Curia-DD

SCATHACH Scathach is, by quite a significant margin, the character most frequently requested for one of these whenever I open it up to suggestions. Whether it’s to do with her actual mythology, her connection to Cu Chulainn, her status as a hot teacher with vaguely milfy vibes, or the fact that she’s a rare example of a waifu who was a waifu before the Fate series latched onto her – and a pretty badass one, to boot – we can only speculate. Regardless, people have been asking for Scathach for quite a while, so here she is. The Myth Scathach is first mentioned in the Ulster Cycle of Celtic mythology, more specifically in Tochmarc Emire (‘The Wooing of Emer’), wherein Cu Chulainn, desperately trying to prove his worth to the father of Princess Emer, decides to go on a bunch of adventures. Part of this involves travelling to the Land of Shadows for training, and that’s where Scathach comes in. (note: some translations have her living in the Land of Shadows, some have her living