Overqueen

Why they selected Boudicca (overqueen only by marriage) to lead them into battle, rather than either of Prasutagus' daughters, or any number of eligible paternally related kin, is lost in the mists of time.

"My Love, you are the Overqueen of Sarlon Kingdom. If you want your Queens to do something special, tell them you want it done. Even if they do it halfheartedly, they'll do it. Give it a month or two, after you've been in training that long and have gotten back some of your lost skills, then, with guards and some of your women riders, visit each of them and pun on a demonstration. But remember, Love, you're not sixteen any more. Neither are they. But do you what you do best. The bow, throwing a knife or a star, and actual hand to hand combat without weapons. You've been thinking of Cherry, haven't you?"

Then they didn't have the questions anymore. They knelt to the overqueen.