They said she was a merciless trickster, a quick shooter and an easy lover. A ruthless liar, a peerless scout, a sharp joker. An unscrupulous warrior, a matchless hunter and a prize athlete.
At the battle of Sandy Hills she turned the superior forces of the Confederacy around by convincing their vanguard that their own rearguard was attacking them. She beat Grandmaster player Javier Three-Fingers at chess while nursing a hangover from a three-day drinking binge. She negotiated the safe passage of a trade caravan through the lands of the Kee using a series of improvised hand gestures because she didn’t speak a word of their language.
She did not just go where none had gone before, but trod paths in ways none had done before. Her legend does not just lie in her deeds, but also the challenge she invites for others to not just follow, but to exceed in spite of exceptional difficulty.
Paddy Dobson
15th November 2020