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Red Sonja, formerly known as Sonjita, is a fictional comic book heroine.
Biography[]
Known as the "She-Devil with a Sword," Red Sonja is the greatest swordswoman of the Hyborean Age and more than a match for any man in combat.
Physical appearance[]
Red Sonja is tall with wavy long red hair. She is fit and athletic. Red Sonja is often in an armored bikini with tall knee-high boots and gloves.
Powers and abilities[]
- Athletic
- Stealth
- Tracking
- Weapon Master
Concept and creation[]
In the new Red Sonja series written by Gail Simone, the character's origin story was retold, removing both the rape and supernatural elements of her story.
In the reboot her original name is revealed as Sonjita rather than Sonja, and she was the daughter of the chief of a Hyrkanian village. The village was attacked by vicious raiders and Sonjita's family and the rest of the villagers were slaughtered, leaving Sonjita the lone survivor. But she was not caught or raped by the attackers, nor was she ever visited by the goddess Scathach. Instead, Sonjita escaped into the wild and relied on her own hunting skills to track down and kill the raiders one by one. She was then captured by slavers and forced to fight for her life in an arena for three years, through which she gained her unrivaled fighting skill and became known by her 'arena' name: "Red Sonja."
Personality[]
Wild-child, outlaw, mercenary, warrior, and, finally, queen. Red Sonja is intelligent, witty, and a master with a blade. A nomadic adventurer, she is on a mission to find and kill those responsible for the murder of her family.
Because this version of Sonja has taken no vow of celibacy, she is quite promiscuous, with her seemingly only standard being that any potential partner must be "limber." Otherwise, she seems to not be picky.
Trivia[]
- In Red Sonja: The Art of Blood and Fire issue #10, her vow of celibacy is lampshaded when she meets Osric "the Untouched", a swordsman who has taken the same vow, and Sonja remarks, "That is without question the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
Gallery[]
References[]
- ComicVine