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Selena
Weyal
Archila (Head Seamstress)
Cumae
Paros (Guardian
of the Children)
Taiche
Verlisi (Gate Guard)
Selena was born in the land of Greece in a village called
Leridian. Her parents, two brothers, and a sister raised her. As a
child, Selena listened to her mother, Charis, tell her stories of
warrior women who lived a long way from Leridian. Charis would
describe in great detail the people and their ranks in the tribe.
It was as if she knew these women personally, as if they were her
friends- especially when her mother spoke fondly of a warrior
called Fedora.
When Selena turned twelve, she learned that mother was an
Amazon who'd been banished from her tribe. Mysteriously, Charis
wouldn't speak of why or how, but she told her youngest daughter
that if anything happened to her or the family, Selena should
return to the tribe and tell Fedora of her death. Selena promised
she would do this, never knowing that in the years she'd have to
keep her word.
On her fifteenth birthday, Selena wandered in the woods and
enjoyed the nature around her. She returned home for supper to
find that her village had been burned to the ground, no one left
alive. Selena found her mother dead on the ground outside their
home and hours later was only able to find her older sister,
Althea. The only thing Selena remembers from that day is one word.
One word that stayed in her mind: Amazon. She can't remember
anything else of the events that happened that terrible day, for
she was knocked unconscious and ability to recall.
Driven by the power of that one word, Selena wandered the land
without any real chart or plan. Days of travel taught her to stick
clear of the roads and of thieves that traveled on them. Using the
trees for cover, she made her way north where she ended up in
Thrace.
For the most part, Selena learned how to survive in the
wilderness by herself. She knew which berries were safe to eat and
which were unsafe. Avoiding trouble as much as possible, she
learned to defend herself if she did get in a bad spot. Merely
fifteen, Selena taught herself how to survive the harsh nights and
the horrifying dreams she had.
She finally stopped in a small tavern on the edge of Thrace
where Selena overheard two women talking about Amazons. She
decided to follow them, determined to find out what this one word
that she remembered and what these two women had to do with it.
She tried to follow them in the trees but the warrior woman caught
her. Their names were Xena and Gabrielle.
She explained to Xena and Gabrielle all that she remembered or
what she thought happened, somehow feeling she could trust the
pair. She traveled with them for a while, telling them of her
experiences. Selena grew fond of Gabrielle, listening to the bard
tell her stories and exchanging her own.
On her sixteenth birthday, they arrived at Themiscyra. Selena
was delighted to finally find out what the one word she remembered
was all about. And that is when she met the Amazon nation- the
place she now calls home.
Selena has now lived in Themiscyra for many moons. The events
that have taken place in Themiscyra have been a few personal leaps
of faith that have made her friendship with other Athelfi's
stronger.
One night, Selena left a candle burning in her hut and during a
nightmare, knocked it over setting her hut ablaze. Luckily for
her, Valkyra was nearby, otherwise she might not have survived.
After recovering in the Med Hut she was offered to share with
Samsara Athanase and her hut mate, Keturah Archila Cassia.
Selena doesn't like her past, so when her brother showed up on
one of the trading vessels that were visiting Themiscyra, it was
another part of her past she had to confront, and didn't want to.
When Leon, Selena's brother, was seen trying to get Selena to
leave with him, he was reported to his captain. Leon told the
whole story of what had happened to his mother and younger sister
and told him that he had set out to find Selena, being the
youngest of the family and very close.
The captain then took Leon's story to Queen Valkyra where
Selena heard Leon out. After discovering that what he was saying
was true, they were reunited and spent the next few days together
talking about her past. On Leon's last night, he asked Selena to
meet him by the trading ships. Selena did as she was asked and he
took her into the forest, he then gave her their mother's
necklace. It was a golden necklace that was centered on a high
moon with a distinct engraving of a star at its point and hung
from a bullion chain. The cloth it came in carried her mother's
name and a message sewn to the material in Tae'Nah.
The events that followed were much similar, after a stranger
stumbled before her on a walk along the Thermadon and had directly
asked for another Amazon, Latrina. Selena overheard them talking
and discovered that not only was the stranger her aunt Fedora but
her Athelfi Latrina was her cousin. The three of them returned
back to Sibyls for Latrina to reclaim her rightful place as Queen.
After they returned home Selena was yet again whisked away by
her brother back to the village she grew up in. Selena's father
was dying and she wanted to see him one last time before he passed
on. On this return not only did she meet her other brother, his
wife and her niece but she fell for one of the men in the village,
Ciro. Unfortunately one day when he was out on a fishing trip with
some of the other men, he slipped on some ice and fell into a fast
flowing river and hit his head. He was dead by the time he arrived
home.
Selena left distraught and halfway back to Themiscyra bumped
into Clymene, Leonie and Xena who themselves were on the way back
home. Although she was grieving, a few weeks later she discovered
she was with child and this brought her spirits up to something to
look forward to. She gave birth to a beautiful little girl who she
called Sinead. Who has her father's dark eyes, her hair is a ruddy
red and shines brown in the sun, her skin pigmentation is much
like her father's and has a slightly olive tone to it now.
Selena stands at 5' 4" with light hazel eyes and with
locks of light red hair running down to her waist. It was rumored,
but not confirmed, that Selena has some Celtic blood in her from
her mother's side of the family. Selena is slim but toned with
muscles in her abdomen and her forearms. Her typical attire
consists of a thigh length skirt, a short sleeve top in summer and
a long sleeved one in winter. Also depending on the weather she
either wears sandals or boots. She likes to make friends, is
willing to learn anything new, listen to others, and loves nature.
Her totem animals is a stag.
Selena uses the staff and the sais. She rides a silver mustang
named Andra who has a black nose, mane, tail and legs. Selena
speaks Greek.
Tae'Nah
athelfi arche:
20 November 2002
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