Medea Clytemnestra Strong-In-The-Arm Lindenshield[1] is a fictional character and the chief antagonist from Stuart Hill's fantasy trilogy of books called The Icemark Chronicles.

Medea is looking out of her window from her tower room and brooding over the fact that her parents, who are marching home from The Ice Troll Wars will greet the rest of the family before her.

Throughout the course of the book, it is revealed that she is deeply jealous of her younger brother because of the attention and love he receives because of his withered leg that resulted from his bout with polio.

Medea tries to get Sharley killed by magically having a Greyling Bear attack him while hunting.

Oskan passes on his magic abilities by teaching Medea, as she is the only inheritor of his gifts.

But Oskan is worried that Medea is drawn to The Circle Of Dark, the most dangerous plain of the Spirit Realms.

While there Oskan reveals the true evil nature of the Dark to Medea and that his father lives in the realm.

Medea is disappointed when she discovers that she can't access the Dark through the Vampiric Majesties.

Back home Medea spells the minds of the Icemarks' command and starts poisoning the family from within[2] so they walk into a trap by The Polypontian forces.

When Sharley returns to the Icemark with an army to help her invaded country she tries to kill him by possessing Mekhmet but is defeated with the help of the Blessed Women.

[3] In order to obtain her right to be considered part of the Dark realm Medea has to do battle with the six adepts were banished from Paradise with Cronus (a character based on Lucifer).

While they are trapped there she tries to kill them numerous times using methods such as Elephantas, Trolls on bridges and ghosts.

With Medea wounded Oskan then rescues Sharley, Mekhmet and Kirimin from The Plain Of Desolation.

The Vampire Queen and her army hold them at bay until Oskan and the witches transport the allied forced of The Icemark and Polypopntus back.

Medea is a vindictive, selfish girl who resents her siblings and sees them as having more of her parents' love then herself.

It is weak at first and merely consists of predicting what they will have for dinner and making a mouse materialise across her bed but by 14 her powers have grown strong.