Artemis

&nbsp Artemis (Άρτεμις in Ancient Greek) is the goddess of the Moon and the Hunt. Her Roman counterpart is Diana. She and Apollo are known as the "twin archers."

History

She was born on the remote island of Delos. Her mother Leto had been running from Hera because she was angered about Zeus's affairs. Hera forbade her to give birth on terra firma (earth) or on an island. But the island of Delos was neither on the ground or on water; it was a floating island, so Leto gave birth there. She was born before her brother Apollo and helped her mother give birth to him. That is why she is sometimes considered the goddess of child birth. Artemis and Apollo were born as twins to Leto and Zeus. They grew up together.

At three years old, Artemis asked her father, Zeus, while sitting on his knee, to grant her six wishes. He loved his little daughter, and was very proud of her. She was his second daughter, and a bright and pretty child, and he agreed to grant her her wishes.

Her first wish was to remain chaste for eternity, and never to be confined by marriage. She then asked for lop-eared hounds, stags to lead her chariot, and nymphs to be her hunting companions, 60 from the river and 20 from the ocean.

Also, she asked for a silver bow like her brother Apollo's golden one. He granted her the six wishes, also said that he promised to let her retract her wish to remain a virgin if she should wish it.

Once Artemis grew close to retracting her virgin oath, when she met the hunter Orion. They slowly grew close, until Apollo, protective of his sister's virginity, had him swim out to sea to retrieve a floating target. Then, he tricked Artemis to shoot a distant, moving target, knowing his sister couldn't resist such a challenge. She did, and by this trick killed Orion, a Added by Trex6s the target was his head. In grief, she made him a constalation in the stars to always see his face.

Physical description

She can appear as whatever she likes, but chooses to be the average age of her Hunters, which is around twelve. She has auburn colored hair and eyes as silvery as the moon, and is incredibly beautiful. Her cabin is number eight at Camp Half-Blood and since she is a maiden goddess, she has no children and it serves an honorary monument or a refuge for the Hunters when they visit. Her symbol was the silver bow and arrow, and stag.

Personality

Artemis cares deeply for maidens, as they are her kin. She has a group of Hunters she leads, and detests men, and has no respect or liking of them, harboring not totally unwarranted prejudice against them, but thousands of years of outdated prejudices. She is always at odds with her brother Apollo, as he always tends to flirt with her Hunters. Artemis is an excellent hunter, and does not have pity on her prey, or even her own Hunters if they fall in love. Her prejudiced views against men keep her from understanding or experiencing romantic love.

Powers

As the goddess of the hunt, Artemis probably possesses advanced hunting abilities such as speed, precision and the ability to disguise herself along with many other powers. She can also transform things into things associated with hunting ( eg. once she turned a helicopter into a flock of birds).

She may also have some sort of unknown moon related abilities since she is godess of the moon.

[edit] Relationship with Apollo
Apollo always calls Artemis "little sister". He acted like he was the older twin, but he and Artemis knew very well that she was born two minutes before Apollo. Usually they hunted together, but they sometimes argued. They had fun with each other, but there are times when they went a little too far, and the other wants them to stop. According to most myths, Artemis is actually older, so Apollo may be acting like many twins, pretending to be older, or it may be the fact that he physically looks older than her in her preferred age. Apollo teases Artemis.

[edit] Relationship with her Hunters
Artemis loves her Hunters, and treats them fairly. They all share a love (or rather obsession) of hunting, and have many adventures with each other. She is, however, very stern with them. If one falls in love, she is cast out of the Hunt, and abandoned.

[edit] Relationship with men
Artemis heavily dislikes boys and men. She often treats them unfairly, like turning them into animals just because they happened across her and her Hunters. The animals she turns them into are usually jackalopes, animals that are prey, and easily eaten by predators.

The last boy who saw the Hunters' camp was turned into a jackalope. Artemis says that she enjoys making jackalopes.And she can change her age appearance but all gods might be able to do this

Artemis presumably possesses the standard powers of a God.

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