Ulysses
Earth statue of Ulysses
Full name and title	King Odysseus of Ithaca
Known aliases	Nobody, Xenon Arceus
Status	Alive
Condition	Enhanced human
Occupation	Unknown
Affiliation	Variable
First appearance	BTI 135
Character Information
Year of birth	1214 BC
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Orientation	Heterosexual
Ancestors	Hermes (maternal great-grandfather)
Parents	Laërtes (father, deceased), Anticlea (mother, deceased)
Wife	Penelope (deceased)
Sons/daughters	Telemachus (son, deceased)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Unusual features	Thick, unruly beard

Odysseus, mostly known as Ulysses (/juːˈlɪsiːz/ IPA, ουλγσσεσ in Olympian) is a legendary hero of the Olympian Galaxy and the founder of the Mortal Liberation Front.

He was a close ally of the Vanguard during the “Hearts and minds” storyline and the main adversary of “Schism“.

Biography

Most of the story of Ulysses is a web of lies and half-truths, often with contradictory information.
He was born Odysseus of Ithaca, which according to Ares was a name for Earth (or of a location on Earth).
He’s known to have partecipated in the Trojan War, where he stole the Palladium before taking it to Earth.
He also brought there an unknown number of other alien artifacts.

He was the protegé of Athena and he’s known to have killed Polyphemus, son of Poseidon. His adventures became legendary and a symbol of defiance against the gods: the tale of his voyages is told in a book called the Odyssey (almost completely different from the book of the same name that survived on Earth).
Unknown to the vast majority of the galaxy’s population, Ulysses survived by somehow obtaining immortality and founded the terrorist organization called the Mortal Liberation Front.

Ulysses claims to have stolen the Nexus from Hermes, to have met Reaper before his death, and to have experience with multiple beings holding the Nexus; none of these claims has been confirmed. At an unknown moment he interacted with the Core, leaving behind a shadow of his mind within the alien device.

Ulysses was a key member of the Alliance but disappeared after the defeat of Hermes. A being claiming to be Ulysses helped Noriko Null in the search of the Dragon Tomb, but he was later revealed to be someone else.

The real Ulysses resurfaced to attend the wedding of Kari Zel and to help Noriko Null to stop the degradation of her mind.
He later orchestrated the assassination of the President of the Mortal Republic and revealed himself to be the leader of the Zenith, yet another anti-god terrorist organization.

Ulysses was executed for his crimes, but he still survives having transferred his mind into a clone.

 

 

Powers and abilities

Ulysses is a master manipulator, a skilled liar and a cunning strategist. The full extent of his abilities is a well-kept secret.

Mind transfer: Upon his death, Ulysses is able to transfer his mind into a newly cloned body.

Soul control: Ulysses has mastered control over his soul by training under The Monk. He can protect his soul and his mind from attacks,  can overcome a target’s soul to incapacitate them, can distript the use of Blood power, although he can’t create them on hin own.

 

Notes

• If his claim to have been born on Earth is true, after the death of the Scribe Ulysses is currently the oldest known living human
• Ulysses is the first being shown to be capable to survive the Final Abyss