Artemis

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

Avenger, Divine, Goddess, Holy, Patron of the Amazons, Patron of Arcadia, Sacred, Sacred Sister of the Moons, Twilight Twin (Shared) (Titles)
Council of Twelve, Goddess of Beasts, Goddess of Freedom, Goddess of the Hunt, Goddess of Maidenhood, Goddess of the Moons, Goddess of the Wilderness, Sacred Sister of the Natural Order (Purviews)

### Relatives

Zeus (Father)
Leto (Mother)
Apollo (Twin Brother)
Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes (Half-Brothers)
Athena, Diana, Hebe, Ilithyia, Eris and Cassandra Sandsmark (Half-Sisters)
Aradia Morningstar (Daughter)
Menodora, Skylla, Aresia Lowell, and Stephanie Trevor (Nieces)
Aristaeus, Asclepius, Eros, Jay Garrick and Jason Trevor (Nephews)

## Biographical Information

### Date of Birth

Vernal Equinox, 120 Years Before Titanomachy

### Marital Status

Single
Exes (Lucifer Morningstar, Orion, and Callisto, Ex-Lovers)

## Physical Description

### An Accounting of Artemis

In her youth, Artemis was the favored child of her father, Zeus. She was also his eldest (at least among the divine), until it was later discovered that Zeus's first wife, the Titan Metis, had given birth while imprisoned in the otherword prison of Tartarus. Though I doubt this discovery meant Zeus loved Artemis less, but that is how Artemis felt when the addition of Athena meant her father could spend time doting on her. As a result of this, the young Artemis began spending more time in the wild lands around the exile camp instead of inside the enclave with her kin.

Despite her antisocial tendencies, Artemis joined her fellow gods in overthrowing the Titans, earning her a a powerful position among the Pantheon. In the aftermath of that, Artemis ventured out into the vast wilds of Earth and became a huntress of undeniable skill and developed a cult following of handmaidens and huntresses that she identified as the Moon Maiden.

As the Gamekeeper of Olympus, Artemis had many other that worshipped, but none as impressive as the Cretan hunter Orion. This mortal has so impressed the goddess that she chose to hunt at his side on a number of instances, disguised from her true identity. Rumor has it that she even became romantic with the mortal after the pair took down a monstrous scorpion.

However, when Apollo came to find Artemis and found her in the company of Orion, Apollo's gift's discerned that Orion was sent by the Titan Eos. With this discovery, Artemis realized that Orion sought to seek vengeance. for Artemis and Apollo's overthrowing of Eos' parents, Hyperion and Theia left with no other choice, Artemis personally shot and killed Orion. Though it destroyed her to do so.

After the situation with Orion, Artemis found comfort in the arms of one of her Moon Maidens, Callisto, but even that did not end well. During a hunting festival in which several gods attended, Zeus had seduced Callisto and Hera had discovered the affair. Angry, Hera transformed Callisto into a bear and then sent messengers to alert Artemis to the presence of a bear near the festival. Fearing the safety of the mortal attendees, Artemis hunted the bead down. Upon delivering a mortal shot, Artemis was alerted to Callisto's fate... So enraged by this, Artemis asked her uncle Hades to preserve Callisto's soul, by marking it for reincarnation.

Nowadays, Artemis still prefers the wilds of Elysium to politics and rarely ventures into cities, or even Olympus, lest she must.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Goddess:** The daughter of Zeus and the titanspawn Leto. Artemis is also the twin sister of Apollo. The twin gods share a metaphysical bond.
* **Gamekeeper:** By sacred oath of the Quorum of Six, Artemis is the designated royal Gamekeeper. As a result of this, by decree of the Six, Artemis has absolute authority to pursue and punish poachers as she sees fit.
* **Goddess of the Hunt:** This gift stems from Artemis' innate wild essence. As the Goddess of the Hunt, Artemis is a legendary huntress and a perfect tracker of both beast and mortal alike. Artemis can also use this entitlement to sense the last beast a mortal had slain and for what reason.
* **Goddess of Wilderness:** Artemis can sense all wildlife in her presence, make a aggravated animals calm, and has a perfect sense of direction. Artemis can also detect the location and distance specific species of flora or fauna.
* **Goddess of the Moons:** As the daughter of Leto, Artemis had an innate connection to the celestial bodies of Earth and after an adjustment period, her affinity shifted to the moons and stars in Elysium's sky. As a result of this affinity, Artemis is the stewardess of the moons of Elysium and has oversight of the three Maidens of the Moon and the Lunar Chariot.
* **Keeper of The Crescent Bow:** This powerful relic of the Titanomachy has been refined by Artemis' own half-brother, Hephaestus. With the modern improvements and its ancient enchantments intact, arrows fired by the Crescent Bow are not affected by friction, gravity, or other environmental factors.So armed Artemis' impressive archery skill is made legendary. When coupled with Artemis' own quiver (each arrow created by Hephaestus, nymphs, master artisans of the Underworld, or Artemis herself), the goddess' martial skill rivals that of entire mortal armies.
* **Rider of the Lunar Chariot:** As the Goddess of the Moons of Elysium, Artemis is entitled to the remarkable relic, which flies through the sky at incredible speeds by day and at the speed of thought by night.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* She has a sexual relationship with her brother Apollo.
* Due to Elysium having three moon's instead of one Artemis's appearance changed causing her hair and skin to become paler.
* She and her brother Apollo were sent to meet with goddess Albina. The twins were meant to negotiate a peace, but high on their newly acquired Titanic essence, the pair were quite proud and haughty. Albina's followers grew tired of their disrespect and one grabbed an adamant dagger and struck Apollo in the shoulder. Before Albina could call for the hostilities to end, Artemis had slaughtered most of Albina's throneguard. After they left, Albina used her powers to transform what was left of her throneguard into fierce choiranthropes (werepigs) and sent most of them to ravage the lands of the Olympians. Some time later she also killed Albina.
* Albina's son, Moccus, is her enemy.
* When Lucifer strolled into her shrine on Aventine Hill she decided to investigate. She had hoped to kill an angel to send a message to the Presence for intruding upon their cult, but when she saw Lucifer she stayed her blade. She could sense that his power equaled that of other archangels she had met, but she had not seen this particular archangel before. He also reminded her of her brother Apollo with the way the light made his hair seem to glow. Needing to know more, Artemis struck up conversation and once Lucifer began to talk, Artemis fell in love. She and Lucifer took up a discreet residence in Tuscany. That's where their daughter Aradia was born.
* When Rome fell Artemis came to collect Aradia. Artemis and the other Olympians were set to leave Earth and seek out a new world but before they could depart, Lucifer arrived and told Artemis that he could not allow Aradia to go with her. The two argued until they reached an agreement that they would honor whatever decision Aradia chose. After considering both options and wishing to not be burdened by such a choice, Aradia reasoned that among Olympians, Aradia would always be the daughter of an angel, the offspring of the enemy that drove them off this world. But in Hell, Aradia would be the daughter of their King and would have a honored right to always be heard and respected in the courts of Hell. And so Aradia chose Hell over the Olympians' Haven.
* She gave the Woodsman the ability to speak to animals and trees in exchange for his oath to put his enchanted axe to work slaying monsters.

### Notes

* Much of Artemis' biography is related to one of Roy's other projects, NeOlympus.

## Gallery

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## Links and References

* Appearances of Artemis

1. ↑ An Accounting of Artemis
2. ↑ Neonomikon: Artemis
3. ↑ Network Files: Hoggish Greedly
4. ↑ Network Files: Aradia Morningstar 1
5. ↑ Network Files: The Woodsman