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Erinyes (Furies)

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Trust us, you do not want to make the Erinyes mad. There's a reason most people call them the Furies these days: when there's a criminal creeping around who hasn't been punished, these furious, snaky-haired, bloody-eyed ladies flap their wings and rise up from the black pit of Tartarus to put the smack down. Their favorite methods of punishment include driving people insane, blighting big stretches of countryside, and blasting whole cities with plague. Back in the day, rumor had it there was a whole flock of Erinyes, but later, people started saying there were only three: Alecto, Tisiphone, and Magaera. Whatever their number, these goddesses of vengeance seriously don't mess around.

Basic Information

Name	The Erinyes: Alecto, Tisiphone, Magaera
Nickname	The Furies, The Eumenides, The Kindly Ones, The Dirae, The Infernal Goddesses (we love that one), Bad Mamma Jammas
Sex	Female
Current city	Tartarus

Work & Education

Occupation	Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
Education	John Jay School of Criminal Justice Hades School of Pain

Beliefs

Political views

Pro-Zeus (as long as he's tough on crime)

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Parents	Gaia (Mom), Ouranos (Dad...well, we came from his blood anyway) OR Nyx (Mom)… depends who you ask.
Siblings	If Gaia became pregnant with us from the blood of Ouranos: the Gigantes, the Meliae If Nyx is our mom and only mom: Erebos, Aether, Hemera, Nemesis, The Fates, Charon, Thanatos, Hypnos
Friends	Nemesis (she totally gets our whole vengeance thing.) Dike (a goddess who understands justice) Hades (We're very pleased to work in his Dungeon of the Damned)
Enemies	Orestes (we're still a little miffed that he got away with killing his mom) Apollo (the one who told Orestes to kill his mom in the first place) All Evildoers

Relationships

Relationship status	Thoroughly single
Interested in	Nobody

Favorites

TV Shows	Judge Judy Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Revenge
Quotations	"Justice delayed, is justice denied." – Gabriel Pendas "Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge." – Paul Gauguin I'm roasting marshmallows on the fire And what I'm burning, is your attire – Rihanna, "Breakin' Dishes" "Let the punishment match the offense." – Marcus Tullius Cicero "In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man." – Friedrich Nietzsche
Books	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe The Trial by Franz Kafka Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Hamlet by William Shakespeare Angels in America by Tony Kushner The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Music	Immigrant Song as sung by Karen O, with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack) Goodbye Earl by the Dixie Chicks The Words That Maketh Murder by PJ Harvey You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette No Light, No Light by Florence and the Machine Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood Demons by Sleigh Bells The Mariners Revenge Song by the Decemberists
Movies	Lady Vengeance The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Kill Bill: Vol 1 Kill Bill: Vol 2 (just for good measure) The Dark Knight Thelma and Louise Colombiana I Spit on Your Grave (Day of the Woman) Mean Girls The Avengers

Activities & Interests

Likes	Court TV The death penalty Judy Sheindlan Lisbeth Salandar
Interests	Criminal Justice (that's about it)
Groups	Cthonic Goddesses Torturers Union Judge Judy Fan Club

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