Biographical Information:<br/>Code Name:  Medea<br/>Real Name:  Dinah Cirzy<br/>Other Aliases:  Circe, Goddess of Magic - a stage name.<br/>Secret Identity?:  Yes; her work as Medea is not public, and her stage name is separate from her vigilante work and her true identity.<br/>Occupation:  White collar crime buster.<br/>Legal Status: Citizen of the United States of America with No Criminal Record<br/>Place of Birth:  New York, New York, U.S.A.<br/>Martial Status:  Single.<br/>Known Relatives:  Gordon Cirzy (deceased), father; Hannah Cirzy (deceased), mother; Carl Cirzy, brother; Gillian Cirzy, sister-in-law.<br/>Current Base of Operations:  San Francisco.<br/>Extent of Education:  Bachelors Degrees in Business and Pharmacology, Ph.D. in Psychology and Parapsychology.<br/>Religion:  Taoist<br/>Group Affiliation:  None.<br/><br/>Known Abilities/Skills:<br/>Fitness:  Physically fit; a World Class contortionist and Olympic level gymnast.  She is entirely double jointed; if she can fit her head through a gap, she can fit her entire body through it, and she can compact herself into a 2'X2'x3' cube with adequate preparation.  She is also a stage magician and Olympic Class contact juggler, able to manipulate objects and spheres and manipulate them over and around her body without actually holding them (Jareth's crystal ball tricks from Labyrinth are examples of contact juggling).<br/><br/>Martial Arts: Tai Chi Chuan, adequate levels of self defense but her offensive techniques are minimal.<br/><br/>Possibly heightened awareness/mild psychic ability:  Above and beyond being a trained psychologist, Medea is a World Class hypnotist.  She uses contact juggling and voice training to hypnotize, but has an arsenal of tricks that she can use in their stead.  She is also the only known mesmerist, able to manipulate people's minds by making hand passes over their body or in their line of sight and using magnetism to influence them.  The possibility of her being a mid grade psychic are very high, but she has never been tested effectively.<br/><br/>Particularities, Limitations, and Weaknesses:  She is not a physical combatant, though she is very well trained in physical arts.  While she knows how to take a fall and can ignore levels of pain that would incapacitate a man in the peak of physical health, she is not trained in violence, though she can use a gun.  Most criminals she deals with are not violent sorts, though there have been exceptions.  It is unknown whether or not she is actually psychic; her abilities are easily explained as basic psychology and hypnosis.<br/><br/>Equipment, Weapons and Paraphernalia:  In addition to a large selection of stage magician's tools, she has a case which contained her 'working tools' - a set of six large crystal spheres (her jewels) made of high desnity quartz, three smaller ones of silver which chime and three of the same style that are silent, and a selection of ten hollow glass spheres that are pressurized and which can be filled with a variety of chemicals.  She also carries a belt of tiny vials which are also loaded with chemical weaponry.  Also in the case are canisters of various concoctions, from smoke to sleeping gas to a weaponized sodium pentathol type drug.<br/><br/><br/>Physical Information:<br/>Ethnic Group:  Greek<br/>Gender:  Female<br/>Sexual Orientation:  Lesbian, opportunistically bisexual.<br/>Age:  35<br/>Height:  5' 9"<br/>Weight:  135 lbs.<br/>Hair Colour:  Black<br/>Eye Colour:  Indigo<br/>Distinguishing Characteristics:  Indigo colored eyes - not quite violet, certainly darker than blue.  Very double jointed.<br/>Physical Appearance:  Slender, tall, and very lean, with a large bustline.<br/>Costume Description:  A neo-Victorian dress of leather with an open bodice lined with silk, and high collar closed with a gem-style choker.  Arm length gloves of leather with lacings, and two belts, one with thongs of leather that she can remove for tying people up, the other a utility belt with pouches for glass vials and holding her 'jewels'.  She does not wear a mask, but uses artfully applied makeup and certain acting tricks to effectively 'look different' than she normally does.  Ballet boots give her several inches of high, making her even more imposing and further disguising her.  She also uses a specialized hair dye that lightens her hair rather than darkens it, something most people would not expect as it is normally easier to dye hair a darker color.<br/><br/>(http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp339/Mnemaxa/Medea.jpg)<br/><br/>Normal Attire:  She dresses modestly, preferring bell bottomed pants and loose, long sleeved shirts with a median neckline and flat shoes.  When performing, she uses a leotard-style 'tuxedo' of black with silver and green glitter trim, going by the name of Circe the Goddess of Magic.  She wears spike high heels in this outfit, making her taller but not as tall as her alter ego.<br/><br/>Public Face:  Medea fights a different sort of crime than many of her ilk; she takes on white collar and corporate crimes, dealing with people who can buy their way out of most situations easily.  She is a superb investigator and is very familiar with the usual legal ramifications of what she does; however, she tends to 'reform' the criminals, rather than arrest them, using powerful post-hypnotic suggestions and blackmail to ensure their cooperation.  The Keene Act has had very little impact on her work, and in fact has made it that much easier by giving her access to government databases and warrants she would otherwise have to make do without.<br/><br/>Known Facts:  While Medea is well known on the West Coast, she was not born there; she was actually born in New York, and went to school with such notables as Laurie Juspeczyk.  She moved west with her parents when the nightclub scene in New York dwindled, and her showman father and assistant mother found work in the glitz of Hollywood.  When her parents died in a tragic accident, she continued her schooling, paying for it as a stage magician's assistant, and later as a stage magician in a somewhat alternative club.  However, she found that her talents could be put to good use dealing with the criminal elements that took an interest in the club she worked at, gently deflecting the mobs interests and redirecting them towards more lucrative and more easily policed targets.  She quickly became a very effective weapon against the big business criminals, and the government used her talents to train some of their operatives, such as Kid Arrow.  She has kept an eye on Laurie's career and the Watchmen as a whole, and has returned soon after the death of the Comedian for reasons as yet unknown.