Princess Frog

Princess Frog is one of the five Demonic Princesses featured in Black Souls I, as a minor antagonist. She rules over her section of the Lost Empire, Tainted Bog, and, because of her role, blocks entry into the Inner Lost Empire. Her name is loosely derived from a fairytale written by the Brothers Grimm, "The Frog Prince." Her death or the formation of a covenant with her is required to confront Cinderella. 
== Appearance ==
Princess Frog has the appearance of an ordinary girl, with dark green eyes, fair skin, and short green hair that stops just short from her chin. Her bangs split in an upside down V shape, and hover just above her eyes, and her tongue is always sticking slightly out of her mouth, seemingly out habit. Her clothing is made up of a red dress, with its bottom ending at her thighs. Its top half is concealed by a short green cloak, with its hood having two wide eyes and black marks in between to simulate the face of a frog, and a pinkish-purple bow right under the left eye of the hood.
Her true form is the most simplistic out of the Demonic Princesses, but she instead interestingly adopts the appearance of a toad rather than a frog.
== Personality ==
Princess Frog at surface level appears dramatic yet simple, acting as a damsel in distress to passerby, notably men who she insists on calling her "princes." Her straightforward behavior when it comes to love is rooted in her thoughts tunnel visioning with the idea of having a prince; as a result, she seems to not be particular about men (or women, if they're wearing similarly colored clothingPrincess Frog Battle (Elma Summon) - Elma: "......Our clothes are same color." // Princess Frog: "Ribbit♡ Really the same! Let's kiss♪" // Elma: "Fuah!? That's a no......!"), sufficing if they are willing to call themselves by such a title and are also willing to kiss her, a deed that she expects to be done posthaste. 
Her defining quality as a Demonic Princess is her delusions of being under a curse that keeps her as a frog, and that it's something only a kiss can solve. Yet even after saying the curse has been lifted, no change occurs, physical or otherwise, even after Grimm does so. It's possible that Grimm may not even be the prince that she's searching for, or that her true curse is looking for a cure to something that doesn't even exist. Her proclamation as a frog may entirely be fake, but she's notably somewhat prideful of being one, taking offense to imitations of themPrincess Frog Battle (Miranda Summon) - Miranda: "Croooak-crooak......" // Princess Frog: "Trying to imitate a frog? You're completely hopeless, give up~! Ribbit-ribbit." // Miranda: ".........Kill." as well as becoming outraged at their bad treatment.Princess Frog Battle (Catherine Summon) - Catherine: "Frog...... Jeanne dislikes them. When she was a little girl other children pranked her a lot with frogs." // Princess Frog: "Yes, Frog~! Do you think it acceptable to use frogs in your games and pranks!?" // Catherine: "I, I'm sorry......" 
Despite the simplicity of her obsession, a part of her is encased in ambiguous sorrow, hidden away by her outward personality. However, she is far too self-aware when it comes to her emotions, especially in front of her loved ones, and thus her state of sadness never lasts for very long.Princess Frog (Post-Cinderella) - Princess Frog: "[...] No. It is not an illness...... Nor a curse. And yet my chest feels painfully tight... It's sorrow filling me...... [...] ......I'm sorry! I shouldn't show my prince this ugly face. It's alright, I'm fine already, so... so...... will you always be with me?"
== Biography ==
As she's based off of the original fairytale, her history prior to the game's events are likely similar, with some changes. A prince dropped his shoe into the Tainted Bog where Princess Frog has lived all of her life, and for an unspoken reason, kissed him, draining him of his souls and leading to his death. He was likely an actual prince that triggered her obsession, leading to the deaths of 344 unnamed people who also wandered into the Tainted Bog, and who may have also not have been princes at all. This however shows that her demeanor of wanting princes has always been something she's desired.
The remainder of Princess Frog's story is influenced by Grimm's actions, or lack thereof.
After inadvertently creating an entrance to the Tainted Bog and managing to overcome the poison that claims the area, Grimm finds Princess Frog at her throne to the easternmost part of the bog, with a concerning amount of skeletons surrounding her and a couple of frogs hopping nonchalantly. She herself idly croaks initially, but after recognizing Grimm's appearance immediately asks if he is a prince. Telling her "no" or simply responding by attempting to kill her will initiate a battle, and saying "yes" will produce a satisfied response from her, as she claims that she's been waiting for him for quite a while now. Killing her from this point on will always be an option.
She will claim that she's under a curse that requires her prince to kiss her on the lips, and without mention of a covenant invites Grimm to do so. He can choose to refuse, but the princess will usher him to hurry with his preparations. If Grimm decides to kiss her as requested, an H-Scene will trigger, and afterwards Princess Frog will proclaim that he solved her curse, but with nothing to back it up other than her word. Seeing as he's about to leave, she encourages him to come back, before marking him as her 346th prince. By this point, Grimm is now another step closer to entering the Inner Lost Empire.
After Cinderella's death, if Princess Frog is still alive, Grimm can revisit her in the same place, where she'll monologue about an unknown sorrow that isn't a curse, yet still puts strain on her chest. After some silence, she suddenly becomes shocked and jumps from her throne, apologizing for having been sad, before insisting that she's fine. As one final request that's more a question than a demand, she asks Grimm if he will stay with her forevermore.
== Relationships ==
=== Demonic Princesses ===
Her exact thoughts on her peers remains unknown, as she never directly brings them up in conversation, only debatably alluding to them after Cinderella's passing. However, based on Rapunzel and Little Mermaid's desires of wanting to talk to each other againRapunzel (Post-Cinderella) - Rapunzel: "The other princesses... how are they now...? I'm always here, at the top of the tower, what were they doing......? [...] I want to meet everyone...... I already hate to be alone......"Little Mermaid Dialogue (Post-Cinderella) - Little Mermaid: "Elder sister has four dear friends...♡ We're very close, like sisters, you see? We got separated now, so it's a bit lonely... But elder sister is always thinking about everyone...♡ It would be nice to chat like in the olden days, to talk about love…♡ It will be truly wonderful to meet again, someday, somewhere...♡", it's likely that Princess Frog's thoughts on them are close, but are mostly overridden by her obsession of wanting a prince.
For some unspoken reason or another, she, alongside the other Demonic Princesses, cannot find the time or place to speak to one another again.
=== Grimm ===
Her initial thoughts on Grimm stay constant throughout all of her conversations with him, namely as a person that she desires, even without calling himself a prince. During her H-Scene with the undead, she mentions that she's never felt so addicted with kissing as she does with Grimm, due to his circumstance as an undead and his inability to die even as his souls are sucked out of him. Because of this, out of all of the many princes that she's had in the past, it's likely she treasures Grimm the most.
She seems convinced that he doesn't want to see her sad, even without his input, and she tries her best to hide her inner sadness or at least the reasoning behind it with good results. If Grimm decides to kill her and succeeds, even without being in a covenant with her, she'll express her feeling of betrayal briefly, asking him why he wanted to kill her, before perishing. 
== Enemy ==
<tabber>
|-|Princess Frog=
* Accompanied by a Frog Sage and a Frog Soldier
* 50% chance to apply poison with any attack
* 50% chance to get a bonus action each turn
|-|Princess Frog (Phase 2)=
* Gets a bonus action each turn.
</tabber>
== Trivia ==
* As she's based off of her story counterpart, she shares similarities to the original fairytale:
** Instead of a Frog Prince, it's the Frog Princess. Notably, the human princess is also changed to be a prince.
** Akin to the human in the story, the prince also dropped something valuable that led to their meetings.
** Both frogs are under a curse of some sort.
*** Princess Frog's curse appears to be fabricated, and there is no mention as to the source of the curse at all.
***The cure in Black Souls's iteration adopts the modern version of needing to kiss the frog in order to break it, instead of throwing the frog at a wall in Grimm's original story.
**The royal servant here may take the form of Frog Heinrich, who is sitting motionless not too far from her throne, telling Grimm to "step lightly."
***However, forming a covenant with Princess Frog does not change his dialogue.
* She is the only Demonic Princess whose name is not directly taken from the main heroine in their original stories.
** She's also one of two that invites Grimm to a covenant, instead of the other way around.
* The immense number of skeletons strewn about her throne imply the fates of the other 345 "princes" who have already encountered the princess.
* Kissing Princess Frog will result in Grimm's loss of 30 in-game levels.
** This cannot go below level 1, and it's a viable strategy to not level Grimm at all until after forming a covenant with Princess Frog.
*One of the frogs near Princess Frog is named "Frog Heinrich". If Grimm has recruited Red Hood in the party, there will be an option to summon her, triggering a short conversation between the two of them, as well as granting Grimm 10 herbs.
*If Grimm is in a covenant with Princess Frog, some of the surrounding frogs' dialogue will change to accommodate for her prince being "found."
*Should Grimm successfully kill Princess Frog, the music that normally plays in her area will be silenced, and the frogs wandering around will disappear.
*Her true form is akin to a toad rather than a frog:
**Toads are identified by bumpy skin, a broad nose, and a squatting figure, which her form most closely represents. This likely is due to her delusions of wanting to be presented as a frog.
**Her fairytale denotes her as a toad, as well, leaving her identity as "princess frog" as false even without looking at the toad-like features.
*She's one of two demonic princesses that provides no comment on Snow White sending Black Trial members to them, the other being Cinderella.
**It's more than possible that she's mistaken them for princes rather than assassins.
== Gallery ==
File:Princess Frog in game.png|Princess Frog sprite, as seen in-game
File:Princess Frog Main.png|Cropped In-game art
== References ==
Category:Demonic Princesses
== Navigation ==
Category:Black Souls I Characters