>[!infobox|codex]   >![[Dynamene's Conquering-1789987347884.webp]] > >The naming of The Dynamene Amphitheatre > >|Date|2730 DE| >|-|-| >|Location|Dorone, Kerisis| # Dynamene's Conquering --- >[!card|fieldnote] > **Thyia Dynamene** was a well respected and fearsome warrior of her time, who was despised by the wealthy nobles as well as the Caesar himself, for openly disrespecting and discrediting the extreme class divide in Dorone. > > Thyia, despite many attempts on her life, had continued to inspire rebellion and usurpation of the republic and senators. What made Thyia the most radical in her political stance was that many called for change through political action in the system, while Thyia called for immediate, violent change, citing that only those with no heart could find themselves as senators, and those with no heart were not deserving of life. > > Thyia had slowly but reliably garnered devout and loyal followers to her beliefs, and would continually stage acts of violent rebellion that halted trade routes, kidnapped people close to senators, breaking into warehouses and illegally distributing stolen goods, food and wealth to the populace, and most prominent of her career, kidnapping of the **Leonidas**, son of the Caesar. > > **Prokopos Mariadis**, the Caesar at the time, received a demand for 30,000gp for his son returned alive, along with the release of many wrongfully imprisoned rebels from Dynamene's cause (including, at the time, Dyanmene's lover). The Caesar agreed, and the two both met at the court of the Caesar's palace, both heavily armed with warriors and guardsmen. Prokopos had the prisoners each bound and gagged by a different guard, and Thyia had his son bound in a similar fashion. > > One of Prokopos' guardsmen walked over to place the gold on the side of Thyia, who after having an ally verify the integrity of the coin, released Prokopos' son to run to his father. Thyia demanded the prisoners to be released, as per the deal. Prokopos, believing to have outsmarted Thyia, ordered the guardsmen to instead slaughter the prisoners, much to Thyia's horror. A battle broke out, with both sides taking many casualties, but Thyia and her army were forced to retreat. > > Thyia, overcome with grief, left the city of Dorone, much to the celebration of the republic and dismay and appal of the people. Thyia, who was inconsolable and unreasonable, packed the few things she had and walked out of the city, into the unforgiving dust storms of Kerisis, assumed dead there after by the people of Dorone. The nobles celebrated for 6 days and 6 nights, believing to be free of the 'she-demon', and used this as an opportunity to hammer into the people their misery and hopelessness. > > **Leonidas Mariadis** was angered by what Thyia had done to him and his father, and swore vengeance on her, believing her to be alive. He had trained for months following his kidnapping, and swore to his father and the court that he would hunt for Thyia, and would only return when he had her head. Despite his father's protests, Leonidas left Dorone with a few guards, and set out on a 5 month journey to find and kill Thyia Dynamene once and for all. > > After the 5 months, Leonidas had returned to Dorone alone, with a large burlap sack; large enough and heavy enough to contain a head. While the the city was sombre for death of Dyanamene, the nobles and senators celebrated Leonidas' return, and Prokopos ordered a large celebration and feast be held in the name of the man who slayed Thyia Dynemene, She-Demon of Dorone. The nobles threw flower petals in the streets, and he was delivered to the palace in a chariot and horse. > > Leonidas looked weathered and beaten, as he climbed the steps of the white palace. He held out the burlap sack, eager and waiting to present his gift to his father. Prokopos sat on his throne as he entered, overjoyed at the site of son. Leonidas kneeled down in front of Prokopos, and pulled out his own head out of the bag. The court was in horror, seeing Leonidas' head roll onto the floor, as in almost and instant, the illusion of the disguise melted away to reveal Thyia Dynamene, who in a swift motion, pulled out a second head out of the sack; the head of a severed snake. > > Thyia held up the snake head to Prokopos, whose eyes shone a blinding red light that filled the room, people on the most furthest outskirts of the room witnessed most of the senators, guardsman, and even the Caesar, become eternally frozen in pure terror as they quickly turned to stone. Thyia stood amongst the statues, and placed the snake back into the bag. The people of Dorone cheered at the sight of their new Caeser, and the death of their former, miserable lives. > > Thyia Dynamene and ordered construction of the colosseum, that was soon after name **The Dynamene Amphitheatre**, where each new Caesar would be chosen based off of their strength and battle smarts, and not their wealth. > > Quickly after, Thyia had ordered a construction of a weapon; a magical shield, depicting a woman's head with multiple snakes that protruded from her head. In the slots where her eyes would be, blind dwarves forged in the eyes of the snake, making Thyia a lethal weapon that could kill a man just from looking her. On the completion of the weapon, Thyia had packed the few small things that she had, and stepped down as Caesar, proclaiming a warrior with a powerful weapon should not merely sit around, and should instead use it to change the world. She had promptly left, never to been seen or heard from again.