Editing Amazon (section)

==[[Warhammer]]==
[[File:Warhammer Amazons.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Sadly, Games Workshop hasn't been awesome enough to make this themselves for a long time, and will <s>never be able to since they [[The End Times|torched]] and [[Age of Sigmar|rebooted]] the setting</s> [[Warhammer: The Old World|Not anymore]].]]
Amazons were introduced alongside [[Pygmies]] in the 3rd edition of [[Warhammer Fantasy Battles]], which means they also showed up in [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] 1st edition.

[[Lustria]] was inhabited originally by the [[Lizardmen]] and the rest of the native dinosaur/South American-hybrid flora and fauna. Norscans accidently discovered, then looted and colonized it (bear in mind not all Norscans were just weak [[Warriors Of Chaos]] back then). Several other settlements have popped up since then which the [[Slann]] have tried their hardest to remove to little effect. These ports have encouraged other adventurers to colonize since.

The Slann experimented in using these unwanted guests as slaves in various ways. Some Norscans were simply abducted and lobotomized for labor, a successful tactic that has continued since. Slann intentionally devolved some into Pygmies, a [[/pol/|brown-skinned big-lipped potbellied race of short savage cannibal humanoids with bones in their noses]]...with models to match. There's a reason these were dropped quickly from the game and rarely referenced.

The Slann also produced Amazons by gifting some warrior women who rebelled against the Norscans with immortality and magical equipment (this being young Games Workshop where [[Warhammer 40000]] AKA Rogue Trader and Fantasy cross-referenced each other, one of these was "Sun Sticks" AKA [[Lasgun]]s). Amazons in turn worship the Slann and do their bidding. Amazon models were produced by Games Workshop for their [[Mordheim]] expansion and continued to be sold into the early 2010's due to popularity. Amazons are also a team in the [[Blood Bowl]] universe. In the Blood Bowl comic series [[Blood Bowl|Blood Bowl: Killer Contract]] the Amazon team beat the Pygmies, normally known for eating the other team, by eating them first (translation: "No, we will not bring Pygmies back for Blood Bowl.") then went on to beat the Lizardmen team. Out of Lustrian pride the Slann sponsored the Amazons in the Old World until they lost. One of their players was recruited by the Empire team.

There was no mention of them during [[The End Times]] books, but according to Geedubs author [[Josh Reynolds]] the Amazons [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|got killed off when the pieces of the Chaos Moon smashed into Lustria (he also said the same fate befell the Pygmies)]], sparing only the parts where the Pyramid-ships rested. What bitter revenge those fat frogs had.

If you want to know what how the army handles, check out the tactica: [[Warhammer Army Project/Warhammer Army Project: Amazons]].

Over in [[Warhammer 40,000]], [[House Escher]] of [[Necromunda]] are literally an Amazon-themed faction in the game, with their 8e reboot even retconning them as using strange arcanotech methods to reproduce through parthenogensis instead of sexually (also helps since their fighters are all female and any who get pregnant would be down for at least a few months). You could also consider the [[Sisters of Battle]] from the core game to be a faction of [[power armor]]-clad [[grimdark]] [[Paladin]]-Amazons.

In [[Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]], the [[Daughters of Khaine]] are essentially a mainstream faction of Amazon Monstergirls, being a war-worshipping, [[Blood Magic]]-practicing society composed 99% of female [[elf]] warriors, [[lamia]]s and [[harpy|harpies]].

===Mordheim===
Amazons appeared twice as an expansion-pack warband for [[Mordheim]] in the pages of Town Cryer, the official Mordheim magazine.

The first version, seen in Town Cryer #15, was part of the [[Lustria]]: Cities of Gold setting expansion for Mordheim, and presented Amazons as a reclusive, xenophobic and highly territorial race of women, reputedly descended from a lost Norse colony, with a particular enmity for both [[Lizardmen]] (who they hunted for food and skins) and the Norse. This is reflected in the assortment of special rules that Amazons get under these rules; in addition to "Not One Of Us!", which prohibits them from hiring mercenaries and Dramatis Personae who aren't Amazons, they get the rules "Isolationists" (re-roll missed attacks in the first round of combat against Lizardmen and Norse opponents) and "Norse Enmity" (when facing a Norse warband, Amazons get to re-roll their first failed Rout check, and can't voluntarily fail a Rout check unless their leader is down). Their final special rule is "Sacrifice", which is almost identical to the [[Cult of the Possessed]] special rule of the same name, except that sacrificing a Skink will have the added bonus of rewarding the party with a free Enchanted Skins (also called Skins & Charms), a suit of magical armor that has a 6+ armor save and a 5+ dispel save against spells. This "mark 1" Amazon warband is led by a Serpent Priestess, a Leader/Wizard combo character in the vein of a few other warbands; for Heroes, they can take 0-2 Eagle Warriors (melee-focused champions) and 0-2 Piranha Warriors (ranged-focused champions). Their Henchmen are simply Amazon Warriors, though they can also take 0-3 Jaguar Warriors, whose special rule "One With The Jungle" lets them ignore jungle terrain when moving. This version of the Amazon warband has its own Special skill table, which is available to all three Hero types; its heroes are otherwise characterized as extremely martial (universal Combat skills) and quick (universal Speed skills); the Serpent Priestess can take Academic skills, the Eagle Warrior can take Strength skills, and the Piranha Warrior can take Shooting skills. The unique Amazon skills are ''Skink Hunter'' (always strike first vs. Skinks), ''Elixir of Life'' (re-roll one Out of Action roll after a battle), ''Mesmerizing Dance'' (models in base contact must pass an Ld test to attack; doesn't work on Lizardmen or undead), ''Savage Fury'' (immune to charm & fear, +1 Attack when charging) and ''Concealment'' (when hiding in jungle terrain, enemies halve the range at which they can spot this Amazon). This iteration of the Serpent Priestess uses '''Amazon Rituals''' as her magic lore, the spells of which consist of Singing Wind, Serpent's Strength, Wendala's Maelstrom, Shield of Thorns, The Living Jungle, and Siren's Dreams.

The second version appeared in Town Cryer #23, and whilst building on the same lore as the previous version, was somewhat more official; it presented the Amazon warband as representing captured Amazons who were shipped to the Empire as curiosities and courtesans, freed by the chaos of the wyrdstone meteorite and now trying to amass the wealth needed to pay for a trip back to Lustria. These Amazons only maintain the "Not One Of Us" and "Sacrifice" special rules from their prior version, and lose the Enchanted Skins armor - this restricts them to just helmets and bucklers, making them even more fragile than the original Amazons were. They replace a number of their unique artifacts as well with new versions, and lose their Amazon Special Skills. The new Warband is still led by a Priestess (having dropped the "Serpent" prefix), who is still a Leader/Wizard and still using the same '''Amazon Rituals''' magic lore as before, complete with the same spells. However, she's gained a major boost in skills; now she can take Shooting and Strength skills in addition to her original Combat/Academic/Speed trinity! The new Heroes are 0-2 Champions (who, weirdly, despite being WS4 and BS3, can learn Shooting skills) and 0-2 Totem Warriors; melee-focused (WS4, BS2) who can learn Strength skills and who have the Frenzy special rule; both retain the affinity for Combat and Speed skills of their earlier counterparts. For Henchmen, you can take Amazon Warriors and 0-3 Scouts, who use the generic Stealthy rule and replace the old Jaguar Warriors.

===WAP Amazons===
The [[Warhammer Armies Project]] has 8th edition & 9th edition fanmade army books for the Amazons on [http://warhammerarmiesproject.blogspot.com its website]. Here, they are described as a technobarbarian culture descended from an early "race" of human women used as assistants and technicians by the [[Slann]] and the Old Ones. When the Old Ones vanished, they broke away from the Slann and have devolved to their own strange culture; in fact, they often fight bitterly with the Lizardmen, despite their shared heritage. Ruled over by a priesthood, the Amazons have supposedly preserved more of the ancient Old One technology than the Slann have, in part because they depend on arcane parthenogenesis to reproduce; multiple births are extremely common, and larger broods earn great social status. They also guard a life-preserving fountain of youth, which allows the most vaunted of their kind to enjoy extended lifespans.

On the tabletop, they're a melee-centric glass cannon type army; their armor saves ''suck'', but with their unique ability to ignore forested terrain they can move quite quickly, and they hit surprisingly hard, thanks to their ability to take a bunch of what are essentially knock-off [[Power Weapon]]s called the Claws of the Old Ones. Their ability to take Sun Staffs and Sun Gauntlets, knock-off lasguns and laspistols, also gives them a surprising amount of short-range firepower.

For generic characters, the WAP Amazon army can field '''Commanders''' as the generic martial hero (divided into Lord-tier Matriarchs and Hero-tier Mistresses), and provide magical support with '''Priestesses''', who have access to a unique lore called the Lore of the Serpent as well as the generic Lores of Life, Light, Beasts and Heavens.

The infantry core of the army is, of course, the '''Amazon Warriors'''. These are bolstered by elite sisterhoods; '''Piranha Warriors''', '''Eagle Warriors''' and '''Jaguar Warriors'''.

The '''Koka-Kalim''' are drug-addled frenzied berserkers.

'''Jungle Stalkers''' are master archers who smear venom on their arrows to enhance their lethality.

'''Totem Guardians''' are the most elite regiments of all the Amazon warriors.

The Amazons have a tradition of training the giant jaguars and other great cats of Lustria as loyal bond beasts; as such, an Amazon army may deploy both '''Jaguar Hunting Packs''' under the command of an Amazon beastmaster, or squads of '''Huntresses'''; master warriors riding jaguars. Other cavalry units fielded by the Amazons ride '''Culchans''' (giant predatory flightless birds), '''Terradons''', and '''Cold Ones''', and both Commanders and Priestesses may ride these three beasts as well.

The most unusual allies of the Amazon forces are the '''Gorols''', enormous and eerily intelligent gorillas, and the '''Avatar of Rigg'', a [[daemon]]-like manifestation of the Amazon mother-goddess summoned by the most powerful priestesses.

Special Characters available to this army include:
* [[Thalestris]]
* [[Lwaxana]]
* [[Azura]]
* [[Melandra Hawkeye]]
* [[Penthesilea]]
* [[Lysippe]]