Meldi

Daughter of Medusa
Symbol
Species	Gorgon
Alliance	Gorgon Kingdom
Sexuality	Bisexual
Devonate
Willow, Hapil
Appearances	ZIN
Debut	Fighters of Lapis 3: Stargate (non-canon, sneak peek) ZIN
Finisher	Brand of the Gorgons

Meldi is the main character of ZIN. She is the daughter of Medusa, but is trying to figure her life out, which is why she is not present at the Gorgon Kingdom. She is rivals with Willow and Hapil.

Appearance

Meldi has green hair that covers the left side of her face. She has two "pigtails" which are actually animated snakes. Her open eye has a black pupil and green markings over it. She typically wears a green sweater, the sleeves connected to two black gems. She wears black fishnet stocks and long green boots.

Personality

Meldi is a reserved and often quiet girl who has issues facing her responsibilities as a Gorgon Princess. She is at a confusing and maddening state in her life where she is entering adult-hood and sometimes acts immature or entitled as a result. Meldi however, does try to do the right thing when she can, even if it is difficult. She does not wish to be responsible for the things she does, however. She is a stress eater, and is afraid of mirrors. It should be noted that mirrors wouldn't have an effect on her unless she used her powers on them.

History

Backstory

The daughter of Medusa, she is set to become the Queen of the Gorgons after Medusa passes on. When this becomes a possibility due to Medusa's encounter with strange monsters from another dimension, she runs away from her responsibility. Meldi ends up squatting at the Withering Woods for a bit, despite the xenophobic nature of the populace inside.

ZIN

During the events of ZIN, she deals with the strange creatures that attacked her mom inside the Withering Woods while having to fight off Hapil and Willow. As she escapes, she comes across a bleeding Devonate and attempts to find a healer. During their journey, they become close friends.

Moveset

Neutral Moves

Name	Info
Snap Tails	Meldi lurches her head forward to attack with her snake-like pigtails that open and close their mouth. If an opponent is within range, they receive 3 damage for every bite. A maximum of 4 bites can be landed before the player must do the attack again.
Four Punch	A quick jab from her pigtails and then her own hands. Realistically, you can expect to either land all four or none at all. Each punch does 2 damage.
Snake Trap	Her pigtails go up and snap in the air and if anyone's over her, they get attacked. This move does 10 damage if it lands.
Heel Stomp	She slams her heels onto her opponent, which does about 8 damage.

Special Moves

Name	Info
Crystal Collision	Meldi hands cause the two crystals dangling on her sleeves to collide, causing a aura of grey smoke to surround her, damaging opponents. Every second in the aura damages the opponent by a multiple of 3, with the initial damage being 3.
Stone Cold Gaze	Meldi's eyes flash and if someone is in range, they freeze and turn into stone. This effect lasts five seconds and can be quickened if the opponent mashes on the buttons.
Concrete Angel	Erects a large statue under her feet, which propels her higher into the air as it rises. The statue can be destroyed or used by opponents as a platform. The statue is typically an angel but can also be a demon, which spews out fire for three damage every time the fire touches an opponent.
Marble Pillar	Erects a large marble pillar which she then kicks down, causing 30 damage if unblocked. It requires a lot of set up, as the entire animation takes about 6 seconds to do.

Relationships

Devonate

Easily one of her closer relationships, as she helped him back to help after the attack by the mysterious creatures from the alternate dimension. She seems to have romantic tension with him, although the two deny it when questioned.

Hapil

Hapil is Meldi's rival more or less, the two often attacking each other on sight. Meldi admits she wanted to be friends with Hapil when she first arrived in the Withering Woods, but Hapil's hostile nature caused her to be more wary of her. As Hapil explains though, Willow's fear of gorgons caused her to attack Meldi as opposed to getting to know her.

Willow

Willow's fear of Gorgons has caused Willow to attack Meldi and try and get her out of the woods, even though Meldi really has nowhere else to go. Willow and Hapil's attacks against Meldi have actually made them somewhat more friendly to each other, or at least make Willow less afraid of approaching her to attack and talk to.

Gallery

Meldi as she appears in ZIN.

Meldi's symbol.

Meldi by Plazzap (WIP)

As she appears in Fighters of Lapis 3: Stargate

Playable Characters	Meldi · Devonate · Beetkle · Megalado · Skatch · Aunomera · Hapil · Kei-Kikanju · Bade Zimmer · Torches · Speen Team · Helio
Non-Playable Characters
Stages	Gorgon Kingdom Outskirts · Withering Woods · Deconate's Moon Base · Black Pyramid · Laboratory 70