By Wonders do occur, particularly when they relate to Hades 2. A Reddit user seemingly received the extraordinary Boon of foresight through a blending of Zeus-Athena—fortune that enabled them to foresee a significant twist regarding Hecate a year prior to the developers, Supergiant, making it evident. (Brace for substantial spoilers following this sentence!)
“I can’t shake the suspicion that Hecate represents a future iteration of Melinoë,” remarked the Redditor, whose account has since been removed (another user recently uncovered the previous post). “The more I engage with the early access, the more I am convinced.”
According to various interpretations of Greek legend, which the Hades games adapt for their more wholesome, roguelike tales, the deathly deity Melinoë may serve as another name for the powerful sorceress-goddess Hecate. Nevertheless, Hecate is also intimately linked with canines and more, so the Redditor still had a significant amount of reasoning to pursue.
“Even Zagreus is at times referred to by a different name for Dionysus, and it’s evident they are not the same character in Hades,” observes the user. Yet, they acknowledge that Supergiant’s portrayal of Hecate often conceals at least half of her figure.
“We are battling Chronos after all, the actual embodiment of time, so some future/past self antics aren’t entirely improbable,” states the post, which still has merely 84 upvotes at the time of writing. Regardless, the author is fundamentally correct—Hades 2 ultimately discloses that Hecate ventured to the dawn of time and raised Melinoë to accomplish her singular mission: to defeat Chronos.
“Phenomenal Redditors strike once more, holy moly,” comments one user on the initial Reddit discussion. “Congratulations, dude.”