Tamara

The Tamara, whose name means women of Tama, descend from the last Amazon garrison of the Mount Tama citadel. Ordered during the war to hold their post until relieved, they never were, and their honor forbids them to leave. Cut off for centuries, they keep the warrior-hunter customs of Hesperia in a matrilineal society devoted to combat, with many male slaves working step farms on the cliffs below. They remember that Okalo was once theirs and see it as their duty to restore Amazon rule once they are strong enough.

They differ from today's Hesperians in one respect: all are devoted to the Lotus cult, the lotus flower is central to every rite, and magic plays a far larger part in their lives than Hesperian Amazons, who think it unwomanly, would accept. Tall, blonde and dark-skinned, their hair is cropped to look like a lion's mane, and they dress in nothing but lionskins and bits of old armor.