User:Darknesslover5000/Artemis


 * This will not be used in RPs or stories. It is up here only for my amusement.--ようこそ地獄へ - "Yōkoso jigoku e."'' ("Enter the Hell of Darknesslover") 18:53, June 13, 2011 (UTC)

Artemis (アルテミス Arutemisu) is the goddess hunting, wilderness, harvest and wild animals. She is also goddess of the moon, a position she shares with Selene and Hectate. She is the twin sister of Apollo.

Appearance
Artemis, despite over thousands of years old, bears the appearance of a young woman in her teens. She has pale skin, long purple hair and purple eyes. In recent times, she started to wear modern clothing as well as a crescent moon hair decoration. Years ago, Artemis wore a girlish knee-length tunic. She carries bow and quiver on her shoulder, and is near-constantly seen in the company of her hunting dogs.

Personality
Artemis is very protective of her purity, and gives grave punishment to any man who attempts to dishonor her in any form. An example of this was when a man named Actaeon, who, while out hunting, accidentally came upon Artemis who was bathing in a river. When she spotted him, she turned him into a stag and he was killed by his own hunting dogs. Despite being seen as a guardian of wild animals, Artemis enjoys nothing more than hunting. Like many Olympian gods, Artemis reacts very strongly when she does not recieve the honors due to her as a goddess. When a man named Admetus forgot to sacrifce to Artemis at his wedding, he later found his bridal bed-chamber teeming with a vareity of snakes. Artemis requires her followers and attendants to remain virgins, just as she is.

History
Artemis was born before her brother Apollo. Her mother gave birth to her on the island of Ortygia, then, almost immediately after her birth, she helped her mother to cross the straits over to Delos, where she then delivered Apollo. Artemis, when she was three years old, asked her father, the great god Zeus, to grant her eternal virginity. Along with this, he asked to name any gifts she wanted, and, among many others, she asked for a bow and arrows, which became her signature weapon, all the world's mountains as her home and playground, and just one city, though her father provided her with 30.

Powers and Abilities
Due to being a goddess, Artemis possesses a wide array of strange abilities not possessed by spritual beings. She is visible to both spiritual beings and un-spiritually aware humans, and is immortal.

Divine Spiritual Energy: As a goddess, she possesses a different kind of spiritual energy and in far larger amounts. Artemis's spiritual energy is white and has a soft glow like that of the moon. If among humans in her true form, her very spiritual energy can cause them go up in flames. This is common among other Olympian gods and goddesses.

Animal Control: Artemis is capable of bending animals to her will, shown when she once sent a monstrous boar to ravage and terrorize King Oenus's kingdom when he forgot to dedicate the first fruits of the the harvest to her. She is also capable of making her hunting dogs obey her without question.

Creation Abilities: As a goddess, she can create substance from nothing, though this is not a power she uses frequently. Possibly coming from this ability is the ability to grant gifts to mortals and spiritual entities alike. No gift is impossible to give, however, was the gift is given, it cannot be taken back.

Transformations: Like other gods and goddesses, she is capable of taking different forms to disguise herself, but she also possesses the ability to transform mortals into animals or objects, shown when she transformed Actaeon into a stag.

Plagues: Artemis has the ability to deliver plagues upon mortals, something she does when a mortal greatly offends her.

Immortality: Due to being a goddess, Artemis is immortal, and cannot be either killed, nor is she capable of natural death.
 * Near-Invulnerability: As an immortal, it is very difficult to land a hit that would wound Artemis, unless it comes from another god.

Translocation: An ability that allows Artemis to teleport. When she activates this power, she loses corporeal form, turning into gold and silver orbs. With this power, she can go from place to place near instantly.

Weapons
Bow and Arrows: As a young child, Artemis received a set of bow and arrows from the Cyclops, her father's uncles. This bow was her original and it was silver, as were the arrows she shot from it. While she still possesses this bow, she possesses another, seemingly made of emeralds.
 * Special Ability: These arrows are very sensitive to spiritual energy, capable of absorbing spiritual attacks, rendering all form of spiritual combat useless. Artemis can also pour spiritual energy into her bow, increasing the arrow's speed and lethality. These arrow tips are made of adamant, a type of stone so hard it is nearly unbreakable.-->