Human · Champion · Massagetae
Tomyris
6th century BC · Queen of the Massagetae
I swear to thee by the Sun, who is lord of the Massagetai, that surely I will give thee thy fill of blood, insatiable as thou art.
Who she was
Tomyris was queen of the Massagetae, a nomad people of the steppe east of the Caspian Sea. Herodotus tells that when Cyrus the Great of Persia invaded her lands around 530 BC, he tricked and captured her son, who took his own life.
Tomyris then met the Persians in battle and destroyed their army. Cyrus fell, and she had his head dipped in a skin filled with blood, as she had vowed. Other ancient writers tell his death differently.
Sources: Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, trans. Aubrey de Sélincourt (1954)
In Godsdusk
Active · Drink Your Fill of Blood · cooldown 4 rounds · only right after she knocks out an enemyThe enemies next to the fallen one bleed 5% of their max HP each round for the rest of the battle (bleeds do not stack). Bleeding enemies cannot heal.