Mars

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 * Despite being ' son, Mars is named after the Roman god of war, instead of the Greek equivalent, Ares, who is the son of the Greek god Zeus.
 * However, lines from Mars ( vo_mars_mars_ally 132.mp3 "I don't answer to that name anymore, you old fool.") and Zeus themselves ( vo_zuus_zeus_mars_ally_02.mp3 "Change your name all you want, you can't fool me.") hint that Mars has changed his previous name of Ares, possibly to avoid association with his father.
 * He also refers to himself as "Mars Ultor". In real life, this is the same name given to the Roman god Mars by the emperor Caesar Augustus when he created a cult of the same name. Mars Ultor means "Mars the Avenger" in Latin.
 * Mars' Immortal Off-hand item, God's Mercy, references elements from the Greek Myth as well, namely Perseus and Medusa. Perseus (who is another one of the Greek god Zeus' sons) uses a polished shield to act as a mirror to approach and behead the sleeping Medusa without looking directly at her eyes, thereby avoiding her infamous stone gaze. Perseus also used Medusa's head as a weapon to turn King Atlas into stone.
 * Mars carries a Greek-style Boeotian shield, but its decorative thunderbolts are more common on Roman shields.
 * weapons_hero_mars_enc_arena_of_blood.mp3 's sound comes from the Mars movement of Gustav Holst's musical suite, The Planets. Mars also vo_mars_mars_song_01.mp3 hums the music when ordered to move or after killing an enemy in the Arena of Blood.
 * Mars' response on pinning an enemy against the walls of Arena of Blood ( vo_mars_mars_ability1_16.mp3 "Are you not entertained?!") is a reference to a scene from the film Gladiator.
 * Mars' death response ( vo_mars_mars_death_20.mp3 "What is this madness?!") and Dota Plus chat wheel line ( vo_mars_mars_wheel_all_11.mp3 "THIS IS DOOOOTAAAAA!") are references to the famous "THIS IS SPARTA!" scene from the film 300
 * Mars' rare killing response ( vo_mars_mars_attack_21.mp3 "Mars the Impaler!") is a reference to Vlad the Impaler, the Wallachian Voivode who was the inspiration behind Bram Stoker's Count Dracula.
 * Mars' rare Arena of Blood cast response ( vo_mars_mars_ability4_10.mp3 "WITNESS MEEEE!") is a reference to a War Boy's suicide attack using grenade-tipped spears from the film Mad Max: Fury Road.
 * Files related to Mars were leaked on January 03, 2018, but were deleted later that day. The leaked abilities were called Spear Wall/Spear and Phalanx/Phalanx Cancel.