OVA
Description
Hermes leads the Hermes Familia, an exploration group engaging in intelligence gathering, covert operations, and diverse profitable ventures. He frequently delegates management to his captain, Asfi Al Andromeda, due to prolonged absences. The Familia deliberately underreports its capabilities to the Guild, masking members' true levels and hiding their exploration depth—officially reaching only the 19th Dungeon floor while actually venturing to the 37th, aided by stealth tools like Asfi’s Hades Heads. Their emblem is a winged feathered hat.
Slender and medium-height with blonde hair, orange eyes, and effeminate features often highlighted by his feathered hat, Hermes exudes overwhelming charm that crafts an approachable facade. His public persona is casual, playful, and sociable, yet conceals cunning depths. He exhibits perverse tendencies, spying on bathing women as a self-proclaimed "man's duty," and openly endorses harems.
Beneath this veneer, Hermes operates as a shrewd, eloquent manipulator using unscrupulous methods. A neutral information broker with a vast network, he enforces confidentiality while collecting compromising intel on Familias for potential blackmail. He betrays allies to orchestrate complex schemes, like manipulating Freya to destroy the Ishtar Familia. Convinced the world needs a new hero to defeat the One-Eyed Black Dragon, he tests candidates like Bell Cranel by exposing them to harsh realities. He dismisses Ouranos’s vision of human-monster peace and shows no interest in the Xenos. Despite moral ambiguity, he genuinely cares for Orario’s welfare—rescuing Asfi or aiding Bell’s dance with Ais Wallenstein—and remains loyally subservient to Zeus, fulfilling tasks and sending reports.
Hermes believes Bell Cranel is the prophesied hero, convinced after witnessing his actions on the 18th Floor. He engineers scenarios to accelerate Bell’s growth, exploiting conflicts like the Rakia invasion while halting plans risking Freya’s wrath. After the Xenos incident, he prioritizes restoring Bell’s reputation, offering unconditional support even if hated. His high-risk methods include forging a fake notebook during the Xenos escape to force Bell into a critical choice, accepting failure as proof Bell isn’t the hero.
Regarding the Xenos, Hermes superficially cooperates with Ouranos for their safety but personally disdains them. He investigated Ikelos’s monster trafficking during the Wiene incident, warning him of divine suspicions. In Rivera Village, his Familia deployed smoke bombs to help Asterius and other Xenos flee the Loki Familia, aligning with Ouranos’s directives or personal agendas rather than genuine concern.
In "Arrow of the Orion," Hermes organized a festival contest to pull a spear from crystal. Bell succeeded, leading Hermes to introduce sponsor Artemis, who sought Bell’s aid against Antares. Hermes joined the expedition, later revealing Antares contained Artemis’s crystallized body and that the spear was the god-slaying arrow "Orion." He disclosed their companion Artemis was a fragment, tasking Bell with killing her to stop Antares.
Key relationships include Asfi enduring his delegated burdens; unwavering loyalty to Zeus; clandestine cooperation with Ouranos despite opposing philosophies; and shared history with Hestia and Artemis, evident during the "Arrow of the Orion" quest.
Slender and medium-height with blonde hair, orange eyes, and effeminate features often highlighted by his feathered hat, Hermes exudes overwhelming charm that crafts an approachable facade. His public persona is casual, playful, and sociable, yet conceals cunning depths. He exhibits perverse tendencies, spying on bathing women as a self-proclaimed "man's duty," and openly endorses harems.
Beneath this veneer, Hermes operates as a shrewd, eloquent manipulator using unscrupulous methods. A neutral information broker with a vast network, he enforces confidentiality while collecting compromising intel on Familias for potential blackmail. He betrays allies to orchestrate complex schemes, like manipulating Freya to destroy the Ishtar Familia. Convinced the world needs a new hero to defeat the One-Eyed Black Dragon, he tests candidates like Bell Cranel by exposing them to harsh realities. He dismisses Ouranos’s vision of human-monster peace and shows no interest in the Xenos. Despite moral ambiguity, he genuinely cares for Orario’s welfare—rescuing Asfi or aiding Bell’s dance with Ais Wallenstein—and remains loyally subservient to Zeus, fulfilling tasks and sending reports.
Hermes believes Bell Cranel is the prophesied hero, convinced after witnessing his actions on the 18th Floor. He engineers scenarios to accelerate Bell’s growth, exploiting conflicts like the Rakia invasion while halting plans risking Freya’s wrath. After the Xenos incident, he prioritizes restoring Bell’s reputation, offering unconditional support even if hated. His high-risk methods include forging a fake notebook during the Xenos escape to force Bell into a critical choice, accepting failure as proof Bell isn’t the hero.
Regarding the Xenos, Hermes superficially cooperates with Ouranos for their safety but personally disdains them. He investigated Ikelos’s monster trafficking during the Wiene incident, warning him of divine suspicions. In Rivera Village, his Familia deployed smoke bombs to help Asterius and other Xenos flee the Loki Familia, aligning with Ouranos’s directives or personal agendas rather than genuine concern.
In "Arrow of the Orion," Hermes organized a festival contest to pull a spear from crystal. Bell succeeded, leading Hermes to introduce sponsor Artemis, who sought Bell’s aid against Antares. Hermes joined the expedition, later revealing Antares contained Artemis’s crystallized body and that the spear was the god-slaying arrow "Orion." He disclosed their companion Artemis was a fragment, tasking Bell with killing her to stop Antares.
Key relationships include Asfi enduring his delegated burdens; unwavering loyalty to Zeus; clandestine cooperation with Ouranos despite opposing philosophies; and shared history with Hestia and Artemis, evident during the "Arrow of the Orion" quest.