She’s a racebent, genderbent version Nuada Airgetlamh (Nuada of the Silver Hand) from Irish mythology.
In the myth, he gets his arm chopped off in battle and because of ridiculous laws loses his right to be king, because he’s not “perfect.” What I like about the myth is that in order to become “perfect” again and take the throne back, all he has to do is wear a prosthetic. It doesn’t even have to be realistic looking (it’s made of silver, hence Nuada of the Silver Hand), he just has to have 4 limbs of some sort attached to his torso.
Also Irish myth is full of strong warriors; their war deity is a woman, and the greatest warrior in Irish myth, Scathach, is a woman. But Nuada is considered one of the greatest rulers of Irish history/legend. And I always wondered, since female warriors were a thing, why Nuada wasn’t a woman. So I made him one.
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