APHRODITE

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Aphrodite Pavlou


Aphrodite, Venus, Cytherea, Cypris, Hathor, Acidalia, Cerigo...


Alien (Olympian)


-Approx ten thousand[break]
-Appears mid twenties


Prehistoric


Cyprus, Earth


N/A


Female

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-Cynical
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-Self-absorbed
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-Confident
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-Prideful
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-Playful
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-Prone to mood swings
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-Judgemental
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-Honorable
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-Honest
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-Willful



The Greek pantheon lives on Mount Olympus, an extra-dimensional planet made more easily accessible through Hyperborea. The Olympians regularly visited Earth in the prehistoric era up through earliest antiquity.

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Aphrodite was formed as a wave crashed upon the shore in Cyprus; she emerged from the seafoam stark-naked and fully developed, quite a sight for the citizens. She was taken to Olympus where she was the big thing for a while. Goddesses surprisingly get jealous quite easily, and Aphrodite spent many of her early years fighting her battles on Olympus with the many women there.

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However, eventually she turned her focus on Earth. Every love story or epic ever documented was her doing and she'll take pride in it. Helen was not the face that launched a thousand ships- Aphrodite was. And she didn't just play with mortal love, she took part in it as well. She has been involved with countless men over the years. But as time went on, she eventually grew tired of toying with humanity, and Aphrodite sought to return to Olympus.

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Her time on Olympus was uneventful from this point on. Aphrodite returned to open arms, yet found herself in the center of feuds as always. She had, at this point, become quite accustomed to it.

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Earth became alluring once more at the tail end of the 20th century. Aphrodite returned. When the initiative was formed, she refrained from joining, but was soon captured and had to register.

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Like all Olympians, Aphrodite has superhuman strength, speed, and stamina. She does not age. As the personification of love, lust, and beauty, Aphrodite would not seem to be particularly ready for combat. Still, she can withstand much more than the mortal body can. This includes surviving lethal doses of poison, withstanding blunt force, and having skin that is frustratingly difficult to penetrate.

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Olympians, like many ancient "deities," were once capable of miracles at-will when on Earth, due to a natural ability to harness Earth's energies. This energy has evolved enough (or simply depleted) over the centuries that Olympians are limited to small boons of luck or curses of minor misfortune.

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When an Olympian dies, their soul is sent to Underworld.



Aphrodite has astounding power over the mind and can cause others to feel a certain way at her whim. The effects of this usually only last while Aphrodite herself is present or within the vicinity, and can often leave victims with no memory of the time they were being manipulated.

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For mortals and those with no enhanced defenses, Aphrodite can control emotions from a distance with no prior knowledge of the person/creature. But for the charmed or extremely emotionally detached, she must either have prior knowledge about their personality, or she must come in contact with their body. (The exception to this rule is love- be it platonic or romantic- as Aphrodite has stronger power over love. She can manipulate this emotion with ease, no matter the target).

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The emotion caused by Aphrodite can sometimes be detected as disingenuous if the feeling is not specifically directed. Emotions such as disapproval, grief, and anger are only truly made influential when they are directed at either another person or a group of people. If not, the emotional manipulation causes more of a general mood and may not help Aphrodite achieve the goal she intended.



Aphrodite, as the embodiment of lust and desire, can shapeshift into any form in order to appear desirable to someone. This extends to living creatures only (ie, no shapeshifting into a machine gun). She can replicate human faces with extreme accuracy, even if she has only seen a face once, and can also create brand new personas if she pleases.

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As far as non-humans go, she is particularly adept at shifting into doves, sparrows, horses, and swans, as these are the animals commonly associated with her. However, anything else is possible.

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(Note: she cannot combine features from two separate creatures. Ex. Shifting into a human girl with shark teeth is impossible.)



Along with being able to create the feeling of love comes the ability to manipulate it further. Aphrodite can create love between any two organisms, or even cause one to harbor feelings for inanimate objects. In addition, she can use love for healing purposes. Love can cure significant emotional trauma, ease fear and doubt, cure insanity, or make a creature docile temporarily.



Aphrodite is desirable to all things capable of feeling. She is, honestly put, irresistible. This has been known to cause insanity.