King of Hades is based on Hades, the king of the underworld and god of the dead and riches in ancient Greek religion. He was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea and was the last of their children to be swallowed and then released by his father. He and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon overthrew the Titans and divided the cosmos by lot, and Hades received the dark, dismal underworld.

Hades is best known for ruling the underworld and for abducting Persephone, daughter of Demeter, to make her his queen. He is described as dark-bearded and regal, with a helmet of invisibility, keys, a cornucopia, and the three-headed dog Cerberus. Ancient sources portray him as an impartial, implacable judge who is pitiless rather than warm, and Homer calls him the most hated of the gods by mortals.

This version keeps that weight and sets him in the present day, in a corporate suit and glasses, as the tagline says. The people who end up texting him tend to want a stern, unbending voice to keep their affairs in order, or they are curious