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Aphrodite is the goddess of Love and Beauty, she is currently voiced by.
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Aphrodite is the goddess of Love and Beauty, she is currently voiced by B Forrester.
 
[[File:Aphrodite2.jpg|thumb]]
 
[[File:Aphrodite2.jpg|thumb]]
 
=== Know Your Goddess ===
 
=== Know Your Goddess ===
Height: 5’7″
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'''Height''': 5'5″
  
Weight: 120 lbs.
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'''Weight''': 140 lbs.
  
Hair Color: Long blond hair – tends to be straight but can hold curls well.
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'''Hair Color''': Naturally blonde but currently wears it shoulder length and brunette
  
Facial Hair: None
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'''Facial Hair''': Eyebrows on point
  
Eyes: Bright blue eyes.
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'''Eyes''': Naturally blue but has glamoured them to appear green.
  
Distinguishing Features: Smooth flawless skin.
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'''Distinguishing Features''': Small but curvy. Hourglass figure.
  
 
=== Family ===  
 
=== Family ===  
Parents: [[Uranus]]
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'''Parents''': [[Uranus]]
  
Siblings: None
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'''Siblings''': None
  
Spouse: [[Hephaestus]] (former)
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'''Spouse''': [[Hephaestus]] (former), [[Ares]] (former-lover)
  
Children: [[Dinlas]], [[Eros]], [[Phobos]], [[Deimos]], [[Aeneas]], [[Beroe]], [[Hermaphroditos]], [[Iacchus]], [[Peitho]],  [[Priapos]], [[Rhodos]]
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'''Children''': [[Dinlas]], [[Eros]], [[Phobos]], [[Deimos]], [[Aeneas]], [[Beroe]], [[Hermaphroditos]], [[Iacchus]], [[Peitho]],  [[Priapos]], [[Rhodos]], [[Adrestia]]
  
 
=== Professions ===  
 
=== Professions ===  
I own A-Harmony, the world’s only soulmate matching service. I have one office on the 2nd floor of the [[God Complex HQ]] and one office in Paris, France on the Seine.
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Professional meddler for several centuries before she matured. Once the internet began she owned several online dating services which both provided income and allowed her to meddle with willing mortals. As she returns to the God Complex she plans to open a counselling service aimed at couples counselling and individuals with self-esteem issues; name pending. (I wanted heart2heart but that’s already being used. Divine Intervention?).
 
=== Residence ===
 
=== Residence ===
I have an apartment on the 2nd floor of the GC HQ, an apartment in Rome, and an apartment in Paris.
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No fixed address, however she is usually found at the Cygnet Hotel in Cyprus or (name) in Montmarte, France. After rejoining the pantheon will live in GC.  
 
=== Personal Information ===
 
=== Personal Information ===
General Overview: Although unpredictable with my love life (and everyone else’s!), I’m actually fairly predictable in my day-to-day life. I rarely wake up alone in the mornings unless I decide I need some me time the night before. I typically work in the office from about ten to three on weekdays. I meet personally with clients who are either looking to start their journey to find their soulmate or who are looking for dating advice, which I also happily provide. Then it’s off to spend some time shopping or spending time with my friends or heading to see the other gods and goddesses. At night, it’s time to go out and have a good time! It’s a different club and a different party every night. The drinks are flowing, the music is loud, and the men flock to me in droves. Some women too.
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'''General Overview''': Aphrodite has done a lot of growing in the last 2000 years. When she first left the pantheon she lived a “party girl” type lifestyle, moving around the world and messing with the love lives of high profile men and women (Like Guinevere and Lancelot; you can blame her for that). Along the way she got bored with such meddling and simply travelled, enjoying what the world had to offer and taking lovers. She doesn’t like to talk about it but she fell in love and got her heart broken.  
  
I’m not someone you can easily get along with. Jealousy follows me wherever I go. I, myself, am a very jealous individual. Don’t ask me to say it again. I know what I want, I go after it, and I always, always get my way.
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The pain she went through was the catalyst for her change in attitude. Most recently she has been running her dating apps and planning for a counselling service. She regrets a lot of her behaviour where people got hurt (Dinlas, Eros, Hephaestus etc) and wants to make amends. She has vowed to no longer use her powers to inflict pain. She wants to help humans heal their lives through love.  
Deity Nicknames: None except for pet names
 
  
Likes: Love, Sex, romance novels, soft kisses, cuddles, good music, vanilla cake with strawberries and cream, red wine, tequila
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While she is trying to change she still does not trust Eris after the whole apple thing. She is still quick to anger but she’s working on that. She thrives on flattery. She still can’t help but meddle in people’s relationships but she does so to help. So if you tell her your problems she’ll try to help you fix it, but she won’t make that unrequited love fall for you.
  
Dislikes: People who cheat on me, liars, disloyal friends, men who force themselves on women, horror novels
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'''Deity Nicknames''': Dite. Encourages people to use this name when she returns to GC.
  
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'''Likes''': Love, sex, romance novels/movies, music, mead, spicy food, the beach/swimming, spa days, summer, flowers especially roses, anemones, and carnations.
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'''Dislikes''': people willingly inflicting pain, her own past (when she was immature and played with people for fun), abusers, dishonesty,
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=== Flaws / Weaknesses ===
 
=== Skills / Abilities ===
 
=== Skills / Abilities ===
 
Immortality – Technically immortal. Immune to the effects of aging, cannot die by any conventional means, and is immune to all known mortal diseases and infections.
 
Immortality – Technically immortal. Immune to the effects of aging, cannot die by any conventional means, and is immune to all known mortal diseases and infections.
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Babble-speak – Can communicate in all languages and dialects.  
 
Babble-speak – Can communicate in all languages and dialects.  
  
Love Goddess – As a love goddess, Aphrodite has the ability to manipulate the minds and hearts of mortals to create love connections between people. She can sense when there’s impending romance brewing as well as sexual attraction.
 
 
Limited Shapeshifting – Aphrodite appears as an extraordinarily beautiful woman when on the mortal plane. This permits her to go out into the world, conduct day-to-day business with mortals, and party alongside them.
 
  
 
=== Possessions ===
 
=== Possessions ===
Normal Daily Wear: Most of the time, I wear a dress. I have a floor-length, chiffon dress in a multitude of colors and a simple pair of sandals. I feel like it accentuates my body very well.
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'''Normal Daily Wear''': Usually a shirt with a long skirt, possibly jeans and a sweater. Pretty low-key fashion. Limited capsule style wardrobe.
  
Alternate Dress Wear: Dressing up for a party usually entails a pair of heels or golden sandals, a very revealing dress, and some jewelry.
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'''Alternate Dress Wear''': Usually a maxi-dress ball gown type dress, in a sea colour (teal, aquamarine, turquoise etc)
  
 
=== Magical Artifacts/Weapons ===
 
=== Magical Artifacts/Weapons ===
 
Gold Pendant – Wearing this pendant causes others around the wearer to instantly fall in love with them.
 
Gold Pendant – Wearing this pendant causes others around the wearer to instantly fall in love with them.
 
=== Historical Synopsis ===
 
=== Historical Synopsis ===
Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, correlating to Venus in Rome. She was born from the white sea foam and Uranus’s severed genitals thrown into the sea by his son Cronus. She was widely worshipped as a goddess of the sea as well as a goddess of war in places like Sparta before settling into the position of the goddess of love.
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Aphrodite is historically the Goddess of Love (usually sexual) and Beauty. She was born of sea foam when the amputated genitals of Uranus landed on the Sea. As such, although she is not an aquatic deity (like Amphitrite is) she has a love of the ocean and beachside locals. Although married to Hephaestus traditionally she treated her marriage with contempt and not even matrimony was enough to stop her from having as many affairs as she wanted with both gods and mortals. Historically she is a jealous goddess, who interferes in the love lives of any whom she believes to have wronged her. It was her feud with Hera and Athena, instigated by Eris.<ref>The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. (28 Dec 2018).</ref><ref>Aphrodite. URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aphrodite-Greek-mythology</ref>
Aphrodite was horribly mismatched with Hephaestus as her husband, so she turned to many, many affairs to satisfy her. The most famous and long lived was that of her and Ares. She had several children by him. Hepheastus caught the two of them in his and Aphrodite’s bed with a golden net where he then brought the other gods and goddesses to stare and laugh at them.
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Aphrodite is famous for interfering with mortals’ love lives. She will stop at nothing to get her way or prove her point, even to start something as devastating as the Trojan War.<ref>The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. (28 Dec 2018).</ref><ref>Aphrodite. URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aphrodite-Greek-mythology</ref>
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=== Introduction ===
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They think they know me.
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You mortals think you know me. But you don't. You believe what they wanted you to believe. They didn't know how to handle me so they vilified me even as they told you love was everything. Love is all around you. Love is all you need. Love makes fools of everyone.
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So does fear.
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I am not the vicious, wanton, jealous, and cruel goddess they made you believe in. If you believe that then you do not understand Love itself, or me. How can you not see it? My children are all the forms of love there are, Eros, Agape, Philia, Himeros and Pothis. How can I be but a shallow imitation of love when my children are extensions of my own love and devotion? Our children do not belong to us but part of each of us belongs to our children.
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I won't say I can't be jealous or cruel. I am what I am. I make mistakes. I try my best. Are you not the same?
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For thousands of years I've wandered the world, watching the atrocities you mortals have perpetrated against each other. It has torn at my heart to see you all fight over the stupidest of things. lands you destroy. Whose god reigns supreme. The amount of melanin in your skin. You fail to see you are all the same. All beautiful and unique. All part of the rich tapestry of life with wonderful gifts to share.

Revision as of 17:07, 14 July 2020

Aphrodite is the goddess of Love and Beauty, she is currently voiced by B Forrester.

Aphrodite2.jpg

Know Your Goddess

Height: 5'5″

Weight: 140 lbs.

Hair Color: Naturally blonde but currently wears it shoulder length and brunette

Facial Hair: Eyebrows on point

Eyes: Naturally blue but has glamoured them to appear green.

Distinguishing Features: Small but curvy. Hourglass figure.

Family

Parents: Uranus

Siblings: None

Spouse: Hephaestus (former), Ares (former-lover)

Children: Dinlas, Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Aeneas, Beroe, Hermaphroditos, Iacchus, Peitho, Priapos, Rhodos, Adrestia

Professions

Professional meddler for several centuries before she matured. Once the internet began she owned several online dating services which both provided income and allowed her to meddle with willing mortals. As she returns to the God Complex she plans to open a counselling service aimed at couples counselling and individuals with self-esteem issues; name pending. (I wanted heart2heart but that’s already being used. Divine Intervention?).

Residence

No fixed address, however she is usually found at the Cygnet Hotel in Cyprus or (name) in Montmarte, France. After rejoining the pantheon will live in GC.

Personal Information

General Overview: Aphrodite has done a lot of growing in the last 2000 years. When she first left the pantheon she lived a “party girl” type lifestyle, moving around the world and messing with the love lives of high profile men and women (Like Guinevere and Lancelot; you can blame her for that). Along the way she got bored with such meddling and simply travelled, enjoying what the world had to offer and taking lovers. She doesn’t like to talk about it but she fell in love and got her heart broken.

The pain she went through was the catalyst for her change in attitude. Most recently she has been running her dating apps and planning for a counselling service. She regrets a lot of her behaviour where people got hurt (Dinlas, Eros, Hephaestus etc) and wants to make amends. She has vowed to no longer use her powers to inflict pain. She wants to help humans heal their lives through love.

While she is trying to change she still does not trust Eris after the whole apple thing. She is still quick to anger but she’s working on that. She thrives on flattery. She still can’t help but meddle in people’s relationships but she does so to help. So if you tell her your problems she’ll try to help you fix it, but she won’t make that unrequited love fall for you.

Deity Nicknames: Dite. Encourages people to use this name when she returns to GC.

Likes: Love, sex, romance novels/movies, music, mead, spicy food, the beach/swimming, spa days, summer, flowers especially roses, anemones, and carnations.

Dislikes: people willingly inflicting pain, her own past (when she was immature and played with people for fun), abusers, dishonesty,

Flaws / Weaknesses

Skills / Abilities

Immortality – Technically immortal. Immune to the effects of aging, cannot die by any conventional means, and is immune to all known mortal diseases and infections.

Babble-speak – Can communicate in all languages and dialects.


Possessions

Normal Daily Wear: Usually a shirt with a long skirt, possibly jeans and a sweater. Pretty low-key fashion. Limited capsule style wardrobe.

Alternate Dress Wear: Usually a maxi-dress ball gown type dress, in a sea colour (teal, aquamarine, turquoise etc)

Magical Artifacts/Weapons

Gold Pendant – Wearing this pendant causes others around the wearer to instantly fall in love with them.

Historical Synopsis

Aphrodite is historically the Goddess of Love (usually sexual) and Beauty. She was born of sea foam when the amputated genitals of Uranus landed on the Sea. As such, although she is not an aquatic deity (like Amphitrite is) she has a love of the ocean and beachside locals. Although married to Hephaestus traditionally she treated her marriage with contempt and not even matrimony was enough to stop her from having as many affairs as she wanted with both gods and mortals. Historically she is a jealous goddess, who interferes in the love lives of any whom she believes to have wronged her. It was her feud with Hera and Athena, instigated by Eris.[1][2]

Introduction

They think they know me.

You mortals think you know me. But you don't. You believe what they wanted you to believe. They didn't know how to handle me so they vilified me even as they told you love was everything. Love is all around you. Love is all you need. Love makes fools of everyone.

So does fear.

I am not the vicious, wanton, jealous, and cruel goddess they made you believe in. If you believe that then you do not understand Love itself, or me. How can you not see it? My children are all the forms of love there are, Eros, Agape, Philia, Himeros and Pothis. How can I be but a shallow imitation of love when my children are extensions of my own love and devotion? Our children do not belong to us but part of each of us belongs to our children.

I won't say I can't be jealous or cruel. I am what I am. I make mistakes. I try my best. Are you not the same?

For thousands of years I've wandered the world, watching the atrocities you mortals have perpetrated against each other. It has torn at my heart to see you all fight over the stupidest of things. lands you destroy. Whose god reigns supreme. The amount of melanin in your skin. You fail to see you are all the same. All beautiful and unique. All part of the rich tapestry of life with wonderful gifts to share.

  1. The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. (28 Dec 2018).
  2. Aphrodite. URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aphrodite-Greek-mythology