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| “ | Silk finery, so soft, divine... I spin my threads and catch whatever comes my way... | „ |
| ~ Arachne |
Arachne is the first spider ever created. She was a mortal weaver who challenged and beat Athena in a weaving contest. The Goddess was so enraged by her loss that she cursed Arachne and transformed her into the first spider.
She appears in Hades II and offers her outfits through her Silken Fineries, which provide Armor to Melinoë. She can be encountered in Erebus.
Characteristics and Personality
A skilled weaver, Arachne is exceptionally kind and helpful, a friend for all occasions, while offering her weaving services.
Arachne loves what she does, often humming as she admires her own creations, though she sometimes gets caught off guard doing so while working, blushing when caught but ironically speaking seductively when offered praise. She dislikes toads because they eat spiders, so she freaks out when she sees Frinos.
She's a lovely spider, but she sees small creatures as her adversaries, so they're wrapped in silk, showing the tiny arachnid is a dangerous predator. She dismisses when Melinoë asks, insisting it must be the work of other spiders. Though she may seem charming, her laughter carries a sinister tone.
Despite being a small spider, Arachne is quite bold and fearless, especially if Athena is not around. She claims to be a better weaver than all the gods combined, though her arrogance led to her transformation into a spider to begin with.
Superficially, she's quite cheerful, but beneath lies a deep melancholy. Delving into conversation reveals Arachne's profound resentment towards Athena for her current appearance and the Olympian gods for their general apathy. She's shocked to learn they are Melinoë's family and are helping her against Chronos, leaving her torn but in the end chooses to still be her friend and help her despite her lineage.
Physical description
Arachne is only met after she's been cursed to be a spider, with no description of how she was before other than she was a mortal young girl. She's not just any spider though. She has short blonde hair, decorated with a gold little crown, and green eyes. Her multiple legs are full of different colorful lines, interestingly focused on the colors of the Silver Sisters, with the occasional golden bracelet here and there. Finally, she uses orange gloves.
Background
Arachne was once a mortal girl who lived with her father Idmon, who was a dyer. From a young age Arachne developed a passion for weaving, eventually becoming so good at it that she started to boast that she was better than Athena and the Fates.
Hades II
Arachne provides her silk dresses to Melinoë whenever she visits her in Erebus.
Affinity
As of Early Access, Arachne's affinity gauge is maxed out at 6 
hearts.
Book of Shadows Entry
Trivia
- During the weaving contest with Athena, it's said Arachne portrayed how awful the gods are, while Athena glorified them.
- Ironically, Ovid's account says that Arachne weaved the moment Zeus slept with Persephone, who would later give birth to Zagreus from it.
- Arachne mentions finding her transformation both a curse and a blessing, possibly a reference to the different views of the myth, where Arachne is either seen as cursed out of spite or blessed to forever do what she loves out of respect.
- Arachne stops appearing in The Crossroads after learning about Hecate's part in her curse
Additional notes
For additional information on Arachne that does not pertain to Hades, see Wikipedia's article: Arachne
