Hades was the brother of Zeus and Poseidon. He became the Lord of the Underworld and the ruler of the dead. Nevertheless, He was not considered to be death itself, as this was a different god, called Thanatos. Greedy like his brother Poseidon, he was mainly interested in increasing  his subjects, and anyone whose deeds resulted in people dying was favored by him. The Erinnyes also knows as Furies were welcomed guests in his kingdom.

 The Greeks were not keen on uttering his name, afraid of causing some kind of reaction that would end up with them dead sooner. Instead, They decided to give him another name, Pluton, derived from the greek word for wealth, due to the precious metal mined from the earth. Thus, Hades also became the God of Wealth.

Although an Olympian, Hades preferred the Underworld and rarely left his kingdom, His weapon was a Pitchfork, which he used to earthquakes, similar to the way Poseidon used his trident. He also had a Helmet of Invisibility, which he had received as a gift from the Cyclopes, in order to use it during the Clash of the Titans. He was married to Persephone, daughter of Demeter, whom Hades had abducted and carried down to the Underworld.

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, and the Queen of the Underworld. She was abducted by Hades, the God of the Underworld, infuriating her mother who made the crops wither and earth barren. Zeus intervened and tried to bring Persephone back to the world of living. However, Persephone ate the seeds of a Pomegranate that Hades had given to her, binding her to him for one third of the year. Thus, It was decided that Persephone would spend four months in the underworld and eight months on Earth.

 Pomegranate is considered the Fruit of the Dead but it is actually not. If you have eaten any food in the underworld you would have to stay there is what the rule says. Since, Persephone had consumed one third of a Pomegranate she had been asked to split her time in proportion in  with Hades in the Underworld and her mother in the living world, The period in the Underworld  corresponded to the winter season, during which Demeter would make the soils barren due to her grief, while her return marked the start of the spring.