Saturday, September 4, 2010

Amazonia was a kingdom that lasted from the late period BC to the early centuries of AD. It did not fall until the eventual occupation of thrace and even then the local people were not crushed till a final uprising in Themiscyra by the Snow Leopard Clan under one of the later dynasties. It was then that the Romans sacked the city and every woman, man and child except a chosen few from each clan were sold into slavery or put to death. This is what is simply called the Chaining. A time from when the Nation was scattered to the winds and what would later give rise to the lost Clans of LongTalon and StormCrow.

Period wear during this time depended upon gender and status within society. Manyof the fashions found in Amazonia were tied to those found in Persia at the time and directly evolved from the former Steppe life the Amazones used to live in.

My dear sister drew me a few concept art sketches of this wear and I finally have had the time to paste it.

The follow is an upperclass politician or military figure:
The next piece is showing a middle class Amazon:
Amazonian wear tended to favor the ability for the legs to be unrestrained. They also favored a robe like design but did adopt some of the Hellenic designs introduced to them by first the Ionians and later the Macedonians under Alexander the Great.

Amazonian fashion in the modern day still favors head scarves and head wraps in a way. Owning a shawl with the totem of one's clan is often a sign of respect and a way for the younger generations to connect with their roots.

Amazons did have a warrior / ritualistic regalia that they all wore during times of ceremony or in specific actions of wear. The regali included a leather chest piece with trousters and then gauntlets and greaves. The person would then wear a mask that had a veil that covered the rest of their head. Regalia in itself was singular to the person who wore it and often not it was important to cover as much skin as possible. This was because the regalia evolved from the traditional Scythian armor worn by the Amazons before Hippolyta united the Clans after the death of the first Queen.

To this day Amazons still practice the wearing of their war regalia and often sometimes those of American blood with Native American heritage will often mix the two cultures to create something new.

I shall hopefully have a vocabulary of Amazo soon! Mostly because the next scene of Arrow Child has a few lines in Amazo.

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