Tiresias (Earth-616)

Tiresias
Name	Teiresias
Current Alias	Tiresias
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Gods of War
Relatives	Father (a shepherd); Mother (a Nymph)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Genderfluid
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Grey-haired
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human/Nymph hybrid
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Thebes, Greece
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	Greek
Occupation	Prophet
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Fred van Lente, Greg Pak, Rodney Buchemi
First	Incredible Hercules #126 (February, 2009)
First	Incredible Hercules #126 (February, 2009)

 Tiresias. Sage, oracle, poor blind seer, yadda yadda. This is Theseus. Just ignore him. We're assembled to fight a tribe of abominable new Gods. They're called The Storm. Anyway, they've got in Herc's head. It's all a huge mess, really, darling. 

—Tiresias

History

Origin

Tiresias was born and raised in the city of Thebes in ancient Greece. He was the son of a shepherd and a Nymph.

Tiresias stumbled upon goddess Athena while she was bathing; as a result, the goddess decided to blind him. His mother begged Athena to lift the curse, but she refused to. Instead, she opened Tiresias' ears so he might hear all the whispers of the Gods. This two curses/gifts gave him a greater perspective of the world.

He was traveling one day and found a pair of snakes in his path and killed them. Hera was angry at his action and decided to change his sex. As a woman, Tiresias served as a priestess of Hera.

Hercules

After the young baby Hercules killed the two snakes sent to kill him his parents Amphitryon and Alcmena went to Tiresias for advice. He revealed the truth of Hercules true parentage and that Zeus created him to be the champion of mankind. He saw his many future battles including one against the Hulk.

Death

When Tiresias died, their soul went to Hades, the Underworld, where they were visited by Odysseus who was on his ten year journey home known as the Odyssey. They gave him advice on how to continue on his voyage to Ithaca.

Across the Ages

At some point they returned to the land of the living as an immortal prophet. In 1782, they crashed at Mozart's place during the time "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" had just opened to rave reviews. They enjoyed his many parties. She was also close friends of Ludwig van Beethoven and they had an interesting relationship as he/she was blind and he was deaf. This lead to an interesting confrontation with the Mayor of Vienna a story he/she still tells to this day. During the late 19th Century they got locked in the meat locker of famed French chef and restaurateur Auguste Escoffier. They had never enjoyed such a good meal in all her long life. During the 1970s Tiresias lived in England where they picked up a cockney accent. They were in the studio when David Bowie recorded the "Low Album".

Modern Era

In the modern era they moved to the United States of America and opened a clock repair shop in New York City. They lived there with their dog Alfred Lord Tennyson. Hercules went to meet with Tiresias to ask for help and information of the Uprising Storm. They told him she would investigate, but as he left, they warned him about some "Lads" being in town and he would meet them in Central Park. As they were investigating the Uprising Storm they arrived the clock repair shop. They were beaten half to death and when Hercules came to visit them in the hospital they told him that they saw a vision just before the Uprising attacked them. They said Athena had come to claim him and take him back to Olympus, telling him his long tenure on Earth was over, that the world was changing and there's no place in it for him anymore. Horrorscope came to the hospital to finish them off but was interrupted by Sophia who had come for a visit. Horrorscope took the form of a doctor and left them in peace.

Hercules invited Tiresias and the others back to his apartment where they shared dinner together toasting the battle. They shared their many stories of the famous people they had met in their long life.

Gods of War

After another defeat in battle, Tiresias and the others convinced Hercules to form a team of godly heroes to defeat the new gods. Hercules contacted his friends from across the globe for a meeting of the "Gods of War". He brought them to New York City to battle the Uprising Storm, but before the meeting could end the Uprising Storm attacked.

Attributes

Powers

• Precognition: Tiresias was gifted the power to see the many possible futures, and to hear the whispers of the Gods.

Additional Attributes

• Blind: Tiresias was blinded by Athena, but was able to compensate thanks to his/her precognitive abilities.

See Also

• 10 appearance(s) of Tiresias (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Tiresias (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Tiresias (Earth-616)
• 2 image(s) of Tiresias (Earth-616)
• 5 quotation(s) by or about Tiresias (Earth-616)