Delphyne Gorgon
Delphyne Gorgon is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A Gorgon member of the Amazon nation, she is a love interest of Amadeus Cho. She first appeared in The Incredible Hercules #121, and was created by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, and Clayton Henry.
Fictional character biography
In the classical age, the Amazons were engaged as mercenaries to battle an army of Gorgons. They were victorious and took many Gorgons as prisoners, who interbred with humans, and their genetic line continued within the Amazon nation. One human/Gorgon hybrid named Delphyne was assigned to serve Hippolyta's daughter Artume at a young age. She became a highly respected general, fighting in the siege of Mount Olympus against the armies of Amatsu-Mikaboshi.When Artume conceives a scheme to depose her mother, locate the Omphalos, and use it to remake the world in the Amazons' image, Delphyne joins her. They abduct Amadeus Cho to convince him to help locate the Omphalos. Delphyne warns Cho that Artume is deceiving him, but Cho initially ignores her advice. Eventually, however, he sees reason, and the two kiss. This was witnessed by Artume. She attempts to murder Delphyne, but fails as a result of a lack of knowledge of Gorgon anatomy. Delphyne joins Cho, Hercules, and Athena in defeating Artume. After killing Artume, Delphyne succeeds her as queen of the Amazons and separates from Cho.
Now queen, Delphyne joins Hera's alliance of New Olympians with the goal of killing Hercules and Athena. This brings her face to face with Cho again, who is perplexed by her decision. Delphyne explains her desire to kill Athena in revenge for the original Gorgon curse, and warns him against trusting the goddess. Later, when Hera attempts to kill her daughter Hebe in retaliation for Hebe's helping Hercules, Delphyne draws a gun on Hera, demanding that she cease. Seeking the aid of Hephaestus, Delphyne has Athena's Aegis shield reforged into a helmet. When the Avengers raid the headquarters of the Olympus Group, Delphyne attempts to confront Athena, despite Cho's entreaties to cease. She uses the helmet to turn Athena into stone, which frees her from the Gorgon curse and appalls Cho. However, Delphyne balks at allowing Hephaestus to kill Cho and Hercules, and Athena is revived by Zeus' thunderbolt, conferring on Athena the leadership of the Pantheon, and returning Delphyne to her Gorgon appearance. For Delphyne's attempted deicide, she is imprisoned at the bottom of the Olympus Group building.
After Vali Halfling obtains control of the Olympus Group headquarters, Delphyne escapes her imprisonment. She finds Athena weakened by Halfling's capture of the ambrosia of the gods, but is convinced not to kill Athena and instead works with her to repel the invaders. Delphyne defeats Pantheon member Atalanta in combat and joins Cho in defeating Vali Halfling and rescuing Hercules. The two then kiss and officially became a couple.