Vulcan, also known as Hephaestus, is the forge master of The Mortal Gods and is largely responsible for most of their advanced tech.
Before becoming aware of his past life as a god, Edward Parks served with distinction in the military as an engineer, serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He was widely applauded as arguably the best engineer around and someone you would be lucky to have backing you up in battle. Unfortunately, Eddie's time in the military was cut short when he and his team were hit by an I.E.D.
The rest of his team died but Eddie survived...Barely.
Losing both legs and with most of his body and face badly burned, it seemed Eddie's time in battle was over.
Shipped back to America, he received the best treatment possible to recover from his injuries thanks to a mysterious benefactor. After over a year of rehab, he finally met this mysterious benefactor who turned out to be none other than Juno of the Mortal Gods.
The Olympus Group had but their wealth and power behind Eddie's recovery and Juno explained that she thought Eddie could be one of their own. A god lost among the mortals. Eddie was initially sceptical. After all, what kind of god could he be in his current state?
"One of the best." was Juno's answer.
Eddie was given access to all of the Mortal Gods services and named as the new head of the Olympus Group's science and research department by Jupiter who knew all too well of his inventive skills. Access to the best toys available quickly sparked Eddie's imagination and one of the first things he built were a pair of robotic legs. The procedure to affix them to his body was painful and dangerous but ultimately successful and Eddie could finally walk again.
Adopting the name Vulcan, Eddie soon became an integral part of the Mortal Gods operations and earned the trust and respect of the other gods, thanks in no small part to his wry sense of humour.
Unfortunately, the years since have been hard on Vulcan. He has grown more and more angry at a world he sees as toxic. People aggravate him greatly and he does his best to seclude himself away in his workshop for long periods of time.
Jupiter's death during the Terminus invasion was particularly tough on an already bitter and angry Vulcan. The other gods, Mercury especially, often attempts to drag their friend out of his melancholy but they are finding it increasingly difficult.
Vulcan is still loyal to the Mortal Gods (mostly to Athena) but some believe that if his downward spiral continues, there may be no coming back from it.
