Editing Promethea (section)

===Promethea===
Promethea is a young girl whose father is killed by a Christian mob in [[Alexandria]] in 411 AD. After escaping the mob, alone in the desert she is taken in hand by the god [[Thoth]]-[[Hermes]], who tells her that if she goes with him/them into the Immateria, a plane of existence home to the imagination, she will no longer be just a little girl but a story living eternally. "Promethea" thereafter manifests through a series of individuals or vessels who have channeled her energy through the power of imagination.

Since the incident with the little girl in Alexandria, there have been eight known Promethea vessels. Six are characters in the story, the other two are told as two individuals, one Christian and one Muslim, who live during the [[Crusades]] and fight each other. As there should only ever be one active Promethea at any one moment in history, the fight causes Promethea great pain, something that is repeated when Stacia/Grace fights Sophie/Promethea. It could be argued that there is a ninth Promethea vessel – Stacia Vanderveer, but Stacia is only a vessel for Grace Brannagh, a dead woman who once herself was Promethea and not the original little girl.