Editing Medea (section)

==Appearances==
==={{DQ8}}===
{{spoiler|start}}Medea is the courageous daughter of King [[Trode]] and the princess of the Kingdom of [[Trodain]]. She was cursed by [[Dhoulmagus]] to have the form of a horse.

In the [[Nintendo 3DS]] version, a special scene elaborates upon her backstory. Several years before the events of the game, it is revealed that Medea's mother had died when she was ten years old. Shortly afterwards while wandering in a nearby forest, having run away to mourn the death of her mother, she notices a [[Hero (Dragon Quest VIII)#Munchie|small mouse]] scuttling out of a shrub. She decides to follow the mouse and chances upon a feverish, unconscious boy who is revealed to be the {{Hero 8}}. She hurries back to the castle and informs her father, who swiftly follows her to the {{Hero 8}}'s location and instructs two of the men who accompanied him to haul the Hero back to the castle. Once his fever subsides, Medea greets the {{Hero 8}} when he awakens and reassures him of his good condition. Sometime after, Medea asks her father if the {{Hero 8}} could be allowed to enlist as a castle guardsman so the two could spend more time together.

She is one of only three in the castle that were not petrified, the others being [[Trode]] and the {{Hero 8}}. While in [[Pickham]], she is stolen, sold to [[Red]], and later returned for the [[Venus' Tear]].

It was thought that she and [[Trode]] would be returned to normal after [[Dhoulmagus]] was defeated, but as it turned out, he was not the problem. Later, she and her father were returned to normal when [[Rhapthorne]] was defeated. Unlike {{Jessica}}, she is the classical maiden.
Medea was renowned throughout the land for her loveliness and, even as a horse, she enchanted people with her exceptional beauty. Only those with keen supernatural power were able to perceive her true nature.

Eventually, the journey led to a [[Mystical Spring]], from which the waters were able to disrupt the curse. By drinking from them, she was able to return to human form temporarily. She also developed the ability to communicate telepathically with the Hero, but only when both of them were asleep.

Despite the engagement to Prince [[Charmles]] of [[Argonia]], she harbored strong feelings for the {{Hero 8}}, who was also her childhood friend. She eventually married the Hero after he had been accused of kidnapping her. In the special ending sequence (obtained due to possessing the [[Argon ring]]) of the game as decreed by King [[Clavius]], the {{Hero 8}} is the rightful groom.{{spoiler|end}}