Athena

For the King of Fighters character see Athena Asamiya

Athena (アテナ姫, Athena), also known as Goddess Athena, is a fictional character from the SNK's arcade game Athena (being the protagonist of this game), which was later ported to several platforms.

Story
Athena is selfish princess of the Kingdom of Victory, which inhabits a mysterious world. She was bored with the monotonous life day by day in her castle and desired exciting adventures. One day she opened the Door Which Shoudn't Be Opened in the basement of Castle Victory, and fell to another world called Fantasy World which was dominated by an evil emperor Dante, a creature based on Cerberus.

After Athena defeated Dante (in the sequel Athena: Full Throttle), she is again bored with the peaceful days without adventures. This time she opens the Door Which Shoudn't Be Opened: B, disregarding the advice from her loyal maid Helene, and they both fall to the Elysium World to face a bunch of new villains.

The game features traditional RPG elements. Princess Athena has to beat the boss of each stage by using miscellaneous mythological weapons, equipments and items. Without some items, she can not make it through the adventures. Everything in the game is inspired by Greek mythology or ancient Roman culture including weapons, equipments, items and enemy designs. Needless to say, Athena herself is named after the Greek goddess Athena.

Then she becomes the secret boss of the dream match game SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom as an angelic being guarding the entrance to the Heaven World, which is supposed to be one of the stages of her arcade game. Contrarily, the Capcom character Red Arremer as another secret boss guards the entrance to the Hell World.

Personality
Athena seems to share a lot of personality traits with Athena Asamiya. She seems to be more naive though.

Powers
Telepathy: Athena can project her toughts to others minds.

Telekinesis: Athena can move objects with her will force.

Psychic Projectile: Athena can fire a ball of psychic energy.

Psychic Aura: Athena can attack enemies with a psychic aura around her hands to increase punching damage.

Teleport: Athena can teleport herself and others.

Psychic Reflector: Athena can create a barrier that deflects projectiles.

Psychic Healing: Athena can heal herself and other with psychic powers.

Fire Ball: Athena can send a fire ball with her sword.

Summon Creature: Athena can summon magical creatures.

Fighting Style
She fights with a sword and a heart-shaped shield.

Music

 * SVC Poem of Heaven - SVC Chaos: SNK vs Capcom

Game Appearances

 * Athena (game)
 * Athena: Full Throttle
 * SVC Chaos: SNK vs Capcom
 * Neo Geo Battle Coliseum

Trivia

 * Athena Asamiya's Another Striker in The King of Fighters 2000 is either this Athena or is meant to resemble her, as both characters are physically very similar; this resemblace is also apparent in a few of Asamiya's supers, such as her unlockable one in SNK Vs Capcom: Match of the Millenium for the NeoGeo Pocket Color