Hera

Hera

Cerulean

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Hera is one of the Ocean Masters employed by Grey Havens. She was hired in March 2008 with the eighth wave of Ocean Masters alongside Cronus, Gaea, and Galene.

Character

Hera can be usually found on her vessel, the Watching You, but can also be found on board the first ship she owned, the Sacred Peacock. Her favourite activities, when not on duty, are sailing, docktarting and annoying Cronus. Hera regularly blogs and also can be found on Facebook and Twitter. Hera has a Grey/White parrot named Zeus and a Red/Black parrot named Kia Kaha ('Be Strong' in Maori) which she got to show her support of the people of Christchurch, New Zealand after the fatal 6.3 earthquake of 22 February 2011.

Dolls awarded

Feylind (Midnight) for the VoodoOM Dolls 2008 event.
Queasy (Viridian) for Incredible Pumpkin Carving in the Piratey Pumpkin Carving 2008 event.
Candlewench (Cobalt) for an adorable Baby Hera picture in the Ringer Baby Pictures! event.
Morganagrrl (Midnight) for Fantastic Pumpkin Carving in the Pumpkin Carving 2009 event.
Minsiem (Cobalt) for Singing Hera's Praises May 2010
Johnathan (Midnight) for Singing Hera's Praises May 2010
Devilmaster (Midnight) for Singing Hera's Praises May 2010
Imp (Malachite) for Singing Hera's Praises May 2010
Adrielle (Viridian) for Singing Hera's Praises May 2010
Sig (Sage) for The Doctors' Doodle July 2010
Molecular (Hunter) for Piratey Pumpkin Carving 2010 event.
Phaerie (Midnight) for Day of the Dead Altar (Pirate Style) November 2010
Toemoesh (Hunter) for his outstanding devotion and dedication to the colours purple and blue, June 2011
Tam (Malachite) for Go Make a Kite! June 2011
Azuruu (Hunter) for Commending Cows July 2011
Caribee (Midnight) for Commending Cows July 2011
Wahee (Hunter) for Commending Cows July 2011
Greylady (Sage) for Pumpkin Carving 2011 event.
Saviour (Meridan) for September 2012 Monthly Familiar Competition (Dollemma)
Masters (Emerald) for September 2012 Monthly Familiar Competition (Dollemma)
Bunnylaroo (Emerald) for 101 uses for a Hera Egg May 2013.
Twilah (Meridian) for 101 uses for a Hera Egg May 2013.
Greylady (Meridian) for 101 uses for a Hera Egg May 2013
Pixelpixie (Cerulean) for 101 uses for a Hera Egg May 2013
Velternal (Meridian) for 101 uses for a Hera Egg May 2013
Velternal (Meridian) for Hera's choice Pumpkin Carving October 2013
Cattrin (Cerulean) for Hoist a Jolly Hera August 2015
Alpha (Emerald) for Hera's choice Pumpkin Carving Contest October 2015
Aelain (Meridian) for Hera's choice Pumpkin Carving Contest October 2015
Nuvo (Emerald) for being very kind in game! December 2015
Masterdodo (Opal) Opal's Birthday, Drinking Tournament. December 2015
Quansha (Emerald) for Hera's choice Pumpkin Carving Contest October 2016
Cattrin (Obsidian) for Hera's choice Pumpkin Carving Contest October 2017
Redleaf (Obsidian) for A Decade as a Deity! March 2018
Velternal (Obsidian) for The Great Escape August 2018
Shuckle (Obsidian) for Hera's choice Pumpkin Carving Contest October 2018
Closure (Emerald) for Hera's choice Pumpkin Carving Contest October 2019
Dinosaur (Emerald) Random "upgraded egg" prize granted in Xmas in July, July 2020
Pegasiswolf (Emerald) A special thank you trinket for running Xmas in July over so many years. July 2020
Jessilovexx (Emerald) for Hera's choice Pumpkin Carving Contest October 2020
Breafighter (Emerald) for Hera's choice Pumpkin Carving Contest October 2020
Lizeau (Emerald) for Hera's choice Pumpkin Carving Contest October 2020

In mythology

She is named for the Greek goddess of marriage. In Greek mythology, she was the wife and older sister of Zeus. Her parents were Cronus and Rhea. She is known to be extremely vengeful and jealous. The tales of her retribution are usually connected with her husband Zeus, who is an infamous womanizer, taking on different forms to fornicate with beautiful women.

One example would be the story of Io. For consorting with her husband, Hera had a gadfly sting Io (who was now in the form of a heifer) which followed her wherever she went never leaving her in peace. Io was previously guarded by the monstrous Argus Panoptes, an "all-seeing" giant with 100 eyes. However this is the least of examples of Hera's retribution. We can only hope the person behind the character of our Hera is much more benevolent.