 When
it came time for the two Greek Gods, Athena and Ares, to manifest, Ares
seems to have cheated and chose to manifest in an adult rather than a baby.
He took over Gemini Saga and in his first moved killed Saga's twin brother,
the Master of Sanctuary. Then Ares tried to kill the baby Athena. One of
the reasons he had to have Aioros killed is that Sagittarius saw his face
that night, and therefore knew that Ares had taken over Saga. However,
as Saga was an adult with a fully formed personality, Ares could not totally
destroy Saga's own persona. Therefore, for many years the inner battle
between the two continued, until (shortly after Seiya departed Sanctuary)
Saga finally fell to Ares' power. That's why Gemini displays two sides
to his personality -- he IS two people inside one body. The change is also
marked by a change in hair color -- when he is Saga, his hair is dark blue,
while when Ares has taken over the body the hair is a light purple. Also,
when Ares is in control the whites of Saga's eyes turn dark purple. Even
after Ares gains full control, Saga occasionally manifests, but by this
time is unable to go against the War God's will. Saga's -- and thus Ares'
-- Gold Saint power is centered around his control of time and space --
he can twist the fabric of space/time with ease, including opening a hole
into another dimension and sweeping his opponents into it. (He cries "Another
-- Dimension!" as he does so, and the eyes on the sculpted faces on
either side of his helmet light up as well.) When Andromeda Shun defeats
Gemini, the armor collapses, revealing it is empty -- Ares has been controlling
it from the throne room. Ares also possesses a power similar to Phoenix's
"genma ken" which enables him to control those he strikes with
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