First Teacher: Rebecca Horne

A lot of words have been used over the centuries to describe Amanda--vamp, temptress, siren, coquette, femme fatale, plus a bunch of other words you can't use in mixed company--but they all add up to "trouble." Born a pauper forced to steal to survive, she's turned the act of theft into her own sophisticated art form. For Amanda, stealing has evolved from an act of survival to almost an act of sensuality. Men are drawn like moths to her exquisite flame, knowing she's dangerous but unable to resist. She's not "evil" by any means, she's just developed her own (slightly skewed perhaps) morality and code of ethics. While there have been some stabilizing influences in her life--like her mentor Rebecca Horne and her on-again, off-again lover Duncan MacLeod--for the most part Amanda has had to survive on her own, using whatever weapons she could muster and there's no denying she's got some pretty formidable weapons.

Martin Matthews