Anna Medusa

Dr Anna Medusa (14th August 1971 - 24th August 2019) was a jellyfish scientist and politician who served as world leader, scientific advisor to the world leader and was a member of John C. Star’s Inner Circle.

Anna Medusa was born on the 14th August 1972 in the North Atlantic Empire, which was then ruled by her father Commander François Medusa. Due to her status, she received the best education and from a very early age was interested in science, especially geology, oceanography and marine biology. As her father was also interested in science and had considered becoming a scientist before entering politics, he encouraged her interest and she trained as a scientist. She also studied medicine and became Dr Anna Medusa at the age of 17 in 1989. After becoming a medical doctor, Anna Medusa entered the Plankton Army as a medic, scientist and weapons expert. She served in the Plankton Army as a scientist throughout the 1990s and early 2000s and first met legendary plankton fighter John C. Star in 1991 and provided with more potent explosives. Throughout the next 20 years, Anna Medusa would encounter John C. Star on a semi-regular basis and would often advise him on matters relating to her areas of expertise. From 2011 to 2014, Anna Medusa participated in Operation Global Warming and joined a team comprising herself, John C. Star and Pulpo Kalamares. The team were tasked by her father to cause global warming, to melt the sea ice to flood the Earth to facilitate the Plankton Invasion. They attempted to do this in numerous ways, however they were usually unable to successfully reach any of their goals, due to their limited resources. Despite their usual failure, they did have some notable successes, such as a mission where John C. Star successfully destroyed a wind farm. His success was, in part, due to explosives made by Anna Medusa. During the next three years, until 2014, the team continued to attempt to increase global warming. Anna Medusa was perhaps the most successful out of the team members, as she had several advantages, such as her scientific knowledge and her stinging ability, which allowed her to defeat far larger animals in combat. In 2014, John C. Star decided he would take over the world, he began his world conquest by invading Chile and then from there took over the other countries of the world, starting with the less developed countries such as African and South-East Asian countries and then moved on to more developed countries, such as other South American, European and North American countries. He then focused on Arabia and the rest of Asia before invading more powerful countries such as the United Kingdom and France After only a few months, John C. Star had conquered the entire world, apart from Russia, China and the United States of America. He started with Russia, a campaign which was eventually successful, he then moved onto China, which he recognised would be a struggle, so he convinced the animals of China to join him and rise up against their human oppressors. After China had been successfully defeated, John C. Star moved onto the United States of America, which he believed would be a struggle. Once again, he convinced the animal residents of America to join him and fight against the humans, which caused large-scale death and destruction amongst the human population. This coupled with the military equipment he gathered from other countries and assistance from Anna Medusa and Wellington led to John C. Star defeating the Americans and becoming the first world leader. Many factors led to John C. Star‘s successful world conquest, such as his charisma and fighting prowess and the assistance of Wellington, but Anna Medusa’s efforts certainly contributed to his victory.

After becoming world leader, John C. Star appointed Anna Medusa as Scientific Advisor to the World Leader. She worked with his Chief Scientist Wellington to support John C. Star as world leader. She was involved in several of Wellington’s initiatives, such as his the invention of Artificial Meat. Anna Medusa served under several world leaders during her tenure, mainly John C. Star, but also his daughter Martha Star and his co-leader Henry the Haddock. She continued to serve as Scientific Advisor to the World Leader for around three years, until 2017 when John C. Star and co-leader Henry the Haddock were deposed and killed by The Ultra Ultra Ultra Time Hamster and Jarvis (dodo) became world leader. Following John C. Star’s death, Anna Medusa returned to the North Atlantic Ocean along with the remaining members of John C. Star’s Inner Circle. She remained there during Theodore Tuna’s first and second reigns and only returned to land in September 2017, after the beginning of John C. Star’s Second Reign.

During John C. Star’s Second Reign, Anna Medusa once again became the Scientific Advisor to the World Leader, though her contributions were overshadowed by Wellington. She served John C. Star in various capacities during his second reign, such as advising him on matters regarding the ongoing war with the Dodo Planet and the Chicken Kingdom. Though Wellington was ultimately responsible for the defeat of Dodo Planet and the Chicken Kingdom, Anna Medusa made several contributions to the war effort, such as her attempts to design more potent explosives to destroy the Dodo Forcefield, which ultimately ended in failure. Following the defeat of the Dodo Planet and the Chicken Kingdom, their leaders Jarvis (dodo) and Professor Chicken Licken, petitioned The Ultra Ultra Ultra Time Hamster to come to their aid and defeat John C. Star, which he did, by removing John C. Star from existence entirely. This meant that for a short time, Anna Medusa had never joined John C. Star’s Squad, had never joined his inner circle and had never become Scientific Advisor to the World Leader. Despite the apparently irrevocably nature of The Ultra Ultra Ultra Time Hamster‘s action, John C. Star returned to reality in about December 2017 for unknown reasons, but he remained deceased. Following the end of John C. Star’s Second Reign, Anna Medusa returned to the sea with surviving members of John C. Star’s Inner Circle, including Peter the Pike who became the new Leader of the Sea.

In August 2018, Anna Medusa, who had been closely monitoring the political situation, decided to stand for election in the Second August 2018 World Leadership Election, which had been called by Supreme Leader PinkDowlg. She successfully defeated her predecessor, Yellowstone, due to Yellowstone‘s recent participation in the Yellowstone Dog Meat Scandal, which saw him consume dog meat with then supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-Un. Anna Medusa’s Reign was a short-lived reign as she quickly became unpopular, due to her policies being reminiscent of those of her friend and former world leader, John C. Star. One policy that was reported as being particularly unpopular was the compulsory worship of John C. Star and the execution of anyone who refused to worship him or criticised her or John C. Star. Due to her unpopularity, Anna Medusa was forced to resign later in August and Supreme Leader PinkDowlg called the Third August 2018 World Leadership Election to elect her successor. Following her resignation, it is believed PinkDowlg executed Anna Medusa for crimes committed when she was Executive World Leader.

Following Anna Medusa’s death, her father François Medusa, joined with Hermann Göring, Joseph Fisher, Adolf Von Termite and Jarvis (dodo) and overthrew the then world leaders, Cluckington Cluckington III, Flipper Flipperton Nooter I, Silas Gobble Gobble, Great Uncle Bulgaria and President Paige in the Second August 2018 Coup of Five. This resulted in them becoming the joint world leaders, however their regime was very short-lived as Cluckington Cluckington III, Flipper Flipperton Nooter I, Silas Gobble Gobble, Great Uncle Bulgaria and President Paige returned in the Third August 2018 Coup of Five and arrested all of the members of the previous regime, including François Medusa and tortured them to death.

Anna Medusa was resurrected in March 2019 by John C. Star who at that point had declared himself as Supreme Leader and began the Second PinkDowlg Civil War against then world leader PinkDowlg. John C. Star appointed Anna Medusa as Chief Scientist, instead of Wellington, as unlike during his previous reigns, Wellington was viewed as being unreliable and untrustworthy due to him assisting both belligerents at the start of the Second PinkDowlg Civil War. From about April to August 2019, Wellington assisted neither belligerent and only finally aligned himself with John C. Star in August 2019, less than a month before the end of war and John C. Star’s defeat. Anna Medusa headed the team of scientists who worked for John C. Star and attempted to ensure his victory. During the first month of the war, PinkDowlg was winning, however by April, John C. Star’s forces had overtaken him and were heading ever closer towards victory, this was in part due to Anna Medusa’s efforts. This trend continued for 4 months and by August, both Anna Medusa and John C. Star had expected PinkDowlg to be defeated and John C. Star to be victorious, however, PinkDowlg unexpectedly became extremely powerful by eating PinkDowlg Donuts and within a few weeks had defeated John C. Star, his allies and The Mice-of-War.

Following the defeat of John C. Star, all of his allies, generals and scientists were arrested, including Anna Medusa, who was sent to the PinkDowlg Enemy Prison. Due to her high status, Anna Medusa was was confined to the maximum security wing of the prison, along with John C. Star and other high-profile prisoners. Anna Medusa was taunted by the prison guards, who were the Lions of Priderock, who attempted to provoke her by consuming fish, who had served in John C. Star’s Army, in view of her cell. They also taunted John C. Star and other marine animals in the same way. PinkDowlg declared the 23rd August 2019 as PinkDowlg Victory Day and the 24th August 2019 as Torture of PinkDowlg’s Enemies Day, the day that John C. Star, his allies and his high-ranking subordinates would be tortured to death, including Anna Medusa. Anna Medusa was tortured to death by PinkDowlg in the PinkDowlg Torture Arena on the 24h August 2019, in front of PinkDowlg’s Inner Circle, a crowd of around 50,000 animals and several billion animals who were watching live on television.

Following Anna Medusa’s execution in August 2019, it is not believed that she has since been resurrected, despite John C. Star returning to power on several occasions. On the 21st November 2019, John C. Star began his 4th Reign, after he defeated the Mrs Ineffable Magnificence Interim Governments and took over the World in the November 2019 John C. Star Invasion. He initially had the assistance of Wellington, however after just one day, Wellington once again betrayed him and put him in suspended animation. After a few hours of John C. Star being in suspended animation, Wellington changed his mind and released John C. Star, but he did not go back to working for him, rather he resigned and went on holiday. It is unknown why John C. Star did not resurrect Anna Medusa following the resignation of Wellington, as she likely would have greatly assisted his rule, but theories include that he was deposed too soon to do so (he was killed by His Ineffable Magnificence the following day) or that he was unable to do due to some restriction on resurrection placed by Wellington, but he did not mention such a restriction.

Anna Medusa was also not resurrected after Wellington and John C. Star were resurrected by Babbage on the 2nd July 2020, following the July 2020 Revolution. After his resurrection, John C. Star fought against Adolf Hitler in the Hitler-Seastar Civil War, which lasted for 6 days, from the 2nd until the 8th July and resulted in John C. Star’s defeat and execution by the victorious Adolf Hitler. It is unknown why John C. Star did not resurrect Anna Medusa during the Hitler-Seastar Civil War, however it may be because Wellington was loyal to him at that time and he felt there was no reason to resurrect her before his possible victory. Why John C. Star would not wish to resurrect Anna Medusa to assist in the war effort is also unknown, but it is possible he thought that she would be unable to contribute in a major way and therefore she would only be unnecessary tortured to death in the event of his loss. This theory seems unlikely, due to John C. Star’s megalomania which led him to believe that he would be easily victorious and would not have to worry about the possibility of defeat.

John C. Star would next return to power on the 26th August 2020, when he began his 5th Reign following his resurrection by his daughter, Martha Star, who had rose to power after her victory in the August War. Despite his reign only lasting for 2 days, John C. Star, with the help of Wellington, built several thousand John C. Star Temples, rebuilt John C. Star’s Palace and tortured many animals to death, including Adolf Hitler, Klara Hitler, Joseph Goebbles, Roger (otter), Snodgrass, Snidgrass, senior Nazis and senior penguins of the Penguin Planet. He also had several million Nazis and penguins of the Penguin Planet killed in various manners. John C. Star also resurrected several individuals, including his friend and former co-leader Henry the Haddock, several members of the Frog Family (two of whom he would later kill again) and, after his death at the hands of Dorothy, Tony the seagull. Despite multiple actions and orders, including several resurrections, John C. Star did not resurrect Anna Medusa. The reason for this is unknown as Anna Medusa likely would have been of assistance to John C. Star and may have been more trustworthy than Wellington, who once again temporarily put John C. Star in suspended animation and left to go on holiday, though not officially resigning as he had done in November 2019. John C. Star only remained as world leader for 2 days, as he was killed by Jean the cabbage after he attempted to torture her to death for not worshiping him. Following John C. Star’s death, his daughter, Martha Star  became world leader and began her 4th reign, however she would have an even shorter reign than her father, ruling for only a few hours, as she was killed by Dalai Gartok, after she attempted to torture him to death for insulting her father. Martha Star was succeeded as world leader by her son, Frederick Star, who also had a very short reign, ruling for just a few hours, as he was killed by his Chief Scientist Wellington after he attempted to torture Wellington to death for insulting him and claiming that “he [ Frederick Star] had no right to be ordering an animal [ Wellington] far more intelligent than him to do anything”. Neither Martha Star nor Frederick Star resurrected Anna Medusa, despite the fact she would have likely been very useful to them, especially with Wellington’s unreliability and betrayal of the Seastar Dynasty. It is possible they did not resurrect Anna Medusa due to the brevity of their reigns or that they did not do so due to Wellington preventing her resurrection, as he may have seen her as a rival or a potential threat, though neither of these theories have been confirmed. Frederick Star was the last member of the Seastar Dynasty to be world leader and following the dynasty’s deposition, Anna Medusa was no longer a plausible contender for resurrection. Following the Seastar Dynasty’s deposition, all subsequent world leaders have taken measures to prevent them from regaining power and to ensure that deceased members of the dynasty and their supporters, including Anna Medusa, remain deceased. Incumbent world leader Jerusalem has included Anna Medusa on the list of those banned from resurrection and to ensure she is not resurrected has had the resurrection machines programmed so that it is impossible to resurrect those who are banned.