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Hades hercules legendary journeys8/26/2023 ![]() He comes to a chained gate, and thinking back to what the man said, snaps the chains and goes through. Hercules goes to him and he tells Hercules, "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link." Hercules pushes the apple to the man and he takes a bite." Hercules wishes him luck and leaves. As Hades leaves, Hercules sees a man chained up with an apple just out of reach. ![]() Hercules says he is taking Persephone back to the surface. Later, Hercules finds himself in Tartarus and Hades appears and warns him that he should watch himself if he wants to get back to the real world. Hercules explains that Deianeira and the children do not know they are dead and are reliving the happiest moments of their lives. Persephone wonders why Deianeira does not know they cannot eat food from the Underworld. When Deianeira hears them talking, she knows Hercules will have to leave again and says she will prepare them something to eat. The next day, while playing with the children, Hercules meets Persephone and is shocked that Hades did not have her tied up. She leads him to the bedchamber where the two of them make love. (Whether he planned this as a distraction for Hercules, or it was entirely by accident is never made clear.) Persephone intervenes, telling Hades to give Hercules and his wife some privacy. After spending the day with his children, Hercules and Deianeira spend the night together. Hercules embraces them in an emotional reunion. Deianeira sees him and greets him, she calls for the children and they come running to see their father. In the Underworld, Charon ferries Hercules across to the Elysian Fields. It's made clear that, while Persephone didn't appreciate being brought down to the Underworld by force, she and Hades are lovers, and she wouldn't mind staying with him, although she would eventually miss her mother. Meanwhile, Hades tries to convince Persephone to stay in the Underworld with him, but she says her mother would not like it. Once in the Underworld, Hercules sees his family playing and calls out to his wife, Deianeira. She reminds him that once in the Underworld he must not eat the food and must not look behind him when he is leaving or he will be stuck there. He asks if she will put nature back on course and she gives him her promise that she will. She says he will be allowed to go to the Underworld to bring Persephone back. Outside, Hercules tells Demeter that he has reconsidered. Hercules talks to a farmer, who tells him that they have no food, and they were relying on their crop to feed them and then the storm hit. She says there will be consequences for ignoring her request for help, she vows, "The Earth shall be as barren as my heart." The spring then quickly turns to winter, Hercules realizes it is the work of Demeter. She asks Hercules for his help but he refuses, telling her it is a problem for the gods to sort out. Hercules asks Demeter what just happened and she says that Hades took Persephone to the Underworld. As Demeter goes to tend to an old oak tree, Hades appears from the Underworld and abducts Persephone, while Demeter and Hercules look on. Demeter appears to her daughter and tells her she should stay away from mortals. ![]() When Demeter uses her powers to make a beautiful spring day, her daughter, Persephone starts picking wild flowers and begins talking to a pig herder.
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