Quote Originally Posted by LilimoLimomo View Post
As for the proposal that Hermes is immensely powerful, I don't see anything in the narrative that supports that idea. We're never told that, never shown that. Are we assuming he's powerful because he has a high-ranking position? Again, Hythlodaeus is his boss and outranks him, reminding us that there is no correlation between power and Amaurot's hierarchy.
Well, we do know that the researchers of Elpis come running to him to subdue any creations that are running rampant and he quickly puts them down when needed. In addition, he fought WoL (who would go on to defeat the Keywarders of Pandaemonium, who are all immensely powerful mages recognized by Lahabrea himself), Emet-Selch (Hythlodaeus knows of no mage more powerful despite regularly bumping into the best and brightest of Amaurot), and Venat (a former Azem who once stopped a cataclysmic meteor and more or less laughs off her successor fighting a volcanic eruption turned into a creation). Yes, the security measures of Ktisis Hyperboreia weakened his opponents, but Hermes is not to be trifled with.