Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus was an Isu craftsman and the High Scientist and Engineer of Persephone who was later revered as a god by ancient Greeks and Egyptians.

His beliefs and philosophies eventually influenced the foundation of an ancient religious order called the Cult of Hermes. This cult, in turn led to the birth of the Cult of Kosmos.

Biography

Towards the end of the Isu Era, Hermes Trismegistus attended a summit of the three Sister Realms as Persephone's representative of Elysium and her High Scientist and Engineer. There, a delegation of the Atlantean embassies presented the Solar Dynamics Observatory of Atlantis' concerns over the threat of solar instability but, with tensions high between the realms, Hermes simply stormed off.

Sometime in the sixth century BCE, Hermes met Pythagoras and his protégé Kyros of Zarax in a remote desert. There, Hermes passed his staff onto Pythagoras, naming him his successor.

Simulated life

During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra, at the behest of Aletheia, visited a simulation of Elysium wherein a simulated version of Hermes could be found.

Within this simulation, Hermes guided Kassandra in her efforts to strengthen her connection with the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus–which she had inherited from her birth father, Pythagoras–whilst supporting the reign of Persephone, for whom Hermes held great affection.

Personality

Hermes seemed to be deeply in love with Persephone, unable to identify his own ruthless nature and always trying to keep his word. Being under Persephone's thrall made Hermes cruel, perfectionist, misanthropic, paranoid, ruthless, and tyrannical. Like the other Isu, he despised humans, considering them weak beings who should be governed, especially Adonis, who abhorred his own relationship with Aphrodite and for being the leader of the rebellion. However at the beginning Hermes pretended to get along with Kassandra since she was carrying his staff.

Influence

5th century BCE

During the late 5th century BCE, statues of Hermes were used all over the Peloponnese and the Greek islands as message boards on which bounties, contracts and other miscellanea were posted. Hermes was also worshipped on the island of Kephallonia, where a statue in his likeness stood inside the Drogarati Cave. In addition, the a staff called Hermes' Kerukeion ended up in the possession of the Spartan misthios Kassandra during the Peloponnesian War.

1st century BCE

During the 1st century BCE in Egypt, the citizens of Hermopolis replaced Thoth with Hermes in the Temple of Thoth. Berenike, the Nomarch of the Faiyum Oasis wrote a commendation to the temple, extending her thanks for embracing Hermes and promising they would be well compensated.

Trivia

• Hermes is regarded as one of the Twelve Gods, the major deities of the Greek pantheon.
• While one and the same individual in lore, historically Hermes and Hermes Trismegistus are by-and-large considered seperate individuals, with Hermes Trismegistus being the purported author of the Hermetic Corpus, a series of sacred texts that are the basis of Hermeticism. That said, certain worshippers in Ptolemaic Egypt recognized an equivalence between Hermes (the god), Hermes Trismegistus, and Thoth.
  • In Abrahamic mythology Hermes Trismegistus is connected to Enoch and the prophet Idris.

Gallery

• Hermes Trismegistus as he appeared to Pythagoras and Kyros of Zarax
  Hermes Trismegistus as he appeared to Pythagoras and Kyros of Zarax
• Simulation of Hermes Trismegistus in Elysium
  Simulation of Hermes Trismegistus in Elysium
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  An illustration of Hermes Trismegistus
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  Statue of Hermes, used as a message board in 5th century BCE Greece

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed: Origins (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (statue only)
  • The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium (simulation only)