Helios (Sol)
Helios (Sol)
Helios is all fired up. Mainly because the Titan god of the sun got booted from his job by a shiny young Olympian named Apollo. During Roman times, people smushed Apollo and Helios together in their minds, and the next thing you know, Apollo was driving the old god's chariot across the sky with the sun flaming behind him. We wonder what Helios's fiery-winged steeds thought about this regime change. Did they rebel against their new master? The world may never know.
Basic Information
| Name | Helios |
| Nickname | Sol, Sol Invictus, the All-Seeing, Helius, the Sun, Hot Stuff |
| Sex | Male |
| Current city | I've got an awesome palace at the edge of the world. (It's way cooler than anything Apollo's ever dreamed of.) |
Work & Education
| Occupation | God of the Sun (forced into retirement) |
| Education | The Uranus School of Sky-Riding |
Beliefs
| Political views | Pro-Zeus (Until he let Apollo take my job.) |
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
| Parents | Hyperion (Dad) Theia (Mom) |
| Siblings | Selene (the moon) Eos (the dawn) |
| Children | Phaeton Aeetes (Father of Medea) Circe Pasiphae (Mother of the Minotaur, Ariadne, and Phaedra) |
| Friends | Selene (My beautiful sister) Eos (My awesome brother) The Hesperides (Who know how to rock out a sunset.) |
| Enemies | Apollo (Who's a no-good chariot stealer) Ares (Who's still mad at me for telling Hephaestus that he was sleeping with Aphrodite.) Aphrodite (See above) Hades (Who is ticked off that I told Demeter that he was the one who kidnapped Persephone... it's complicated) Kronos (Who hates me because I sided with Zeus during the War of the Titans) |
Relationships
| Relationship status | Flings with nymphs like Klymene and Neaira |
| Interested in | Someone nice to pass eternity with |
Favorites
| Quotations | "When you hear a boy ask why the sun comes and goes, tell him because in this life there is no light without the dark." – Mago de Oz "There's more to light than the opposite of dark." – Ric Ocasek "Hey now it's the sun And it makes me smile." – The Polyphonic Spree "To me every hour of light and dark is a miracle. Every inch of cubic space is a miracle." – Walt Whitman "Tonight We are young So let's set the world on fire We can burn brighter Than the sun." – Fun. |
| Books | The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (A voyage to the end of the earth? That's what I do every day.) Twilight (How cool is it that the vampires in this book don't die when they see me?) "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" by Dylan Thomas The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Picked this one up because of the title, but man is it good.) "Bright Star, would I were steadfast as thou art" by John Keats Horses of the Sun by Leanne Owens Henry V by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare uses the sun as a symbol of awesome kingliness—sounds about right to me.) "When I Consider How My Light is Spent (Oh His Blindness)" by John Milton The Odyssey by Homer (I love reading about how Odysseus's men got what they deserved for eating my cattle.) The Sun by Seymour Simon |
| Music | We Are Young by Fun. ("Set the world on fire," huh? Reminds of when my son, Phaeton, did just that.) Keep Your Eyes Ahead by The Helio Sequence Every Breath You Take by the Police (I'll be watching you, Sting. They don't call me "all seeing" for nothing.) Light and Day by the Polyphonic Spree (An ode to my glory worthy of Homer.) Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden (I listened to this song over and over again when Apollo stole my job.) Night and Day by Frank Sinatra Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John Lights by Ellie Goulding (Okay, yeah, I dance around my bedroom to this song.) |
| Movies | Sunshine Killer Joe (I'm thinking about hiring this guy to take out Apollo.) Spartacus (Can't get enough of the chariot scene.) Breaking Dawn Wrath of the Titans City Slickers Rock of Ages (What can I say? I just have a thing for 80s power ballads.) War Horse (Not as tough as my horses, but still impressive.) |
| TV Shows | Luck (I heart horses.) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Just plain funny.) Nova |
Activities & Interests
| Likes | The Sun Roosters Cattle Ranching Chariots Cowboys Sunbathers |
| Activities | Raising my sacred cattle (Before Odysseus's men ate them) Driving my winged chariot (Before Apollo took it away) Towing the Sun across the sky (Before Apollo took it away) Playing solitaire while trying not to cry (It's really hard being me…) |
| Interests | Helio astronomy Hippology Ranching |
| Groups | Titans Sun worshipers Chariot lovers The Dude Ranchers' Association |