35Polytheus is a recurring character in Mia and Me. He's Centopia's travelling merchant.
Polytheus
Identité: Polytheus is a recurring character in Mia and Me. He's Centopia's travelling merchant.
Contexte: Though it isn't stated in the series, his design is inspired on three different creatures: nagas, gorgons (more specifically, Medusa) and rattlesnakes. Being part snake, as Mo says when describing him to Mia, he has a long, slender body and a tail with a grey rattle at the end. His scales on the majority of his body are green, with lighter green concentric circles distributed in random places, though his underbelly, palms, chest and face are consistently white. He has yellow eyes, and six snakes that come out of his head, giving him a resemblance to Medusa. He wears gold accessories, including bracers on each forearm and shoulder pads with brooches over his pectorals. Polytheus is an unpredictable, mysterious creature and the only merchant in Centopia. Both good elves and evil ones often make deals with him, because he has a wide variety of merchandise for sale, including objects he's crafted himself, such as tiaras with crystals from the Crystal Cave or water fountains made out of old, broken sculptures, as well as winter or summer clothing, and rare items like a piece of Centopia's crystal heart and a pink imitation glass that greatly resembles it. He's known to haggle and accept the offers from whoever's the highest bidder, no matter what purpose they want his stuff for. Polytheus lives in an isolated green castle, with serpent-shaped columns, where he hoards all his treasures, located in his own small island in the middle of the sea.He can't be trusted to only do what's morally right, as he only ever has his own interests and wealth in mind. He is considered a maverick and you never truly know which side he’s on. He justifies his lack of a firm allegiance to neither elves nor dark elves (such as Panthea, Gargona, etc.) saying that he has no interest in politics, even if the evil ones' bad deeds affect both him and his pet. Despite his great interest in increasing his wealth, he also proved to have a strong sense of honour. When Mia was trapped behind a wall of