Amazon Yokai

**Amazon Yokai** are an all-female species who lives in a seemingly-uninhabited island. Female equivalent to Gargarean Yokai.

## Physical Appearance

Amazon Yokai has the appearance of a woman. They can take on any form from a humanoid to an anthropomorphic animal-like being. But they all wear an amazonian outfit which consists of one-piece or two-piece bikini with tribal tattoos around their arms, stomach, chest and legs.

## Description

Amazon Yokai are exclusively female. They live in an island that's far from any region of the Hidden Cities. They live in their own society where men are forbidden to step foot in. The reason is they have trust issues with males and if they see any of them enter the island, they will capture them and hold them hostage. Asking them questions about the reason they came to their island home. Amazon Yokai are known for their intense training to become warriors.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Amazon Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Enhanced/Supernatural Condition
* Enhanced Regeneration
* Hunting Intuition
* Magic
* Semi-Immortality
* Weapon Proficiency - depending of the group/individual.

### Variations

* Animal Empathy
* Combat Specialist
* Demigod Physiology
* Enhanced Craftsmanship
* Large Size
* Theurgy

### Associations

* Greek Deity Physiology
* Guardianship
* Human Physiology
* Valkyrie Physiology

## Pop Culture

The most popular and well-known Amazon Warrior in pop culture is Wonder Woman from DC comics. Her real name is Diana Prince who is the daughter of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and Zeus, the mightiest of the Gods of Olympus. Diana volunteered to leave behind her home of Themyscira and champion the Amazons' message of peace, fighting for justice and equality in Man's World. She is a founding member of the Justice League along with Batman and Superman. Wonder Woman is known for her lasso which force anyone who are caught in it to tell the truth.

## Variations

### Gargarean Yokai

Gargareans are the male equivalent to the Amazons. They are an all-male tribe who copulated with the Amazons annually in order to keep both tribes reproductive. Varying accounts suggest that they may have been kidnapped, raped, and murdered for this purpose, or that they may have had relations willingly.

## Life in the Hidden World

Amazon Yokai only live in the island that's far from all the other regions in the Hidden World. They don't trust any males and are always suspicious around them. These yokai are all raised to be warriors from childhood. They possess excellent physical abilities and are proficient in the arts of war. Since their society consists mainly of women, their views of gender roles are the opposite of those of humans, so women take up arms and fight as warriors, while men are regarded as frail, and responsible for watching over the house and young children. Their duty is also to heal women who return exhausted from hunting or battle by having sex with them and providing spirit energy. They periodically perform 'man hunts' where they attack human settlements and capture men who strike their fancy, taking them back to the village as husbands. An amazoness who obtains a man this way becomes considered an "adult" regardless of her age and is treated as a full-fledged warrior.

## Symbolism

The most common explanation was that the Amazons mated with men of another people, kept the resulting female children, and sent the male children away to their fathers. In another tale, Theseus attacked the Amazons either with Heracles or independently. The Amazons in turn invaded Attica but were finally defeated, and at some point Theseus married one of them, Antiope. In Hellenistic times the Amazons were associated with Dionysus (the god of wine), either as his allies or, more commonly, as his opponents.