Remember the part in the Odyssey where Odyseus and his men stumble across Circe's island and get turned into animals? I'd add a twist to that. Odyseus and his men do find the island but instead are given shelter and food by Circe who has no ill intentions toward them. However, Odyseus drugs Circe and ribs her home and kills her daughter Lyra. On their way, some of Odyseus' men consume a plant that was on Circe's island which turns them into beasts and kill some of the men who weren't turned. This betrayal by Odyseus as well as the following slander would be what sets Circe on a path to darkness. She'd also try to appeal to the Amazons as both are women who've been shunned and slandered by the world if men.

So what do you guys think?

I think the Amazon's would help her and then adopt her if this is what happened. Why would they not?

Just make Circe a hell lord :) I think that would be kind of cool

@csg_cl: They might. Though they might disagree with her becoming more murderous towards Man's World.

I think I prefer her as the pseudo-descendant of Hecate or simply a mischievous witch. Not all villains need a sob story to be villains, I kind of like have a few in the mix that are just crazy, or inherently just bullies or misogynists/misandrists etc...

its a very good idea, don´t listen to these people.

Circe is about domination and humiliation and she's meant to get pleasure out of the act of having that power over people and abusing it as well as being a woman chasing and desiring more power so i dont know if this displays that particular point about the character plus i think its fun to have her be the sort of campy evil villainess she's protrayed as. while i still think the entire mythos should be focusing on rehabilitation for all its villains when its a fathomable option i dont think she needs a tragic backstory

First off... shouldn't this be in Circe's own forum?

Secondly, like I said elsewhere... I think Circe is the kind of villain that just works best when she isn't given any redeeming features or just very few. Because Circe is as close as a complete opposite of Diana in both power (might vs magic), goals (harmony vs dominion) and personality. As such, she is nearly a Disney villain, like the Evil Queen, Maleficent and Cruella de Vill, and it just works... because Diana is the opposite, a knight in shining armor.