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Medusa
Stick Empires
Stick Empires Stick War 2
"You fools thought Inamorta belonged to you?"
Game	Stick War II: Order Empire Stick Empires
Empire	Chaos
Attack Type	Melee
Health	250 (Unarmoured) 2000 (Unarmoured) (SW2 campaign)
Damage	14 50 (SW2 campaign)
Speed	3.0
Gold Cost	500
Mana Cost	400
Training Time	30 seconds
Population	5
Ability	Venom Flux Petrify

“	You fools thought Inamorta belonged to you?	”
– Medusa, Stick Empires,

Medusa is a unit in Stick Empires, leading the Chaos Empire as their monarch. It is revealed in Stick War: Saga that her real name is Gargos.

History

Stick War II: Order Empire

(Based on codex)

The Chaos Empire was originally founded by Gargos, a medusa, who united the creatures of Inamorta long ago to fight off Elemental threats.

After that great war, she ruled unchallenged for so long that she allowed the subfactions to disband, each forming their own independent natios once again.

Only after the Order Empire began expanding uncontrollably did Gargos, with the help of Marrowkai, decide to reunite the factions for what she hoped would be a final battle.

Howeve, for her, it would be her last.

While the Order Empire views Choas as an army of evil, the Chaos Empire see itself as a refuge, a coalition of beings who banded together to survive against the ever-expanding Order.

The empire is composed of diverse creatures, each with its own strongholds scattered across northern Inamorta.

These subfactions include the Deads, Toxic Deads, Bombers, Eclipsors, Crawlers, Juggeknights, and Giants.

Appearance:

• Stick Empires
• Stick War II: Order Empire
• Stick War: Legacy
• Stick War: Saga

Stick Empires

Medusa is a tall black stick figure with an hourglass silhouette, tucked behind a green, lavish cloak. Two golden bands hang around Medusa's body, one acting as a neck-collar, and the other as a headband. Atop her scalp are approximately thirty snakes, similar to hair, strewn in a messy fashion.

Stick War II: Order Empire

Medusa appears similar to its Stick Empires counterpart but is way larger, has more health, and wears a yellow cloak. She is also maroon in color.

Stick War: Legacy

Medusa is seen at the Endless Deads game over screen. She is at a corner behind all the Dead hands, watching Atreyos close to his death.

Stick War: Saga

At the intro of Stick War: Saga, we can see a Spearton holding the head of Medusa, while showing it to King Zarek. It is known in this game that she has another name, Gargos

Abilities

General Abilities

Petrify

Petrify deals heavy damage to a unit. If Petrify kills the target, it is turned into stone, with the exception of Giants, Enslaved Giants, Albowtross, and most units that disappear when dying such as Eclipsors (cosmetic effect only).

At the beginning of her boss fight, Medusa casts a more powerful Mass Petrify on all units in the battlefield, is capaple to insta-kill all unit in battlefield except Castle Archidons and garrisoned unit.

Venom Flux

Medusa announces "Toxicum Acidicus!" and her snakes spit a pool of poison in front of her that inflict Poison to enemy units inside.

Boss Abilities

Summon Bombers

Summon Bombers can summon 1-4 bombers, the same particle effects appear as the ghosts in tower spawn.

Trivia

• The mythological Medusa petrifies any person that looks upon her, slightly different than in Stick Empires, where Medusa stares at a person to petrify them. 
• As there is only one Medusa in mythology, the unit in Stick Empires should technically be called gorgons.
• Medusa used to cost 500 Mana, until they were buffed by reducing their cost to 400 Mana.
• Medusa is the second fastest spell casting unit in the game in tems of delay to cast and activate (V is slightly faster)
• The image for the spell Petrify shows a half-petrified unit.
• Medusa only appears in Stick War: Saga after being beheaded and in the Marrowkai's pouch during the opening opening cutscene. Other than that, she never appears again.
• Medusa's throne resembles a cobra and after capturing her throne, Zilaros attempts keeps it for himself.
• A Medusa can petrify another Medusa. However, it requires 2 Medusas to petrify an enemy Medusa, because petrify only removes half the health of a Medusa. (2 bars out of 4).
• Medusa makes a guest appearance in Stick War: Legacy, in the end screen of Endless Deads.
• Medusa has a daughter named Petra.
• Other than the Final Boss in Stick War II: Order Empire, the AI will never spawn a Medusa unless the game is modded.
• Medusa's death animation is alike to that of the Meric.