Diana

**Diana** is the secondary deuteragonist of *Ilias and the Sanctuary of Swashbucklers*. She is an energetic pirate girl who is the second mate to Alexandra Piedrabuena. When Ilias Katopodis stowed aboard The Island Hopper in hopes of finding better life, Diana convinced Alexandra to start training Ilias to become a pirate, and during his training, became a friend and big sister figure to him.

## Appearance

### Body

Diana is a late teen girl. She has a slightly curvy figure with some slight muscles in her chest and legs. She has toned fair skin, blue-green eyes, and long, flaming red hair in a braided ponytail that goes down to her waist, tied at the end by a golden brown rubber band.

### Clothing

She wears a cropped white top with a v-shaped slit at the front of the neck hole that exposes her midriff and belly button, an unbuttoned leather waistcoat with a white Jolly Roger on a black patch stitched on the back of her waistcoat, a brown leather tricorn hat on her head with a shiny copper target badge pinned on the front right corner, brown leather cuffs on her wrists, and black leathers belt-strap on her thighs that holds her dual Flintlock pistol’s holsters. She also wears a pair of short dark gray shorts with thin white lace frills at the end, white stockings, brown Cavalier boots with silver square buckles, a very thick brown leather belt with a gold buckle that holds a black scabbard that holds her rapier and a built in bag that hangs on her left side.

## Personality

Diana is a spunky, energetic, sporty, cheerful, fun-loving, playful and happy girl. She is also a thrill-seeker. Diana can take care of herself, but is also loyal to Alexandra, given she is a captain's first mate. Given that, she is also very friendly, kind and sweet. Unilke Alexandra though, while she highly believes in the Code of Honor, she doesn't mind bending the rules only to a slight extent. She wants Ilias to have a little fun in between his training because he is so young and was shocked to learn that he lived a hard, rule-oriented life in the past six years on Earth, and believes he may actually be very sweet despite his fearful and self-conscious behaviour. Diana is confident and rather brash though, but at the same time, is very sisterly, gentle, and very sweet. She is generally the informant when it comes to spotting rule-breakers, like Gretel Siegel-Schleissler, and usually gives suggestions to Alexandra like when Ilias should have a better place to sleep when he's on the ship with them or when they get one on land, including bed and some furniture, resulting in him getting the back cabin of the ship for his sleeping quarters. She also volunteers to look after Ilias when Alexandra is too busy, earning acceptance for that filler.

## Relationships

### Ilias Katopodis

Diana and Ilias celebrate their victory In "The First Voyage," Diana teaches Ilias how to use the spyglass to spot land or treasure far out but within reach.

## Behind The Scenes

### Name and Basis

The name *Diana* has Greek, Latin, and Indo-European origins, and name Diana means “divine.” Diana was named after the Roman goddess of the Moon, hunting, the forests, and fertility. The name is also related to the Latin words for “sky” and “daylight." The Roman goddess Diana was known for her beauty.

### Trivia

* According to Samuel Sturtridge, Diana would be of Irish-Scottish descent on Earth, given her red hair and blue-green eyes.