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In the original ''[[Kid Icarus]]'', Medusa is typically shown as a monstrous gorgon with scaly green skin, a single eye, and four snakes in her blonde hair. Before she was cursed by Palutena to take a form of a monster, the manual of the NES game states that Medusa was a beautiful goddess. Also, the anime short, ''[[Medusa's Revenge]]'', depicts her before her transformation as a relatively attractive-looking young woman with pale skin and long black hair. | In the original ''[[Kid Icarus]]'', Medusa is typically shown as a monstrous gorgon with scaly green skin, a single eye, and four snakes in her blonde hair. Before she was cursed by Palutena to take a form of a monster, the manual of the NES game states that Medusa was a beautiful goddess. Also, the anime short, ''[[Medusa's Revenge]]'', depicts her before her transformation as a relatively attractive-looking young woman with pale skin and long black hair. | ||
Her greatly revamped look in ''Uprising'' gave her a much more human-like appearance while retaining some of her gorgon features such as snakes on her hair and scaly hands. Her hair contains a dozen snakes, eleven of which are green, and a single orange-colored one. Medusa has ghostly white skin, long black hair instead of the previous blonde, and a black tattoo running down her left eye. Her dress seems to be made from dark purple velvet with gold and crimson decorations. Her dress is also very long, making her legs and feet not visible. She wears numerous gold accessories and ornaments to give off a regal look to fit her title as queen. Medusa is usually seen wielding a violet serpentine staff that seems to resemble the [[wikipedia:Ouroboros|Ouroboros]] or the [[wikipedia: | Her greatly revamped look in ''Uprising'' gave her a much more human-like appearance while retaining some of her gorgon features such as snakes on her hair and scaly hands. Her hair contains a dozen snakes, eleven of which are green, and a single orange-colored one. Medusa has ghostly white skin, long black hair instead of the previous blonde, and a black tattoo running down her left eye. Her dress seems to be made from dark purple velvet with gold and crimson decorations. Her dress is also very long, making her legs and feet not visible. She wears numerous gold accessories and ornaments to give off a regal look to fit her title as queen. Medusa is usually seen wielding a violet serpentine staff that seems to resemble the [[wikipedia:Ouroboros|Ouroboros]] or the [[wikipedia:Caduceus|Caduceus]]. | ||
During the final battle with her in ''Uprising'', Medusa is forced to utilize her full strength to defeat Pit. She removes the spell that conceals her face in a mask of beauty, forcing her to reveal her true monstrous form. Her monstrous form is similar to the one from the first game, but is a floating disembodied head. Like before, Medusa has scaly green skin, a single red eye, and two tongues. The snakes in her hair are now orange. | During the final battle with her in ''Uprising'', Medusa is forced to utilize her full strength to defeat Pit. She removes the spell that conceals her face in a mask of beauty, forcing her to reveal her true monstrous form. Her monstrous form is similar to the one from the first game, but is a floating disembodied head. Like before, Medusa has scaly green skin, a single red eye, and two tongues. The snakes in her hair are now orange. | ||
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Medusa is a goddess with a very sinister and wicked heart. She has a strong hatred of humans and desires to see them suffer. Medusa is very sadistic, shown by her love for killing humans and tendency to add gruesome details whenever she makes colorful threats. Medusa openly claims to Pit and Palutena that there is no better way to celebrate her return than by starting a bloodbath. She also claims to Pit that she will tear off his wings to sever him from the heavens forever. | Medusa is a goddess with a very sinister and wicked heart. She has a strong hatred of humans and desires to see them suffer. Medusa is very sadistic, shown by her love for killing humans and tendency to add gruesome details whenever she makes colorful threats. Medusa openly claims to Pit and Palutena that there is no better way to celebrate her return than by starting a bloodbath. She also claims to Pit that she will tear off his wings to sever him from the heavens forever. | ||
She is a vengeful deity that does not go down lightly and will hold life-long grudges to those that oppose her. Her entire motivation in the game stems from her seething hatred for Pit and Palutena | She is a vengeful deity that does not go down lightly and will hold life-long grudges to those that oppose her. Her entire motivation in the game stems from her seething hatred for Pit and Palutena. She blames the goddess of light for turning her into a monster and banishing her from Skyworld. As such, she takes every opportunity to mock Palutena, such as where she taunts the goddess by stating that Dark Pit's power of flight lasts far longer than Palutena's. Her hatred for Palutena is so strong that it allowed Hades to revive her, albeit weaker than she was previously. | ||
Medusa is also significantly much more serious compared to the other gods as she rarely ever jokes or breaks the fourth wall. She does however, seem to possess a barbed and twisted sense of humor, as she begins to laugh upon [[Dark Pit]]'s attempts to destroy Pit | Medusa is also significantly much more serious compared to the other gods as she rarely ever jokes or breaks the fourth wall. She does however, seem to possess a barbed and twisted sense of humor, as she begins to laugh upon [[Dark Pit]]'s attempts to destroy Pit. She doesn't appear to view her minions too highly either, as she expresses little to no remorse over the defeat of [[Twinbellows]], [[Thanatos]], and [[Pandora]]. | ||
Despite all these nefarious traits, Medusa has been shown that she can be willing to help her [[Pit|own enemy]] in order to stop a [[Hades|common foe]], though she states that she only did so to stop Hades from constantly reviving her. | Despite all these nefarious traits, Medusa has been shown that she can be willing to help her [[Pit|own enemy]] in order to stop a [[Hades|common foe]], though she states that she only did so to stop Hades from constantly reviving her. | ||
===Abilities=== | ===Abilities=== | ||
Like Medusa from mythology, she is capable of turning others into stone by using her glare. However, ''[[Medusa's Revenge]]'' depicted her turning people into stone using magical bolts fired from her fingers. She has some limited ability to read the minds of other as shown in [[Chapter 9]], she states to have used Pit's and [[Hewdraw]]'s memories to recreate parts of [[That Burning Town]], albeit it wasn't too accurate. This would indicate Medusa is also capable of illusionary magic and can create things that are not really there. | |||
Like Hades, Medusa also appears to have the ability to manipulate souls and mould them into any shape or form, as soul-made copies of Twinbellows, Hewdraw, and Pandora can be found in her castle. However, this ability is far less powerful than Hades's, as she can only create copies of others rather than revive them fully. Also, the clones are imperfect, as Medusa couldn't make the Pandora clone talk. Like all the other deities, she can create large astral projections of herself and communicate via telepathy. Medusa also uses her magic to create a mask of beauty and hide her true appearance. However, when forced to use her full strength, the disguise falters. | Like Hades, Medusa also appears to have the ability to manipulate souls and mould them into any shape or form, as soul-made copies of Twinbellows, Hewdraw, and Pandora can be found in her castle. However, this ability is far less powerful than Hades's, as she can only create copies of others rather than revive them fully. Also, the clones are imperfect, as Medusa couldn't make the Pandora clone talk. Like all the other deities, she can create large astral projections of herself and communicate via telepathy. Medusa also uses her magic to create a mask of beauty and hide her true appearance. However, when forced to use her full strength, the disguise falters. | ||
As the goddess of darkness, Medusa specializes in dark magic. As such, Medusa primarily makes use of it in battle. Medusa attacks with various dark magic blasts such as various eye beams, dark energy mines that float for a few seconds before exploding, energy barriers, and energy orbs that spawn multiple energy orbs. In her true form, the snakes in her hair can fire energy blasts. Medusa seems to have a preference to teleport as a way to move around, instead of levitation like most deities. She also seems to possess telekinesis, able to keep Pit away from her with a powerful gust of wind and bombard him with petrified [[Skuttler]]s. When not using any of her magical abilities, she can attack ferociously with her sharp claws or deliver a powerful punch. | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
