The son of
Ares, god of war and
Nox, goddess of the night (who was posing as
Aphrodite at the time), Deimos was the god of dread and terror, and he was the twin sibling to
Phobos. Viewed by Ares as spawn rather his child, later Deimos and Phobos were slain by the "Lion of Olympus" Hercules and the
Asgardian, Thor. Nox revealed to
Doctor Strange that she allied herself with the seven
Fear Lords as a means to resurrect her sons, Deimos and Phobos from the netherworld. Her plan came into fruition as she reconstructed her children from an unknown dark-force matter; however, their return was short lived, due to the efforts of Strange and his comrades. Frustrated as a result of her failure, Nox stated that she would be able to resurrect her children at another time, although the resurrection was never shown, Deimos was killed once again during
Mikaboshi's attack on Olympus.