Etheria Butterfly

Her Majesty, Queen Etheria, Head of House Butterfly, Queen of the Mewmans, Sovereign of the Butterfly Queendom and the Groundlands, Lady of the Mewnians and the First Settlers and monsters. Protector of the Realm

### Title

- Her Highness, Princess Etheria Vallumina Normanda, of House Butterfly (220 A.M. - 234 A.M.)
- Her Royal Highness, Royal Princess Etheria Vallumina Normanda, of House Butterfly (234 A.M. - 236 A.M.)

- Her Royal Highness, Royal Princess Dame Etheria Vallumina Normanda, of House Butterfly (236 A.M. - 244 A.M.)

- Her Majesty, Queen Etheria, Head of House Butterfly, Queen of the Mewmans, Sovereign of the Butterfly Queendom and the Groundlands, lady of the Mewnians and the First Settlers and monsters. Protector of the Realm (244 A.M. - 267 A.M.)

### Occupation

Queen of the Butterfly Queendom
Predecessor - Asteria Butterfly

Successor - Skywynne Butterfly

### Family

Asteria Butterfly (Mother)
Orion Firefly (Father)

Germain Fields (Husband)

Skywynne Butterfly (Daughter)

Noturna Butterfly (Daughter)

### House

House Butterfly

*"The sweet princess trained for queen and knight,*

*decreed that henceforth her family would learn to fight".*

Etheria Butterfly was the 11th Queen of the Butterfly Queendom. She is best known for being the first of the great warrior queens. Etheria also is known for battling against the septarian monsters and being part of the the Butterfly-Lupus War.

### Early Life

Etheria Vallumina Normanda Butterfly was born 220 A.M. to Queen Asteria Butterfly and King Consort Orion Firefly on a bright afternoon, thus making her a day queen, the second one since the Queendomsc inception, the last being her great-great-great-great-great grandmother Queen Hemera Butterfly the builder. She possessed lavender hair and dark purple eyes, she also had purple fleur-de-lis on her cheeks. She was also the first queen to possess a rare condition Magical Polidermatoglyphia, which leads to extra marks on the body. For her they were situated on her chest.  Although her title of the knight suggests otherwise, she was one of the most feminine queens to sit on the throne. She was the owner of a sweet and delicate voice. She was an intelligent and educated girl who always cared about her appearance and loved playing with her dolls and knitting. 225 A.M. a group of children were kidnapped but thanks to an ear infection she was spared. At a young age of 7, Etheria was able to read being fluent in both Low Mewnian

   as well as High Mewnian. When she was learning those languages she discovered stories about knights of the Queendom. 228 A.M. Etheria asked her mother Asteria to be trained as a knight. To Etheria’s surprise Asteria said yes however warning her “I'm doing something for you at your request. You’ll have to do something for me when i ask.” Her training was led by Sir Berry, a veteran of the Second Mud Dweller Rebellion. However the princess was not his only squire, he had 8 others. The training was nothing that she imagined. During a fencing training area was struck on the nose by Germain Fields with a wooden sword the princess blood to the castle crying with her bloody nose fortunately it was nothing serious and returned to training the next day. Asteria didn’t forbid her from returning because Orion convinced her that Etheria would be a great warrior queen. The training of knighthood was not just fencing. She also had to learn riding, archery, swimming  and Mewnian fighting. Etheria was also initiated in the study of the principles and morals of Celestialism. During those years Etheria developed a close friendship with Sir Berry’s squires. Eagle Redbird was a cold, pragmatic boy but fair, confident and proactive boy. To this day it's debated whether Etheria saw him as more than a friend, however there was no evidence.  Tirren Waterson was described as a funny and faithful boy who learned fast and was praised for his

   speed and unpredictability. Emerald Stone was a boy of honor who always kept his word. He was recognized as the most skillful among them and was the protector of his younger twin sister Amber, a short girl who had a strong temperament who didn’t like the label feminine, she had a strong friendship with Etheria. Lily Flowers was a sweet, delicate and who was considered beautiful. She was extremely agile in combat and an excellent rider. Linden Forest , one of the children rescued by Asteria, she was loyal and Etheria told her all her secrets. Gerold Berry, nephew of Sir Berry, was a tall kid for his age. He had a special relationship with Amber, which he liked to annoy and call her small amber, though he was polite. Etheria’s relationship with the other children didn’t carry with Germain Fields. They strongly didn’t get along, and they had an unhealthy rivalry, since when he hit her with his wooden sword. Etheria got back on him by deliberately hitting him with the sword on his head. To avoid conflict, Sir Berry forbade them to train with one another. On her 10th birthday Etheria had her Lonely Star Ball, where she would choose her dance partner as tradition said, however Asteria decided she would choose for her daughter and she forced her to dance with her future husband. However at this time Etheria didn’t know she was engaged. Etheria was disgusted by her having to dance with Germain. Like a lady Etheria entered the ballroom with Germain and danced with her tormentor though without losing her sweet look and smile. While regular people saw a young couple in love, their friends feared that a fight between them would erupt in the middle of the hall, which fortunately didn’t happen. In her diary Etheria commented on her dance partner. “Although he mocks and annoys me all the time, he's a lousy dancer. He was clumsy, he stepped on the hem of my dress and my feet all the time. He didn’t even know where to put his hands, sometimes too high on my back, sometimes too low. Being so close to him made me sick. After the ball Etheria went to question her mother about it and eventually discovered that she was engaged to Germain. Despite her shock, Etheria maintained her composure, smiling at her mother and saying “I'll do it willingly if it be your wish.” Even after being alone Etheria cried like a well

   behaved lady, sitting on her bed, her hands on her lap and her spine erect, wiping her tears with a handkerchief at the end of the bed. Her mother had done her a favor two years ago, and Etheria felt compelled to compensate her. From that day on Etheria and Germain went to attend together any type of important event. At a ball 232 A.M. Etheria was dancing with him when he kissed her, clearly intending on provoking her. Etheria punched Germain in the face, making the music stop immediately and everyone in the room to look at them. Etheria resumed her pose, apologized for what had happened and asked for the party to continue and left smiling, claiming to be tired. Amber Stone reports that they would find Etheria rubbing her tongue in the water of the pig-goats- minutes later. She would walk with a dagger hidden in her dress from then on. 234 A.M. she inherited the Royal Magic Wand at 14. The appearance of the relic drew attention by the purple and the wings of fireflies. She came to be seen more like the king's daughter which caused fun jealous cries from Asteria. Every time someone mentioned the similarities of the princess and her father Orion, Asteria pulled her close and listed everything that her and her daughter had in common which made her uncomfortable at times. Etheria’s magical abilities were already formidable in the first weeks of practice. She had no difficulty in performing basic magic and was able to make the spells of her ancestors perfectly. She was also the first princess to make some change in the appearance of the wand by magically adding non-slip around the handle. Etheria even taught Linden, Amber and Lily, but not enough to make them powerful than other Mewmans. 235 A.M. a tournament happened. Etheria and Germain began a discussion about who was stronger and faster. Etheria suggested a run up a nearby hill by Germain sneered that he would beat her with a banner on his back. Etheria accepted the challenge and detached a banner of her family from the ground and ran up the hill with Germain following her. The scene of two children running up a hill as they attempted to kill themselves with flags drew the attention of the nobles who passed by. Soon they also took up their banners and ran to the hill. Neither Germain nor Etheria came out victorious that day but ended up creating the game of Flags, which is played to this day. Weeks later Etheria lost her grandmother Festivia. While the Queendom was already sleeping, Etheria went to mourn her death alone in the abandoned stables, when she was surprised by a dragonette, which she had seen only once when she was a child. Being a mild species of herbivorous habit, the dragonette didn’t harm the princess. It just wiped a tear from Etheria’s eyes and rested its head on her lap. Etheria spent minutes petting her new friend, who she didn’t know if she called him or her because the dragonettes don't have genders. Etheria would visit the dragonettes whenever possible and over time developed a strong bond with them. 236 A.M. on an afternoon, Etheria watched her friends consecrated knights by Sir Berry. Although happy for her friends she was saddened she was not made a knight. Acting like the lady she returned to the castle. When she met her mother in the throne wrong she personally knighted her “Dame Etheria, of House Butterfly, Knight of the Butterfly Queendom.” Etheria wept for this first breaking her lady likeness not being because of Germain. When they were 16 Etheria and Germain stopped their taunts and mockings of each other, though not due to respect but them maturing. Etheria participated in 3 tournaments, being the champion in jousting and fencing for three years. In 240 Etheria noted the absence of House Silvan from the Spring Tournament. She discovered this was because of the Dracoball Interdimensional Cup. Etheria would fall grow to largely enjoy the sport. Etheria requested Asteria to charter a Dracoball team for the Queendom which she did. Etheria was made team captain and would appoint the Queensguard as the players. For the first 2 years they would only learn the sport and how to tame dragons. Asteria ordered Etheria from competing in any more competition, due to no knight in the Queendom would risk hurting their future queen. She obeyed her mother. 244 A.M. Queen Asteria died, and in her last words she reinforced her love for Etheria and told her she would be happy with Germain. After the royal two weeks mourning, on one night she provided that unexpected visit of Germain, the details of this conversation are unknown. On the night before her coronation, a group of monsters raided her bedroom, the queen's cry made all the knights through the castle, Orion and Quartz rush to her room. When they got there they found the body of the monsters torn apart, and Etheria sowing a cut on her thigh. The attack worried Orion and Quartz both asking her to be protected by a personal guard. Although she guaranteed she was able to defend herself. The words of Quartz made her do this “I've already lost two of the loves of my life, don't let me lose the last I've left.”

### Reign as Queen

She was crowned days later at the age of 24, her first royal act was to establish a royal guard with the official title of Queensguard. Etheria’s choice in members were the friends she trained with. What came as a surprise were her words “I don’t want you to protect me, I want you to fight with me.”  The marriage came 3 weeks later, and on her wedding night she was attacked by a group of monsters. Her and Germain killed one and that guards surrounded the other. Etheria allowed the other to go and sent scouts to follow him. The reason for this was she believed the two consecutive attacks meant the monsters were close. The scouts were led by her uncle Harvest Butterfly. They followed the monster to a large monster camp in the east. The scouts were discord and only two returned back to the Queendom, excluding her uncle. One of the survivors told Etheria “He was killed by a large creature that wouldn't die.” The death of her uncle and the two assassination made the monsters enemies of the country and queen, and pressured her to bring this two the battle fields. Etheria replied to this pressure by saying “My mother once told me a wise queen never seeks war but must always be ready for it.” Despite requests from her father and grandfather Etheria refused “I will not have 10,000 lives be sacrificed while I have 5 o-clock tea on the porch.”  This was the start of the Etherian Monster Conflict. The night before the departure for the battles, Etheria found it difficult to sleep and Germain noticed. He asked her if she was scared after he saw her hand shaking, not lying she admitted and he said that was good. “It means you're not stupid and you know what you’re doing.” In the conversation Germain admitted that he provoked and mistreated her because he reminded him of his dead sister Alemannia. “A flawed imperfect copy of my sister.” sent by the Goddess. And that if he forgot his sister he would be none of this, and he would stop provoking. That night changed the way Etheria saw Germain.

    The Butterfly army left the Queendom the next morning. With the vanguard being led by Quartz and Lord Waterson. With a much larger army led by Etheria and Orion, who told his daughter not to depart from the royal royal guard. The battle occurred when the front army encountered the monsters and then the larger army surprised them. During one point in the battle Etheria was torn away from her guard and she witnessed her grandfather Quartz being killed by a septarian, one the many species of monsters, known for having regenerative properties, also known for being invincible. She faced the septarian with her magic and her fighting, but no matter how many spells or swords she threw at him he was able to overcome, only being saved by Orion. However Orion was ultimately beheaded by the same septarian that killed her grandfather. Reports what happened next split but consensus says Etheria would have shouted and a light as bright as the sun emanated from  her body and the light crackled the grass. Etheria transformed into her butterfly form and created a blade of pure magic with her wand and plunged it into the heart of the septarian. He fell lifeless on the ground. This is known as the lightbringer spell and is the only known way to kill a septarian. With the destruction of the septarians, the monster army became destabilized and fled. The end came when Dame Lily Flowers killed the monster king. The end of the war was quiet. Sir Gerry founded House Loveberry, Emerald became the wielder of the emerald sword, and Etheria joined the Magical High Commission. Etheria would become desperate for children during this time, spending much time starring at portraits of her ancestors and relatives. This only got more severe when Amber and Lily temporary left the Queensguard after they became pregnant. In 246 A.M. during the Queendom's Spring Tournament, Etheria would be, along with all those in attendence, presented with a show from the inter dimensional ballet group, The Smittens. Etheria's attention would be foucsed on the 20 year old preformer, with blond hair and pink eyes, with pink bunnies on her cheeks. This was Solena Wyvern, of House Wyvern, princess in the Wyvern Kingdom. She was a daughter of Etheria's aunt Hope Butterfly. Etheria would invite her cousin to a private dinner. During their conversation, Etheria would unintentionally comment on her difficulty getting pregnant. Solena told her the story of her grandparents, who had a forced marriage but how, after they had children they built a love. Solena Wyvern said "Children are the fruits of love, not obligation." This inspired Etheria to try to love Germain. They started doing things they had never done before in their relationship, talking, walking, dancing, and many other things. In a few months their relationship grew to being strong even so much saying Etheria had a lot in common. 247 A.M. After the match that ranked the Butterfly Dracoball team for the Interdimensional Cup, Etheria announced her pregnancy. Months later she gave birth to her heir Skywynne Butterfly, a girl with salmon hair and eyes from her father. This pregnancy prevented her from participating in the Interdimensional Cup, having Germain in her place. 3 years later she gave birth to her second daughter, Noturna Butterfly, a girl with purple hair and eyes with

    purple bats on her cheeks. 256 A.M. she put Skywynne to be trained with the Queensguard, and Noturna two years later. Etheria believed both her daughters should learn how to defend the Queendom themselves, not only that she believed all her descendants should learn. To ensure this she wrote a set of rules and principles that should be followed by the princess. This was known as the Etherian Code. To this day Skywynne is the only princess to comply with all ten. 258 A.M. Etheria arranged Skywynne’s marriage to Lily Flowers nephew Filbric Flowers. Unlike her mother Etheria told Skywynne as soon as the marriage was decided. Four years later Etheria passed the wand to Skywynne. 266 A.M. disturbing news came from the north. Etheria received a letter from the self proclaimed Emperor Lupus, of the Lupus Kingdom who conquered most of the kingdoms in the region, known as the Lupus Campaign. The letter preached male supremacy and said they queens would be killed and their kingdoms conquered. Etheria answered the letters and said the Butterfly Queendom's castle walls would hold any attack, which was obviously a lie. Many including the king and the Queensguard thought she was playing with fire. However the queen had a plan. She joined 3,000 of the Queendom's best knights, 50 carts full of dry grass, and 8 dragonettes given to the Queendom for Hope Butterfly's hand in marriage and marched on Tooth Gorge, a mountain range on the only path that connected the north and south of the continent. The queen ordered the dry grass to be strategically placed along the entrance of the gorge and the Queen, King-Consort, and knights hid in the mountain. When the Lupus army passed through the queen ordered the dragonettes to be released, which had not been fed for days. Hungry, the dragons set fire to the grass, which burned the Lupus army alive. This became known as the Etherian Method, which to this day is the only way to effectively use dragonettes at war. The Lupus army was destroyed

    by more than 70 percent, and the rest were killed off by the Butterfly Army. Which caused the Butterfly Kingdom to easily win. Emperor Lupus and his 4 sons were executed by Queen Etheria herself. The battle became known as the Battle of the Gorge and Etheria became known as the protector of the south and liberator of the north. The only survivor was Emperor Lupus’s daughter, Princess Minerva. She appeared to be ill treated by her family. In order to seal a peace accord Minerva was forced to marry Prince Laurel, of the Laurel Kingdom, which had been conquered and destroyed by the Lupus Kingdom, and had become a hostage of the war. The peace and marriage ceremony took place 267 A.M. at the Laurel-Lupus kingdom in which only members of the diplomatic corps of the Butterfly Army, not the Queensguard and Etheira and Germain were present. Etheria sealed the peace treaty and there was peace, but not for long. At the end of the feast the music halted and now Queen Minerva jumped on the podium and announced “a wolf howls and the night falls.” No one understood until Etheria was stabbed in the back. Before Germain and the other knights could react, Lupus knights disguised as guests attacked. More than 60 people were murdered and King Laurel was taken hostage again. Etheria in her dying breaths asked Minerva why, and she told her she actually loved her family and they never abused her and told Etheria that she killed them. Etheria was killed with 3 stabs in the back, 2 in the chest and 2 in the stomach. This became known as the Lupus Massacre. Etheria’s body was sent back to the Butterfly Queendom 3 days later wrapped only in a white sheet. The death of the queen had great consequences, such as the disappearance of Noturna and the split of the Queensguard, due to them failing their duty to protect the queen. The second day queen, the last being Hemera, the most powerful queen up to this point, the second of the four great warrior queens, was dead. She was 47 and her reign was 23 years long, she was also the second queen murdered, the first being Queen Hemera Butterfly. She was buried in the crypts of the castle.

### Trivia

* Her and Germain's ratings were
	+ Romanticism- 2/5
	+ Companionship- 2/5
	+ Sensuality- 5/5

* Etheria was ashamed to sing in public, something sometimes required because she was already caught singing beautifully alone
* Her first kiss was with Eagle Redbird, her childhood crush that disappeared over time
* The boys didn't take her seriously due to her cute girly girl's voice, until the day she knocked them all down in training, earning from Amber the nickname *"Etheria Jerksbane"*
* During the period of her marriage when she tried to develop love with Germain and didn't get results, Etheria thought he might have mistresses
* Etheria discovered to be lactose intolerant at the age of 10
* St. Etheria's Day is celebrated as memorial day