| 500
BC |
The
first great wielder was the Gorgon Amazons queen Myrene who
succeeded in conquering parts of Syria and Egypt with a cavalry of
30.000 women.
|
| 480
BC |
Artememisia
I, the female advisor of Xerxes of Persia, lead a successful naval
attac on the Greeks |
| 45
BC |
Queen
Cleopatra VII of Egypt. The Witchblade made her irresistible and
invincible but when she needed it most she was betrayed by it. |
| 61 |
The
Celtic warrior Queen Boudicca in ancient London acquired it but was
never able to wield it. She kept it in her possession until the
rightful wearer would appear. That opportunity came nine years later
(on November 11, 70)
when the Celtic woman Cathain appeared before Boudicca and tried the
Witchblade which welded instantly on her wrist. She became a great
defender of the Celts. |
| 250 |
Septima
Zenobia of Syria. During Claudius II she defeated the roman legions.
Claudius II’s successor, Aurellan, tried desperately to conquer
Septima Zenobia, but it took a
four years war before Septima and
nine other martial queens were brought to their knees. The
Witchblade then came in the hand of a servant and he sold it to a
Chinese trader who in turn sold it to a Japanese merchant
|
| 1199 |
The
Japanese Itagaki led a charge of 3000 warrior against 10.000 Heike
soldiers. Itagaki was betrayed by the Witchblade and died in battle
and the gauntlet came into the hands of Chinese loyalists who gave
it to the reigning Khan. Through Kubla Khan it was given to the
Italian Marco polo during his visit in China. It then came back to
Europe.
|
| 1428 |
Through
several unknown owners the Witchblade came in possession of Jehanne
La Pucelle, Joan of Arc. When she was captured and sent to England
and burnt. The Witchblade was shortly before that taken from her by
a bishop who then brought it to the Vatican.
1481 ad: The Pope sent the Witchblade to the monk Tomas de
Torquemada in Spain to support their inquisition. In search for a
woman who could wield the witchblade they eventually found Mirabella
Avila. She did’t want to be used as a pawn though and tried to
escape. She was killed in the attempt. The Witchblade then was worn
by Queen Isabella in secrecy until her death in 1504 |
| 1519 |
The
Witchblade was given to Hernando Cortes to keep the population in
Latin America under control. His wife Marie d’Estrade stayed with
him in the hope to gain control over the Witchblade. When they
arrived they were welcomed because the gauntlet worn by Marie looked
like an ancient Aztec artifact. The Witchblade did not act against
the Aztecs but in the end they were defeated anyway. The Witchblade
went then through Spain back to the Vatican. |
| 1690 |
The
Witchblade is sent to the new World on a mission to bring
Catholicism to the natives in America. The Witchblade was in
possession of the
priest Joseph Salerno. They stayed the winter in Salem,
Massachusetts. In spring Salaerno left Salem.Twenty innocent people
later would be tried and executed as witches. |
| 1854 |
During
the Crimean War between Britain and Turkey it was taken from his
vault in the Vatican again. By then it was thoroughly studied and it
was understood that instead of a weapon the Witchblade could serve a
much higher goal. Part of the studie was the observation of a nurse
called Florence Nightingale and it was to her the Witchblade was
sent to as a gift. Florence saved thousands of soldiers and improved
nursing standards throughout England. After her death the Witchblade
returned to the Vatican. |
| 1900 |
Pleased
with the outcome of the experiment with Florence the Witchblade now
was sent to the scientist Marie Curie. Like Florence before her she
had no previous knowledge of the Witchblade, didn’t know of it’s
potentially destructive powers and just wore it as a bracelet. She
wore it on both occasions that she received a Noble Prize. When
Marie was exhausted by radiation and on the dying bed the gauntlet
was taken from her and brought back
to the Vatican |
| 1936 |
Dark
clouds covered Europe when a dark lord appeared in the political
arena. Adolf Hitler was obsessed by power and by objects of power
and he soon learned about the Witchblade and it’s hiding place.
Within a year the Wichtblade had a new owner. |
| 1940 |
At
the beginning of WWII, Elizabeth Bronte was given a mission to
infiltrate the German SS for code information. She came to work as a
translator in the Nazi bureau of Communications in Berlin. There she
seduced the high ranking SS Officer, Lieutenant Rolf Germer in the
hope he’d give her the information she was after. But he did even
better because instead he stole
the Witchblade from his Fuhrer and gave her that. Breaking the
enigma code was the next step.
When she died the Witchblade stayed with her daughter, who would one
day meet Kenneth Irons. |
| 1950 |
One
of the people surrounding Kenneth Irons was Dominique Boucher and
she would be the next wielder. She used the Witchblade mainly to
reign and enrich herself and Kenneth irons.
Next in line was Sara Pezzini |
