"You are goin' to meet my fist you overgrown catfish!"
From Sam's Journal: Nick's back from following a lead in Louisiana. I don't care for Louisiana because of a case Charlie and I did there . . . too many bad memories and too many unexplained answers - and that was the clue. Now if we can get Annie Christmas to help . . . and she doesn't trust outsiders.
A surprising figure and character included with Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze is the inclusion of Annie Christmas (also known as Flatboat Annie), a character in the folklore and tall tales of Louisiana. Annie is described as a 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, supernaturally strong African-American woman keelboat captain.
Annie Christmas is imposing in height with a 28mm Pulp Figures Chinese Warrior of comparison. There is no doubt that she is 7 feet tall on the tabletop!
Annie Christmas was one of the first original heroines in African American folklore. Her tales were a favorite of the enslaved and freemen African Americans in pre-Civil War Louisiana and along the Mississippi River. Like many tall tale characters, Annie Christmas defied social convention: Annie Christmas runs away to the frontier of the Mississippi River, where many tall tales find her, and where she challenges the male-dominated hierarchy to become a respectful keeler captain.
In fact, an important symbol of her power is her pearl necklace. Each pearl represents a paid tribute by one who challenged her authority and was bested. Her twelve sons become her crew, although she has no husband. As one son describes her, “Can’t tame Mam anymore than you can tame that Mississippi . . .
"Go git your own shrimp!"
Interesting background to the character, Neil, and I guess she will get extra dice or a similar mechanism in combat, to represent her superhuman size and strength!
ReplyDeleteThat she will! In the board game Unmatched she has some unique (fist pounding) skills and her sidekick is a cardshark and master of misdirection.
DeleteNot a woman to be messed with!! Great work on her, she looks great, nice miniature.
ReplyDeleteThat's for sure. We've been playing Unmatched: Tales to Amaze and was putting a pounding on the sinister Mothman until the Ant Queen started causing problems. Fortunately some allies helped.
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