| “ | I will oversee the fighting that requires planning, ingenuity, and high intelligence. You can continue to take care of the idiot, bloody and "masculine" aspects of war. | „ |
| ~ Athena introducing herself to Ares |
Summary
Athena is the Greek virgin goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, useful arts, and battle strategy. She is the daughter of Zeus and Metis, and her symbols include the owl, Aegis, the olive tree, and the snake. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva, which is less warlike and militaristic.
Powers and Stats
Tier: High 6-A, possibly High 4-C
Name: Athena, Minerva
Origin: Riordanverse
Gender: Female
Age: At least 4000 years old
Classification: Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy, Arts, Crafts, Battle and Reason
Powers and Abilities:
All Gods Abilities including, Weapon Mastery, Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Can induce fear in most opponents (With her shield Aegis),[1]Animal Manipulation (Can control animals that are sacred and attributed to her, such as Serpents and Owls), Abstract Existence Type 1 (Can transform into pure thoughts),[2] Summoning, Telepathy, Cosmic Awareness and Supernatural Sight, Weapon Manipulation (Can conjure, control, create, and manipulate virtually anything resembling a weapon),
All Gods Resistances
Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level+ (Comparable to other Olympians), possibly Large Star Level (Comparable to other Olympians)
Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic (Far superior to any demigod), possibly Massively FTL+ (Can slash out Apollo's attacks mid-air[3])
Lifting Strength: Class T (Comparable to Poseidon who can flip mountains)
Striking Strength: Multi-Continent level+, possibly Large Star Level (Comparable to other Olympians)
Durability: Multi-Continent level+, possibly Large Star Level (Comparable to other Olympians)
Stamina: Superhuman (As a God, she rarely suffers from physical exhaustion and will never succumb to the effects of illness or aging)
Range: Planetary, possibly Interstellar (Comparable to Artemis)
Standard Equipment: Spear and Aegis
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Exceptionally skilled tactician and Goddess of Wisdom. Superior to Daedalus)
Standard Tactics:
Weaknesses: Has all the weaknesses of a normal god: They can be injured by supernatural weapons if they decide to fight physically; he/she may weaken, age, and take the form to represent their current state of said domain if its attacked; they fade from existence — either from a lack of worship or the diminishing of their domain and if their thrones (or other sources of power) are destroyed, they will also fade along with it or become so weakened that they can no longer take a physical form. The only way to permanently defeat a god is to scatter their essence.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Curses: Athena can place horrible curses on objects, shown when she cursed a flute to give the worst fortune to the next person to play it, which ended up with the satyr Marsyas getting flayed alive by Apollo or when she cursed Teiresias with permanent blindness
- Transfiguration: Athena is able to transmute and transfigure virtually anything into anything else with ease, she transformed Medusa, Euryale, and Stheno into the first Gorgons, Coronis into the first raven, Arachne into the first spider, and Perdix into a partridge.
- True Form: Like the rest of the Greek Gods, Athena possesses a "True Form" that manifests when she gathers all of her essence in one place. During this time, she emits blinding, searing light that is able to kill any mortal foolish enough to challenge her virtually instantly and vaporizing the physical forms of those who survive an initial glance.
Notable Matchups
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References
Discussions
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