Medea

User
@SnizleSnots

@ACourtOfShadowsAndDarkness

Personality
Medea is a take no bullsh*t, give no bullsh*t kind of female. She always says what she means, and expects the same from others. That’s why she hates politics, and deigns to leave the negotiating to her brother. That doesn’t mean she can’t play the game, though. She can be extra cruel when she needs (and wants) to be, so she may not be the best person to talk peace. She is extremely stubborn, and slow to change. When someone she loves is in danger, she can't see reason. All she can think about is getting her loved one out of danger.

Appearance
Medea’s heritage has been questioned because of the sheer lack of resemblance to either of her parents, especially regarding her power. She was born with white hair that she likes to keep at waist-length. That, combined with her blood red eyes, are the reason the Illyrians call her “witchling”. She is on the shorter side, just barely above Amren’s height. She prefers to wear Illyrian leathers on a daily basis, but secretly loves going shopping with Mor for the dress she will wear to the next party/event.

Flaws
Medea is prone to self-isolation. She pushes people away before they have the chance to hurt her, but sometimes she can confuse friend for foe and push away people seeking to help her. She can get lonely, but refuses to acknowledge it.

As mentioned above, Medea is extremely stubborn. Because of this, she can be slow to acknowledge change, and can even be indecisive at times.

She is extremely reckless when it comes to her actions. Often gets herself into trouble

Paranoid and overthinks everything. She may not show it at the time, but the moment she’s alone, she thinks over every occurrence and word spoken. Though she usually gets herself together enough to find the facts, she can confuse fact from imagination, and accuse people without proof.

Backstory
Ever since she could hold a weapon, Medea has been trained to use one. (Rhys and Feyre didn’t say she could until she was 10, but Cassian secretly trained her for years before that.) When she was 12, she learned of the Illyrian Blood Rite, and her main goal became completing it. At 18, she participated in the blood rite, and was the 2nd out of 2 people to make it to the top of the mountain and touch the stone.

Abilities
Before Medea was born, everyone thought her power would surpass even that of her parents. Everyone was wrong. When she was born, Medea didn’t have a whisper of power to speak of. The only thing even close was her Fae strength and healing. As she grew older, still nothing emerged. But, because of her lack of “raw” power, for lack of a better word, she made up for it in learned skills. While her siblings were off learning about their abilities and how to use them, Medea trained. She became skilled with many weapons, but her favorite has always been a dagger. “The weapon of assassins,” as she likes to call it. Still, people tend to underestimate her, and she lets them, preferring to see the fear and regret in their eyes when they realize she is not the easy prey they expected.

Weaknesses
No “raw” power

Prone to self-isolating - not great at making allies

Just like all fae, she is vulnerable to ash weapons

Can get lost in thought while in battle - becomes unpredictable and dangerous to friends and enemies alike (only happens when extremely stressed)

Strengths
Skilled in many weapons, best with daggers

Skilled with poisons

Smart - prefers to fight with strategy, not force

Gina (Current / Mate)
Gina is Medea's mate. They met at a meeting held by the children of the high lords and ladies regarding a threat to Prythian. At first, Medea just found Gina amusing, and a little cute. Then Medea saw just how strong Gina also was. The mixture of cute, clumsy, bright, and strong is what made Medea fall in love with Gina.

Shortly after they met, Gina got involved in a dangerous situation in which a creature in the woods tried to take her and steal her eye. When Medea noticed Gina was missing, she was one of the only ones of the group who wanted to save her. Everyone else thought it would be fine, and she would turn up in the morning. But Medea, along with the others who wanted to look for Gina, convinced everyone to look for Gina. After they found and helped Gina, Medea started to realize her feelings for Gina.

Shortly after the situation with the monster, Gina made a deal to give herself to the human queens in exchange for her mother being freed. They didn't know until later that Arcadia was actually the mastermind behind the encounter. Medea saw this exchange and tried to convince Gina not to do it, but knew she would do it if in Gina's situation. After Gina disappeared and her mother replaced her, Medea was hellbent on getting Gina back. With the help of their friends, Medea was eventually able to save Gina from the war camp she was being held in. After, Medea and Gina had a conversation in which they addressed their feelings for each other.

At starfall, Cozen showed up to take Gina, and when the situation escalated, Gina and Cozen fell of the balcony. Medea jumped after them, despite having no means of saving herself if things went south. Rowiana ended up saving them both, and Cozen got away. By this point, their mating bond was getting more and more obvious, and some of their friends started pushing them to accept the bond.

Gina has been able to do what few have been able to do before: bring out emotion in Medea.

Jyran (Former)
(More information coming soon *evil laugh*)