Amazons of Paradise Island (Earth-7642)

The **Amazons of Themyscira** or **Paradise Island** are a race of powerful warrior women are a race of warrior women that inhabit the planet Earth. Specifically, they live on Themyscira, led by Queen Hippolyta, and defended by their champion Wonder Woman.

## History

Around the year 1200 B.C., a small group of female Olympian gods desired to create a nation of warrior women that would help to spread their ideals to the world. Met with disinterest or opposition by most of their male counterparts, the goddesses Hestia, Aphrodite, Demeter, Athena and Artemis convened in the land of the Underworld. There, in the Cavern of Souls, were kept the spirits of all women who had unjustly died at the hands of a man. The five goddesses combined their powers to grant life to all of the souls.

However, according to the version of the mythology known by Dr. Barbara Ann Minerva, Queen Otrera was the mother of the Amazons by Ares, but it was also mentioned by the Amazon Castalia that the nymph Harmonia was their mother by Ares (not to be confused with the goddess Harmonia, daughter of Ares and Aphrodite). On Themyscira, 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 about 40 years ago, when Steve Trevor, an American airplane pilot, crash-landed off-shore. Shortly thereafter the demons locked beneath the island almost escaped, but through the bravery and ultimate sacrifice of General Antiope, the threat was averted. She was given an Amazon's burial and hailed as one of the greatest of all Amazon warriors.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Amazonian Physiology**: The Amazons are a race of warrior women that have received gifts and blessings from five Olympian goddesses: Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hestia and Aphrodite. The average Amazon possesses the potential for the following power set:
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** Amazons have incredible superhuman strength, though not quite on the same level as that of a Kryptonian or the demigoddess Princess Diana. As a result, an Amazon can lift immense weights, bend steel, crush stone, and overpower several grown men effortlessly. Their strength, combined with their super speed, super stamina and lifelong training in the ways of combat, makes them ideal and effective warriors and lethal fighters in any battle with any mortal being, even a demigodly being.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** Amazons' skin, muscle, and bone tissues have many times the density of the same tissues in the body of a human being, granting them a strong degree of invulnerability to blunt force trauma, as well as a high resilience to pain. In addition, unlike a Kryptonian, an Amazon is invulnerable to any type of magic. However, they can be wounded by bullets, as well as pointed and very sharp objects, to which Amazons are vulnerable.
	+ **Superhuman Agility**
	+ **Immortality**: The Amazons were gifted immortality. The people of Themyscira lived forever, though could be killed in war or in an accident.
	+ **Self-Sustenance**: So long as the Amazons stay on Themyscira, she does not require food, water or any other form of nourishment to maintain her health and vitality. Although they are not susceptible to the throes of hunger, this does not mean that Amazons don't consume food for enjoyment. The Amazons frequently hold great festivals wherupon food is served.
	+ **Enhanced Intellect**: A gift from Athena, the Amazons have the wisdom to be guided by peace and justice. Additionally, the Amazons were gifted with the ability to innately understand all human languages, including those currently dead such as Ancient Greek, Latin, Sumerian or Turkish Ottoman. Presumably, their incredible learning capability allows them to quickly learn non-human languages as well

### Abilities

* **Amazonian Training**: The Amazons honed their skills in many fields, aided by the gifts from Athena and Artemis.
	+ **Archery**
	+ **Equestrianism**
	+ **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)**
	+ **Swordsmanship**