Sailorganymede
Above art drawn by Nancy. Colored by Laurel. Bejeweled Goblet drawn by Laurel (that's why it
looks kinda funny. ~_^ ). Background is an image of the satellite Ganymede taken by NASA.
This character has songs on the Soundtrack!
SENSHI IDENTITY: Sailorganymede, the Cupbearer Senshi
REAL NAME: Tara Mason (There is actually a story behind Tara's name, detailed in the Extra section below.)
AMERICAN DUB NAME ^_^ : Tara Mason
BIRTHDATE AND SIGN: December 18, Sagitarrius
SENSHI COLORS: Green, red-orange, and purple
TEAM: Member of Team Galileo, the senshi team from the four Galilean Satellites of Jupiter
WEAPONS AND ATTACKS: Sailorganymede is the keeper of the Bejeweled Goblet.
- Cup Runneth Over: Ganymede spins, speaking the phrase, "Cup Runneth Over," and tips her goblet
toward the enemy. A waterfall of real jewels flows from the goblet and binds together around other
attacks or enemies, rendering them useless or trapping them.
- Wine Coffin: To perform this attack, she calls, "Wine Coffin!" while holding the Goblet above her head. Ganymede brings the Goblet down in a sweeping arc; it pours out wine, which flows all over the enemy in a big wave. The wine hardens over them and encases them in a dark burgundy, translucent, coffin-shaped box. The enemy lies in this Coffin with their eyes closed and their arms crossed over their chest in an unconscious state until either someone breaks them out, or Ganymede lets them out. (The Coffin is not easy to break through.) If an enemy stays inside the Wine Coffin too long, they will die of alcohol poisoning. The basics of this attack were created for me by Sailor Morrigan.
TRANSFORMATION: Tara shouts, "Ganymede Satellite Power, Make-up!" and holds up her henshin wand. Energy flows from the wand to spin a multi-colored cocoon around Tara's body, which hardens into a shell made of hundreds of jewels. Suddenly, one of Sailorganymede's fists punches through the jewel cocoon, followed by the other, until she quickly breaks apart a large section of it, her face showing great amusement at this task. She gives the cocoon a few spunky side kicks to demolish it completely and show that she has fully transformed into Sailorganymede, with Bejeweled Goblet in hand.
DESCRIPTION: Ganymede has short perky red-orange hair. Her senshi Satellite uniform has a red-orange
skirt, collar, and choker jewel. The stripe around the edge of her skirt, her front bow, gauntlets,
choker, and tiara jewel are all green (sort of a medium green). Ganymede's back bow is purple. She wears
purple sandals that tie around her feet and ankles. She has green eyes.
PLACE IN THE SILVER MILLENIUM: During the time of the Silver Millenium, Sailorganymede was the senshi from her
home, the Jupiterian satellite Ganymede. She is a member of Team Galileo. The team consists of the senshi
from Callisto, Ganymede, Io, and Europa. Tara's personality then was the same as it is now--a joker, a
harmless troublemaker, and a bit baudy. Her boisterous attitude made her an easy choice for the Moon
Kingdom's Court Jester.
OCCUPATION: Tara is an exchange student from America, studying at Mirai Mugen University.
AGE: 18
EXTRA: Her best friend is a fellow exchange student, Ursula Majors , who is
also Sailorcallisto. Tara's parents were killed by a drunk driver. She has a brother, Nathan (Prince Ganymede). The story behind Tara's name is that I saw this teenage girl on a episode of "Sally" (the talk show) who had the exact kind of attitude I imagined for Tara. I couldn't remember the guest's real name later, so I assumed her name was something like Tara, since it just fit her well. That is how Tara got her first name. Her last name comes from Mason jars, which hold liquid and such, like a cup.
MYTHOLOGY: Ganymede was the Cupbearer of the Greek gods.
You can see more pictures of Tara/Ganymede on the following pages:
Group Art
Royalty
Sailorganymede's transformation wand
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