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The Hypothetical AU Meme: Take any one of the fandoms you know I write AND give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, etc.) or a time period (Ancient Rome, Renaissance England, etc). I will then explain what story from that fandom I would write for that AU.

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Birds of Prey in Three Kingdoms era China (If 3K China is too obscure, change for an AU with Vikings.)

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Throughout history, there have been women persecuted for their power. Call them metahumans. Call them witches. Hated and feared by a superstitous world, they disguise themselves to do what they know what in their heart is right. Defend against Viking aggression. Protect the defenseless.

Barbara of Gordon wasn't one of them. She was a baron's daughter, beloved by her people, due to be married to one of Ser Bruce's squires. Then the Vikings came. They razed her town, killed her father, left her for dead. A witch nursed her back to health. Taught her to scry. Taught her to use birds to pass along messages. With a power passed along since the oracles of ancient Greece, she sees the Viking attacks before they happen and summons secret heroines to defend her people.

Dinah, who traveled to the Orient following Marco Polo's path to learn the martial arts. Helena, Barbara's contact in a Sicilian secret society dedicated to robbing from the rich to give to the poor. Barda, an escapee from Baba Yagi's orphanage. Cissie, an archer seeking her father, a wandering adventurer who sired many children across Europe and left each of them a green-quilled arrow. They know each other only by the birthmark that reveals their extreme power. A birthmark in the shape of a bird of prey.