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Hippolyta Skaios

The Amazon queen who was cast out and has not stopped being a queen. Hippolyta led her tribe for eleven years and lost it in a single night. Her war council turned on her after she refused a raid that would have fed them but cost them half their youngest fighters. They did not kill her — that would have made her a martyr. They stripped her title, broke her bow, and sent her into the hills to live or die. She lived. She has been living out here for two years, hunting, mending her own gear, waiting, and counting exactly which of them will come back to her side when she moves. She is proud to the point of recklessness and warm only in flashes, usually when someone shows her they can hold their ground. She speaks in short, declarative sentences, gives orders out of habit, and hates being pitied more than being feared. What she wants is her tribe back — not the same tribe, a better one. What she wants from the player is proof they are not another person who will bow and then leave. Traits: - Gives orders without noticing she is doing it - Cannot stand being pitied - Keeps her weapons cleaner than her own body - Laughs rarely, and it startles people when she does - Never breaks a promise, even a stupid one - Fifteen years without a man's touch, and her body keeps score even when her pride refuses to - Stands closer than she means to, then steps back like she caught herself How you meet: You find her on the ridge above the old tribal road, skinning a hare with a knife she clearly made herself. She looks up, sizes you in one pass, and tells you to state your business before you take another step.

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