Artemis

**Artemis** is the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the moon, and virginity. She first came to Japan for vacation and ended up falling in love with Hya-chan. Now, she's trying to get Noriko to remember her past to put an end to Tandeki's game.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

In the *Wonderland* series, Artemis looks like a teenaged girl with deep olive tone skin, long brown hair, and deep hazel green eyes. She has a slender, but muscular build to her frame. Artemis looks short for the age she's supposed to be. She has on robes when she is on Mount Olympus.

### Personality

Artemis' personality is basically like her counterpart in the Greek mythology. She looks countryside and the outdoors. She has no interest in men, romance, dating, and sex. That didn't change even after meeting Hya-chan. Artemis does miss the days of being worshipped by the humans.

## Back Story

Artemis was born on a floating rock after Hera cursed Leto to never be able to give birth on the land. She requested that she never be forced to marry and to stay a virgin maiden forever. Zeus granted her request.

Around 1984 or 1985, Artemis took a vacation in Japan. She didn't really enjoy the city. So, Artemis went out to the countryside. She came across a house in the middle of nowhere. Artemis peeked inside for a look. The sound of singing drew her to the garden. When she laid eyes on Hya-chan, it was love at first sight. She must have been staring for a long time because the Japanese woman looked up and noticed her. Artemis made up some excuse of looking for the bus station to get out of an awkward situation. Hya-chan did help her out.

Since then, Artemis came by the house every morning. The women slowly grew closer to each other. One day, Hya-chan invited Artemis in the house to have some sweets with her. The goddess about fell over the fence in shock. She said yes. The women would spend afternoons having tea and eating sweets after that. Even when the baby was born, Artemis stayed close by. A couple of times, she thought that the child could see her. The child seemed to reach up to her at one point. Everything was fine until the baby died.

Zeus wouldn't let Artemis help the woman she loved. This angered her. She couldn't even reach Hya-chan while she was in Chou Mori. Artemis could sense something evil about Aokigahara and couldn't go near it. She resorted to screaming at Makoto Hino in his sleep to bring his wife home. It is revealed that Artemis was the one who got Hya-chan's soul away from the Woman in Red. Since then, she's been watching over Hya-chan after she was reincarnated into Noriko Ishikawa.

## Storyline History

### Edge of Wonderland

It is revealed that Artemis has been leading Noriko through a series of limital spaces and odd rooms. She's been in voice in the girl's head so far. In "Artemis", Artemis makes an audio file to try and reach out Noriko to make her remember her past life. She puts it on the Dollars chatroom. At first, it just sounds like a loud screeching noise for a few seconds before rebooting the computer, making the file corrupt. It takes Shingo Kawakita to clean it up the best her can for Mikado Ryuugamine. He calls over Noriko for her to hear it. After Noriko hears the audio file, she starts to get her memories back. Artemis makes contact with her, but still won't show her face yet. The goddess comforts her and tells her that she has to remember her past life. Artemis insists that this has to be done or they would be stuck in a loop. In the season finale, Artemis is seen practicing shooting arrows. He warns her that she is playing a dangerous game. She doesn't answer the whole time. Artemis just picks up her bow and arrows before walking away from him.

### Dark Alice in a Dark Wonderland

Artemis stays with Noriko when she leaves Michiko's apartment. She had to keep her from breaking down at one point. The goddess got Noriko to calm down and led her to Mikado's apartment. In the season finale, Artemis is able to calm Noriko down by touching her on her shoulder.

## Relationships

### Noriko Ishikawa

*Main Article: Noriko Ishikawa*

The women met when Noriko used to be called Hyacinth Girl. Artemis first met her when she took her vacation to Japan. She didn't think that the woman could see her until she spoke up. The goddess made up the excuse of needing the bus station. Artemis ended up falling in love with her after spending time with her. However, they could never have a relationship together because Hya-chan was happily married to a man and she was Catholic. Still, Artemis just wanted to be by her side. Things fall apart after Hya-chan's son dies. Now, Artemis is doing everything in her power to help Noriko get her memories back and end the Apocalypse game for good. She won't show the girl her face until more Noriko's memories came back.

### Apollo

*Main Article: Apollo*

Apollo is Artemis' younger twin brother. Their relationship is pretty much the same as in the myths. He thinks she is playing a dangerous game with her helping Noriko get her memories back.

### Zeus

Zeus is Artemis and Apollo's father. He wouldn't let her help Hya-chan when she sank into depression. He still won't let her help Noriko, but Artemis is starting to defy him.

## Trivia

* Artemis is based off her counterpart in the mythology.