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

[icon_uk]

The Airbender wheelchair is not possible as a self-propelled model at all. Setting aside the question of how you would steer that fixed front wheel, and the arms being too much in the way to push properly, and the lack of wheel rims:

I think the balance is such that he could tip the chair back so could pivot on the two rear wheels if he needs a fast turn.

Otherwise it would depend on the degree of lateral friction the front wheel has, it may have a low friction level so can be moved from side to side easily, even without its own axle.

I may be missing my terminology here, but aren't those wheelrims there in the picture?

there's no wood in the world that could make a chair sturdy enough for that to work and yet light enough for it to be pushed by the wheels

Airbender isn't quite "our" world though, in terms of biology or botany, and given that it functions as the basis for a glider that Teo's father deisgned for him, it is intended to be VERY light.

[feyandstrange]

I should have said "hand rims", sorry. (That phrase invariably makes me snicker and make bad anal sex jokes, however, so I avoid it.) Rims for a wheelchair user are not the same as the rim of the wheel - what he has there looks like it's effectively a metal tyre, whereas a wheelchair user generally prefers a "rim" that juts out from the wheel to use as a handle. Trying to turn a wheel by its tyres makes your hands dirtier and runs a lot more risk of injury.


See how this guy's hands are on a second metal rim outside the wheel and somewhat smaller than the tyre (which is gray here)?

[icon_uk]

Ah, gotcha, thanks!