Andromache the Scythian

Andromache the Scythian is a 6,700-year-old immortal warrior and a member of a group known as the Old Guard. She lived for millennia leading her people, warring with those who threatened them. She was even worshipped as a goddess until the loneliness of losing everyone she'd ever loved and being the only of her kind weighed too heavily on her. She left her home and wandered the world, eventually meeting Quynh, another despairing immortal. They became fast friends, fighting together, and later met another immortal called Lykon. It was Lykon who showed them that an immortal could die. Andy still doesn't know why it happened. Around the time of the First Crusade, Andromache found Nicky and Joe (Nicolo and Yusuf). They'd been foes in battle, killing each other. In a later dreadful incident, Quynh was lost to them. Much later, during the Napoleonic Wars, the remaining three found Booker (Sébastien Lelivre), who'd been hanged for desertion. The latest member of the Old Guard is Nile, a young US Marine killed in action in Afghanistan.

When immortality might drive some mad, centuries ago the Old Guard decided to help the helpless in the world, making an immortal life a life of purpose. Together, they have the family and friendship they've lost elsewhere.