Hippolyta

## Powers & Abilities

* Amazon Physiology: Although Amazons are generally similar to human women in appearance, they are distinguished from them by their remarkable beauty & enhanced physiology. They possess enhanced strength, coordination, stamina & agility, further honed by their years of combat training. The Amazons have received gifts & blessings from five Olympian goddesses: Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hestia & Aphrodite.
	+ ***Enhanced Agility*:** Amazons naturally have greater agility, dexterity, balance & body coordination than than the average human.
	+ ***Enhanced Durability*:** The bodies of Amazons are much more resistant to physical damage than the body of an average human.
	+ ***Enhanced Intellect*:** A gift from Athena, Amazons possess wisdom to be guided by peace & justice, as well as a heightened intellect that allows them to learn & adapt quicker than the average human.
		- ***Multinlingualism*:** 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. This incredible learning capability allows them to learn non-human languages as well.
	+ ***Enhanced Speed*:** Amazons are able to move at faster speeds than the average human.
	+ ***Enhanced Stamina*:** Amazons' musculature produces considerably fewer fatigue toxins during physical activity than that of humans. This allows them to have a level of superhuman stamina so that they don't nee to slow down or catch their breath when in battle. A remarkable feat of strength was to catching a young Diana out of the air with a single arm as her daughter jumped down from one cliff-side walkway ledge to another, with no visible strain.
	+ ***Enhanced Strength*:** Amazons are superhumanly strong, more than any normal human. They are able to block gunfire with their shields, lift other beings into the air with one arm & deliver blows powerful enough to stagger/disorient larger beings.
	+ ***Immortality*:** Amazons were gifted immortality by the Olympians but can 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.
* **Archery**: She is an expert archer.
* **Equestrianism:** All Amazons spend a considerate amount of times at the stables, with most even having their own horse.
* **Diplomacy**: Queen Hippolyta is practiced at conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. She has often been called upon to use these skills at times of war.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Hippolyta is extremely skilled, fierce & formidable in both armed & hand-to-hand combat. She is a master of a vast array of uniquely Amazon martial arts, with centuries of combat experience, having fought to free her Amazon sisters from human slavery. She was seconded only by her sister Antiope prior to Diana's training.
* **Leadership**: As the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta is held with great honor & respect by her people, with them even sacrificing themselves for her.
* **Occultism**
* **Swordsmanship**: Hippolyta is an extremely skilled & formidable swordsman, with centuries of experience wielding his sword in many battles.

### Weaknesses

* **Piercing Weapons:** Despite her enhaced durability, Hippolyta can be wounded by very sharp objects with sufficient force or bullets, leading Hippolyta to compensate with her sword & armor when in battle.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strength:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Occult:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Weapons:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Range:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Combat:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **TOTAL:** 150 - Threat Level 4 / Moderate Threat

## Trivia

* She was good friends with Queen Atlanna, who is her great neice through her sister Alcippe.