Persephone

Persephone is the Goddess of Spring.

Personality
According to herself, Persephone is a very ordinary person, to the point that she feels a bit insecure about it. She does have one distinguishing feature, however, and that is her unusual optimism.

Persephone is very kind, supportive and forgiving, though sometimes slightly naïve. She is friendly, polite and a lot more down-to-earth than the other gods.

She is also a bit jumpy at times and quite easily pushed around by some other characters. However, even though she is sometimes a bit of a pushover, she is also capable of being a very determined and charismatic speaker.

Persephone is a firm believer in hope, having a positive attitude about the future, no matter how bad the situation is in the present. She is also a pacifist, as she believes that killing and violence isn't the answer. While she dislikes despair, believing it to be a corrupting and negative emotion which cannot benefit the world, she is very forgiving towards those who fell into despair.

Background
Persephone was born to Zeus and harvest-goddess, Demeter, and became the queen of the Underworld. Zeus, however, did not care for Persephone, and left them both. Demeter would then raise Persephone alone.

As soon as Persephone matured, she gained many suitors. She, however, remained a maiden. One morning, she was out picking flowers when Hades burst through the Earth, riding a golden chariot pulled by black horses. He had seen her earlier that day and had fallen in love with her. He grabbed her by the wrist and waist, took into the chariot, and down to the Underworld.

Persephone spent a year there. In this time period, during the first nine days her mother, Demeter, was distraught and searched for her. Hekate saw her one of the nine days and told Demeter. Demeter became intensely sad and stopped caring about nature and the Earth. This cause nature to die, and the first winter to occur.

Persephone longed for a friend, and hated Hades. However, he soon grew on her, and experienced true freedom (In Hades, at least). Soon, Hecate came down and befriended her, and Hades grew happy for Persephone.