APPROVED: BACKGROUND_1 In the Time of Legends
Thousands of years ago, in ancient Greece, a band of women were lead to a mystical island by the Goddesses Hera, Demeter, Athena, Aphrodite, and Artemis. In this mystical sanctuary, they would not have to fear the predations of men. The women were trained in warfare by Athena and granted great strength, beauty, and immortalit from the goddesses. And any man that found himself on the shores of the island of Themyscira learned to fear the wrath of the Amazons. Still, the lure of an island populated only by women lead the Greeks to create a new name for Themyscira: Paradise Island.
Throughout the ages, Themyscira and the Amazons faded into the pages of myth and legend. And Paradise Island remained hidden, save for the occasional sailors who washed ashore from shipwrecks. The Amazons would take these men to a smaller island where they were healed, then given a simple boat to make theirway back to the mainland. In this way, the Amazon Queen, Hippolyta, gathered sporadic information about 'Man's World', as the Amazons called the rest of the world. As well, some of the Amazons would lay with the sailors, bringing forth new children in the fullness of time.
APPROVED: BACKGROUND_2 A Princess is Born
Eventually, Queen Hyppolita herself desired a child. She had briefly forrayed into Man's World to fight in World War 2 after an American pilot was shot down over Themyscira and washed up on the beach. She had grown close to Colonel Steve Trevor, and other male teammates that she fought alongside, but her abuse at the hands of Heracles all those centuries ago still lingered and prevented her from taking a bed with a man. So, the Queen prayed to the Goddesses to be given a child, and she was given a vision to go to the beach and sculpt a child out of the clay there. Once she had done so, the Goddesses breathed life into the sculpture, giving Hyppolita her daughter. In honor of the full moon that was shining brightly for this miracle, Hyppolita named her daughter Diana.
Diana grew quickly, and had been blessed by the Gddesses that gave her life. By her 12th year, she was stronger and swifter than any other Amazon. And by the time she reached her womanhood, Diana was the greatest warrior and scholar among her sisters. The Amazons adored their Princess, and Hyppolita took great pride in her daughter's acheivements. If there was any fault in Diana, it was that she was too curious about Man's World; the stories her mother told about the War and her frineds in the Justice Society and the Invaders fascinated the girl. With these stories in mind, Diana dreamed of leaving Themyscira and traveling to Man's World to have adventures like her mother did.
APPROVED: BACKGROUND_3 A Whole New World
Once again, the time came when Themyscira was accidentally discovered by Man's World; this time, a sorcerer named Felix Faust had snuck onto the island and stole a powerful artifact; one that could release Hades and unleash the Underworld upon Earth. Hyppolita planned to chase the thief, but Diana took the enchanted armor, boots, and lasso that were her mother's during the War and left Themyscira in pursuit.
Diana stopped Faust from unlocking the gates to Tartarus, and found Man's World to be both more fascinating, and more disturbing, than she had ever dreamed. There was great potential in Men, but also great injustice among them. Upon returning to Themyscira, she faced the anger of her mother for leaving the island and stealing the artifacts. Hyppolita wanted Themyscira to be isolated once more, but Diana argued that there was need of the Amazon ways of peace and justice. Mother and daughter were at an impasse when Hera appeared and commanded Diana to return to Man's World as an ambassador and to spread the Amazon ways to inspire women everywhere. The armor was re-worked by Hephaestus, turned into something for suitable for the modern era. Diana was also given the rest of the enchanted gear to aid her in her mission. After a long farewell to her sisters and her mother, Diana set off for the city of New York, with enough funds and cultural artifacts to build an embassy and put the Amazons back onto the world stage again.
APPROVED: PSY1 Honorable
Diana is honorable to a fault; once her word is given, she will live up to the letter and the spirit of the promise. She will act honorably in combat, accepting surrenders and ensuring justice is done rather than vengence. If someone is under her protection, she will even go so far as to defy her friends to keep that person safe, although she will look for a peaceful resolution.
APPROVED: PSY2 Naive
Diana has spent her entire life isolated on Themyscira. As a result, she's rather lost when it comes to modern culture. Things like fashion and make-up completely elude her, and she doesn't get most pop culture references. She also ha a tendency to take people at their words, letting her be fooled by sympathetic stories. However, she's not a fool and will remember times she's been tricked.
APPROVED: PSY3 Curious
Diana is endlessly fascinated and curious about Man's World. While some things confuse and shock her greatly (crime, greed, violence against women), she's also found great delights (art, classical music, theater, iced mocha frappachinos). She sees the wonderful diversity of Man's World and wants to partake of all the good things, eagerly trying new foods and exploring new art.
APPROVED: PSY4 Motivation
Diana is driven by a desire for peace and justice in Man's World. Wherever she sees injustice and inequality, she feels compelled to make things right. To Diana, justice is more than words on a page, it is a spirit that must be lived up to, with mercy and circumstance taken into consideration.
APPROVED: PSY5 Goals
Diana seeks to spread the Amazon ways of peace and justice throught the world. She wants to stand as an example to women everywhere that they can stand tall and proud on their own; the don't need a man to complete their lives. While she sees nothing wrong with marriage, Diana feels that should be a matter of love and mutual choice, rather than a requirement for a woman to survive. She works tirelessly to promote equality for women everywhere.
APPROVED: PSY6 Compassionate
A large part of the Amazon Way is love for all things and all people, and Diana's compoassion seems limitless. Even though equality and conditions for women are a foremost concern for her, she also cares deeply for anyone or anything that is suffering and will try to make their lives better; from the homeless to stray animals.She even shows compassion for her enemies, so long as their primary motivation isn't violence for the thrill of things or just being a thuggish bully. She will try to redeem worthy opponents within the structure of the law, trying to guide them to a better path.
APPROVED: PSY7 Faith
Diana has an unshakable faith in the Greek Goddesses; namely Here, Athena, Demeter, Artemis, and Aphrodite.These 5 are the patron goddesses of the Amazons, and Diana performs prayers and ritual dedications to them on a regular basis. While the Greek Gods are also worshipped to a lesser extent, Diana only does the basic and proper rituals to appease them. The only time she goes into greater acknowledgement and ritual is if she needs to call on them for help. Ares and Hades are given the least amount of tribute and recognition. While Diana's faith in the Greek Pantheon is absolute, she doesn't try to force others to her views. She will explain and work with those that are interested in her religious ways, but she believes everyone should be free to follow their own spiritual path, so long as they do not cause harm to themselves or others.
APPROVED: PSY8 Stubborn
Once her opinion is made on a subject, Diana is completely unshakeable in her mindset. She will oppose friends and allies to do what she considers to be 'the right thing', although she will try to convince them of her point of view. Her stubborness also extends to her mother, bringing Diana into defiance of Hyppolyta when the Princess left Themyscira to pursue Felix Faust.
APPROVED: POW1 Superhuman Strength
Diana's strength is on the same level as Superman or Thor. She can lift thousands of tons with ease and deliver devastating punches and kicks. With her training in wrestling and unarmed combat, she can deliver holds and locks that can briefly immobilize even the Hulk until his rage boosts his strength considerably.
APPROVED: POW2 Superhuman Durability
Diana is highly resistant to injury from bludgeoning; she can stand toe to toe with Superman or Thor and take the damage as well as they can. Energy and projectile weapons still hurt her, but she has a heightened resistance to those as well. Bullets, energy blasts, explosions, and edged weapons all cause minor to moderate injury, but her healing can take care of such injuries in a matter of minutes. Diana is also immune to most diseases, drugs, and toxins.
APPROVED: POW3 Superhuman Reflexes
Diana's speed and reflexes are on par with Superman or the Flash, allowing her to dodge or even block energy beams. Her physical coordination ig greater than any human gymnast and she can perform complex physical actions with ease.
APPROVED: POW4 Superhuman Healing
Diana heals wounds at an astounding rate. Most moderate to major injuries heal within a matter of hours. She cannot heal amputations or directly mortal wounds.
APPROVED: POW5 Superhuman Senses
Diana has superhumanly keen vision and hearing. She is capable of seeing events on the ground from the upper atmosphere, and she can hear a whisper from a mile off. Combined with her skill in hunting, Diana can track animals and people from a distance.
APPROVED: POW6 Immortality
Diana is immortal and will not die of old age. She does age, albeit very slowly; her mother is only just startign to show wrinkles after over 2000 years of life. This aging process will halt completely at some time in the far future.
APPROVED: POW7 Animal Empathy
A gift from the Goddess Artemis, Diana has an empathic connection with the animals of the world. She can calm fears and agression in wild animals and can mask her presence from them. She cannot communicate directly with them, but she can have glimpses into eomtional states like 'hungry' or 'worried'. This power does not work with intelligent animals, such as the gorillas of Gorilla City.
APPROVED: ADV1 Divine Beauty
Diana has been graced from birth by the touch of Aphrodite. She is one of the most beautiful women in the world, outshining most supermodels and movie stars. If she so desired, she could easily get any acting or modeling job she wanted.
APPROVED: ADV2 Bracelets
Diana's bracelets are forged from an indestructible metal alloy. With her speed and skill of arms, she is capable of deflecting rapid fire projectiles like automatic gun fire or energy blasts. She cannot block large, area-effect attacks with her bracelets.
APPROVED: ADV3 Golden Lasso
Forged from the Girdle of Aphrodite, Diana's golden lasso is indestructible and enchanted so that anyone captured in is entranced into submission and must truthfully answer any question asked by the wielder. Diana can control the lasso mentally, causing it to tie or untie at will.
APPROVED: ADV4 Boots
Enchanted by Hermes, Diana's boots grant her the speed of the Messenger of the Gods. She can runat speeds just below the speed of sound, and she is capable of supersonic flight.
APPROVED: ADV5 Tiara
While most consider it a decoration of her station as a Princess, Disana's tiara doubles as a razor-sharp throwing weapon. The tiara is enchanted and is able to cut through most normal metals up to a foot in thickness. It also returns to her hand safely after being thrown.
APPROVED: ADV6 Diplomat
Diana is an officially recognized Ambassador of Themyscira to both the United Nations and to the United States. As such, she is accorded privileges such as Diplomatic Immunity and her Embassy being considered inviolate territory.
APPROVED: ADV7 Wealth
Being the Princess of Themyscira as well as it's Ambassador, Diana has access to the royal treasury with it's gold and priceless historical artifacts. She has no real need of money, with the Embassy providing all her needs, and really only spends money on worthy charities. But, if ever there's something she wants to buy, she can pretty much afford it.
APPROVED: ADV8 Divine Connections
Diana has a special relationship with the Greek Goddesses: Hera, Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite, and Demeter. It was these Goddesses that breathed life into Diana and blessed her with powers, and they have a vested interest in her. While they don't always answer, Diana can make supplications to the Goddesses, and sometimes recieves aid in the form of advice or predictions. Of cource, divine help is not often free, and Diana can be tasked with errands to perform for one or more of the Goddesses. Also, sometimes the Greek Gods (usually Zeus) make demands as well. Ares and Hades know better than to ask an Amazon to perform a task.
APPROVED: ADV9 Themyscira
Diana is the Princess and sole heir to the island of Themyscira. While her mother, Queen Hyppolita still rules, Diana enjoys a tremendous popularity among her sister Amazons. Diana can seek aid and shelter on Themyscira, and there are quite a few Amazons willing to risk Hyppolita's wrath to join Diana in Man's World, counter to the royal edict. If Hyppolita feels the need is justified, an entire army of Amazons can be sent to aid Diana against truly world-shattering threats.
APPROVED: ADV10 Embassy
Diana's primary residence and base of operations is the Themysciran Embassy in New York City. The embassy is designed to combine both Amazon and modern archetechrual aestetics, complete with a marble column entrance. Here, Diana has her apartments on the top floor, designed to mimic the natual terrain of Themyscira. There are also living quarters for the Embassy staff, mostly selected from economically disadvantaged women of the City. The Embassy is considered the sovereign territory of Themyscira, and cannot be eneterd by law enforcement personel unless invited. Themyscira has cordial relations with the united States, and has non-voting observer status with the United Nations.
APPROVED: ADV11 Staff
Diana has an Embassy staff of about 2 dozen women, almost all of them coming from disadvantaged or abusive backgrounds. The women all have exceptional loyalty to Diana for her intervention, and can be counted on for minor acts of assistance.
APPROVED: SKILL1 Fighting Mastery
From her birth, Diana has been trained in the Amazon arts of war, learning from teachers who had been fighting masters back when Troy was first besieged. In a tribe of immortal warrior women, Diana is the most skilled fighter of them all. She is almost unmatched in her skill with unarmed fighting and with traditional Greek weapons such as sword, spear, shield, axe, and bow.
APPROVED: SKILL2 Riding
Diana is an expert equestrian, having been riding horses almost since she could walk. She can control a horse without the need for a saddle or bridle.
APPROVED: SKILL3 Hunting
Diana is an expert hunter, being blessed by Artemis herself. She is capable of tracking animals or people with the smallest of clues, and can identify natural hiding places and traps.
APPROVED: SKILL4 Scholar
Diana is an expert in Greek history, art, culture, and mythology. Her knowledge of world history is sporadic, but she knows most of the important events of the past 2000 years. Finally, Diana has experience with natural medicines, plants, and ancient medical techniques.
APPROVED: SKILL5 Languages
Diana is fluent in Greek, English, and Latin. She has conversational ability with French, Spanish, and German.
APPROVED: SKILL6 Strategist
Diana is one of the greatest stretegists the world has ever seen. In addition to the centuries (sometimes, millennia) of experience imparted to her from her Amazon teachers, Diana has also been blessed by Athena herself, the goddess of wisdom and strategy. At the command of an army, Diana can counter almost any situation that could provide a disadvantage to her forces, from being outnumbered to poor terrain. She is a master of matching the weaknesses of an enemy to the strengths available to her forces, sometimes in ways that are not so obvious.
APPROVED: SKILL7 Charisma
Another divinely enhanced ability, Diana was blessed by Aphrodite with not only great beauty, but with exceptional grace and charm as well. When Diana speaks, she can make each person listening like she's putting her full attention only on them, even in a crowd. Diana is a patient listener, calmly countering points with impeccable logic to gently guide a debate or argument towards her side. In many ways, she is like the ultamate encouraging mother, able to lift spirits and drive people to be their best with just a few kind words or a gentle smile.
APPROVED: FLAWS1 Enemies
With Hyppolita's involvement in World War 2, Diana has inherited many of her mother's old enemies from that era. Also, there are long-standing grudges between the Amazons and Ares, Hades, and Hercules. The two Gods are directly antagonistic to any Amazon; the jury's still out on Hercules' attitude towards the Amazons, although Diana holds a bit of a grudge against the son of Zeus for what he did to her mother.
APPROVED: FLAWS2 Power Loss
If Diana is ever bound by her lasso, even if just lightly around the arms, she loses all of her superhuman strength. Her strength returns once she slips from the binding.
APPROVED: FLAWS3 Gear
Diana's lasso, braceletts, tiara, and boots can all be taken away if she's captures, stripping her of those abilities and powers. Moreover, all of Diana's equipment can be used by anyone, making retrieving her gear a dfficult prospect once it's taken away.
APPROVED: FLAWS4 Duties
Diana has been tasked with many duities. First and foremost, she has her royal duty to Themyscira; to protect it's soveriegnty and perform duties given to her by her mother, the Queen. She also has a duty to her subjects, to defend them and their way of life. She is the representative of Themyscira to the greater world; Diana is aware that her actions reflect upon the public's perception of her home and her people. As Themyscira's Ambassador, she has diplomatic duties to attend important meeting and functions. She also must make treaties and deals to benefit her people. Fianlly, she has a duty to the staff that works for her; while they might not be her subjects precicely, they are still 'her people', and Diana wants to makesure everyon that works for her is safe and secure.
What Is Known: In 2010, after the Spectre's Judgment passed, Hippolyta began negotiations with the United Nations. After four years, and several female diplomat visitors to Themyscira, the Amazon Nation has gained observer status within the United Nations. During this time, the Themysciran Embassy has been steadily built and resides within New York City. It was not until just recently that an Ambassador for the Amazons was chosen. The Amazons are known as an all-female nation.
What Is Known About Diana: Princess Diana of Themyscira is the Ambassador for the Amazons. She will have only very recently arrived in Man's World. Wonder Woman, the champion of the Amazons, has not yet made her public debut.
