Fan Casting Medusa in Steven S. DeKnight's God of War

Aphrodite's abandoned daughter, cursed to live in darkness with snakes for hair and a gaze that turns flesh to stone. She sobs for her mother's love, asking "Why won't she know me?" When Kratos finds her, she attacks not out of malice but desperate loneliness. Their brutal fight ends with Kratos wrenching off her head. Her death is a mercy—release from centuries of suffering. She is terrifying, pathetic, and heartbreaking.