Snow White

Snow White is the main protagonist of Shiro Ari alongside Alice, and who's goal is to make Alice king of Mirror (although the reason why is unknown to her).

By the end of the series, it is implied that Snow White and Alice have mutual feelings for each other.

## Appearance

Snow White has white hair and red eyes (typical of an albino) which has landed her the reputation of a cursed child within the town that she lives in. Her predominant outfit normally consists of a hooded, brown overcoat with dangling straps layered over a green sweater-like shirt, on top of a short, wrapped skirt.

This outfit, however, isn't the only one she is seen in, as she has been seen in a white night gown and various others throughout the story.

Before Mirror brought Alice into his world to visit, Snow White had black hair and blue eyes, and was transformed into her current appearance only when she left (implied to have been the dimension's reversal affect reversing the color of her hair and eyes when she left the dimension)

## Personality

Snow White is a kindhearted and trusting individual, thinking about a person's positive points rather than their negative points, and believing that she can befriend people so long as she is kind to them. This naivety of hers has often led to her being called an idiot by Mirror.

Although she is often looked down (and befriends others) through her kindness, she does possess the capability to get annoyed or irritated when pushed, albeit rarely (this personality trait of hers is mostly seen around Alice, and rarely around anybody else).

Additionally, Snow White does hold a deep love for her mother- whom abused and verbally hurt Snow White for the majority of her life leading up to the events of the manga. Her love for her mother and having that dream of repairing their relationship shattered was what ultimately drove Snow White to committing suicide when told to. This action shows how, despite how Snow White acts, she is still a very fragile girl who yearns for the love of her mother till this day.

## Backstory

Born between an unnamed woman and count Phillip the Fourth, Snow White grew up in a lavish household while being doted on by her loving father and mother, growing up into a kind hearted young girl and mainly spent her time in the garden, playing with various animals for friends (until they were chased away by the Red King, on her father's orders).

Additionally, at some point, she had an interaction with the Red King and Crazy during her childhood, beyond her fenced garden.

Snow White's happy days were not meant to last, as her father died on an expedition at sea, leaving behind Alice and her mother. Yearning for the love of the only parent she had left, Snow White desperately tried to repair their broken relationship (to no avail). After a while of living with her, Snow White's mother told Snow White to retrieve the golden apple from the Zwerg forest, using Snow White's blind love for her in order to kill her.

Setting off for the forest, she stumbled upon a fainted Happy in the forest, and was then introduced to the Seven Dwarves- a dark organization implied to be participating in illegal activities while living in a lavish mansion in the forest. It was from then that Snow White formed close bonds with each of the people living in the mansion, who all volunteered to help her retrieve the golden apple that her mother instructed her to bring.

Coming to the conclusion that the potato (which was also called a golden apple) was the answer, Happy, albeit reluctantly, gave Snow White the needed potatoes to bring home to her mother. As Snow White returned home, she and her mother managed to repair their broken relationship after being moved by Snow White's efforts to reconcile with her, to which they hd a celebratory apple pie over.

This change in behavior by her mother, however, was only a ruse to frame Snow White for her poisoning, and to force her to kill herself with a poisoned apple for doing so. Revealing the fact that her mother never wanted to bear a child and only did so in order to win her father's heart, Snow White is confronted with the reality that her mother had never loved her, driving her to suicide by eating the poisoned apple in the storage room she was locked in.

Driven by remorse and grief, Mirror put Snow White's body in a sleep-like state, keeping her body from dying. With the prophecy that a kiss from a destined prince will be the thing to wake her up, Mirror took Snow White's spirit and put her into his dimension, Mirror, and instructed her to make Alice king- believing that he, through the dimension's reversal affect, will be the prince needed to wake Snow White up.

## Relationships

### Alice

Being the first person that she met in the world of Mirror (through falling onto him and accidentally kissing him), Alice and Snow White initially had a stormy relationship- with the gap between his inward and outward persona scaring Snow White, and with Snow White's actions being a source of constant annoyance for Alice.

As the series progresses, however, we see that Alice and Snow White start to warm up to each other- confiding in one another with things about themselves that they would normally be very reluctant to share with others (Alice's annoyance at the hypocrisy of his citizens once he lost his name, and Snow White with her forgotten past and stormy home life).

Their relationship eventually grows strong enough that they are capable of being their actual selves to one another, believing in them and helping each other become a better version of who they were before.

Additionally, throughout the entire series, we start to see glimpses of Alice's attraction towards Snow White- often being embarrassed and worried about her whilst also being annoyed by her ignorance of intimate actions meant to be reserved for a lover (all due to Mirror's actions). By the end of the series, it is implied that Snow White reciprocates these feelings.

### Dormouse

Although initially starting off under hostile terms (Dormouse being insanely jealous of Snow White's kiss with Alice despite her crush on him), Dormouse and Snow White slowly become steadfast friends with each other, despite both having no experience on how to be friends with the same gender, as they are each other's first female friend.

Throughout the series, Snow White calls Dormouse "Dormy" as an affectionate nickname for her, and Dormouse is willing to, more than once, fight for Snow White in order to keep her safe.

### The Dwarves

Although Snow White is oblivious to the type of work that the dwarves dabble themselves in, she still holds a lot of love and care for the dark organization members due to their willingness to help her with her task to bring back the golden apple for her mother. Snow White is also oblivious to most of the members' romantic feelings for her, with all of them attempting to express their feelings at some point for her (even going so far to believe that they could bypass the curse and be Snow White's destined 'prince,' even though that won't happen). Smart seems to be the only one uninterested in Snow White romantically.

In chapter 44, it is revealed that Crazy, alongside the Red King, met Snow White during their childhood as assassins turned bodyguards.

In chapter 55, Smart states that, although all of them harbor feelings for Snow White, only Happy, Grumpy, and Crazy seem to have full control over their emotions and seem to be the closest to Snow White (with Dopey, Elite, and Jealous being unable to hold their hostility against Snow White's destined prince, and therefore, being a liability to the plan)

### The Red King

During their childhood, the Red King was a former assassin turned bodyguard under the employment of Phillip the Fourth to protect and guard the estate and his daughter. Although put under the condition that he does not interact with Snow White in any shape or form, the Red King still found a particular fondness for Snow White, and developed a crush on her kindhearted and cheerful nature.

These feelings, despite it being years since their last meeting through the garden fences, never dwindled on the Red King's part. As the years passed and he was granted the power of a king, his feelings for Snow White was what ultimately led him to break Alice's ring and keep the kingdom in an eternal one-year stasis when he heard her wish for the world to be a static and peaceful place.

Throughout her stay in the palace, although the Red King treated Snow White with kindness and courtesy, he wasn't above using force in order to keep her with him, often tugging onto the chain attached to her collar like a pet, or hitting her in order to wake her up from a nightmare.

### Mirror

Initially under her father's employment as a magical being capable of creating dimensions and telling truth from lie, Mirror's incapability to understand humans was what initially annoyed him about Snow White and her altruistic actions. Despite his annoyance, however, Mirror cares for Snow White quite a bit; even willing to go to extreme lengths to keep her safe and happy, such as using the people of his dimension in order to save Snow White, stopping Snow White's body using magic to preserve it, and even killing her abusive mother.

As stated by Mirror before, he doesn't seem to be able to understand humans, nor is he willing to care for any of them outside of Snow White. Mirror's callous statements where he threatened to kill Snow White's tormentors (amongst others) have been a source of worry for Snow White, who doesn't wish for any of that.

Mirror is also the reason why Snow White is quite desensitized to physical touch and what would be considered strictly for lovers, frequently kissing her and the like. It is also heavily implied that he has unrequited romantic feelings for Snow White.

### March Hare & Mad Hatter

Being some of the first allies that she made in the kingdom of Mirror, Snow White has a fondness for March Hare and the Mad Hatter as her saviors and the first people to be kind to her in an unfamiliar environment. Snow White has mentioned how the Mad Hatter gives her a sense of security with how fatherly he seemed, while March Hare commented that Snow White felt like 'someone to be protected.'

### Unnamed Mother

Although initially a loving mother and daughter duo, this was none other than a ruse for Snow White's mother to win over her father's heart through his daughter, whom he loved and cared for a lot. When he died, however, their relationship took a turn for the worse as the mother's actions ended up being in vain, and she started to emotionally abuse Snow White instead; even trying to take murder her twice, once by luring her into the dangerous Zwerg forest, and another by enticing her into killing herself (succeeding in the second attempt)

Her animosity and actions, however, led to her own death by the hands of the Dwarves and Mirror as revenge for killing Snow White, though this knowledge was kept from Snow White.

### Phillip the Fourth

During her childhood, before his death, Snow White and Phillip's relationship was extremely close-knit; with Snow White genuinely loving her father and her father doting on her in return.

Phillip's love for his daughter combined with his cold and indifferent personality manifested as an overprotective desire to keep her safe, even hiring former assassins in order to keep her safe, kicking out said assassins when he caught wind of them just interacting with her once, ordering the Red King to kill a cat just because Snow White cared for it, and seeing Snow White's mother as nothing more than a person that gave him his daughter, neglecting her and treating her coldly outside of that.

## Trivia

* Snow White's original counterpart is, as expected, the original Snow White from the Grimm Brothers' stories
* Due to her death and the nature of her mother's request, Snow White hates apples to the point of fainting whenever she is given one (or whenever she is given something made from apples)
* For some inexplicable reason, Snow White attracts the animals around her. Often, this leads to the animals being the one to take revenge on her bullies, and in multiple situations, helps her or cheers her up in hard times
	+ This ability may be a reference to how the original Snow White was loved by the animals in the forest.