Circe Sionis

For the individual who was brainwashed to think she is Circe Sionis, see Kate Kane.

"You remind me of an inmate I heard of at Arkham. Sweet Circe Sionis. Poked the baby blues out of some corporate bigwig. My Mouse and I used to call her 'Can't CEO Killer'. Ahh. Memories."
"He deserved it."
"Who, dear?"
"The corporate bigwig. He crossed a line, and I had to make sure he never found his way back."
"You. You gouged his eyeballs out. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. Why, if it isn't Circe Sionis. I heard that you were trampled to death in the Arkham breakout."

—Alice and "Circe Sionis"^[src]

Circe Sionis (died 2020) was the daughter of Roman Sionis.

Biography[]

Early life and imprisonment[]

Circe was born to Roman Sionis, the CEO of Janus Cosmetics, and as an adult, became a model.

At some point in 2016, Circe was assaulted at a party by Ezra Castellanos, a wealthy CEO, and defended herself by gouging his eyes out. She was arrested by Crows Security, who accepted bribes from Ezra's family to manipulate the evidence and make it appear as though Circe attacked Ezra unprovoked in a mentally unstable rage. She was subsequently incarcerated at Arkham Asylum. While in Arkham, Mouse and Alice jokingly called Circe the "Can't CEO Killer".^[1][2]

Death[]

In mid-2020, Circe was trampled to death by inmates escaping Arkham, including Alice.^[3][2]

Legacy[]

Roman began wearing a skull mask as a symbol while leading the False Face Society to mourn Circe's death; when asked by the new Batwoman why he wore the item, he explained its origin and his daughter's death. Furthermore, Roman try to justified trying to kill the new Batwoman by saying that she wears the symbol of his daughter's murderer.^[1]

Ryan had asked Luke Fox to use what information she had garnered about Roman's daughter to determine Black Mask's secret identity; but he could not, pointing out that the original Batwoman had never killed a woman; proving that this is nothing more than a lie told by Black Mask in attempt to justify his despicable actions.^[4]

After about six weeks of therapy and hypnosis, Enigma gave the memories and personality of Circe to Kate Kane to replace her.^[5]

Roman lied to the public that he had saved Circe from the fire of Arkham, but Alice knew otherwise; because she saw Circe die, having stepped on the woman's lifeless body on her way out of the asylum.^[2] Continuing the lie, Roman made "Circe" the face of a new advertising campaign for his company's burn cream "Rebirth" and claimed on social media that his daughter was in rehab for months to explain why she has not been seen. He also arranged for Tatiana to avenge his daughter by murdering the still-alive Ezra.^[6]

While under Roman's control, Kate underwent a surgical transplant at the hands of Alice, who honored a favor to Roman by making a flesh-mask modeled on Circe's original face and unknowingly grafting it onto her sister. Although Kate eventually managed to break free of the hypnosis, she decided to keep Circe's face after reasoning that her own was too badly damaged to fix.^[7]

Appearances[]

Batwoman[]

Trivia[]

• Circe had brown eyes.^[2]

Behind the scenes[]

• In the comics, Black Mask is indeed linked to a Circe, who is disfigured and forced to wear a mask as well, but she is his ex-lover; instead of his daughter. She debuted in Batman Vol 1 #386 (August, 1985).

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