Derinoe (Prime Earth)

Derinoe
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Derinoe
Relatives	Donna Troy (creation)
Base Of Operations	Paradise Island
Status
Alignment	Bad
Race	Amazon
Citizenship	Amazon
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Witch
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Black · Grey
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	Meredith Finch · David Finch
First Appearance	Wonder Woman Vol 4 #36 (January, 2015)
Appearance of Death	Wonder Woman Annual Vol 4 #1 (August, 2015)

Derinoe was an Amazon witch. She was responsible for the creation of the superheroine, Donna Troy.

History

War-Torn

This section of the history takes place during the New 52, between the events of Flashpoint and DC Rebirth. It was later revealed that much of Wonder Woman's history from this time was an elaborate illusion created by the Gods of Olympus to keep her away from Paradise Island. All or part of this section may have been part of that illusion and no longer valid in Rebirth.

Before the death of Queen Alcippe, Derinoe and Hippolyta were lovers. Hippolyta's ascension put some distance between them, but Derinoe remained Hippolyta's most important advisor. During a campaign against Sparta, the witch goddess Hecate sent a shadowy assassin to the queen's tent. Derinoe fought the creature, but lost, and it drained her youth away. Now having the appearance of an old crone, Derinoe sought mostly seclusion.

After she discovered Hippolyta's brief affair with Zeus and the birth of Diana, she started plotting to create a better heir for Hippolyta. With some of Hecate's magic, she created Donna Troy, and played her cards after the death of the queen.

Derinoe gathered support from other Amazons, and almost succeeded in placing Donna on the throne. Wonder Woman bested Donna and showed her truth; the other Amazons changed their allegiance shortly after. Angry over her loss, Derinoe moved to stab Diana, but was slain by one of her former followers before she could reach the rightful queen.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Longevity
• Magic
• Superhuman Speed: Derinoe, in her youth, was Themyscira's fastest warrior. (Formerly)

Abilities

• Footrace (Formerly)
• Swordsmanship
  

Paraphernalia

Weapons

• Sword

Notes

• This character or object is an adaptation of Derinoe, 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.

Related

• 5 Appearances of Derinoe (Prime Earth)
• 1 Images featuring Derinoe (Prime Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Derinoe (Prime Earth)
• Character Gallery: Derinoe (Prime Earth)

Footnotes

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