Artemis

**Artemis** is the Olympian Goddess of the hunt and the older twin sister of Apollo. She offers boons to Zagreus which give his abilities the chance to deal Critical damage. In addition, she also offers boons that improve Cast abilities.

While the damage bonus offered on her boons is lower compared to other Gods', the Critical hits they offer deal three times the damage of a normal ability, granting some of the best overall DPS gain offered by any single god or goddess. Artemis boons, when properly combined with other boons, have the potential to deal tremendous damage. In addition, her Cast related boons increase your total ammo or add a projectile, further enabling a powerful ranged tool.

Her signature Status Curse is Marked, which increases the chance of dealing a critical hit to the afflicted enemy, consuming the Curse and reapplying it to a nearby target. This essentially allows you to snowball critical hits in a crowd. This increase in chance will stack with her boons that offer Critical hit chance.

## Characteristics and Personality

Artemis is taciturn, unsociable, and indifferent to her Olympian family. As a goddess associated with hunting and a master archer, she prefers to retreat to the forest and be alone or with her nymphs, hunting or engaging in activities that do not involve social interaction or spending too much time with her noisy and complicated family.

A stoic goddess who prefers to associate with nature through her hunting and hide in own privaty world. Artemis is seen as "a lone she-wolf." As noted by other gods, she is socially awkward, which may be due to her presence as the goddess of the wilderness or the lack of social interaction due to her frequent nocturnal outings.

The Goddess of the Hunt tends to be direct and practical, questioning Zagreus about his choice of the Adamant Rail, as it is too noisy and doesn't seem very effective as a hunting weapon. She prefers the good old bow and arrow.

Despite not being "perfect Athena," she tries to act as the obedient daughter. However, all she receives is criticism from her father. Artemis can be quite sarcastic and doesn't like it when the gods poke their noses where they're not wanted or question why she's still single. She is a vengeful goddess and rebels quickly, unafraid to poke at the wounds of other Olympians if necessary.

Distant, reserved, is a master of dodging others, Artemis is not honest about feelings, and she is the only one who doesn't use a term of endearment to Zagreus, calling him only by his name. He may see her as a sort of distant role model, although in reality, she is quite nervous and unsure how to react in his presence. As the opens up, she will admit in a somewhat dismissive way that she considers him one of her best friends. She too sees nymphs as equals, despite them minor deities, which is quite revealing for a goddess of such high echelon.

## Physical description

Artemis appears as a lithe, young maiden with green-tinted hair and skin, adorned with a variety of close-fitting animal skins alongside a green hunting cape and a large quiver. Her hair is worn in a single large plait and crowned with a pair of animal horns, and her association with the moon can be seen in the crescent symbols worn in her hair and on her breast. She is seen armed with a large wooden bow with a trio of quails perched on one end.

## Affinity

If given Nectar, Artemis will give you the Adamant Arrowhead.

Artemis' affinity gauge maxes out at 7 hearts, requiring the gifting of 6 Nectar and 1 Ambrosia.

### Favor

Artemis' favor requires seeing multiple strings of dialogue in which she talks about her partner, Callisto. The gauge is unlocked when Artemis says that she feels like she can be herself with Zagreus.

## Codex entry

'*...The goddess of the hunt has always held my highest admiration. Unlike so many of her brethren on Olympus, she seems unconcerned with being praised at every turn by mortals, and instead she dutifully holds her station as a master of the natural world. Even Lord Hades may hold some respect for her, I think. Certainly her power is responsible for no small quantity of shades in this domain. Lord Hades and the Lady Artemis have certain traits in common, I suppose; each solitary and committed to their work. If only my Lord Hades understood that someone such as Artemis could be someone to confide in, rather than resent along with all the others on Olympus.*'

## Mechanics

Some of Artemis' boons give the chance for an ability to do **Critical** damage. This is a modifier that causes foes to take more damage than usual. A critical hit will deal +200% damage to an enemy, without any other modifiers, effectively being a 3x multiplier. The chance of this effect occurring is random, with the chance being determined by the specific boon slot (e.g. for Attacks the chance is 15%, whereas damage from Specials is 20%).

Additionally, all projectiles created by Artemis boons (her Cast Boon, True Shot, as well as Artemis' Aid projectiles, Mirage Shot projectiles, and Support Fire projectiles) will bypass held shields on Exalted Greatshields and Theseus.

## Additional notes

*For additional information on Artemis that does not pertain to Hades, see Wikipedia's article: Artemis*