Cinderella

Cinderella is one of the five Demonic Princesses featured in Black Souls I, as a major antagonist and final boss of the base game. Her name is derived from the character of the same name in a fairytale named "Cinderella," particularly the version written by Charles Perrault. Her death is required to meet several endings, as well as complete the base game.
==Appearance==
Cinderella's appearance is older than the other princesses, barring Little Mermaid; she adopts the visage of a normal looking woman, with deep brown eyes, fair skin, and long gray hair that reaches to the midsection of her back; her fringe hovers just above her eyes, leaving them both visible. Her clothes are composed of a traditional white and light blue dress, its top starting above her bosom and its bottom ending near her feet right before it contacts the ground, alongside long sleeved gloves. A light blue cloth wraps snugly around her neck, and a jagged crown sits atop her head, testament to her status as the queen of the Lost Empire.
As her true form, she takes the appearance of an almost incomprehensible amalgamation, as a fusion of various concepts; sprouting from her body is a mass of tentacles, as well as two talons acting as arms, and similarly shaped hind legs, only one visible and unobscured by the mess surrounding her body. A singular wing pokes out from her back, and her head dons the visage of a horseshoe crab, with one large, pale yellow eye. 
==Personality==
Cinderella is a stern, straightforward, and unshakable force of will. She's straightforward with her goals, and never hides behind a mask. Her sense of duty is steadfast, upholding the belief that the ends justify the means, no matter how horrible or inhumane it appears to someone else. Her desire to change the world—more specifically, the status quo of the poor and the rich—stems from her past life prior to gaining power from the Fairy GodmotherLeaf dialogue - Fort Ivern (Four crystals activated), proving herself empathetic to the plights of others, particularly those in worse standings than the more fortunate. 
While noble, she's dogmatic in her thinking, enforcing what she thinks is the way to do things upon others without their input, and overlooks the current suffering of others for the betterment of the future. Those who would rebel against her rule, including Grimm and anyone else that he summons in his battle with her, is only an obstacle in this goal; any arguments or alternatives about how she does things is met with only a display of raw power, without a chance for diplomacy.
Despite her tyrannical and autocratic authority, she holds respect for those with physical and mental prowess, giving credit where credit is due and commending what others have achieved even if the individual is in opposition to her. Her admiration for such power can lead her to even recruit them, perhaps seeing it a shame to throw away a valuable asset that could be used to help her in her goals.Cinderella dialogue - Grimm lost battle
== Biography==
Her character's basis on her original counterpart indicates that her past is likely also similar. Prior to her status as a Demonic Princess and therefore also as the queen of the Lost Empire, she was only a normal girl until Leaf's mother granted her power that was meant only to last until midnight, but persisted past that time. 
Due to this newfound power, Cinderella took hold of the throne, with her pumpkin carriage inciting mass genocide across the Lost Empire, likely against those who were better off in life than others. Her influence caused the infamous fog to roll in the Lost Empire, causing those who came in contact with it to lose their souls and become a demonbeast. 
Leaf's mother would then leave the country as recompense for her actions, however leaving the problem of Cinderella's tyranny at hand. For the next 1810 or so years, the Lost Empire would continue to be under the influence of the fog, as well as Cinderella's rule. According to her fairytale and the musings of various other inhabitants, she would also personally invite women to the ball, taking their souls and transforming them into demonbeasts if they weren't already.
The remainder of Cinderella's story is influenced by Grimm's actions, or lack thereof.
After the Demonic Princesses have been neutralized, Grimm finds Cinderella on her throne, guarded by Knight of the Sun Apollo and Knight of the Wind Boreas. She's undeterred and unsurprised by their deaths once the undead dispatches them, only commending the progress that Grimm has made to get to her, while introducing herself and explaining her ideals of equalizing the world. She wonders if Grimm understands what she's saying, but he cannot vocalize his opinion, as Cinderella without prompt immediately initiates a fight.
Alternatively, Grimm can instead pose as Izu, her son, and allow for a covenant with Cinderella; this allows for her covenant to be fulfilled, as she offers it to what she believes is Izu, as well as behaving as if it were really her offspring standing before her. If the undead wishes to clear the fog, as well as achieve Ending C, however, Cinderella must perish.
Winning the battle, Cinderella fades away without another word, and Grimm can clear away the fog that condenses within her throne. If he defeats her while appearing as Izu, she'll realize that it wasn't her son at all, before requesting to the Master of Creation that she wishes to see them again.
==Relationships==
===Demonic Princesses===
Her direct thoughts on the rest of the Demonic Princesses are left mostly ambiguous, regardless of how Grimm dealt with them. Of all the princesses, she has no concerns about meeting up with them again; her feeling of duty when it comes to changing the world for the better overrides any desire to do so, and it's likely that she sees them in a more professional light than anything else.
She only mentions Little Mermaid, but only as an example of what Izu shouldn't do: drown in love.Cinderella dialogue - Battle won as Izu The princesses' flaws are evident to her, but despite knowing them quite well, not more of a word is said about them. Her personality may also play a role in this regard, perhaps seeing them as irrelevant now that they've been neutralized by Grimm.
===Wandering Knight Izu===
She harbors extreme and excessive care for her son, spoiling him and appearing more satisfied if Grimm, posing as Izu, comes back to her, as opposed to being angry due to his running away. She even goes on to offer the Izu-posing Grimm a covenant immediately, so that he can join her in changing the world, despite their familial ties as mother and son.
Her care has limits; if he decides to kill her instead of accepting the covenant, she retorts that he's no son of hers, before engaging in battle.
===Grimm===
She ultimately sees Grimm as an obstacle standing in the way of change for the better, but doesn't inherently hate him, even if he impersonates her son, which she perceives immediately, should he successfully defeat her in battle while posing as Izu. However, she still views him as an enemy, and doesn't entertain the idea of talking to him: she immediately initiates a fight without the option of a covenant.
Despite their opposing views, she's still rather allured by him, namely his determination and power. If the undead is defeated in the fight with her, she acknowledges his power and the effort it took to reach her, before giving him an offer to join her as her husband and confidant in her quest to change the world. 
==Enemy ==
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Category:Demonic Princesses
==Trivia ==
*As she's based off of her original counterpart, she also shares some similarities.
** Both were in lowly positions prior to the Fairy Godmother's interjection.
***However, while both spells were mentioned to end at midnight, this iteration's version failed to uphold that restriction.
**The context as to this version of Cinderella's status before receiving her power is up to speculation, and her stepmother, as well as her stepsisters, are not mentioned, if they exist at all.
**In addition to the pumpkin carriage and the glass slippers, this version also received power, physical and magical, from the Fairy Godmother, a supplement not included in the original tale.
**While no one truly knew the original counterpart's identity prior to putting on the glass slippers, this iteration seemingly had felt no need to conceal herself at all, perhaps symbolized by the shattering of the glass slippers.
*As this Cinderella's story is one of many fabricated by Mary Sue, Leaf's mother—rather than Mary Sue's mother, Shub-Niggurath—is nonexistent, as she is never seen in-game, and there are simply better explanations; due to the nature of Leaf as a goddess, it's more likely that the power given to Cinderella was granted by the fairy herself rather than her "mother," the latter only serving as an excuse for the "plot" of Mary Sue's game.
**Some fans insist that Shub-Niggurath did indeed give Cinderella her power, but due to contradictory ideas—such as the fact that someone else other than Mary Sue invited her into the former's garden, as well as Leaf's smug denial when Shub-Niggurath deems herself as her mother, as if still trying to keep the role of playing a simple fairy rather than as a goddessEnding D dialogue—this theory is not likely.
* If Grimm is in a covenant with Cinderella, the ambience in the area will become slightly higher pitched.
*After defeating Cinderella, should Grimm tell Leaf in the Holy Forest about Cinderella's passing, she'll laugh at the notion, before saying that it can't be true, since the fog hasn't cleared up. This respawns Cinderella at her throne, as if she had never perished at all.
** This is one of several hints as to Leaf's true identity as Mary Sue.
**Cinderella is therefore the only Demonic Princess that can be "revived;" once her peers are killed, they cannot come back until the next loop.
==Gallery==
File:Cinderella in game.png|Cinderella sprite, as seen in-game
File:Cinderella Dialogue.png|Cinderella's dialogue art
==References==
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Category:Black Souls I Characters