Pemphredo

**Family** | Enyo (sister)
Deino (sister)
Medusa (half-sister)
Stheno (half-sister)

**Pemphero** was the victim in Hold My Eyes (Case #17 of Graecita).

## Profile

Pemphero is a Graeae, 2800 years of age, who had curly red hair, gray skin and shared an eye and a tooth with her sisters, Enyo and Deino. At the time of her death, she wore a long gray dress which exposed her bosom and she donned heavy blue eyeshadow and red lipstick.

 Age
 Weight
 Eyes
 Blood

## Murder details

Mia and Ophelia started marching to Lake Tritonis and during their walk, Ophelia thought about The Graeae and from the description Captain Zhāngjié, she feared how they’d look like in person. When Ophelia opened up about her concerns, Mia simply rolled her eyes and reminded her cowardly friend that they’d faced many powerful deities and having to face three hags who can’t find them even if they tried should be the least of her concerns. The girls made it to the lake and looked for the Gray Sisters but couldn’t find them so in the meantime, Mia decided to fill the canteen. While Mia was doing that, Ophelia was staring at the water and suddenly, she screamed. Startled, Mia asked her what was wrong and Ophelia revealed that there is a corpse under the water. Gulping, Mia decided to to get the corpse out and with the help Ophelia they managed to fish out the dead body of an old woman, with gray skin, no eyes and not a single tooth on her mouth. They quickly realized that woman was a Graeae. During the investigation, they learned that the Graeae’s name is Pemphredo.

## Killer and motives

Ophelia and Mia then went looking for more evidence against their killer which lead them into confronting Eulalia for the murder. When accused of the murder, Eulalia started panicking, claiming herself innocent but after Ophelia and Mia presented her with the evidence, she eventually spilled the beans, saying that it wasn’t her who killed Pemphredo, but her twin sister, Euryale. For some reason the name “Euryale” was familiar to Ophelia but before she could recall who that is, another dryad came from behind them, who look exactly like “Eulalia”. The other dryad yelled at “Eulalia”, calling her an idiot and addressing by the name “Stheno”, reminding her that they were supposed to use their fake names. Ophelia thought about the names “Stheno” and “Euryale”, and when she realized who the “dryads” really were, she turned to Mia and told her to run. Mia had no idea who the “Stheno and Euryale” are but she listened to Ophelia and run, but they both ended up tripping and they realized they were surrounded by serpents’ tails. At that moment, both Stheno and Euryale took off their headscarfs, revealing themselves as gorgons and started hissing and circling around the duo. Out of panic, Ophelia grabbed her dagger and threw it at Euryale, which ended up hitting her chest but did not harm her. Euryale simply laughed and to show off her strength, swallowed the dagger in front of Ophelia, who started shivering with fear. Eventually, when asked if she had any last words, Ophelia built up the courage and asked why she had killed Pemphredo, her half-sister. The features on Euryale’s face softened, she sighed and then explained that she didn’t want to harm the Graeae, however they were untrustworthy and it would take a small price for them to expose Medusa’s whereabouts to travellers. Euryale revealed that when their ship arrived, Stheno had been spying on them and she learned that the eye of the Graeae was in their possession. When Euryale was informed of that, she knew that the Gray sisters would betray them again in return of receiving their vision back and that when she saw Pemphredo at the lake alone, she decided to kill her as a threat toward Enyo and Deino. Once she was done explaining her motive, Euryale was ready to kill Ophelia and Mia, but Stheno, who felt sympathy for them, told her that maybe it would be better if they kept them alive as they don’t seem like bad people to her. Euryale started arguing with Stheno, but eventually gave in, turning to Ophelia and Mia, telling them that they’ll be spared and if they were smart enough, they’d leave Sarpedon and never come back. The gorgons then took their tails away from the duo and gave them deathly stares. Ophelia and Mia eventually understood the message and ran away out of fear.

## Trivia

* Pemphero is a real life figure in Greek Mythology.
* Pemphero was modeled after American actress, Yvette Nicole Brown.

## Gallery

Enyo, Pemphero’s sister.Deino, Pemphredo’s sister.Stheno, Pemphredo’s half-sisterEuryale, Pemphredo’s half-sisterMedusa, Pemphredo’s half-sister