Hera

Hera is a thundercloud homie created by Big Mom at Wano Country as a successor to Zeus. She is a special kind of homie, having received a soul fragment from Big Mom herself.

Appearance
Hera typically takes the form of a small, puffy cloud. She possesses a notably long and pointy nose, as well as pronounced eyelashes, lips, and blush marks on her cheeks. She possesses long strands on her head resembling hair, and her "hairdo" is parted toward the right side of her face and covers her right eye. When powered up, she can become completely shrouded in lightning.

Personality
Hera is almost always in a jovial mood and speaks in a sweet, flirtatious tone denoted by hearts at the end of her sentences. However, her sole objective is to serve Big Mom and she does not care to be around others, including her fellow special homies, though will still be polite to them. When Prometheus expressed interest in her becoming his girlfriend, Hera immediately turned him down. Hera has no issue with performing violent acts if ordered to by Big Mom, including eating Zeus' soul, and even thanked her fellow homie for providing her with sustenance. Like other characters, she possesses a unique laugh: "Oh-hoho" (オッホッホ)

Abilities and Powers
Hera is far more powerful than normal homies, being made from a fragment of Big Mom's very own soul, which gives her a will strong enough to resist the soul projection of the Yomi Yomi no Mi's user. Like her predecessor Zeus, Hera is capable of unleashing extremely large and powerful lightning bolts that wreak tremendous destruction.

Attacks

 * Fulgora: Big Mom has Hera unleash an enormous horizontal lightning bolt that creates a massive explosion upon impact, causing tremendous destruction to whatever it strikes. It was first used against Eustass Kid and Killer, and was strong enough to create a giant hole in the Skull Dome of Onigashima. "Fulgora" is the name of the female personification of lightning in Roman mythology.
 * Maser Ho: A combination attack with her fellow special homies Prometheus and Napoleon. Hera is placed in front of Prometheus with Napoleon piercing both of them through the middle, and the first two form several tendrils of lightning and fire to form a large circular ring in between them, fusing the three homies together. They then unleash a small concentrated beam of energy that can pierce through human flesh in an instant, leaving a impact several centimeters wide in diameter, and ultimately culminating in a large explosion. It was first used against the Beasts Pirates Shinuchi Ulti, and immediately knocked her unconscious despite her superhuman durability. The technique's name likely comes from the Maser Cannon, a fictional laser weapon used in numerous installments of the Godzilla film franchise. "Maser Cannon" is used by the Viz Manga as the attack name.

Wano Country Arc
During the war on Onigashima after Big Mom had been knocked off the floating island and, frustrated by once again being separated from and hindered by her previous thunder homie, Zeus, she decided to create Hera. Big Mom then flew back toward Onigashima wielding Hera in her right hand, and, eager to test her power, had Hera unleash a thunderbolt to attack Eustass Kid and Killer atop the Skull Dome. Big Mom and her homies then entered Kaido's fortress in the Skull Dome, where they confronted and attacked Beasts Pirates members Page One and Ulti. Big Mom had her three homies combine to unleash a powerful laser shot that took down Ulti, and when Prometheus and Napoleon tried to get close to Hera, she politely brushed them off. Zeus then returned to Big Mom, but she said his services were no longer required and allowed Hera to consume him in order to absorb his soul fragment and grow stronger. Zeus tried escaping from Hera and attacking Big Mom, but she weakened him enough to allow Hera to fully consume him.

Trivia

 * Hera is the goddess of women, marriage, family and childbirth in Greek mythology. Hera being the female counterpart and successor to Zeus in One Piece may be an allusion to their two mythological namesakes being married.

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