Medusa

**Medusa** is one of the Three Gorgons, daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto. She was the only one to born as a human, she was said to be a very beautiful and attractive woman, whoever, as an adult, she was a priestess of the goddess Athena. One day, she had sexual intercourse with the god Poseidon in Athena's temple, and being unable to punish Poseidon, Athena punished Medusa instead, turning her into a gorgon like her sisters, but with a additional curse, she would be immortal and have a gaze that immediately petrified whoever look directly.

Due to Poseidon doing nothing to stop Athena, Medusa grew to became grudgeful of all gods. A few years later, she was killed by the demigod Perseus, after spending sometime in Hell purging her sins, Medusa's body re-formed and she returned to the living world with no memory of her time there.

## Biography

### Background

Medusa was born millenia ago to the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, she was the youngest of the Gorgons triplets. However, she and her sisters were born during Yaldabaoth's campaign to prove to Elohim that Khaos' creations are flawed, so Yaldabaoth suppressed Medusa's Gorgon genes, making Medusa be born as the only human between them.

Yaldabaoth wanted to prove that if the gods had a mortal son/daughter they would reject them, but he was proven wrong when Medusa was accepted and loved by her parents and her sisters. As a kid, Medusa was a great admirer of Athena and was very devoted to her, so, as an adult, Medusa became a priestess of Athena.

Poseidon was bitter at Athena for recently turning his beloved Koroneis into a raven, so he decided to get back at her by becoming obsessed with the beautiful girl. Despite being warned about sea gods by her sisters, she was actually flattered that Poseidon liked her, and she had a short-term sexual relationship with him. But one time, he forced her to have a sexual intercourse in Athena's temple, the infuriated and disgusted Athena, unable to punish Poseidon due to his higher power and status, she decided to punish Medusa instead, so she unlocked and manifested Medusa's Gorgon genes, but with a additional curse, she would be immortal and have a gaze that immediately petrified whoever look directly.

Medusa was initially terrified by her curse, so, she moved into a abandoned temple in a abandoned island far away from civilization. She was also angered because Poseidon did nothing to save her from this curse and felt deeply betrayed. Eventually, her sisters Stheno and Euryale moved to live with her, and they would became known as the Three Gorgons. Medusa's sisters were eventually made immortal, though they do not have the power to turn people to stone like her. Medusa would try to pray to another gods and goddess, such as Zeus, Apollo, Artemis, but none of them ever answered, so her grudge extended to the rest of them.

During years, Medusa was constantly hunted by several people and heroes, but eventually, Medusa was targeted and killed by the demigod Perseus who used her curse to salve his mother from a forced marriages, and after spending sometime in Hell purging her sins, Medusa's body re-formed and she returned to the living world with no memory of her time there.

## Personality

Despite being the only human in her family, she was deeply loved by her parents and sisters, so Medusa grew to be a lovely, friendly and kind personality. She always had Athena in high regard, so when as a adult, she became a priestess of Athena, and according to Athena herself, Medusa was one of the most devoted priestess she ever had, because even with a lot of male pretendents, Medusa has always refused them and remained loyal to Athena's teachings. However, despite Medusa's loyalty to Athena, she was not above dating another Gods, as shown when she had a short-term sexual relationship with the Sea God Poseidon.

When Athena reveled Medusa's Gorgon nature and cursed her, Medusa felt deeply upset and betrayed by both Athena for cursing her, but to Poseidon as he did nothing to save her from this curse, so she held grudge against them. According to her sister Stheno, Medusa had also prayed to another gods and goddess to save her but none of them ever answered, so her grudge eventually extended to the rest of them.

Despite the constant support of her sisters, the trauma of Athena's betrayal, being constantly hunted by several people gave her a long-lasting lack of empathy, or even a deep hatred, towards humanity and the Gods. Even though Medusa would initially present herself using her old personality, she in fact was a cold and psychopathic killer, luring people under the false pretext of helping them, just to kill them by turning them into stone, and she appeared to be somewhat sadistic, actively enjoying making psychological torture to her victims before kill them.

Her hatred towards the Gods appears to even extend to their children with mortals, the Demigods, since she could became quite hostile when interacting with one.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Gorgon Physiology**: Medusa were originally born as a human, she still had the Gorgon genes that were suppressed. When Athena cursed her, she unlocked the Gorgon genes.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: As a Gorgon, Medusa had some degree of superhuman strength, enough to able her to fight Demigods on her own.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes**: As a Gorgon, Medusa had very quick reflexes, making her able to quick react to attacks on high speed.
* **Medusa's Curse**: Due to a curse casted on her by the goddess Athena, Medusa gained some abilities in addition to her Gorgon heritage.
	+ **Immortality**: Medusa was make immortal by Athena, she stopped completely her aging. By the time she was confronted by Lilian Revelgoulf and Rafael von Düsseldorf, she had thousands of years.
	+ **Petrifying Gaze**: The main ability she gained was a gaze that petrifies everyone who looked directly.
* **Divinity**: As the daughter of two sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, its probable that she inherited their divinity, however, due to her lack of knowledge and lack of practice, she is not able to harness this power.

### Weaknesses

#### Harming, Misleading and Trapping

* **Reflection**: Medusa's petrifying gaze only works when she is looked directly, and her enemies can combat her by looking at her indirectly through reflections.

#### Killing

* **Decapitation**: The only way to truly kill Medusa is by decapitation.

## Relationships

### Family

* Pontus - Grandfather
* Gaea - Grandmother
* Phorcys - Father
* Ceto - Mother
* Graiai - Older Sisters
* Three Gorgons - Sisters
* Echidna - Younger Sister
* Ladon - Younger Brother

### Enemies

* Olympiams
	+ Athena - Curser
	+ Poseidon - Former Lover