Herophile

Herophile is an oracle of Apollo. She was born with a beautiful voice which managed to attract Apollo, and as a result he made her one of his oracle and blessed her with the power of prophecy. She spouts prophecies in the form of word puzzles.

History
Herophile was born in the Bay of Erythrae to a shepherd in and a naiad of a spring in the nearby area. As she emerged from the womb of her mother, she started singing. This immediately attracted Apollo's attention, and as a result he blessed her as his sacred oracle.

For years, Herophile wandered the world to share her wisdom. She said her prophecies in form of song, her beautiful voice distracted all listeners from the content of the prophecy. She couldn't repeat her prophecies, so listeners often missed a few parts. As mentioned by Apollo in The Burning Maze, she predicted the fall of Troy, the rise of Alexander the Great and advised Aeneas on where he should establish the colony that would one day become Rome. She even predicted the birth of Jesus.

After nine hundred years, she became discouraged since everyone from her youth had died. She returned home to her mother’s hillside in Erythrae and settled in the nearby cave. She helped whoever came to seek her wisdom as the oracle, but her beautiful singing voice faded. Instead, she started leaving out important parts of prophecies. Eventually, her prophecies became in the form of word puzzles.

In 1509 CE, Apollo forced her to leave the cave for one last visit to Rome, where Michelangelo was painting her portrait on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Afterwards, she returned to her cave for good. Apollo mentioned that was the last time he'd saw her and assumed she had faded away, much like his other ancient oracles.

In The Series
Sometime afterwards, Herophile was captured by Caligula and chained her in the Labyrinth.