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Diana Prince

Wonder Woman

 

Diana of Themyscira
NAME90s (appears mid 20s-30s)
AGEshe/her
PRONOUNSDC Comics
CanonPre-52 (flexible)

Canon PointDiana Prince
Wonder Woman
AliasAmbassador (former)
Agent (former)
OccupationUnited Nations (former)
Department of Metahuman Affairs (former)
EmployerJustice League of America
AffiliationPrincess of Themyscira
Titleblue/black
Eyes/Hair6'/165lbs
Height/Weight
 

Appearance

LOVELY AS APHRODITE

Diana is tall and fair-skinned, with long, wavy, black hair and blue eyes (formerly gray, thanks to gaining Athena's sight). She has a muscular build and is generally considered to be stunningly beautiful.

She is most usually wearing her costume/armor, which consists of a red overbust corset-style top and blue star-spangled bikini briefs. More recent designs have replaced the bikini bottoms with a blue skirt of leather straps, more like the costume from her DCEU appearances.

The costume is accessorized with a golden, eagle-shaped breastplate and a golden girdle in the shape of a W. This design has been explained multiple ways, but the run I mostly draw her from had the girdle inspired by the w-shape of the constellation Cassiopeia.

There was a while where she wore pants, but that's better left to the mists of time.

Along with her costume, she wears red boots with a white stripe up the shins and a golden tiara. As Wonder Woman, she wears her hair long and loose.

Occasionally, Diana will wear gold full-body armor with an eagle-head open-faced helmet and large non-working golden wings. This is affectionately known in some circles as "the screaming chicken" armor.

When not in costume, Diana gravitates towards simple, comfortable clothing like blue jeans and white tank tops. As Agent Prince, she wears a white catsuit and pink-shaded glasses, and wears her hair up in a tight bun.

 

Powers

WISE AS ATHENA

"If you need to stop an asteroid, you call Superman. If you need to solve a mystery, you call Batman. But if you need to end a war, you call Wonder Woman." – Gail Simone

Super-Strength

Can go toe-to-toe with Superman. Once pulled the Earth back into orbit with her lasso. Do with that as you will.

Keen Senses

Although she lacks Superman's super-hearing, Diana's senses are shown to be far keener than that of a baseline human. During a run where she was blinded (WW #214, Rucka), she identified three other combatants in a fight by their scents and sounds.

Super-Speed

Diana was gifted with the speed of Hermes and can easily keep up with the Flash at his cruising speed. She has broken Mach 3 in flight.

Flight

Another trait from Hermes the Messenger. So why have the invisible jet? It's useful when she has passengers or needs to carry luggage.

Talks to animals

What it says on the tin. Full on Disney princess stuff. Diana can communicate with animals in any form and her presence alone can calm a raging beast. Relatedly, Diana is a vegetarian.

Compels truth

Even without the lasso, it is difficult-to-impossible to lie to Diana's face. (Like some of her other powers, this one comes and goes depending on the creative team.)

This may pose an almost irresistible challenge to characters who pride themselves on their ability to lie. TBH, that sounds like fun to thread out: go ahead and try it!

Superhuman Durability

Wildly variable in canon. In The Circle, Diana is mostly invulnerable to all but god-made weapons. In other books, bullets and edged weapons have been shown to harm her, though never severely. Has survived black holes and nuclear explosions. Whether she can be killed by conventional weapons is debatable.

 If she can't be harmed by conventional weapons, why bother deflecting bullets with her bracers? I hear you ask. To that I say: rule of cool. Also, Superman kind of has the whole 'letting bullets bounce off him' thing locked up.

Abilities/Equipment

FAST AS MERCURY

Combat

"If she let go with a tenth of her strength and skill, she'd knock me into Pluto." – Black Canary, Birds of Prey #68.

Diana is an Amazon. She grew up with a sword in her hand, learning the ways of war even as she was taught to champion peace. She is a master of hand-to-hand combat and skilled with various types of weaponry including: swordsmanship, axe-wielding, shield usage, archery, and lassoing. She most commonly uses her lasso or (occasionally) her tiara, which has sharpened edges and which she can throw like a boomerang.

Wisdom

Diana possesses the Wisdom of Athena (and also her sight... sometimes). She is a skilled tactician and strategist and also gives very good advice.

Multilingualism

Diana speaks her native Themysciran, Ancient and Modern Greek, English, French, Mandarin Chinese (she expressed "difficulty" with the tones of Cantonese during an interview with Lois Lane), Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Aviation

Not much use to having an invisible jet if you can't fly it.

Bracelets of Submission

Diana's gauntlets were formed from the remnants of Zeus's legendary Aegis shield, re-forged for her use by Hephaestus. Diana's superhuman reflexes enable her to use the gauntlets to easily deflect projectiles (such as bullets) and powerful energy blasts from beings such as Ares and Darkseid. She is even fast enough to protect herself from multi-vector attacks. At close-range the gauntlets block blades, weapons, and punches.

When crossed, the gauntlets generate a remnant of the Aegis itself, forming an impenetrable barrier just in front of them which allows Diana to protect herself and those behind her from area attacks. They are also capable of channeling Zeus' holy lightning when struck together.

Lasso of Truth

Her signature weapon. Anyone captured in the lasso is forced to truthfully answer any questions she asks. The lasso cannot be broken, snapped, or cut (usually! it definitely has been all of the above at one time or another). It can also be used to erase memories, heal the mentally ill (in some cases), lift mind control, revert a metaphysical change, and implant commands that must then be obeyed.

Like her other equipment, the lasso's provenance changes with the era, but are always of godly origins.

Pegasus

She occasionally rides around on a winged horse. Like you do. And yes, this is the Pegasus, the winged horse of myth, born from Medusa's blood after Diana chopped her head off (again).

Invisible Jet

It's a jet you can see through.

The origins of the jet vary from reboot to reboot: it was originally a normal (if invisible) plane, but later was retconned as a Lansinarian Morphing Disk, a semi-sentient piece of alien tech which could take any form Diana required. "Dome," as it was called, sacrificed itself to save thousands of humans from a tsunami. Now, as a lifeless husk of itself, it's stuck forever in the form of the invisible jet.

So, yes. Diana occasionally pilots the corpse of an alien being around. Comics!

Kane Milohai's Sea Shell

Granted when she pledged loyalty to Kane Milohai in order to save her mother Hippolyta. The shell floats in air and water, changes in size to accommodate the number of passengers, and can travel between dimensions/mystically inaccessible places.

Backstory

STRONG AS HERCULES

Born of clay and her mother's hope, Diana was the only child of the Amazons. Blessed with god-given strength and powers, she became the champion of the Amazons and won the right to bear their symbol, their shield, their sword, and the Golden Lasso, which compels those in its coils to speak truth.

When Steve Trevor crashed onto the shores of Themyscira, Diana returned with him to the world of men, where she fought by his side in the hopes of ending the Great War. (Or some variation on that theme; comics!) Now living in Man's World as a part of the Justice League, she continues to fight for those who cannot and to live by the values she holds most dear.

Since then, Diana has been a card-carrying member of the Justice League, a fast-food worker (ask her about Taco Whiz!), a UN ambassador, a published author, a secret agent, and a globally distrusted murderer. (Max Lord deserved it.)

"...completely maternal and caring, and all the best qualities a person could have… but I’ve seen her at WAR with an AXE in her hand. And that’s where the sweetness STOPS." – Black Canary, Birds of Prey #68

Diana is serious, but embraces joy. She knows that the world and this life are both full of as much beauty and wonder as pain and strife, and she endeavors to enjoy the former even as she wages war against the latter.

She has a gentle sense of humor, and an expansive, caring heart. Above all things, she cherishes honesty, steadfastness, courage, and empathy.

Canon point

The truth of you has never changed, Diana.

Diana is mostly pre52, with a smattering of DCEU. I generally pull her from The Circle by Gail Simone, or from Greg Rucka's post-crisis run, beginning with The Hiketeia.

I'm flexible with canon points! Want pre-crisis? New Earth? Want to pick things up right after (or even during) Blackest Night? I can even dabble in Rebirth, although I reserve the right to fully ignore Jason. I can even go with fully DCEU... as long as it's from the Wonder Woman movie. (I haven't watched any of the rest.)

 

 

Player.
Lorna

Timezone.
US EST/EDT

Played By.
Gal Gadot