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The Amazons of Themyscira are a race of powerful, immortal warrior women that live on the mystically hidden island of Themyscira. Possessing around nine to twelve times the strength of a normal human woman in top physical shape. Amazons also possess heightened speed and endurance well beyond that of any normal human. Certain members of the Amazonian nation also possess various limited mystical capabilities such as magical blasts, flight skills and much more that has been earned and gleaned from study of the arcane arts.

History[]

Created during the time of Ancient Greece by the goddesses Hestia, Aphrodite, Demeter, Athena and Artemis; who desired to create a nation of warrior women that would help to spread their ideals to the world, the Amazons were created from the clay bed of a lake and each imbued with a spirit of a woman who had unjustly died at the hands of a man.
Initially operating under a monarchy, the Amazons served the Olympian gods by spreading their principles and devotion to the barbarian world, thriving for many years before they were attacked by the forces of Heracles, saved only through the intervention of the goddesses.
Their mission dashed, the remaining Amazons were sent from their home in Greece to a mystical, paradisal island. There the Amazons took up a new gods-given purpose to guard the Earth from a terrible evil buried beneath the island.
For thousands of years the Amazons of Themyscira stayed isolated from humanity, until Steve Trevor, an American pilot, crash-landed off-shore. Diana Trevor became friends with the Amazons and taught them of the changes in the world beyond their protected shores. Shortly thereafter the demons locked beneath the island almost escaped, but through the bravery and sacrifice of Trevor, the threat was averted.

When Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, asked the gods to grant her a child, they took it as a new opportunity to create a super-warrior who would champion their cause as the Amazons had did in the past. Telling Hippolyta to sculpt a baby out of clay, the gods brought life to the earthen baby and the first child of Themyscira was born; later becoming known as the hero Wonder Woman.

Involvement[]

In response to Circe martialing a magical army to overrun the planet during Brainiac's attack, Wonder Woman martialed her Amazonian sisters to bear arms and assist in repelling Circe's attacks in Metropolis; combating her Beastiamorph Army.

Members[]

Iconics/Bosses

 Enchanted Colossus
     
Enchanted Colossus
 Amazon Champion
     
Amazon Champion


Mobs

 Hoplite Artillery
     
Hoplite Artillery
 Amazon Peltast
     
Amazon Peltast
 Amazon Phalanx Leader
     
Amazon Phalanx Leader


Vendors/Taskmasters


Affiliated Allies

Equipment[]

Trivia[]

  • The Amazons of Themyscira first appeared in Wonder Woman #1 (February, 1987).
  • Leah Bowers voices many of the Amazon warrior NPCs.
  • The Amazons have been worshipping the Olympian Gods for over 3200 years.
  • The Themysciran language is a mixture of Ancient Greek and Turkish.
  • So long as an Amazon remains on Themyscira, she will not age. Whenever an Amazon leaves Themyscira, however, she will age at the same rate as an average human of relative age. The aging process will retard itself once again upon returning to the island.
  • An all-female race, the Amazons are among the finest warriors to ever walk the Earth. However, technologically they remain in the age of Ancient Greece; utilizing and wielding various archaec weapons such as swords, shields and bows and arrows while at the same time wielding familiarity in magical powers.
  • The Amazons also don Greecean/Roman armour in battle. The size, colour and decoration of the armour usually denoting rank.
  • While thankful for their sanctuary, after spending centuries on Paradise Island with no means of reproducing, some Amazons, including their queen Hippolyta, yearned for children. As a way to satisfy their yearning, the Amazons carved infant-shaped totems out of sandalwood called "Whittle-babies". When Hippolyta was finally granted a child by the gods, her royal guard feared that her baby would spark jealousy amongst the Amazons and that its presence on the island would destroy them. However, the baby's presence instead united the Amazons' motherly instincts to raise and nurture her together as a nation of mothers and sisters without indulging in anger or jealousy over whose child she was.
  • The WW symbol of Wonder Woman was originally a Greecean/Roman interpretation of the WAFS (Women's Auxillary Ferrying Squadron) insignia found on Diana Trevor's jacket.
  • While the Amazons pride themselves on being brave and fearless warriors, some consider them hypocrites due to their fleeing from and hiding themselves away from the world. In addition, while they sneer at the patriarchal systems of Man's World and the power imbalance between men and women it results in, their own matriarchal system has created a similar power imbalance, just with women at the top. While their criticisms of the patriarchal mores of Man's World might be justified, their way of life and methods of inaction haven't helped the situation much either and their attitudes are just as elitist as the attitudes they condemn. Having learnt this, Diana endeavors to help her sisters overcome their own hypocrisy in addition to her other tasks.

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Characters
Heroes Artemis - Bombshell Diana - Comrade Diana - Donna Troy - Hippolyta - Nubia - Queen Diana - Steve Trevor - Wonder Girl - Wonder Woman
Villains Ares - Cheetah - Circe - Doctor Psycho - Egg Fu - Giganta - Hydra - Jinx - Medusa - Rampaging Hydra - Veronica Cale
Other Aphrodite - Asterion - Athena - Bombshell Wonder Woman - Enchanted Statue - Enchanted Colossus - Ethereal Hecate - Grace Choi - Grail - Hades - Hecate - Hera - Ixion - JSA Wonder Woman - Lieutenant Pythia - Panarchos Io - Poseidon - Typhon - Zeus
Items
Amazonian Gauntlets - Amazonian Rune - Ancient - Deco - Grecian - Clay of the Gods - Mesmerizing Lasso - Orb of Truth - Penthouse - Transparent Wonder Plane - Wondrous Time Capsule
Weapons Amazon Glaive - Amazon Longbow - Amazon's Honed Blade - Astral - Bombshell Wonder Woman's Shield - Demonhunter's Mallet - Gleaming - Heartburst Axe - Light Themysciran Staff
Apparel Amazon Hairstyle Pack - Amazonian - Amazonian Warrior Chroma Pack - Amazon Hoplite - Amazon Polemarch - Amazon Soldier - Amazon Strategos - Amazonian Conqueror - Ancient Amazon Noble - Ancient Divine Sorceress - Apokoliptian Amazon - Bewitching Battlesuit - Bombshell Bracers - Bombshell Boots - Bombshell Wonder Woman's Aegis - Champion of Themyscira's Shield - Circe Doll Accessory - Classic Wonder Woman Emblem - Cloak of Hades - Crown of Hades - Drowned Amazon - Emblem of the Amazon Eagle - Emblem of Aphrodite - Emblem of Ares - Emblem of Athena - Emblem of Hades - Emblem of Hecate - Emblem of Hera - Emblem of Zeus - Enhanced Classic Wonder Woman Emblem - Enhanced Emblem of the Amazon Eagle - Enhanced Emblem of Aphrodite - Enhanced Emblem of Ares - Enhanced Emblem of Athena - Enhanced Emblem of Hades - Enhanced Emblem of Hecate - Enhanced Emblem of Hera - Enhanced Emblem of Zeus - Enhanced Nubia's Banner Emblem - Enhanced Red Son Wonder Woman Emblem - Gorgon Slayer - Greco-Roman - Heart of the Lion - Hera's Strength - Multiversal Amazon - Noble Warrior - Nubia's Banner Emblem - Plastic Circe Mask - Plastic Wonder Woman Mask - Red Son Wonder Woman Emblem - Reforged Wonder Girl Bracers - Shim'Tar Regalia - Spirit of the Stag - Strength of the Ram - The Last Aurochs - Themysciran Battlesuit - Thundergod's Boots - Tiara of the Valiant - Toga - Transparent Wonder Plane - Vengeance of Hecate - Wonder Girl's Mystic Belt - Wonder Woman 75th Emblem - Wonder Woman's 80th Anniversary Emblem - Wonder Woman Doll Accessory - Wonder Woman Cap
Base Items Bombshell Wonder Woman Poster - Bombshell Wonder Woman Poster (Purchased) - Bombshell Wonder Woman's Shield Replica - BvS Wonder Woman Poster - BvS Wonder Woman Poster (Purchased) - BvS Wonder Woman (League) - Hall of Justice - Wonder Woman Statue - Hall of Justice - Wonder Woman Symbol - Loading Screen Poster - Wonder Woman - Loading Screen Poster - Wonder Woman (Large) - Tiki of Wonder - Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary Poster - Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary Poster (large) - Wonder Woman Beach Towel & Sand - Wonder Woman Garland - Wonder Woman Holiday Tree - Wonder Woman Holiday Tree (Large) - Wonder Woman Holiday Wreath - Wonder Woman Jack-o-Lantern - Wonder Woman Stocking
Vehicles Amazonian Warship
Locations
Aeaea - Cursed Themyscira - Patchwork Themyscira - Themyscira - Tartarus
PvE Aphrodite's Realm - Aphrodite's Temple - Battle-Crazed Olympus - Gotham Under Siege - JLDC: Cursed Themyscira - Themyscira: Gates of Tartarus - Themyscira Command Post - Themyscira Under Siege - Themyscira: Palace District - Themyscira: Storage District - Wonderverse: Crypt of Penthesilea - Wonderverse: Fractured God Sphere - Wonderverse: Temples of Source Power
PvP
Miscellaneous
Amazons of Themyscira - Beasts of Myth and Legend - Champions of Olympus - Circe's Loyalist Forces - Justice League of America - Bestiamorph Army - Olympians - OMAC - Wonder Woman's Rebel Forces
Amazon Fury Part I - Amazon Fury Part II - Amazon Fury Part III - Sons of Trigon- The Battle for Earth - The Bombshell Paradox - Wonderverse
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