Daughters of Hesperia - An Amazon Challenge Inspired Story (Rebooted)
Third time is the charm! After several computer issues, I've finally been able to sort things out to give this a third try! Please click the spoilers beneath each name to see the episodes! Daug...
I'm so glad that you're back! Yes, as someone who studied Class Civ, I was always really taken with Artemisia, queen of Halicarnassus - or at least what we studied of her. So, let me get to answering your questions under this spoiler...
First off, yes, Diana is a princess, and Marcella is why she left - or rather, Marcella's father is why she left. More on that later, obviously, but Diana will have to adjust to being on the same level as the rest of the tribe bar Molpe and Anikka. She does have a friend in Polgara, but Polgara does treat her as she does the children, because Diana isn't a warrior.
The war is not expected to reach them in any way for a few years, but it's not the war they're worried about, but the supply lines. Their supplies outside of their own harvests come from Frankish merchants, which could be impacted by war. They're too far away from the war's supposed allies to actually be impacted, and the tribe is too remote to be pulled in - Sirena might be pulled in but they can weather a war, whereas supply issues could spell doom for Hesperia.
Glauce definitely has some issues, and unfortunately, is marooned to boot, but yeah, this isn't some blessing in disguise like she thinks. Theodon and she are stuck with each other at least for now.
Perseus hasn't really learned his lesson, unfortunately, being raised in the world of courtly love. His flirting is a reference to the sort of courtly love that would have been present at the time, and while it doesn't really translate well for the Amazons, Meda is fond of him, so this is a hard decision for her. To be quite frank, he genuinely thought his father or his father's wife would kill him to prevent any inheritance issues, so he's kind of made his peace with death, although obviously that shouldn't have been the case.
Diana will, as time goes by, become a huge asset for the tribe when it comes to learning Frankish. Even Polgara is getting to practice more, and she's quite fluent.
