupid sent his spirit out after Psyche, and briefly communicated with her as a disembodied voice.

Brief History: The origin of Eros has been debated. Some say he is one of the earliest gods, according to some, he is Phanes. The very first, as what can exist without procreation and love? Most, however, say he is the son of Aphrodite, one myth saying he sprung up along side her in the sea foam made from the castration of Uranus along side Aphrodite and his brother Himeros. The more common telling is that Eros, also called Cupid or Amor, is the son of Aphrodite by Ares. Eros was said to have been a child for a long time before finally maturing. That was because of the nature of love. He was also blind or blindfolded. He was a weapon of his mother, to punish those who angered Aphrodite by making them fall in love with the wrong people. Eros' arrows were a weapon the Gods themselved feared, and for good reason. Even he wasn't immune, as he accidentally stung himself with a golden arrow and fell madly for Psyche, who he would later marry after many trails and tribulations. The two had a daughter, Hedone, goddess of pleasure. Zephyrus became indebt to Eros when he stood up for the West Wind killed Hyacinth, saying it was due to love and jealousy, Eros' fault. Eros set up Thamyris and Hyacinth, making them the first mortal gay couple. Eros is thus the protector of homosexual love between men.

Paragraph + RP Sample: Psyche had been trying to get through to Hedone. Eros was deeply troubled, how could the Goddess of Pleasure become a stereotypical depressed, emo teenager? Sure, gods were immortal, but who knew what self harming could result in. Eros felt he was to blame. He didn't want her to fall in love, to grow up and become a woman. She, like him, would be a child for as long as he could help it. And so, in not having love, she felt isolated and alone. Sighting, he rummaged through his things, and found a golden arrow. Coating it in poison and setting it on fire, he was ready to go out and give his daughter a lover. Now, he had no idea what her sexual preference was, but he swore he'd only give her the best man or woman. He met with his brother and fellow Erotes, Anteros. The golden butterfly-winged god of requited love came armed with lead arrows and a golden club, in charge of making mortals return love and punish those who reject the love of others. Together, they would make sure Hedone got the romance she deserved. Eros warned his twin, Himeros, to stay far away, as his arrows would nullify Eros' own, being the god of unrequited love, and oddly enough, of lust and sexual desire as well. Eros didn't want just a hook up for his daughter, but her soulmate. And those were rather hard to come by.

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