Hades (summon)

Hades, as it appears during Black Cauldron in Final Fantasy VII.

Hades (ハーデス, Hādesu?) is a recurring summon in the Final Fantasy series. He usually gives the enemy various and dangerous status ailments and its appearance is based on the Greek god of the underworld, Hades.

Appearances

Final Fantasy VII

Black Cauldron - Hades summon sequence - FFVII

Main article: Hades (Final Fantasy VII)

Hades' Summon Materia is found underwater in the cargo room in the Sunken Gelnika, and costs 150 MP to summon. Hades's attack, Black Cauldron, damages opponents and causes the Sleep, Poison, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Mini, Slow, and Paralyzed status ailments. Hades's spell power is equal to 5.625x the base magic damage. If paired with the Added Effect Materia, Hades will add myriad statuses to the character's attack or offers great status-protection, depending on if paired in weapon or armor, but does not include Slow or Paralyzed.

Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-

Hades.

Hades can be summoned in battle using the Hades Materia.

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Final Fantasy XIV

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Hades in Final Fantasy XIV.

Hades is the final boss of the main story in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. His first form's appearance is based on the summon's design from Final Fantasy VII, and uses Black Cauldron as his final enrage move.

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Final Fantasy Dimensions II

Hades (God) artwork.

Hades (God) signet.

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Pictlogica Final Fantasy

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper

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Mobius Final Fantasy

Hades card.

FFVII card.

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Final Fantasy: Unlimited After

Hades makes an appearance as one of Kaze's summons, and can be summoned by using the following Soil Charge Triad:

• A cry of the cursed darkness, Curse White
• The eye of lightless darkness, Shadow Purple
• And finally, venom of the darkest sin, Poison Black

Followed by saying: "Judgment! I summon you, HADES!"

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

Hades appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Ice-elemental Summon cards.

Hades [1-046U] Chapter series card.

Hades [1-052R] Opus series card.

Hades [6-038R] Opus series card.

Final Fantasy Portal App

Hades appears as a Triple Triad card.

Gallery

Model for Hades in Final Fantasy VII.

Model for Hades's cauldron in Final Fantasy VII.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Hades (ᾍδης, Hā́idēs) is the Greek god of the underworld, as well as the name of the underworld itself. Despite many modern portrayals, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, though respected and feared in equal measure, Hades was not represented as evil, only just and resolute. In Christianity, the same Greek name is either translated into English as Hell or simply transliterated as "Hades" in the Bible. The Greek term is used to translate the Hebrew term Sheol in almost all instances in the Septuagint and appears in the New Testament.