Kronos (Saturn)
Profile
You've heard the word "chronological" right? Well, meet Mr. Chronological himself: Kronos, god of time. Kronos was the Titan king of the gods who gained his throne from his father Ouranos after he chopped off his dad's man-parts with a sickle. (Um...ouch.) Despite the hostile takeover, Kronos was actually a pretty good ruler; the time he was in charge was called the Golden Age, and all mankind was super-happy.
Of course, not everything was golden in the Golden Age. Kronos might have been a good ruler, but he was a pretty terrible dad. When Ouranos prophesied that Kronos would lose his throne to one of his kids, Kronos decided to start eating the baby gods as soon as they were born. Yep. Unfortunately for Kronos, he missed a little godlet named Zeus, who fulfilled the prophecy by nabbing Dad's throne. Oops.
Basic Information
Name Kronos
Nickname Saturn, Chronus, Cronus, Time Guy, the Worst Father Ever
Sex Male
Current city Elysium (I served a lot of hard time in Tartarus before that)
Work & Education
Occupation Titan King of the Gods (got fired)
God of Time
Ruler of Elysium, Land of the Blessed DeadEducation Gaia's School of Revolution
Night School of TartarusBeliefs
Political views Pro-Zeus (but only because he makes me)
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
Parents Ouranos (Dad), Gaia (Mom)
Siblings Koios, Krios, Iapetos, Hyperion, the Cyclopes, the Hekatonkheires, Oceanus, Rhea, Theia, Mnemosyne, Themis, Tethys (yeah, we're a big fam)
Children Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, Zeus (you may have heard of them)
Friends Atlas, Koios, Krios, Iapetos, Hyperion (these guys all fought beside me in the War of the Titans)
Enemies Ouranos (my father, who I castrated...)
Gaia (my mother, who helped get me thrown into Tartarus)
Rhea (my wife, who also helped get me locked up—what is it with family?!)
Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, Zeus (my children, who rebelled against me because I liked to eat them…we've made up now, though)Relationships
Relationship status Married to Rhea (which got pretty complicated when I started eating our kids)
Interested in Goddesses (Anybody, please... I'm so lonely.)
Favorites
TV Shows Quotations "This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Molds iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats the highest mountain down."
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (you only get three guesses, or Gollum will eat you)
"Time is on my side."
– The Rolling Stones
"Revolution is like Saturn—it eats its own children."
– Georg Buchner
"Time devours all."
– ProverbBooks A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
King Lear by William Shakespeare (I felt a lot like Lear, when I got booted off my throne)
"In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka (reminds me of my time in Tartarus)
Le Morte d' Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
Fences by August Wilson (Wilson definitely understood the trouble between fathers and sons)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (love how this book plays with time)
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
"The Passing of the Year" by Robert Service
"The Secret Miracle" by Jorge Luis BorgesMusic Time by Pink Floyd
Golden Age by Beck (reminds me of my days on the throne)
Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash (brings me back to Tartarus)
Time is on My Side by the Rolling Stones
Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin (fathers and sons… it's complicated.)
Time by Tom Waits
For the Longest Time by Billy Joel
The Hours by Phillip Glass
Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel (ah, history)Movies Chronos
The Shawshank Redemption (If they ever make a prison movie about my time in Tartarus, I think Morgan Freeman should play me.)
Back to the Future
Hot Tub Time Machine
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (I'm a lot like Sirius Black—imprisoned for no good reason.)
Time Bandits
Sliding Doors
The Dictator (At least I was never as bad as this guy.)
Timecode
Cronos
Memento
The Time MachineActivities & Interests
Likes Hourglasses
Digital Watches
Rolex
Prison Breaks
Time Machines
Retirement
ShuffleboardInterests Coup d'états
TimeGroups Titans
Former god kings
Clock makersSpotter's Guide
You might want to rethink your search for this guy. Not only did he castrate his own father (Ouranos, the sky), he also ate all of his own children except Zeus. We couldn't make this stuff up if we tried. After all the hubbub, Zeus banished his dad to Tartarus, the deepest pit of the Underworld, but now it's rumored that Zeus lets Kronos rule the Elysian Islands where the blessed dead go. Kronos will be a creepy looking old man with a sickle. But seriously, be careful. Kronos proves the saying that time devours all.
Sex: Male
Age: Old, really old
Build: Medium
Complexion: Pale
Hair Color: White (he's proud of his years)
Facial Hair: Long white beard
Scars/marks/tattoos: Nope
Jewelry and accessories: Nope
Clothing: Long robe
Armor: None
Type of Weapon: SickleTypical Companions:
Nobody likes this guy, so he's usually on his own.
Known Hangouts:
Tartarus
Elysium
Clock shops
Baby-Eater Support GroupsSightings
Jan 1, 1970 - Jan 1, 1970
Theogony by Hesiod
Read one of the first accounts of the rise and fall of Kronos—complete with father-castrating and baby-eating.
Jan 1, 1970 - Jan 1, 1970
The Library by Pseudo-Apollodorus
This ancient guy with an awesome name jotted down another version of Kronos's dastardly exploits.
Dec 20, 2019 - Dec 20, 2019
A Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
A very Kronos-like dude named Time shows up in this play to tell the audience that everything just skipped ahead 16 years. Trippy.
Dec 20, 2019
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
The god of time is constantly showing up to cause tons of trouble for Percy and his demigod gang in this must-read series.
Dec 20, 2019
God of War Series
Like video games? Like crazy gigantic monsters? You'll love Kronos in God of War.
Dec 20, 2019
Wrath of the Titans
Can Perseus stop Kronos from leading an army of really miffed Titans in destroying the gods? We're about to find out.