Penthesilea

''“Medea, another lost adventurer comes bearing a blade! How foolish!”'' – Penthesilea’s introduction.

“Nausious Extricus!” – Penthesilea’s power.

''“This cannot be! How did you resist our potions!”'' – Penthesilea’s last words.

Penthesilea is a boss of the Lost City of Atlantis, shared with Medea.

She is based on Penthesilea, the Queen of the Amazons, from Greek Mythology.

Early life
Penthesilea was born to Ares and Otrera in Themiscyra, a city on the Thermodon River in Anatolia, in the area that is present-day Western Turkey.

One day in 1186 B.C., when Penthesilea was 17, she and her older sister Hippolyta were hunting for deer. Penthesilea heard a noise which caused her to throw her spear and accidentally kill Hippolyta. Penthesilea was so devastated by her sister’s death that she wanted to die, but because she was an Amazonian, she could only die with honor in battle. After Hippolyta’s death, Penthesilea became the youngest Amazonian queen, at age 17.

2 years later, in 1184 B.C., Priam the King of Troy asked Penthesilea to fight in the Trojan War – a war that lasted ten years, from 1194 B.C. to April 24, 1184 B.C. – and join the side of Troy, even going so far as to purify her from guilt over killing her sister. Having mastered the art of battle and war by battling Scythian raiders, Penthesilea complied and took 12 Amazons with her.

Penthesilea also planned to fight and defeat Achilles – the greatest warrior on the Greeks’ side – in the hopes of mating with him, and also because he murdered Hector, the Prince of Troy.

Death
While fighting on the Plain of Ilium, Penthesilea and Achilles engaged in a fierce fight, during which Achilles fell in love with the woman he was fighting, but by then, it was too late, as Achilles thrusted his spear through Penthesilea’s throat. He caught her body as she fell, and she died in his arms.

A soldier on his team noticed the Achilles held the body, and mocked him for it; this resulted with Achilles murdering the soldier, while the soldier’s cousin dragged Penthesilea’s body away using a chariot, and dumped her body into the River Scamander. Either Achilles or the Trojans recovered her body and gave it a proper burial.

Return
Penthesilea returned as a witch, teamed up with Medea, and usurped the Lost City of Atlantis.

Medea makes the adventurer blind, while Penthesilea makes the adventurer nauseous.

Physical Description
In Greek Mythology, Penthesilea is described as being tall and having long black hair, grey eyes, dark skin, a lovely face, and muscled legs.

She is described as wearing a bronze helmet, a chiton (or tunic) with a gold belt at the cleavage, and sandals.

Like Medea, Penthesilea bears no armor and carries no weapon in the game.