Circe au Arcos

"'Each heave of her chest from the laughter creates new blooms of pain behind her eyes. She does that for at least ten seconds, before licking some tears that settled in the corner of the mouth. Circe cannot feel her tongue brush against the right side of her face. Goryhell, her face is going numb.'"

Circe is the Legate of the Solar Republic's Teostra Legion.

Early Life
Born to Jason au Arcos's younger sister and a Norvo, Circe grew up amongst her famous older cousins and extended family, including Anastasia au San and Saren au Augustus.

In a large family like gens Arcos, Circe flourished. She was primarily motivated in her studies by meeting the expectations of her beloved family, not by glory. She was a midDraft at the Mars Institute and attended the same year as Trida au Julii and Andronicus au Valii-Rath. She did well enough to garner interest from House Norvo on Triton and receive her Scar.

Norvo Lancership
By the time of her graduation, many of Jason’s sons had already fallen and there was talk of Jason’s imminent retirement and move to Europa. Seen as agile with a razor but better suited to the subtleties of a politico, her parents strongly suggested she go to Luna. Circe, for the first time in her life, defied her parents to uphold her House’s martial tradition. She entered the Academy with sponsorship from House Norvo. She continued serving as a Lancer in Triton before receiving the call to join Augustus’ war. And so, she returned home.

The Rising
Circe assisted in taking back Mars and in the Charybdis campaign as a subLegate with her own men (primarily composed of Martian allies like Norvo bannermen and the kin of her father from the Rim). As her blood relatives and allies fell around her, she found herself more often brushing shoulders with her remaining prominent family members.

Battle of Luna
In 743 PCE Circe was promoted to Legate of her own legion, under the Reaper.

Razor
Circe is skilled with a razor as any ground commander would be. As a child, she only trained as an expectation of her House. She lacks the genius of true heirs of the Willow Way.

Equipment
Circe's razor was gifted by Anastasia au San when the two were still youths. The handle is made out of a black griffin talon. Its blade is etched with the imagery of sprays of waves and sea foam crashing upon the Elysium cliffs. Circe commissioned a new addition when she received news from Luna of Ana's promotion to Love Knight: a Griffin and Swan sitting atop a cliff.

Legate
Circe is an empathetic commander and well-liked among her legion. She has astute observation skills. Circe shines when in combat with her legion versus solo combat.

Griffin
Circe is one of the best remaining griffin-riders of her house. After Charybdis, Medea's griffin bonded with her.

Quotes

 * "I'm glad we can share this. Lemon tarts and family reunions. Even though it might not be every summer, we'll come back to Elysium again, right?" - Circe to Anastasia au San