¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (chakram) wrote in valarnet, @ 2017-07-09 19:52:00 |
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Entry tags: | abigail hobbs, diana prince (wonder woman), hazel levesque, luke castellan, xena |
My daughter Eve got herself into some trouble. She went looking for it, returning to the Amazons to stand trial for the crimes she committed when she was Livia of Rome.
I did everything I could to help her, but there was only so much they'd let me do. Even Gabrielle, who'd been made one of their Queens a long time ago, couldn't do anything.
I had to prove to them Ares was manipulating them into an endless war with Rome. Eventually fought a dual with Queen Varia, getting her to the point where she'd have to kill me. Proving my point about Ares to her and the rest of the Amazons.
They sentenced "Livia" to death, but let Eve go to continue redeeming herself. I had to say good bye to her. She wanted to go East, spread the word of peace. It felt like one of those forever good byes.
Barely had time to adapt to that when Varia was captured by a warlord. Turned out to be the son of Artemis, who wanted revenge on the Amazons for abandoning her.
The Amazons turned to Gabrielle, and she led them into battle. They provided distraction while I tried to take out the catapults, but that didn't go well. When I got back to everyone, the Amazons were pushed back and pinned down, and their warriors were much fewer in number than we started with.
The warlord released Varia, who insists they retreat. There's something about war. When you've put so much blood into something that you don't feel you can stop it. Gabrielle and the Amazons were so determined to avenge their sisters, that they refused to turn back.
We hatch a plan to sneak around through the water, using rafts for the wounded. While we were planning that, we discovered Varia had made a deal with the warlord - spare her people in exchange for the life of their leader. Gabrielle.
Varia was stripped of her position. Pisses me off. I trained her, tried to teach that woman to be a good warrior and a good person, the last wish of the last Queen of the Amazon's. But she wasn't ready, this war and the events with Eve proved she wasn't ready.
I felt like I was losing Gabrielle to this. We lured the warlord into Amazon turf, a fight in the forest. This time, the Warlord's forces were routed. The son of Artemis begged me to kill him, I refused. He tried to stab me in the back, and died on my blade.
I've never seen Gabriele so angry, so willing to deal a killing blow. She was still chasing down his men, killing them mercilessly until me and another Amazon calm her down.
Always liked to think of Gabrielle as an equal, but this was the first time I really believed it. Still hurt to see what the battle did to her. Her losing herself to the bloodlust.
I wonder what would have happened to her if we'd never met.