The Acorn Princess (series)

The Acorn Princess is an upcoming animated YouTube series based off the animated short of the same name by Tough Nut Studios.
== Plot ==
The Acorn Princess follows the story of Cornelia, the elf princess of the Acorn Kingdom, along with her girlfriend Nutalia the Acorn Knight, and their friends, Prince Flower and his husband, Beetle the Shogun of the Beetle Kingdom as they help everyone in The Realm while foil the evil plans of Cornelia's stepmother, Rose Marie the Thorn Queen.
== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
==== Princess Cornelia ====
Cornelia is the Acorn Princess. She is an elf who is the heir to the throne of the Acorn Kingdom. She is the daughter of King Oak who loves her very much. However, she is despised and envied by her stepmother, Rose Marie because while Cornelia will become queen, Rose Marie's son and Cornelia's younger half-brother, Ash, will inherit nothing. Cornelia was originally engaged to Prince Flower the Flower Prince, however, they only saw each other as friends as Cornelia's heart truly belonged to the kingdom's top knight, Nutalia, just as Flower's heart belonged to Beetle. When they wedding changed to one for Flower and Beetle, Rose Marie was furious as this would mean that Cornelia would stay in the Acorn Kingdom and become queen. Cornelia is kind and caring, matched only by her bravery. She is a skilled sword fighter and archer. She is also very diplomatic and can calm any situation.
==== Nutalia ====
Nutalia is the Acorn Kingdom's guard captain, top knight, and bravest elf warrior. Nutalia has feeling for Cornelia which Cornelia returns. After Flower and Beetle got married, Nutalia and Cornelia started a romantic relationship with each other. Nutalia lives with her mother Greenie, her older sister Roota, and her younger twin brothers Moss and Gloss. Nutalia is a brave knight and very smart. She is a skilled fighter and very helpful no matter the situation.
==== Prince Flower ====
Flower is the Flower Prince. He is a flower fairy who is the heir to the Flower Kingdom and the husband of Shogun Beetle of the Beetle Kingdom whom the Flower Kingdom is normally enemies with due to the fact that some bugs eat flowers. Flower first met Beetle when Flower and some soldiers from the Flower Kingdom where patrolling the area between the Flower Kingdom and the Beetle Kingdom. Flower went on his own when he encountered Beetle who was just looking for a quiet place to read his book. At first, Flower drew his sword to attack, but he saw the book Beetle was reading and revealed that he likes the same book. It was then that Flower and Beetle realized that they have a lot in common. Since then, they have been best friends and finally, they developed romantic feeling for each other. But they had to keep it secret since their kingdoms are suppose to be enemies. Sometime later, Flower became engaged to Cornelia, but they only see each other as friends and that he wanted to marry Beetle. So he, Beetle, and even Cornelia came up with plan to stage a kidnapping of the bride and groom on their wedding day. The plan worked at first until King Oak shot an arrow at Beetle. When Beetle recovered, he and Flower got married. At first, Flower's parents were objective to their union, mainly because of their waring kingdoms and mainly due to the rebirthing life cycle of the flower fairy. When winter comes, Flower will die while Beetle goes into hibernation. When Beetle awakens, Flower will not be there for him because either Flower will remain dead or that he will have forgotten him when he is reborn. But after a while, they came to accept their son's marriage and welcomed Beetle like a son. Unfortunately, the same could not be said about Beetle's father, Pharaoh Kabuto. Flower is chivalrous and brave and very kind. He is a skilled fighter with a sword and martial arts. Like a lot of flower fairies, Flower is skilled with Flower Magic and can even make flowers appear in his hand.
==== Shogun Beetle ====
Beetle is the Shogun (that's what the prince is called in the Beetle Kingdom) of the Beetle Kingdom and Prince Flower's husband. He is a beetle-type insect fairy with the ability change between his humanoid bug appearance and a regular beetle. Beetle has always been a bit different from the rest of his tough law enforcing family. Beetle, despite his muscular frame and strength, has always been more interested in the arts, but it literature or otherwise. One day, his father, Pharaoh Kabuto, and Beetle's older brother, Emperor Steel (Emperor is the title for the crown prince and soon to be pharaoh in the Beetle Kingdom), were having a rough sword training in which Beetle was force to participate. When Beetle lost to Steel, his father yelled and shamed him saying that as the Shogun, he has no time to be weak and for other things and that his sole priority is to serving the Beetle Kingdom and his pharaoh. This made Beetle cry and fly off. He took his favorite book and took to a quite area to hopefully read in peace and forget the awful training. This was how he met Flower. They two have become friends and lovers ever since. However, they had to keep their relation secret. Eventually, Beetle and Flower were married which was accepted by everyone, even by the Flower King and Queen eventually. However, Pharaoh Kabuto was furious and degusted by their union. Especially when not too long after the marriage, Steel got sprayed and died. With that, Beetle has become Emperor Apparent and will become the Pharaoh of the Beetle Kingdom which means he can no longer be with Flower and must marry a princess or some other female royal in order to produce heirs to inherit the throne. But Beetle isn't going to let something like this ruin what he and Flower have. Beetle is brave, fun-loving, and a bit cocky. But deep down, he has a heart of gold and has a sensitive side. Despite this, Beetle is still a skilled fighter and a fantastic flyer. Like all insect fairies, Beetle can transform into a beetle and back again at will.
==== King Oak ====
Oak is the Acorn King. He is an elf who is the leader of the Acorn Kingdom and is Cornelia and Ash's father. Despite his tough but fair domineer, Oak is quite supportive and accepting. Cornelia was afraid that father would not accept her love for Nutalia and that she does not want to marry Flower. So she, Flower, and Beetle came up with a plan to escape the wedding. However, the plan went awry when King Oak fired an arrow at Beetle, nearly killing him. Fortunately, he survived and Cornelia finally told her father the truth. Knowing that his daughter has a true heart, he accepting that Cornelia loves another and allows Flower and Beetle to marry and even support his daughter's relationship with Nutalia. However, this angered his second wife, Queen Rose Marie. King Oak is a great leader and a great warrior as shown when he fired his arrow.
==== George "Georgie" ====
Georgie is Prince Flower's adopted human brother. When Georgie was born, he was kidnapped by some fairies and replaced with a changeling. Probably a good thing because right after the swap, a dragon attack Georgie's parents village and burned it to the ground. No one survived, not even Georgie's parents and the changeling. Since then, Georgie was taken in by the Royal Family of the Flower Kingdom. There, they raised him with all the love of any child. Georgie even grew really close to his older brother, Flower. Georgie was even the one who convinced Flower's parents to accept Flower's marriage to Beetle along with Cornelia and Nutalia. When Georgie discovered that a dragon was responsible for his human family's death, he swore to hunt it and slay it. It is later revealed that Georgie is actually Saint George, the knight who would fight the dragon and win. Georige is kind and generous. He is also very brave and believes in fairness for all. He even tried to establish a good relationship between the fairy kingdoms of Acorn, Flower, and Beetle with humankind, which is usually met with laughter and ridicule from the humans.
==== Queen Rose Marie ====
Rose Marie is the Thorn Queen and the main antagonist. She is a dark fairy who is King Oak's second wife, Cornelia's stepmother, and Ash's mother. Years ago, Rose Marie used to be a good butterfly fairy who used her magic to help others. But one night, a group of human cut down the forest that Rose Marie lived with her friends and family in order to build a village. Rose Marie was the only survivor. She was furious and demanded that the humans leave. But they just laughed and told her that this was not the fairies' land anymore and that it now belong to the race of man. Then they chased her off. Heartbroken over what had happen, Rose Marie came to hate humankind and her heart fell pray to darkness, turning her into a dark fairy and used her new found dark powers to get revenge on the human who destroyed her home by cursing them with a plague. Sometime later, Rose Marie married the Thorn King, leader of the guardian fairies. However, it turns out she tricked him into marrying her by giving him a love potion. When the Thorn King found out the truth, he confronted her. But he was too late and she killed him by firing an iron tipped arrow at him and convened everyone that the humans did it to expand their rule and power. This made the guardian fairies despise the humans as well. Some years later, she married King Oak. From the very first day, Rose Marie came to despise her new stepdaughter, Cornelia. When she gave birth to hers and Oak's son, Ash, she thought that he would inherit the throne. However, this would not happen as Cornelia is King Oak's oldest child. The only way Ash can become the next heir is for Cornelia to either marry into another royal family or die. This gave Rose Marie the idea to marry Cornelia off to their closest neighbors, the Flower Kingdom. Through this, Cornelia's claim to the throne would be forfeited, allowing Ash to become king, and form an alliance between the Acorn Kingdom and the Flower Kingdom. (Rose Marie hopes this alliance would give them a fighting chance against the humans.) So, she arranged a marriage between Cornelia and Flower. However, Cornelia, whose true love was Nutalia, did not marry Flower. When Rose Marie found this out, she was furious and now seeks revenge against Cornelia, hoping to either marry her off to another prince or kill her and allowing Ash to take the throne. Rose Marie, since that day human destroyed her home, hates all humans, believing that they only live for their selfishness and their vanity, destroying everything in their path to satisfy their never ending thirst for power. Now she seek only their destruction. She is also bitterly jealous of Cornelia as she will become queen and Ash would get nothing. Rose Marie is pretty much based on the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, complete with dark magic powers and even a magic mirror, however, she doesn't ask the mirror who's the fairest of them all, she asks it for advice on how to kill her stepdaughter and ask if she is dead yet. She is also based off of Queen Elinor from Brave.
==== Prince Ash ====
Ash is the Acorn/Thorn Prince and a secondary antagonist. He is a dark fairy/elf hybrid who is the son of King Oak and Rose Marie and the younger half-brother of Cornelia. Due to Cornelia being the oldest child, King Oak will pass the crown to her while Ash would get nothing which infuriates both Rose Marie and Ash. Like his mother, Ash, despite his handsome appearance, is cruel and wicked of heart and also despises humans. He is also quite spoiled and looks down on other, even going as far a calling Beetle "just another bug waiting to be under some human's boot". He always hosts parties in his private mansion his mother bought for him for his 116th birthday (sorry, I don't know the characters actual age, I'm going to assume that some of them have been around for a long time). There, he would always have everyone wear masks so there would be no judging of the outrageousness and profanity they do, including drinking wildly, perverted acts, and even wrecking things. But Ash's most favorite thing about his parties is the entertainment, be it humiliating someone he doesn't like (he has yet to do this to Cornelia or her friends) or, the most cruelest thing of all... torturing humans that he had kidnapped in the woods near the kingdom which is usually broken up by Cornelia or Oak. Also like his mother, Ash is a master of dark fairy magic. He is also a skilled sword fighter.
=== Supporting Characters ===
==== Aracnia ====
Aracnia the Spider Witch is spider who practices witchcraft. She used to be a High Onmyuoji of the Beetle Kingdom, but she was banished when it was remembered that spiders usually eat other insects got scared. Aracnia may appear to be this dark sorceress, but she is actually quite misunderstood as all she wanted to was to live peacefully. She sometimes helps Cornelia and her friends on their adventures. She is currently expecting her many children to hatch from their eggs and emerge from her egg sac. As a running gag, Aracnia always tells Cornelia and her friends that they should move to the city where her brother lives saying, "I don't see a future where none of you are rulers of your kingdoms rather than the ruler of your own lives." But they always refuse stating that the city, which is where the humans live, is dangerous.
==== The Flower King and the Flower King ====
The Flower King and Queen are Prince Flower's parents. They are the leaders of the Flower Kingdom, home of the flower fairies. They agreed to the arranged marriage of their son to Cornelia set up by Queen Rose Marie. However, Flower revealed that he actually loves Beetle and marries him as well. At first, the Flower King and Queen were against their son marrying the shogun of their kingdom's greatest enemy who are known to eat flowers and because of the flower fairy life cycle in which Flower will die when winter comes with a chance that when spring comes, he will either not return and remain dead or that he will be reborn but have forgotten about his life the previous year, including Beetle. However, Cornelia, Nutalia, and Georgie managed to convince them and they came to accept it when they saw how much they love each other and believe that maybe Flower, if he is reborn, will remember his love for Beetle. They believe that if this is true, then Flower might be the Fairy of Prophecy who would help unite all the kingdoms of the Realm. If so, Flower can use his new Royal Magic to make it so all flower fairies will no longer die when winter comes.
==== Pharaoh Kabuto ====
Kabuto is the Beetle Pharaoh. He is a beetle-type insect fairy and leader of the Beetle Kingdom and Beetle and Steel's father. (Kabuto's wife and Beetle's mother died some years prior to the series.) Kabuto is known to be very conservative and refuses to change the ways of the kingdom, including the law that all marriages must be between a male and a female, and wanted his sons, Beetle and Steel, to do the same. Sometime prior, Kabuto named his oldest son, Steel, as Emperor (the title given to the Shogun who is next line for the throne in the Beetle Kingdom). For most of Beetle's life, Kabuto was always hard on his youngest son due to Beetle being much different than the rest of his family. After Steel got sprayed (a term used by all insect fairies for being sprayed with bug spray which, like regular insects, is lethal to insect fairies) by some humans, Pharaoh Kabuto named Beetle the new Emperor. However, because of this, Kabuto order his son to annul his marriage to Flower so he would marry a princess to be his queen and produce heirs. He also warns Beetle that if he doesn't, Kabuto's nephew and Beetle's cousin, Shogun General Armor, who is viscous tyrant who rules with an iron fist, will inherit the throne. And if that is not bad enough, Beetle would still have to be punished for breaking the marriage law. When Ravena the Raven Witch tried to take over the Beetle Kingdom and captured Kabuto, Beetle, along with Flower, Cornelia, Nutalia, and Georgie, fought her and rescued Kabuto. Kabuto was grateful, but he is still unsure about his son's decision about being Flower's husband. Whether or not he will come to accept Beetle for who he is remains unknown. Pharaoh Kabuto is brave, but a bit ruthless and completely set in his ways and wishes everyone to respect the old traditions and customs of the Beetle Kingdom. He is a skilled sword fighter, flyer, and martial artist. Like all insect fairies, he can transform into a regular insect and back again at will.
==== Rowan ====
Rowan is a forest nymph who is good friends of Cornelia and Nutalia. She is often the object of affection by both satyrs and even humans. However, Rowan actually has romantic feeling for Una, a river mermaid. However, Una's brother, Ubu, the leader of the river merfolk, had arranged for his sister to marry the leader of the lake merfolk to form an alliance against the humans who pollute and destroy their watery homes. Fortunately, Cornelia and Nutalia managed to help Rowan and Una come out to Ubu who accepted their relationship, but angered the lake merfolk leader which lead to him siding with Rose Marie. Rowan is a gentle nymph. Like all nymphs, Rowan can transform into a tree to escape.
==== Una ====
Una the River Merfolk Princess is a river mermaid who has deep feelings for Rowan. However, Una's brother, Ubu, the leader of the river merfolk, had arranged for her to marry the leader of the lake merfolk to form an alliance against the humans. Fortunately, Cornelia and Nutalia managed to help Una and Rowan come out to Ubu who accepted their relationship, but angered the lake merfolk leader which to him siding with Rose Marie. Una is kind and caring of other and very brave. Like all merfolk, Una can control water and can even gain human form when she is dry, but change back into a mermaid when she is wet.
==== Ubu ====
Ubu the King of the River Merfolk is a merman and Una's older brother. He arranged for his sister to marry the leader of the lake merfolk to form an alliance against the humans. Fortunately, Cornelia and Nutalia managed to help Una and Rowan come out to Ubu about their love for each other and he accepted it. However, this angered the leader of the lake merfolk and sided with Rose Marie in her plans to be rid of Cornelia. Ubu is brave and loyal, especially to his tribe. Like all merfolk, Ubu can control water and can even gain human form when he is dry, but change back into a merman when he is wet. He is also very strong from all the years of fighting humans and river monsters. Ubu also possesses and magic sword that can turn water into ice.
==== Lilianna ====
Lilianna is a human girl whose family is ridiculed by the other humans due to them believing that humans and all the magical creatures of the Realm can co-exist. Lilianna met and befriended Georgie, believing he was a regular human. When she found out he was the adopted son of the Flower King and Queen, she remained friends with him, hoping that this will helping achieve her family's dream. Lilianna is a sweet girl who loves all things and wishes only for there to be peace.
==== Mamaya ====
Mamaya is a human witch and a good friend of Aracnia the Spider Witch. When Rose Marie gave Cornelia a cursed necklace that made her break out into rashes, Aracnia suggested that she see her friend, Mamaya, since this curse was far too powerful for her to reverse. Mamaya told Nutalia, Flower, Beetle, and Georgie to find some ingredients to brew a potion that will reverse the curse. Fortunately, they succeed. Mamaya is a kindly old witch who is sweet and cannot stand how magic is abused, especially by Rose Marie. She mentions that she has a grandson who lives in the city.
==== Prince Aero ====
Aero is the Wind Prince. He is a wind sprite and one of the suitors chosen by Queen Rose Marie to marry Princess Cornelia after she didn't marry Prince Flower. Aero appears to be proud and arrogant, but he is actually quite nice and has a passion for fashion. He kept this passion a secret from his parents out of fear that they would not accept it. However, Cornelia convinces him that it's nothing to be ashamed of. Aero knew she was right and tells his parents a=that he doesn't want to marry Cornelia and pursue a career in fashion, even showing them his clothes. Surprisingly, they accepted their son's love for fashion and said they would support him. However, this angered Rose Marie. To punish him, she turned him into a rock troll since "nobody likes trolls because they are violent and stupid creatures. No one will ever buy your rags now." At the end of the first season, the curse is broken. Like all wind sprites, Aero uses Wind Magic which involves controlling the wind, flying at high speed, and becoming invisible.
==== Dragon ====
The dragon is a trinary antagonist. He is a fierce dragon who destroyed Georgie's village after he was replaced by a changeling. No one in the village survived, not even Georgie's real parents and the changeling. After Georgie learned of this, he swore to hunt down the dragon and slay him and avenge his parents and his village. This is actually the dragon Georgie will slay as the hero, Saint George.
==== King Robert of the Golden Kingdom ====
Robert is a human king whose kingdom has been at war with the Acorn Kingdom in order to expand his own. King Oak came to King Robert hoping to make peace and find a way for their people to live peacefully together. But King Robert just laughed saying, "I don't listen to the words of a puny little elf, even if he is a king like myself. You fairies had your chance, now it's man's turn to thrive." In Episode 11, King Robert's son, Prince Edward, was abducted by Prince Ash where Ash would torture him as part of the entertainment at one of his parties. Fortunately, he was rescued by Cornelia, Nutalia, Flower, Beetle, and Georgie. However, King Robert was furious, but was grateful for returning his son. However, he warned them that if this happens again, he will take it as the Acorn Kingdom's declaration of war on the Golden Kingdom. King Robert is prideful and vain. He deeply despises all magical creatures believing them to be freaks of nature that don't belong in the world of man. However, he has shown to care much about his son, Edward.
==== Prince Edward ====
Edward the Golden Prince is a human prince. He is the son of King Robert. Like his father, he has little love for magical creatures, but states that he can get along well with them if he wanted to. He was abducted by Cornelia's half-brother, Ash, and was tortured him as part of the entertainment at one of his parties. Fortunately, he was rescued by Cornelia, Nutalia, Flower, Beetle, and Georgie. However, King Robert was furious, but was grateful for returning his son. How Edward feeling about magical creatures now is unknown.
=== Minor Characters ===
==== Leafy ====
Leafy is the royal messenger to King Oak. He can be a bit flustered, but he means well.
==== Greenie, Roota, Moss, and Gloss ====
Greenie is Nutalia's mother, Roota is her older sister, and Moss and Gloss are her younger twin brothers. Greenie is an apothecary, Roota is Cornelia's lady-in-waiting, and Moss and Gloss are school students. They are a loving family and they love Nutalia are supportive of her when she came out to them about her feeling for Cornelia.
==== Emperor Steel ====
Steel was the Beetle Emperor, Beetle's older brother, and Pharaoh Kabuto's oldest son. He was a beetle-type insect fairy and hair to the throne of the Beetle Kingdom. Some time after Beetle and Flower got married, Steel got sprayed (a term used by insect fairies to say they got sprayed with bug spray which, like to regular insects, is leather to them). With Steel's death, Beetle was made the Emperor and would become the Pharaoh after Kabuto steps down. However, this means he would have to annul his marriage to Flower in order to take on a wife to produce heirs.
==== Shogun General Armor ====
General Armor is Beetle and Steel's cousin. He is also a minor antagonist. His father and Kabuto are brothers. General Armor is the Beetle Kingdom's top general who runs his armies like clockwork. However, he is hard-hearted and a bit ruthless. He's basically the classic stereotype of a power-hungry dictator or a set-in-his-ways general. After he failed to stop Ravena the Raven Witch from taking over the Beetle Kingdom (which was later saved by Beetle, Flower, Cornelia, Nutalia, and Georgie), he blamed Beetle for showing weakness. This lead General Armor to side with Rose Marie.
==== Ravena ====
Ravena the Raven Witch is a minor antagonist. She sought to take over the Beetle Kingdom with her army of Raven Guards (since beetles are consider a delicacy of most birds). They invaded the kingdom and captured Pharaoh Kabuto. Fortunately, she was defeated by Beetle, Flower, Cornelia, Nutalia, and Georgie. She later joins up with Rose Marie.
==== Prince Cedar, Prince Elm, and Prince Cypress ====
Prince Cedar, Prince Elm, and Prince Cypress are suitors chosen by Rose Marie to marry Cornelia. She rejected every one of them because she really loves Nutalia.
== Setting and Universe of The Acorn Princess ==
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