Artio

"Tap into energy to heal, grow vines to entangle and with mighty claw, maul your prey."

Artio is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

Lore
Ice melts in cascading waterfalls from jagged mountain peaks, pouring into rivers roaring white to the cold sea. Straightening slowly, like aged men, trees and fauna of the underbrush, now free of snow-weight, reach for the sun. It is spring; the world awakens from darkness and death to grow green again. Her hibernation ends. Coat wet with fresh rain, Artio, Goddess-Bear, roars into the chill morning air.

She is guardian of the cycle. Not the passage of time, but the balance of things. There is no spring without winter, no death without life, no darkness without light, no goodness without evil. Nature declares these opposites into law and Artio is the enforcer.

Among the ursine she runs, sometimes in the shape of a woman, lithe and wild, sometimes as a bear, brown and fierce. Nowhere in the forest do there stand shrines in her name, for Artio is less worshipped and more respected. Perhaps, instead, she looms overhead, a constant presence in the twinkle of the stars, a connection of glistening light; the constellation Ursa Major.

And now there is war. None could know peace without war, victory without defeat, glory without failure. Artio must join those that fight if only to enforce the cycle of things. Nothing and no one defies the laws of nature like a God.

General

 * Artio was the first guardian of the Celtic Pantheon.
 * Artio along with Athena, Terra and Yemoja are the only goddesses in the Guardian Class.
 * Artio is the only melee god who uses a rod.
 * One of her jokes, Artio Joke 1.ogg "Only you can prevent forest fires!" is a reference to the 1980's Smokey the Bear commercial.
 * Her joke, Artio Joke 2.ogg "I won't be raiding any picnic baskets, I'm a goddess!", is a reference to Yogi Bear.
 * Artio's victory screen is a reference to the viral video Bears Dance to Sweet Dreams.

God Skins

 * T_Artio_WinterArctic_Icon.pngArctic Seer
 * Both Artio and this skin were voiced by Hetty Abbott.
 * This skin shares its theme with Ice Mage Agni, Ice Queen Aphrodite, Chilling Hersir Ares, Snow Kitten Bastet, Frost Bite Cerberus, Winter's Curse Cu Chulainn, Chilling Wraith Hades, Winter's Curse Kukulkan, Kumbhalayan Yeti Kumbhakarna, Glacial Gaze/The Frost Gorgon Medusa, Snow Strix Ra and Snow Day Scylla.


 * T_Artio_Kawaii_Icon.pngPlushie
 * In the full version of this skin's card art there is a man cosplaying Anubis pre remodel and another one cosplaying as Thor.
 * There are also posters of Artio's other skins on a wall next to her.
 * This skin shares its theme with Foxy Amaterasu, Kawaii Pop Bastet, Harajuku Neith and Such Cold Skadi.


 * T_Artio_Witch_Icon.pngFiend Hunter
 * It is possible that Cassie's hair from Paladins was asset shared to make this skin.
 * This skin shares its theme with Beast Within Cu Chulainn and Thunderfang Thor.


 * T_Artio_Fabled_Icon.pngFabled
 * This skin is based on the fairy tail Little Red Riding Hood.
 * This skin shares its theme with Lil' Red Scylla.


 * T_Artio_Kitsune_Icon.pngSpirit Guide
 * This skin is based on a Kitsune, a creature from Japanes folklore.
 * The actress who voiced this skin, Xanthe Huynh, also voiced Mystic Enchantress Nu Wa.
 * This skin shares its theme with Great Tengu Cernunnos, Oni Chernobog, Oni Musha Hachiman and Yurei Susano.

Skins
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 * -|Den Mother=
 * -|Wild Druid=
 * -|Arctic Seer=
 * -|Plushie=
 * -|Fiend Hunter=
 * -|Fabled=
 * -|Spirit Guide=
 * -|Golden=
 * -|Legendary=
 * -|Diamond=