Zeus

Patriarch of the Theoi, son of Cronus who overthrew Uranus, Zeus is the youngest of his five brothers and sisters — yet it was he who went unswallowed, he who triumphed over his crooked, scheming father, and he who won the sky when lots were drawn among he and his brothers. His children are almost without number, yet he alone has succeeded where his father and grandfather failed — Zeus has yet to be overthrown by his own descendants, and if he has his way, he never will be.

Rome called him Jupiter (or Jove), king of the Gods and of the sky, and patron of the royal family once the Republic became an empire. It was he who came before the second king of Rome to establish the practice of sacrifice, he who became central to the state religion of the city — the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter dates to before the Republic’s founding, where he was worshipped in triad with Juno and Minerva. Oaths were sworn in his name; it was believed that those who broke such an oath would be struck down by lightning.

Said to be the greatest and wisest of the Gods, he is also notoriously unable to remain faithful to his wife, and long-suffering Hera has never forgiven him for his endless philandering. Yet, his monumental history of cheating has also left him with dozens of living Scions, and as dangerous as children are for him, they may also be his greatest weapon, if only he can manage them properly — and Zeus has a great deal of practice managing the never-ending argument that is his family.