Mars (Quest for Beasts)

Mars is the Roman god of war. He appears in The Quest for Beasts episode In The lap of the Gods, which aired on February 11, 2003. He is voiced by Canadian actor Christopher Heyerdahl.

Biography
Mars is the son of Jupiter, king of the gods, and his sister is Minerva, goddess of war and wisdom. He was worshiped by the Romans as a symbol of war, much like the Greek god Ares, but when Theodosius I came to power and had Christianity enforced onto the Romans, the gods went into a stone slumber and later on reemerged in the 21st century.

Appearance and personality
Mars takes on the form of a muscular, battle-scarred man with bronzed skin, chocolate brown hair and a goatee and brown eyes. He dresses in red and gold armor decorated with a wolf motif and a gladiatorial helmet resembling a wolf with its mouth gaping open. Mars is a ferocious, belligerent individual. Unlike Minerva, who uses her intelligence as a way of winning fights, he prefers to use more violent tactics. Despite this, he has a soft side and is in love with the goddess Venus.