Wouldn't you like a taste of the power? Wouldn't you like to use more than words?
-Hermes ("Wouldn't You Like")
Hermes is the god of merchants, travelers, and thieves. He is the son of Zeus and Maia. He serves as the Messenger of the Gods.
Biography[]
Act I[]
After Odysseus and the crew arrive on an island after escaping from Poseidon, Hermes appears to offer help to Odysseus and defeat Circe (Wouldn't You Like).
Act II[]
Together with the Winions, he meets Odysseus again in Dangerous to give him the wind bag and instructs him to not open the bag if he wants to go home.
Appearances[]
The Circe Saga[]
- Wouldn't You Like (Debut)
- Done For (Mentioned)
The Vengeance Saga[]
Trivia[]
- Though it is never mentioned in the musical, Hermes is Odysseus' great-grandfather. Anticlea, Odysseus' mother, is Hermes' granddaughter through her father, Autolycus.
- In EPIC, Hermes's caduceus can be reverted to a mini size and is able to be worn as a necklace.
- Hermes originally only made a small cameo in the middle of Puppeteer.[1]
- In a snippet shared by Jorge, he was characterized as very quirky and nerdy. However, after Jorge started writing Dangerous, his personality changed into the Hermes that we know today.
- When Jorge was trying to figure out how Hermes' music would sound, the light-bulbs in his lamp began to rapidly shift colors when he was fidgeting with app on his phone.[2]
- This inspired Jorge to base Hermes' music on 80s Synthwave.