Circe (Absolute Universe)

How you prove your love is by setting your child free, and arming her to the teeth with the greatest weapons imaginable. And watching her become everything she was always meant to be. Watching her change the world.

— Circe ^src

Circe is a sorceress and the adoptive mother of Wonder Woman.

History

The former ruler of the island of Aeaea and the most beloved by the goddess Hecate among her disciples,^[1] Circe was banished to the "Wild Isle of Hell" for her crimes against the Gods. One day Apollo brought her the infant Diana. He told her that Diana had been taken from the Amazons as punishment for their own transgressions and was now the last Amazon, as the others had been imprisoned for eternity, and even the very word "Amazon" was outlawed so tat no mortal or God could speak it. Apollo said that Circe was now Diana's warden, but did not give her any instructions to protect Diana or keep her alive. Circe initially planned to just leave Diana to die, but was impressed when the baby easily fought off a serpent that came to kill her.

Circe took Diana into her shelter and accepted the responsibility of raising her. She quickly came to love Diana as her own daughter, and having someone to care for gave her life meaning again when she had previously given up. Circe outfitted the bare cave she had been living in with all the comforts of home to give Diana the best life she could.^[2] When Diana was a little girl, Circe had an intense vision of her as an adult, leaving her fight to save the world. Hecate appeared before her and told her that the goddesses had formed a subtle and intricate plan to use Diana to bend the arc of the universe towards justice; each of them had needed to sacrifice what was most precious to her, which for Hecate was Circe.^[1]

As Diana grew older, Circe taught her magic. When she was a teenager, Diana began to feel like there was a word she had never said, but was important and powerful. Years later when she had grown up she was finally able to say it: Amazon. Circe told her who she was, and how the Amazons had been the protectors of the world above. She outfitted Diana with the most powerful weapons she could create and sent her into the world above to defend humanity from Gods and monster alike.^[2]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Magic: Circe is a powerful witch. She is also adept at creating magical artifacts and manufactured Diana's arsenal of weapons^[2] and artificial arm.^[3]
- Clairvoyance^[3]
  - Precognition: She can have visions of the future.^[1]
- Multilingualism: She speaks at least Greek and English. She taught Diana how to use magic to learn languages.^[4]
- Transmogrification: Circe's greatest magical talent is the power of transmogrification, the ability to change living beings from one form into another.^[5]
- Weather Manipulation: Circe can create rainclouds.^[2]

Abilities

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Scrying Pool^[3]

Notes

This character or object is an adaptation of Circe, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.
Circe was first adapted for DC Comics by Robert Kanigher and Harry G. Peter, debuting in Wonder Woman #37. However, the Absolute Universe version of Circe first appeared in Absolute Wonder Woman #1 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman.