Draft:Valasca

Valasca was a European amazon...There was a settlement of Bohemian, Celtic people who had ties to these amazons. When their ruler died, his daughter took over, and brought several amazons into her court. She admired their battle strategies. When she died, Valasca took over the government by force, put women in all the high offices, and mounted a revolt. The reason she removed the eyes and thumbs of men was to ensure that they could not be effectively trained in battle. She decreed that only women could be taught the art of war, so this little act of cruelty ensured that the men could not take over what she spent all this time building. She got a little power crazy. History shows that she was ruthless, but she believed that her actions would bring about needed change. She seemed to be a mix of good intentions without much rationale or sound judgment to be objective about it.