Digital World: Iliad

Olympos XII

The twelve guardians gathered under Homeros, Iliad's host computer, with Jupitermon at their head. Each pair watches over one area of the multi-layered world, and their power is said to rival the Royal Knights of the classic Digital World.

The Twelve

listed by the area each pair guards, starting from the Guardian Palace on Iliad's top layer

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Jupitermon

🏛 Guardian Palace · Leader

Inspired by Jupiter (Zeus)

Head of the Olympos XII; a sky and thunder god that judges good and evil without emotion.

Inspired by Juno (Hera)

Jupitermon's devoted partner, eliminating anyone who defies Jupitermon's will.

Inspired by Mercury (Hermes)

The fastest god of the Digital World; a restless wanderer and a skilled shaman.

Inspired by Minerva (Athena)

Small and childlike, swinging a greatsword as big as itself; cheerful but volatile.

Inspired by Neptune (Poseidon)

Rules all Aquatic Digimon from its castle at the bottom of the sea, the Abyss Sanctuary.

Inspired by Venus (Aphrodite)

A compassionate god of love; flowers bloom where it passes, and it soothes its foes.

Inspired by Vulcan (Hephaestus)

An eight-armed smith god behind famous weapons; picky with its clients, it avoids fighting.

Inspired by Mars (Ares)

A leopard-man god of war versed in every martial art; the strongest bare-handed.

Inspired by Bacchus (Dionysus)

A jovial host of feasts that brews wine from the fruit of its close friend Ceresmon.

Inspired by Ceres (Demeter)

A giant bird carrying the fruit forest Karpos Hule; gentle unless nature is abused.

A sun-flame god able to melt and purify anything; proud and intensely passionate.

Inspired by Diana (Artemis)

A moon god of water and ice, two-sided like the moon; fights on even at absolute zero.

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Related, not a member

born from two of the Twelve, without taking a thirteenth seat

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GraceNovamon

☾ Apollomon + Dianamon

Fusion of the sun and the moon

Came into being when Apollomon and Dianamon fused during an unprecedented crisis in Iliad.

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Lore notes

the stories behind the Twelve

Twelve Under Homeros

The official Iliad page presents the Twelve as guardians gathered under Homeros, with Jupitermon at their head. Homeros keeps silent and rarely takes part in running the world; it has no fixed form, and the guardians revere it through a lyre symbol.

Rivals of the Royal Knights

Marsmon's profile credits the Olympos XII with abilities rivaling the Royal Knights, the guardian deities of the Net, while staying neutral in the incidents of the Digital World. Rivals in power, not enemies: no official text has them fight.

Gatherings at the Palace

The Guardian Palace, a solemn temple on Iliad's top layer, is also its information hub, and the Twelve hold their meetings there at regular intervals.

The War with the Titans

In ancient Iliad the Titans of Erebus invaded the other areas and fought a fierce war against the Twelve. The Titans were defeated and nearly wiped out; why they invaded is still unknown.

Plutomon Stands Apart

Plutomon rules Iliad's Dark Area and acts separately from the Twelve. It shares Jupitermon's goal of punishing evil, but the two have a longstanding animosity: Jupitermon does not approve of Plutomon's cruelty.

Forms, Not Extra Seats

Several Digimon tied to the Twelve are forms of a member, not new members: Mervamon is Minervamon after amassing experience, Ceresmon Medium is Ceresmon's true body riding on its head, and GraceNovamon is the fusion of Apollomon and Dianamon.

Merukimon Is Not Mercurymon

Merukimon is sometimes confused with Mercurymon, Frontier's Legendary Warrior of Steel (Mercuremon in Japanese). The official English Reference Book and DigimonWiki keep them as two separate Digimon.

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Names link to DigimonWiki/Fandom (CC BY-SA unless noted otherwise); artwork © Bandai, shown from the official Digimon Reference Book. Membership, leadership and guarded areas follow the official Digital World: Iliad page and Reference Book profiles at digimon.net; the mythological inspirations follow Wikimon's Olympos XII members table.