Distinguishing characteristics: Calm demeanor, tattoo
on lower back (Grecian design).
Any other languages: Many, including but not limited
to: Ancient and Modern Greek, Latin, several other
ancient languages, Italian, French, English, German,
Chinese, Macedonian.
Personality/Demeanor:
Amara seems to have two distinct trends
to her personality. At times she friendly and quiet,
with very motherly aura about her. At other times she
is more standoffish and less of a nurturer and more of
a warrior. Of late, she has been a fairly pacifistic
Immortal and has not often challenged others despite
the fact that she is more than capable of doing so,
but she has, in the past, gone through more martial
periods where she actively sought fights. In general,
she can seem aloof at times, until you get to know her
better and she can be quite outspoken and set in her
ways.
Any special skills: Amara has had many jobs over the
years and is skilled in many things. Her most recent
professions (during the last 100 or so years) have
been a doctor and a teacher/professor. She also seems
to have a special bond with certain people she meets,
almost and empathic to telepathic understanding of
them. This is not really chosen on her part, it just
happens.
History:
Amara was born to a fairly prominent Greek
family over 3500 years ago in the Thessaly region of
Ancient Greece. Due to her family's wealth, she had a
fairly pleasant and easy life for many years. She was
doted on by her two elder brothers and father. They
taught her about self defense and spent many a day out
hunting and having fun, much to her mothers dismay.
This quiet happy existence came to an end one day when
Amara stepped into a fight between one of her brothers
and another young man who had accused him of stealing
something. She and her brother were both killed by a
sword through the gut; Amara awoke soon after and saw
a strange man standing over her. His name was Eurus,
and he became her new teacher. They spent several
hundred years together, and he taught her everything
he knew. Eventually they became lovers, but when
another Immortal tried to use Amara against Eurus they
parted ways for a while each needing to find
themselves alone.
It was during that time that Amara took on her first
student...
She found Cassandra, wandering alone in the desert
somewhere in the (present day) Middle East sometime
around 1000-950 BCE. The woman was frightened, lost,
and almost a bit delusional when the Greek found her;
suffering mentally both from exposure and recent cruel
treatment. Cassandra was a little slow to trust her at
first, but eventually overcame that and the two became
quite close, sharing a strange bond that was almost
empathic in nature. The witch told of her time held
captive by the Four Horsemen and the burning shame and
hatred in her eyes was more than enough to convince
Amara that she would not rest until she had seen
justice done. She and Cassandra spent a great deal of
time together and are close to this day.
After parting ways with her student she drifted from
place to place along the Aegean and Mediterranean
Seas; taking on a few students and performing a wide
variety of jobs. She was a Priestess of Athena for a
time, and traveled to the fledgling Roman Empire to
teach the ways of the Goddess - whom the locals
referred to as Minerva. While at the temple she
briefly made the acquaintance of a pre-immortal named
Varus Antony - a man she would meet again over 2000
years later. After some time Amara set about and
traveled the world, occasionally hooking up with her
teacher and some of her students.
She and Cassandra met again in 1850 when Eurus,
Amara's teacher was killed. Amara, under the name of
Angelica D'Simonds, was mourning deeply and her
student, sensing this, came to her side to comfort
her; and in time aided her in tracking down the Roman
that had killed him. Amara took his head and his sword
- keeping it as a trophy of sorts.
Life has been quiet for Amara since then, she withdrew
into herself for a time and left the Game for the most
part. Almost 20 years ago she took on the task of
raising an old friend's son. Marty is very important
to her and she would die for him if need be. When the
Superflu hit Amara feared the worse, that her son
would die like the rest, but fate smiled upon her
however for she found him alive, shaken but healthy.
They traveled alone for a time, before meeting up with
Stu Redman's small band of travelers. Amara was one of
three immortals in the group and she, Kyra and Taya,
agreed that it would be best to keep their secret for
as long as possible not knowing how the mortals might
react. Fate this time was not on her side as not one
but two madmen attacked their small camp (apparently
on the behest of the Dark Man). Kyra was 'killed' and
their secret was exposed. Marty was injured and Amara
had to fight and kill the second man - who happened to
be an immortal. Since she took the Quickening the
Ancient Greek has noticed that she has become more
restless again and argumentative - slipping back into
her harsher tendencies.
There were more run ins along the way - one with a
group of men who reminded her of the horsemen almost -
keeping a group of women they referred to as 'The
Zoo.' She died once during the battle, but it was
worth it, and they managed to help most of the women
free themselves. The other with a man who called
himself Dan that almost ended in tragedy, but they
managed to escape that with only minor injuries.
Just before their arrival in Boulder Duncan MacLeod
joined the group and, during the course of some polite
chit-chat he let slip that he was still friends with
Methos, one of the Horsemen - the one that had been
cruelest to Cassandra. If the eldest of their kind had
managed to pull the wool over MacLeod's eye's Amara
knows that Boulder could be in danger if he were to
show up and, in the back of her mind, she is preparing
herself for the possible confrontation while still
trying to adjust to the new world as a whole.
Characters Name: Amara
Any special skills: Amara has had many jobs over the
years and is skilled in many things. Her most recent
professions (during the last 100 or so years) have
been a doctor and a teacher/professor. She also seems
to have a special bond with certain people she meets,
almost and empathic to telepathic understanding of
them. This is not really chosen on her part, it just
happens.
There were more run ins along the way - one with a
group of men who reminded her of the horsemen almost -
keeping a group of women they referred to as 'The
Zoo.' She died once during the battle, but it was
worth it, and they managed to help most of the women
free themselves. The other with a man who called
himself Dan that almost ended in tragedy, but they
managed to escape that with only minor injuries.
