Circe

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Biography

### Circe: Prehistory - Present

Practically nothing is known of the Amazon knows as Circe’s childhood. The earliest accounting of Hippolyta states that she was an apprentice of magic who had studied at an academy of Atlantis (prior to its sinking) and either through family or circumstance, became affiliated with the rising empire of Amazonia. It was Circe who first informed Queen Hippolyta of the island that would one day serve as the home of all Amazons and for this, Hippolyta awarded Circe with a remote area of the island to continue her arcane research in private.

In the early days of Themyscira, it was Circe’s working that helped guide the island’s relocating, making her instrumental in drafting of the scattered Amazonian tribes. However, a schism developed between Circe and her queen as Hippolyta continued to push for more isolation from the realm of mortals. This interfered with Circe’s research as she had covertly been abducting test subjects from the mortal realm for her magical experiments.

When Hippolyta pressed the matter further, Circe retaliated by transforming the youngest of Hippolyta's daughter into a pig and placing her with the stock of creatures soon to be butchered for a royal feast. Fortunately for young Donna, Circe’s trickery was discovered by Hippolyta's other daughters and Circe was banished (because Hippolyta knew no prison would hold her) to the mortal realm and then used Circe’s own magical devices to place the island outside of Circe’s reach.

However, exile was little hindrance to Circe. She soon used her powers of seduction to usurp a kingdom on the island of Aeaea for a number of generations, terrorizing many of Greece’s mythic heroes and becoming a mythical figure in her own right, often exercising her trademark curses by transforming people into beasts (most often pigs).

Having survived throughout time by way of her Themysciran heritage and mystical practices, Circe has shed her mortal disguises as of late with the reappearance of Themyscira, intent on getting her revenge against the queen that had exiled her so many years ago. To this end, Circe often targets Hippolyta's daughters, namely Wonder Woman (Diana) and Darkstar (Donna).

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* Grandmaster of Ancient Sorcery and Alchemy
* Amazonian Physiology
* Enhanced Strength, Speed, and Reflexes
* Practically Immortal
* Master of Disguise and Seduction
* Thousand of Years of Experience

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Circe was a young girl who had a gift for magic and mysticism. She was a follower of goddess Albina. She abandoned Albina's commune before the fall of the Titans to further her studies, but she still visited her to seek counsel and further instruction. She likely learned the magic to transform men into beasts from Albina, though where Albina used the power to confer power upon her champions, Circe would pervert the magic and use it to curse her enemies. This practice would eventually result in Circe's exile from the Islands of Paradise and her nefarious place as the great witch of myth.
* Circe has a daughter with Ares, whose identity is yet to be revealed in E27.
* Zannah is a past student of hers.

### Notes

* Her portrait is a nod to her appearance in *Wonder Woman Vol 3*.
* She used her alias Cassandra Colchis in the *New Earth* continuity, where she was a princess from a kingdom of Colchis.

## Appears In

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## Links and References

* Appearances of Circe

1. ↑ Oracle Files: Circe
2. ↑ Network Files: Hoggish Greedly
3. ↑ Deluxe Oracle File: Zannah of Khera