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BASIC INFO NAME: Circe CANON: Madeline Miller's "Circe" HOMEWORLD: Aiaiai (Greece) AGE: Unknown GENDER: Female SPECIES: Goddess FIRST GLANCE APPEARANCE: Link HEIGHT: 5'8" BUILD: Willowy and lithe HAIR: Gods and mortals view things different. As the gods are bright and glow, Circe's hair seems drowned out and a bland brown. To mortals, it's a lush auburn. EYES: Yellow DRESS: Flowy chitons and veils. SCENT: She smells of the earth and sea. VOICE: Gods and mortals perceive things different. To the gods, her voice is frail and shrill like a hawk's. To mortals', her voice is sweet and natural (as her voice is similar to a mortal's) DEMEANOR: Mysterious and alluring, there is the hint of magic and power about her. She appears strong and confident. PERMISSIONS BACKTAGGING: ✔ 4TH-WALLING: ✔ THREADJACKING: ✔ MIND-READING: ✘ FIGHTING: ✔ ROMANCE: ✔ INJURY: ✔ KILLING: ✘

BIO Circe's Life POWERS GODHOOD: *Time passes quickly. Circe lives for over 100 generation in what spans a few years for her). Children grow up almost instantly (though the exact time isn't give). *Gods can give birth in a day and go right back to enjoying themselves with whatever pleasure they occupy themselves with. *God wounds heal quickly, knitting together overnight. However, it depends on severity. She suffers burns from her father that require her brother to actually use magic to heal. She loses fingers as well that require magic to restore them. *God blood can be different colors. For a Titan like Prometheus, his blood is gold. Circe's is red, like a mortal's. *Gods have more powerful voices, looks and eyes. Helios can burn a log with just a look. Other gods have to speak softly or they will destroy a mortal with the sound. The children of Helios (save for Circe) have hair like sunlight. Hers is dull in comparison and her voice is said to sound frail, though it sound like a mortal's. *Gods can move more quickly, spanning hundreds of miles in only a day. *Gods are shown to have a wicked temprament and lack a conscience, save for Circe. They believe their cruelty will guarantee more worship. They also delight in the pain and misery of each other. *Gods can be killed, though unlike mortals, they don't go to the Underworld, they become nothing. It's unclear what can exactly kill a god, though it is likely a magical weapon, a monster or something else that can cut through their quick healing. *Gods can create things with a simple snap of their fingers. Most create things, like weaving and smithing, for pleasure but cut out the tedium of harvesting materials. This is a power that Circe doesn't have. *Gods are able to sense divinity. For Circe, she describes how the gods have certain smells to denote the level of their power. Prometheus smells like the earth. Her brother says that he can feel his divinity and that it is like a cup filled with water. WITCHCRAFT: *Witchcraft is not inherient to gods. Circe and her siblings are the only ones to have this power, which is passed on to their children. *To cast, it requires a word of power and is regulated to a specific set of skills. One brother can raise the dead, the other can summon dragons, her sister can use poisons. Circe's power is in transphormation. *Circe's magic comes from plants. With them, she creates draughts, salves, potions and oils to work her magic. *She can hear the magic inside plants, which tells her the power they possess. She doesn't know immediately what the plants can do, it requires trial and error. *She is able to tame animals and summon a familiar. *Magic can go wrong. If she's distracted, if she puts in the wrong amount of herbs or if her will isn't strong enough, magic won't work. It's a learned process and something that requires patience and practice. *Without her draughts, Circe can not perform magic. HISTORY *Circe is born and grows quickly, but derided for her appearance and voice. She's raised in her father, Helios', palace. *Prometheus is sentenced for punishment. Circe learns that he surrendered himself to Zeus, admitting his actions in giving fire to mortals. He's first brought to Olympus to be tortured for their amusement before being taken to Helios' palace, so the Titans could witness his torture as well. *He's whipped by a fury until the Titans grow bored, one by one trickling off to go to a feast. Circe remains behind and talks to Prometheus. She first questions him about mortals and what they look like and then asks him why he did why he did. He replies "Not all gods need to be the same." She offers to give him some nectar to drink, risking her safety in an act of kindness. Not long after, he is taken to the mountain where his liver is devoured each day by a bird. *Circe's mother Perse gives birth to three more children. Perses and Pasiphae are born in quick succession and take up tormenting Circe to the delight of others. Aeetes is born soon after, practically raised by Circe. The two become close and Aeetes challenges Circe on her perceptions of divinity, asking her what it feels like. *Pasiphae is married to Zeus' mortal son, Minos. Circe sees mortals for the first time and is unimpressed at first. Aeetes points out Daedalus (father of Icarus), claiming he would persuade him to serve in his kingdom. This is the first time that Circe hears that her brother will leave her father's palace for his own kingdom, leaving her alone. *Aeetes and Perses leave Helios' palace. Circe meets Glaucus, a mortal fisherman. The two begin a deep friendship and seem to fall in love. However, Glaucus tells her he can't visit anymore because he spends too much time with her and isn't bringing home enough fish. Afraid to lose him, Circe begs her grandmother Tethys to bless Glaucus with more fish. She agrees, but makes Circe promise to not sleep with Glaucus because her father wants another match for her. *Glaucus returns and their friendship continues, though the two start to become closer and Circe strains against her vow. Realizing that he will die eventually because he is mortal, Circe panics and begs Tethys to make him into a god. She's told that the gods can't go against the fates, though when Circe uses the term "pharmakis" (magic), her grandmother becomes furious. *During the war of the Olympians and Titans, the blood of the gods were spilled on several flowers. Circe ferrets out where those flowers are from her uncles. She takes Glaucus there and convinces him to go to sleep. She tears the flowers and drips the sap down his mouth. Soon, he wakes completely changed to what she calls "his true self". He's made into a sea god with barnacles and legs that can change into a merman's tail. *He has no idea that it was because of Circe that he changed, believing his godhood was formed in him. He goes to Oceanus' palace and stays with the other gods, celebrating with them. He becomes more arrogant and like the other gods, beginning to show disinterest in Circe. While Circe believes that he will marry her, Glaucus turns around and picks Syclla, the most beautiful nypmh and an extremely cruel woman. She torments Circe and only accepts Glaucus because it will hurt Circe, despite mocking him and belittling him. *Jealous, Circe takes the flowers she used with Glaucus and pours their juices into Syclla's grotto. She learns later Scylla was turned into a horrible monster with six snake heads and crab like legs. Glaucus doesn't seem to care that his "love" has suffered and chooses another nymph. *Circe remembers what Prometheus said about not all gods being the same, so she confesses to her father that she was the one who changed Glaucus and Scylla. Her father rejects the idea, saying it's impossible and the flowers can't change anyone, otherwise they wouldn't be left where they are. Circe objects and challenges him, resulting in incuring her father's anger and being burned to near char. *Aeetes returns to his father's palace to confirm that Perse's children can perform magic. Perses can raise the dead, Aeetes can summon dragons and veil the sky, Pasiphae creates poisons, and Circe can create illusions and transformations. Helios goes to Zeus to negotiate, to keep his wrath from coming against them. They agree that the magic was unsought in his children, save for Circe, so only she would be punished. *Circe is exiled to an island called "Aiaia". She is given a nice mansion that cleans itself and always has stocked food, but otherwise she is alone. She begins to explore the island, become acclimated with the wilderness and learns how to use her magic. It takes a great deal of toil and time, but she begins to master it. *Hermes eventually comes to visit and the two become lovers. While she's not in love with him, the two enjoy each other's company and he shares news of the outside world with her, including the exploits of the gods. She finds out Scylla is not far away, having found a place in a cavern strait where she can feed on passing sailors. *Daedalus comes to Circe's island, giving her Pasiphae's summons. She is given a temporary stay, allowing her off of her island. They are forced, however to go through Scylla's cavern by Pasiphae's order, hoping to break Circe with the mortals' death. Circe tries to change Scylla back, but fails. They manage to sail past, but the experience leaves Circe with a lot of guilt. *On Mino's island, Circe discovers her sister is pregnant with a monster after having mated with a bull. It's a gruesome birth and Circe loses several fingers, but the Minotaur is born. She has a vision showing her that the Minotaur is linked by fate and can't be killed until Theseus. She and Daedalus construct a cage for the monster until the labyrinth is made. She meets Ariadne as well and bonds with her. Daedalus and Circe become lovers during this time. *She and her sister speak, allowing Circe to see that her sister is angry at the gods as well. She tries to convince Circe to join with her, but is dismissed. Circe returns to her island. The brief reprieve from exile and her bond with Daedalus makes her lonelier than she was before. She doesn't enjoy her solitude as much as before. *Hermes tells Circe about the fate of the Minotaur, Daedalus and Ariadne. He shows little interest that Ariadne was killed by Artemis or that Daedalus lost his son and died soon after. Circe dismisses him completely, cutting off any contact with the gods and Olympus. *Medea (Aeetes' daughter) and Jason come to her island, looking for Circe to cleanse them. Jason recently retrieved the Golden Fleece from Aeetes. To keep him at bay, Medea killed her brother. She used magic as well to keep Jason from turning against her and in love with her, though Circe can see his fear for Medea. She tries to warn her that Jason's people will rise against her and that he will turn away from her. Medea rejects Circe's advice and offer for her to stay, calling her a lonely crone. She and Jason leave the island. *Later that night, Circe sees Aeetes who demands his daughter. She tells him that his daughter had left. The two argue with each other, the remaining affection between them gone. His tyranny and dark magic having changed him. This is Circe's canon point.

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