Talk:Xanthe/@comment-38127842-20190213202155/@comment-36277500-20190319193130

Probably out of her deep hatred towards the whole humanity.

She claims that she was "trained in beauty, grace and poetry" since she was little girl. That leaves us two possibilities:


 * 1) She might be sold into slavery as a little child... by her own father, out of poverty. She might spend her childhood under Lena's care, where learnt the whole poetry stuff.
 * 2) She might originate from a wealthy Greek family (and she learnt the poetry in her parents' house), and become abducted by pirates, then sold into slavery.

Second option is more probable. Her first name and olive skin tone hint that she's Greek. Taking into account her haughtiness, she might be once rich (before she was captured and enslaved).

In both possibilities, she might be wronged by men (her father who sold her, or pirates who captured her). That's why she mistreats and misleads men.

She hates women as well, but for another reason - they are rivals. She especially depises MC because the latter one's success upstaged hers. Xanthe's hatred is additionally fueled by MC's enemies like Rufus Glycia for their own reasons - you know, enemy of my enemy...