Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Spell of the Week -- Medusa

QUICK! HOLD UP YOUR SHIELDS OF QUICKSILVER!

Medusa


The Spell of the Week this week is definitely a spell to be feared. When a Myth caster isn't knocking you around with two hits in the same attack, they'll love stunning you for two rounds with a Medusa! And if two rounds of being stunned wasn't enough, the single target damage on this spell is definitely respectable as well. Seeing a Myth wizard with a full row of pips means either you're up for a Medusa or a Basilisk, right?

The spell's subject matter is great too. Whenever I think of Medusa, I can't help but think about the awesome claymation of the Original Clash of the Titans. That film started a lot of love for mythology when I was a kid! And, hey, it's very cool that Wizard101's Myth school keeps Medusa alive and writhing in our minds. /shiver

The readers of the Friendly necromancer had some great screenshots to share this week and also played up the power of her stony gaze, her scary beauty, and her snake-like ways! Check em out (click to make them bigger):

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Flint Trollheart:
Flint adds: "Don’t look into her eyes or you’ll be turned to stone!!"

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Christopher Dragonfriend:
Christopher adds: "“Welcome to Atnyu Mes Gderan Gomen Meprouim” (Aunty Em’s Garden Gnome emporium) Is a reference to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series."

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Seth Dragonhunter:
Seth adds a quote from Wikipedia:"Here is a story about "Medusa" and a picture of her head along with my SOTW


In Greek mythology Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα (Médousa), "guardian, protectress")[1]was a Gorgon, a chthonic monster, and a daughter of Phorcys and Ceto.[2] The authorHyginus, (Fabulae, 151) interposes a generation and gives Medusa another chthonic pair as parents.[3] Gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon[4] until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. In classical antiquity the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the evil-averting device known as the Gorgoneion."

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Matthew Emeraldfist:
Matthew adds: "Here is a screen shot of Medusa- the woman who was turned ugly by Athena due to jealousy."

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Megaman3234:
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Ashley GoldenRiver:
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Thomas Ghostblade:
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Charles Stormsword:
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Julia Dragonsword:
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Elizabeth GoldenThistle:
Elizabeth adds: "This picture was taken during my first Astraeus battle. It...almost...one-hit killed him. So close!"

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Shocker1217:
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Flash333:
Nice edit, Flash! ;)

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Kyle Firesword:
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Courtney Silverflame:
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Jason Thundershield:
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Jason Titan:
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Terri Nightshield:
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Sierra Mist (:p hehe Sierra said this was just for spam purposes):
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Thank you Readers! You always do a great job!

Happy Dueling!

5 comments:

jesse2253 said...

hey friendly? if you wanna join a blog awards thing(hosted by fruit99punch) then go to http://fantageblogrox.wordpress.com/awardz/ and then fill out the form. I had suggested your blog/website to her, and she told me to tell you if you wanted to join.
~Jeff~

Megaman3234 said...

Lol, my low leveled myth.

Anonymous said...

KingsIsle PLEASE MAKE A MEDUSA TRANSFORM! She looks so AWESOME! Even though I'm fire a Medusa Transform would be SO COOL! ~ Kestrel Dragonflame

jesse2253 said...

the only problem with Aunty Em’s Garden Gnome Emporium is tht there isnt any garden gnomes...just ppl turned to statue :/

Anonymous said...

Main antagonist of Kid Icarus. ;3