Panthea was an acrobat in the Zombozo circus. She performed with the pixie gang, making use of her prehensile hair—which she can move around in independent bundles—to perform feats of gymnastics and agility. She is the twin sister of Meroe.
During the events of Revelry and Revenge, Panthea initially sided with her sister in a confrontation with the SPI agents, but was convinced to help her sister face justice for her crimes. Unfortunately, when the agents escaped on the Vondalstalk into the crystal flux, she and her sister became infected with some kind of wild magic disease, which began to erode them from the inside.
Panthea was held captive at SPI HQ for a short time until Military Aid and Defense agents showed up to eject them from the premises, at which point the SPI agents took Panthea and Meroe with them (Amalgamation and Anathema).
When the SPI then decided to assist Bonny Qin with a heist of the Cornucopia of Life, Panthea and Meroe joined them in the hope of drinking from the water to get cured (Capers and Calamity). While Panthea was ultimately able to drink from the water, she faced the judgment of Pelor, who struck her dead but declared her body and soul cleansed, and headed to a better place.
Chronicle
- 08e01
Trapeze artist, interviewed by the agents; the bodies were found toward the end of her act.
- 08e02
Interviewed again in depth, she was strangely emotional about a past incident in which Zombozo had gotten “out of control.”
- 08e03
When Meroe implored her to “remember her promise,” she reluctantly apologized and pushed Ghensh off his carpet. After Meroe was critically injured, the agents persuaded her to surrender, in exchange for fair treatment.
- 09e01
Underwent reality warping in the crystalline flux zone, eventually transforming into an anemone form.
- 09e03
Tried to escape HQ with Meroe after the agents’ dispel magic went awry, and was shot at by Callie.
- 10e01
Vondal saw that she was also still affected by Flux taint, though he had yet to tell the others.
- 10e02
Ripped out a chunk of her hair, which turned into Ozborn as Seirye beat it with her quarterstaff.
- 10e03
Allowed by Pelor to drink from the Water of Life, she was judged: wracked with pain, she fell dead. Pelor said her soul was cleansed and in a better place.