Eunuch
Eunuch was a possible status of a human male's biological sex. (GAME: "Non-Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedpart":"Non-Player Characters","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"}) Eunuchs had a special, if subordinate, position in many societies throughout history. (GAME: The Legions of Death [+]Loading...["The Legions of Death (game)"], PROSE: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)"], etc.)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Posides was a eunuch freedman who was one of Emperor of Rome Claudius's chief advisors by the time of the 43 AD Roman conquest of Britain. He had a high-pitched voice. (GAME: The Legions of Death [+]Loading...["The Legions of Death (game)"])
In 493 Italy, eunuchs protected royal families. They didn't treat "hostage" Rithros too badly, so long as he didn't get in trouble with the royal kids. (PROSE: Goths and Robbers [+]Loading...["Goths and Robbers"]) According to Alee Sheyr as quoted in the Ancient Arabian Tales, those who had palaces owned eunuchs. (PROSE: The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)"]) Robert Hay had eunuchs who would obey him in everything, including in attacking Vicki Pallister to get information on the First Doctor. These were particularly strong; she couldn't even struggle. (PROSE: The Plotters [+]Loading...["The Plotters (novel)"])
In 451 Gaul, Attila the Hun assumed that Ryan Sinclair was the eunuch escort of Yasmin Khan, as he had no scars from fighting. (PROSE: Combat Magicks [+]Loading...["Combat Magicks (novel)"])
When the Eleventh Doctor showed an inspector in Venice his psychic paper, it called Rory Williams the eunuch of "Your Holiness" the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond. (TV: The Vampires of Venice [+]Loading...["The Vampires of Venice (TV story)"])
The Emperor once planned to make Fitz Kreiner a eunuch, to keep him safe while watching over Anji Kapoor. Before Fitz could protest, he was gagged. (PROSE: The Slow Empire [+]Loading...["The Slow Empire (novel)"])
While Max Bishop always wanted to play a "ruler of some foreign land" in dress-up games, his brother Ted was content playing a eunuch. (PROSE: Last of the Gaderene [+]Loading...["Last of the Gaderene (novel)"])
Eunuch was often used as a derogatory name to taunt others. (PROSE: The Dead Men Diaries [+]Loading...["The Dead Men Diaries (short story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Although the term "eunuch" has never been formally defined in a DWU source, The Legions of Death [+]Loading...["The Legions of Death (game)"] came closest in listing Posides's sex as "male eunuch" in his character profile rather than simply "male".
