Hermes

Hermes is an Olympian god who watches the mortal world as the Beholder, supports Yeon-woo from the Treasury onward, and later becomes a practical organizer within the restored Olympus.

Biography

The Beholder opens the Treasury

Hermes meets Yeon-woo while guarding Olympus's Treasury, where his ability to move between mortal and divine worlds also lets him observe promising players. Interested in Yeon-woo's potential, he offers both an artifact and an Apostleship rather than treating the visit as a routine transaction. Yeon-woo refuses the position, but Hermes accepts the decision without resentment, beginning a relationship based less on formal patronage than on sustained personal confidence. (Chapters 75–76)

A younger Olympian defies his elders

When Agares descends to seize Yeon-woo, Hermes honors his earlier bargain and accepts the cost of intervening on a lower floor, even pushing beyond the minimum payment required. He attacks through divine beasts and natural law while Athena supports the defense, but floor restrictions and forced deportation prevent an unlimited engagement. Hermes later sides with Athena's younger Olympian faction against Poseidon's obstruction, turning his affection for Yeon-woo into a political choice that helps challenge Olympus's older leadership. (Chapters 205–207, 276–278, and 362–376)

From Erebus survivor to Olympus secretary

The fall of Olympus leaves Hermes among the survivors in Erebus and exposes him to divine sickness as the gods lose their holy throne. After Yeon-woo and his allies create a path to recovery and restoration, Hermes applies his experience in travel and communication to rebuilding rather than seeking personal precedence. He recommends alliances when Zeus disappears, records possible coordinates during the final mobilization, and serves as Athena's secretary, remaining an affectionate elder-brother figure who can still tease her as Olympus prepares for Yeon-woo's wedding. (Chapters 489, 544–558, 601, 743, and 848)

Appearance and personality

Hermes first appears as a man wearing the winged helmet Petasos and winged sandals Talaria, and carrying Caduceus, a staff entwined by two serpents. He is cheerful, playful, and unusually gentle when his offers are refused. Beneath the light manner is a protective and strategically minded god: he pays debts, challenges more powerful factions when loyalty requires it, and later settles naturally into a coordinating role.

Abilities and powers

Hermes specializes in passage between realms, observation, and divine intervention. His actions repeatedly show that a god's power in the lower Tower is bounded by causality, sacrificial requirements, and the Bureau's expulsion mechanisms.

Travel, observation, and Heaven and Earth Transportation

His office as the Beholder depends on movement between the mortal and divine worlds and on observing events below Olympus. He also grants Yeon-woo the power called Heaven and Earth Transportation, which later contributes to Yeon-woo's movement abilities. Neither observation nor transit is absolute: sealed regions can obstruct divine sight, while descent into a lower floor requires a suitable channel and can end in forced deportation. (Chapters 75–76, 205–207, 373, and 376)

Divine beasts and natural law

During the confrontation with Agares, Hermes descends on a colossal five-headed boa and multiplies constrictors that bind, bite, poison, and invade the demon duke's manifested body. His divine light and authority also repair damage to the stage as the gods' laws collide. The display is powerful enough to check Agares, but it cannot be sustained freely: the lower-floor restrictions close the window of intervention before Hermes can finish the fight. (Chapters 205–206)

Relationships

• Yeon-woo: Hermes recognizes Yeon-woo early, protects him from Agares, and later serves him as an organizer; Yeon-woo regards him as an older brother who cared from the beginning.
• Athena: Hermes is Athena's closest partner in the younger Olympian faction and later her capable, teasing secretary.
• Agares: Hermes directly opposes Agares's attempt to claim Yeon-woo, accepting the risks and restrictions of divine descent to stop him.
• Kronos: Hermes helps rebuild the Olympus whose restored foundation rests on Kronos and Rhea, and continues working within that renewed family order.

Items

None. No item in the finalized notable-item roster is assigned to Hermes.