DISCORD
Real Name: Eris
Occupation: Goddess of strife
and discord
Legal Status: Citizen of Olympus
Identity: The general populace
of Earth is unaware of Discord’s existence except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: Bellona, Enyo, Discordia,
Place of Birth: Olympus
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Zeus (father), Hera (mother), Ares, Hephaestus (brothers), Eileithyia, Hebe, (sisters), Hercules, Apollo, Hermes, Dionysus (half-brothers), Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Helen, Persephone, Panthia (half-sisters), Poseidon, Hades (uncles), Demeter, Hestia (aunts), Asclepius, Cupid, Janus, Deimos, Phobos (nephews), Harmonia (niece), Triton, Rhode, Benthescyme, Neptunia, Arion, Pomona, Consus, Vertumnus (cousins),
Group Affiliation:
The Olympian Gods
Base of Operations:
First Appearance: (TV) Young Hercules, Episode “Pilot,” (Comics) Doctor Strange III #54
History: Discord is the daughter
of the Zeus, Ruler of the Olympian gods, and his wife, Hera. According to a much
earlier account, she was actually the daughter of the ancient primeval
earth-gods Erebus and Nyx, but this maybe erroneous, or just an earlier
incarnation of the goddess.
Discord often entered into the schemes
and plans of her older brother Ares to ignite the dissension that often lead to
war and she might have at one time been his wife following his affairs with
other goddesses and mortal women, mortals who were quite often the wives of his
generals and followers. Possibly as a way to cause dissension between gods and
mortals, she stole three apples from the garden of the Hesperides guarded for
Hera and had them engraved with the words, “For the Fairest.” She then
tossed them among the guests attending the marriage of King Peleus of
During this time, Hercules most often
antagonized Discord as he prevented most of her attempts to cause dissent and
strife among mortals. She also became a recurring nemesis of the mortal
warrior-goddess Xena who she often saw as an obstacle for the attention of Ares.
In his visits to Earth, Zeus, however,
became incensed that Discord was taking an active role in exciting her followers
into killing Christians in his name. He decided to break off ties with earth and
allow the worship of the Olympian Gods to fade away. Discord retaliated by
assisting many of the gods eager to preserve their ties to earth into hunting
down and killing Xena who was pregnant at the time. An oracle had prophesied
that any child of Xena would lead mortals away from worshipping the gods. Zeus
faked his death to lend credence to an end of worship of the Olympian gods and
Xena killed Discord shortly thereafter. To all who had seen these events, it
appeared as if the gods were dead, but Zeus had several spells in affect that
any god that was killed would be restored to life. Once restored to life,
Discord tried to hold on to whatever worshippers she had, but then a powerful
alien race known as the Celestials issued an edict forbidding the gods from
taking an active role in the lives of mortals. Discord watched their power as
they battled and seemingly destroyed the life forces of the Asgardian Gods.
Influenced by their power, she retreated to Olympus for some time.
In modern years, Discord became
intrigued by the forces of terrorism and racism on earth and even masqueraded as
a mortal to stir up trouble between blacks and whites, Jews and Anti-Semitics,
left and right wing liberals and other potentially controversial groups. Seeing
as her brother had fared unsuccessfully against both Hercules and Thor, she
began training her own modern champion, Centaurion, as a worthy ally. She
eventually sent him to kill Kyllian, a mortal man imbued with the power of a
trio of Celtic Gods, many of whom the Olympian gods beheld with some enmity.
After Kyllian defeated Centaurion, Discord realized that he might make a better
pawn or ally than a new adversary and she vanished back to Olympus to plot her
next scheme.
Height: 5’4’
Weight: 310 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Strength Level: Discord
possesses superhuman strength enabling her to lift (press) about 25 tons under
optimal conditions.
Known
Superhuman Powers: Discord possesses
the conventional physical attributes of the Olympian Gods. Like all Olympian
Gods, she is immortal. She has not aged since reaching adulthood and cannot die
by any known conventional means. She is immune to all known terrestrial diseases
and is invulnerable to conventional injury. If wounded, her godly life force
would enable her to recover with superhuman speed. It would take an injury of
such magnitude that it dispersed a major portion of her bodily molecules to
cause her a physical death. Even then, it might be possible for Zeus or a number
of gods working together to revive him. Discord does have some
superhuman strength, but she is not quite the powerhouse as gods like Hercules
or Ares. Her Olympian metabolism gives her far greater than human endurance in
all physical activities. (Olympian
flesh and bone is about three times as dense as similar human tissue,
contributing to the superhuman strength and weight of the Olympian gods).
Discord
also has limited mystical prowess common to all the gods such as the ability to
transport long distances and to create and project fireballs. She can place
mystical enchantments on inanimate objects to be more powerful than their
natural properties or to bestow power on the mortals who used them. She is also
extremely long-lived having ceased to age since reaching adulthood. She is
immune to terrestrial disease and cannot be harmed by any conventional means.
Abilities: Discord has great
skill in the use of all the implements of war used in the time of ancient Greece
and Rome.
Clarifications: Discord is not to be confused with: