Before she could make good her escape however, Penthesilea was set upon by the Norse Jarl Sigursen the Impaler, he who had led the raid to enslave her sisters. Her silent warriors slew the guards and they liberated their captured sisters. Penthesilea led a Warband on a night raid against the timber halls of the Norse settlement.
The Amazons were outraged by the oafish menfolk of the Norse settlement of Skeggi when they captured some Amazons in a raid planning to keep them as slaves. Penthesilea, Mark of the Serpent is known as one of the greatest Amazon warriors and is a legend amongst her people. ' I am the hunter and you are my prey.' - Penthesilea.