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About
Our Tribe
Themiscyra is a community; a virtual sisterhood. We come from many walks of
life and nations, are of different sizes, shapes, colors, and religions. We value
honor, strength of character, and the right to choose our own paths
through this world.
We are an online tribe of Amazons. We are a role-playing
tribe, playing out lives based on the television series "Xena:
Warrior Princess", "Hercules, The Legendary Journeys" and
"Young Hercules". We also draw heavily on history, maps, legends, and
lore about Amazons.
The Amazons write one story together in a forum setting. One will post, then
another will post drawing on the first post. This began in November, 1999 and
continues to today. Plotlines are determined by the Amazons. Every year
we celebrate Winter Solstice with a large in-character event including gift
giving and a feast. We have also had pirates, Olympian games, royal
challenges and even a war on the astral plane. Our adventures are as varied as
our imaginations.
While we do draw from the television shows listed above, we also draw from
history and legends. We do not allow modern conveniences unless they were
spotted in Xena, such as mirrors. We do allow some mythological monsters, such
as Centaurs. We don't allow the Gods to meddle in our affairs at every turn, but
rely on the writers to provide the adventure.
Themiscyra is an all-female tribe. We do not hate men, but we hold to
the
tradition of only allowing women to live in our lands. (This does mean that you
must be female to join our tribe.) We allow men to visit the tribe and we allow
our characters to wander the globe as well.
We value honor and strength of character and have banished members
from our tribe for acting in a manner that is untrustworthy and false.
This can be as simple as lying about your age when joining the tribe, or
as complex as challenging the decisions of the Queen. Themiscyra Amazons
encourage free thought and expression of self, unless those expressions
cause harm to the unity of the tribe.
Themiscyra was founded by Queen Celosia in November of 1999. Since
then, each Queen has chosen her successor for her dedication to
Themiscyra and to the Amazon way. Our
current 'oldest' active member is Queen Deoris, who has been in the
tribe since
January 2000. There have been four Queens: Celosia, Jadea, Valkyra and
Deoris.
Our Amazons are in this for the long-haul. While we are at our core a fan site,
but we
are fans of the Amazon lifestyle as well as fans of shows that brought
that lifestyle into the mainstream consciousness.
If you value honor and honesty, community and caring, fun and
adventure and long for those lost days of the Amazon - Themiscyra is the
place for you.
You can read more about our history, including a timeline and a link to our
forum archives at the HISTORY page. You can find out
our requirements for joining at the JOIN page. You can
read our rules for posting and living among us at the TRAINING
GROUND.
Our Virtual History
Themiscyra began on a site created by Queen Celosia. And the Amazons rejoiced. She led the tribe for roughly two years, before she decided to step down. Jadea received the honor of becoming Celosia's successor. And the Amazons rejoiced. Alas, the new queen had little knowledge of HTML. She sought help from another Webmistress, Kitana.
Kitana graciously took the task of creating a new online place for Themiscyra. She added a section to her site: www.xenafight.com for the entire tribe of
Themiscryan Amazons. And the Amazons rejoiced.
However, the celebration was interrupted by a formidable and detested enemy. We'll call it data transfer allotment. This horrible (but some say necessary) evil caused the tribe's site to go down. It began with just a couple of days- a hassle, but not a major inconvenience. One day, however, that changed. The enemy attacked and brought down Themiscyra's site for a fortnight (roughly).
Queen Jadea was frustrated and quite vexed. She devised a risky, daring plan. Using the codes that Kitana'd created, Jadea set out to create a separate site for Themiscyra. She coaxed, she cursed, and she cried...but the enemy failed to defeat her. When the great Battle of Patience and Power was over, a new Geocities site was born! And the Amazons...rejoiced.
Some time thereafter, though, the leaders of Themiscyra decided to hold a conclave council; from which they concluded that the tribe's site should have an original look and feel to it, designed by and for Themiscyra. After weeks of work, a new site was reborn, thanks to the tremendous efforts of Deoris Ronan and the input of many Themiscyran Amazons.
And that is how Themiskrya came to be. There are several different spellings used in historical references. We try to incorporate them all. Themiscyra, Themiscrya, Themiskyra, Themiskrya...varied spellings for the same tribe, basically.
Themiscyra first opened its gates September 17, 1999. Themiscyra's move to Xenafight took place on March 9, 2002. Themiscyra's gates to
Themiskrya officially opened on May 4, 2002. In November of 2005,
Kou Wainohia made our site ad-free! And the Amazons rejoiced!
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