Demon Knights: Introducing... the Horsewoman!

[espanolbot]

An original character for the series, this character actually looks like she might be cool. Here are some character sketches from here.







Cornell describes her as,

“The Horsewoman is one of the seven Demon Knights, flung together by a desperate battle,” said series writer Paul Cornell. “She’s a mysterious rider who tries to stay apart, on a lonely journey across Medieval Europe. She can ride, but she can’t walk, supported in her saddle by magic and invention. She has an absolute affinity for all horses, and she’s the greatest archer in history. She tries hard not to care, but always ends up helping those who need her. And the little village Etrigan’s reluctant team end up defending from enormous odds is going to need her now.”

They have mentioned that she has a wheelchair for the times she's not in on her horse, but considering she's meant to be an inventor as well as an archer, it isn't entirely inconceivable that she didn't create a collapsing version of what Teo had over in Avatar: the Last Airbender,


So, there you go. She's both smart and badass! I'm looking forward to her appearing anyways.

Comments

[sparkysharps.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to figure out how she controls the horse without a bridle or the use of her legs. Is it just going to be an "er, magic! That's it!" thing, or do we get a more in-depth explanation (ie. the "absolute affinity" with horses is some sort of psychic link)?

Otherwise, I do think I might end up liking her, even if some of the official statements about her make it seem like they whipped her up to placate people angry about Babs.

[espanolbot]

Hm, my guess is that she shifts her weight int he direction she wants to go, and has trained her horse to go faster when she makes certain noises or something.

[shadowpsykie]

plus i think the magic and affinity for horses HELPS. though since she's an inventor, I totally see her using body weight too... im pretty sure she figures something out

[star_of_airdrie]

Seat bones are key, which Horsewoman can do, is how many of the horses are trained at the higher levels and it makes sense. The horse responds by getting under your weight. Not having your legs would be tough, but not if the horse is trained that way.

Although he can't do all the commands up to his 4th Level Dressage moves (think the cool stuff the Lippazzaners from Vienna do), my horse does almost everything on voice commands. German voice commands.

[renie_sulaweyo]

Wow, sounds like real life mind control by evil German geniuses.

[star_of_airdrie]

I have to say there is nothing cuter than when your 5 yr old (he's 9 now) is leading a 1400 lb Warmblood and when the horse stops to eat grass and my son growls "Nein!" and the horse just stops what he's doing and stands up square and freezes....

[aaron_bourque]

The page art shows a bridle on the horse, so I'm guessing they just forgot it on the other pic.

[kamino_neko]

No, it specifically says 'no bridle, so she can shoot her bow' - unless they changed that at some point between the initial design stage and when they started drawing the issue, either the bridle on the page is a mistake, not actually a bridle, but something else that happens to resemble it in silhouette, or she starts going without in the story.