Circe Vardi

> "All I can ever be to you is a darkness that we know and this regret I got accustomed to once it was so right. When we were at our high waiting for you in the hotel at night"
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> ― Tears Dry on Their Own, Amy Winehouse
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**Circe Matangi Vardi** is the oldest child and daughter of Hekate Vardi, and the older twin to Asterion.

Through her marriage to Jack Sapienti and together they had five daughters named Medea, Pasiphaë, Agamede, Ariadne and Asterie.

## Biography

### Impact on Family and Friends

Circe's death has lasting effects on her daughters each finding ways of cope with her absence. Medea became the mother figure to her sister giving up the remainder of her childhood to raise and care for them and took over raising Monte effectively continuing the deal Circe made with Hamlet Sarafyan to be the shield the Vardi's from their father's disgusting crimes. She also developed a hatred and resentment of men due in part from Circe's death for it her father had left her and her family alone Circe wouldn't have become depressed and constantly on the run with her children. Pasiphaë became closed off and refused to form close meaningful relationship beyond those of her family and her best friend (\*&\*), she also became overly cruel and manipulative when pushing others away especially those who wished to purpose a romantic relationship.

Despite being only little babies according to Pasiphaë, the triplets also developed their own mechanisms to deal with the sudden change and situation. Ariadne became independent to a fault; despite that she is easier to open up to people then her older siblings. Agamede is arguable the most like her mother which worries Medea to a nightmarish extant as Aggie is extremely insecure and desperate for a man to love her and will do anything for the boy, she loves much like Circe was. Asterie developed crippling depression and a fear of abandonment, and similar to Pasiphaë can become cruel and manipulative to those she developed relationships in an attempt to keep them close to her the only one who can call her out on this is Ariadne.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Mystiokinesis** - She is a hereditary halfblooded witch with the ability to manipulate life itself and its sub-magic thorns to great effect.
	+ **Life Magic** - Circe can manipulating pure life-force allowing her to manipulate nature itself as well as allowing the Circe to create and/or rapidly accelerate the growth of plants; this can be done to rather minuscule plants on the ground, or on her own body. This Magic can also be used to slow down, and halt, desertification.
		- **Thorn Magic** - Circe possessed a very unique and strange magical ability which revolves around thorns but whereas Circe can cast spells involving normal thorns and also thorns that are so sharp that can pierce the sound barrier and create shockwaves.
	+ **Animal Transformation** - The same as her namesake, Circe can transform into a hawk.
	+ **Zoolingualism** - Like the members of her family, Circe can speak to animals.
	+ **Mediumship** - Circe since she was a child could see, communicate and interact with spirts and the unseen by non-magical individuals even if they have possessed inanimate objects or people. They are able to repel and run spirits away from an area, compel to employ an armada of ghosts, and may even view a visual conception of a spirit world in a trance if desired. This is a unique trait common in only a few families.
* **Familiar Contract** - Circe held a contract with Zhiva, a vodyanoy who later donated their hairs from the triplet's wand cores.

## Etymology

* Circe is the latinized form of Greek *Κίρκη (Kirke)*, possibly from *κίρκος (kirkos)* meaning "hawk". In Greek mythology Circe was a sorceress who changed Odysseus's crew into hogs, as told in Homer's *Odyssey*. Odysseus forced her to change them back, then stayed with her for a year before continuing his voyage.
* Matangi is of an unknown meaning but is of Sanskrit origin. Matangi is one of the Mahavidyas, ten Tantric goddesses and a ferocious aspect of Parvati, the Hindu Divine Mother. She is considered to be the Tantric form of Parvati, but she is very similar to Saraswati. Like Sarasvati, Matangi and she governs speech, music, knowledge and the arts. Her worship is prescribed to acquire supernatural powers, especially gaining control over enemies, attracting people to oneself, acquiring mastery over the arts and gaining supreme knowledge.
* Vardi is derived from Vered which means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.

## Trivia

* She is associated with the Four of Swords.
* Circe is of Sephardi Jewish, South Asian, French and English descent.
* She was allergic to peppermint.
* She hated English tea.
* Her favorite meal was butter chicken with fresh rice and uttapam.
	+ Her second favorite meal was udon with toasted mochi cakes, a poached egg, and deep-fried burdock root.
* She wore Cartier perfume.
* Circe learned to play the sitar as a child and maintained her talent for the instrument well into adulthood.