Amazonian Warrior
One of Artemisia's disciplined warriors, whose ability to sense malice helps expose infiltrators during the defense of Asgard.
The Amazonian Warrior represents the soldiers led by Artemisia. Their allegiance to Mithra begins with the sanctuary she gave them after Salamis.
The Living and the Dead
After the Battle of Salamis, Zeus killed many Amazonians and barred their souls from the Greek heavens. Mithra intervened, welcoming both the dead and the surviving Amazonians into her own realm. Her protection gave the entire community a home, making their later military alliance a continuation of that refuge.
Artemisia commands the warriors in the field. They mobilize at Mithra's call and have also pledged themselves to Gord's pursuit of Angra Mainyu and his shadows.
Asia Minor
Greek traditions associate the Amazons with Asia Minor, the region that also contains Artemisia's homeland of Caria. Their histories therefore share a geographic setting as well as a tradition of women at war. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Amazons
The Asgard Mission
Artemisia brings the Amazonians into Asgard as an organized force rather than a collection of individual heroes. Their life force can sense malice, allowing them to identify Type III CVE Monsters that mimic or occupy residents. They secure the inner citadel and replace defenders who cannot reliably distinguish an infiltrator from an innocent civilian.
In the Soundtrack
The Council's Call shows Artemisia and the Amazonians promising Gord their help in chasing Angra Mainyu and bringing light against his shadows.
The Second Sun tells the battle from the perspective of an unnamed Amazonian warrior.
Spoilers for Black Forest Commandos: Asgard MissionShowHide
During the final battle, the Amazonians hold a shield line against the Shadows. Light briefly forces the creatures into physical form, giving spears and shields something they can strike. Azar's second sun ultimately breaks the attack, but its heat and light endanger defenders as well as enemies.
The song turns a realm-wide victory into the experience of an ordinary soldier: a broken spear, an order to hold the line, and dawn arriving over a field of ash.
Characters in this entry
Zeus
A powerful member of the Divine Council whose recommendation opens a path into an older divine conflict.
Gord
Gord, the ancient Persian commander who leads the Black Forest Commandos against the CVE threat.
Artemisia
Artemisia, the exiled queen and Amazonian commander who brings her warriors into Asgard's hardened defenses.
Mithra
An ancient goddess and strategist whose protection of Gord, Artemisia, and the Amazonians sustains alliances across millennia.
Azar
A living embodiment of fire whose light can change the conditions of an entire battlefield.
CVE Monsters
Corrupting Vale Entities: living shadows engineered by Angra Mainyu and classified as Shadow, Solid, and Host Infestation threats.