Biographies

First Biography - 2000

How did I get these eyeless sockets, you ask, staring into the depths of my darkness.

Like any born among the Themiscrya, I was trained at a young age to track and hunt in the wild forest you see outside my hut. During one of these training forays, a hawk swooped down from the sky and began attacking my face. Relentless, the bird did not cease it's attack until it had ripped my eyes from my head, and left the marks of its talons on my young cheeks.

As I lay delirious, suffering from the wounds, the Goddess Artemis came to me in a vision. It had been She who had taken the form of a hawk. She blinded me so that I might see in Her realm, that I might guide those Amazons who have fallen in glory to Her. For my service and sacrifice, I was given the power to heal, to scry, and some small knowledge of the happenings around me. In this way, do I see.

I still carry a weapon, traveler. It would be folly for me to wander this world as Amazon without means to protect myself. Do not let it's ornamental look fool you, my dagger has taken its share of lives, I assure you. I have hastened the travel of many hesitating at my Goddess' doorstep.

Second Biography - 2002

Deoris was born in Themiscyra, the daughter of a warrior. She has thick, curly black hair and brown eyes. She is shorter than most Amazons, being the second child of her mother and is a product of love, not breeding. Deoris began as most Themiscryan children, playing with weapons in the yard and doing the small tasks asked of her.

When she was 12, she went on a hunt during her standard Amazon training. From nowhere, a hawk viciously attacked her, raking her face and blinding her eyes. While recovering, she remarked to the healer that the hawk was actually the Goddess Artemis in disguise, and that the Goddess wanted Deoris to perform tasks for Her.

She became a guide within the tribe, able to show Amazons the way from the Realm of the Dead into Artemis' hunting ground. This became her primary function within and for the tribe.

As Artemis' link to Themiscrya, Deoris is also part-seer. When the Goddess needed, she would send a vision to her Priestess, a cryptic message meant to guide the Amazons. Sadly, Deoris is egotistical, and rarely imparts this information to the others in her tribe, preferring to see these as tasks for herself.

Now, able to see what she could only hear, she has forsaken Artemis. Deoris spends little time in meditation and no time in prayer anymore. She is angry and upset that Artemis would steal her sight from her, and has not forgiven the goddess for her role in her blinding. Instead, she focuses her attention on the seeing world, on the tangible things in her life, on what she can touch instead of on what she can feel.

She is slowly learning all the ways of the Amazons in practice instead of in theory. Her future with Artemis remains uncertain, and is still being written.

Third Biography 2003

Deoris was born in Themiscyra, the daughter of a warrior. She has thick, curly black hair and brown eyes. She is shorter than most Amazons, being the second child of her mother and is a product of love, not breeding. Deoris began as most Themiscyran children, playing with weapons in the yard and doing the small tasks asked of her.

When she was twelve, she went on a hunt during her standard Amazon training. From nowhere, a hawk viciously attacked her, raking her face and blinding her eyes. While recovering, she remarked to the healer that the hawk was actually the Goddess Artemis in disguise, and that the Goddess wanted Deoris to perform tasks for Her.

She became a guide within the tribe, able to show Amazons the way from the Realm of the Dead into Artemis' hunting ground. This became her primary function within and for the tribe.

As Artemis' link to Themiscrya, Deoris is also part-seer. When the Goddess needs, she sends a vision to her Priestess, a cryptic message meant to guide the Amazons. Deoris considers these visions as tasks for herself and rarely shares them with her Queen or tribe.

On one such quest, Deoris was captured and held prisoner for a few days. The Amazon Protectoress, her captor, gave Deoris her sight back and then allowed her to be rescued. It was a revelation to Deoris. Suddenly able to see what she could only hear, she spent many months relearning all that she had once learned blind. She later learned this woman was none other than her own older sister, Domaris.

She remains a source of information, wisdom and comfort for the tribe. In fact, she became so known for these attributes that when Latra Valkyra asked Deoris to become her Regent, the next to assume the leadership of the tribe.

Stunned, but honored to be of such worth to the tribe, Deoris accepted the position. The responsibility weighs on her shoulders, but has brought her stability and joy as she helps guide the tribe.

Deoris' totem is the black bear. She is constantly guarded by her spirit animal, which travels at her side and makes her feel safe from harm. She does not know it is there.

Fourth Biography, 2006

Deoris Ronan was born in Themiscyra-by-the-Sea, the daughter of a Healer named Deondrae who was killed while protecting Queen Lysippe. She spent her childhood as most Amazon children, learning the warrior skills that would keep her alive in a male-dominated world.

She became acolyte to Artemis' Priestess Aurora. Between them, they discovered that while Deoris had lost the use of her eyes, and the beauty of her young face, she now had many strange talents. Artemis often spoke to the girl, causing the older Priestess to defer to Domaris even at her young age. They found she was also able to guide the Amazons from the Realm of the Dead, a white realm of nothingness, into Artemis' hunting ground. This became, and remains, one of her primary functions within and for the tribe.

When the tribe moved from the sea to it's current location, Aurora and Deoris were charged with moving a great marble statue of the Goddess safely south. Once there, Aurora raised Deoris from acolyte to Priestess and together they sanctified the ground and built an outdoor temple for Artemis. Not long after, Aurora caught a vile sickness and died, leaving Deoris as the spiritual leader of the tribe at the tender age of eighteen.

Deoris remains a source of information, wisdom and comfort for the tribe. In fact, she became so known for these attributes that when Latra Valkyra asked Deoris to become her Regent, the next to assume the leadership of the tribe. Stunned, but honored to be of such worth to the tribe, Deoris accepted the position. The responsibility weighs on her shoulders, but has brought her stability and joy as she helped guide the tribe.

However, she was not destined to be Queen. Valkyra's sister died and the Queen found she had to return to her own homeland to assume the throne and lead her people. Unable to deny her people their rightful leader, she abdicated and returned rule of Themiscyra to Latra Jadea. Jadea, seeing that Deoris was uncomfortable in her role, raised Seriana to Lyna and set Deoris back into her preferred role as the spiritual leader of the Amazons.

She has thick, curly black hair and brown eyes. She is shorter than most Amazons, being the second child of her mother and is a product of love, not breeding. Deoris began as most Themiscyran children, playing with weapons in the yard and doing the small tasks asked of her. Her totem is the black bear. She is constantly guarded by her spirit animal, which travels at her side and makes her feel safe from harm. She does not know it is there.

Fifth Biography, 2007

Same as above except the bottom two paragraphs.

Valkyra's sister died and the Queen found she had to return to her own homeland to assume the throne and lead her people. Unable to deny her people their rightful leader, she abdicated and returned rule of Themiscyra to Latra Jadea. Jadea, seeing that Deoris was uncomfortable in her role, raised Seriana to Lyna and set Deoris back into her preferred role as the spiritual leader of the Amazons. Circumstances would not allow Deoris to remain in that role for long and both Seriana and Jadea left the tribe to follow their own personal destinies and to find the part that family plays in their lives. Deoris was made Queen of the tribe.

Unable to lead alone, Deoris put her best friend and fellow High Council member Kou Wainohia into the Lyna position. The two put the tribe before their own needs, but bring a sense of humor and fun to the usually somber positions.

Deoris has thick, curly black hair and brown eyes. She is shorter than most Amazons, being the second child of her mother and is a product of love, not breeding. Deoris began as most Themiscyran children, playing with weapons in the yard and doing the small tasks asked of her. Her totem is the black bear. She is constantly guarded by her spirit animal, which travels at her side and makes her feel safe from harm. She does not know it is there.