Queen Cynder Von Bohnenrotte

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**Queen Cynder Von Bohnenrotte** is the wife of King John Koopa VI, the King of the Koopa Kingdom during the late 15th century, and thus his Queen Consort, being one of the main characters in the *Wars of Frozen Flames* episode "The Feeble King". In contrast to John VI, Cynder is shown to be decisive, confident and quick to anger, and is very fond of executions, unlike her husband. As a result of their drastically different personalities, their marriage appears mostly loveless, as John VI is largely afraid of Cynder, while Cynder finds John VI to be cowardly and incapable of ruling the Koopa Kingdom. She greatly dislikes Lord Richard Koopa, viewing him as a threat to her husband's claim to the throne, often convincing her husband to keep Lord Richard away from governing the realm, and to appoint advisors loyal to her, such as Lord Sigmund Phoenix. She is based on Margaret of Anjou.

## History

### Backstory

Cynder was born in the Bohnenkraut Kingdom to Lord Rugar Von Bohnenrotte, the duke of Bohnenrotte, in the year 1450. While not much is known about her childhood, Cynder is implied to have had a negative relationship with her father throughout her life, as she describes him as "a bloody joke", implying Cynder had little love or respect for her father. At an unknown point in her life, probably sometime after she was married off to John, Lord Rugar was imprisoned in a foreign kingdom, causing his wife to assume power of the Duchy of Bohnenrotte. Cynder tells Sir Blayne Phoenix that her mother told her that it was her duty to make up for her father's failures, which would greatly influence Cynder's own actions later in life. Cynder states that she had a brother named Godwin, whom she named her son after and who she described as a "fearsome warrior", implying that Cynder admired him growing up. Cynder also talked about him in past tense, indicating that her brother died.

### Marriage to John Koopa VI

In the year 1468, an arranged marriage between Lady Cynder and King John Koopa VI was issued by Lord Alfred de la Korde and Lord Rugar Von Bohnenrotte, in return for Lord Rugar supporting John VI's claim as King of the Bohnenkraut Kingdom. Prior to the meeting, Lord Rugar had told Cynder that she would be marrying "the bravest, most strongest, most fearsome warrior on the entire continent", so Cynder tried to make a good first impression on John and his subordinates. In spite of Cynder's best efforts, John began crying and proceeded to throw a tantrum upon seeing her as she wasn't the bride he wanted to marry, tearfully claiming that "[he] wanted the blonde one." The marriage took place anyway, and Cynder was crowned Queen Consort of the Koopa Kingdom. Much to Cynder's disappointment however, the marriage and her life as queen turned out to be a disaster; John VI would often ignore her due to his childish distaste for women, and whenever Cynder told him to fulfill his duties as king, John VI would start crying and tell her not to yell at him. Her father also heavily failed to support the Koopa Kingdom during the Hundred & Eight Years War, and this combined with John VI's childish personality, and often being blamed for failing to give birth to an heir to the throne, as the son that she had with John, Prince Edrick Koopa, only lived for three days, and overall being subjected to racism for being beanish, made her greatly unpopular with the people of the Koopa Kingdom. She showed them no love in return, and ultimately became a much crueller person and queen, wishing to rule the realm with an iron fist.

Her unhappy marriage to John caused Cynder to look for the love he never gave her in other men. It's implied Cynder seduced many men who were part of the Royal Cabinet. Among these men was Sir Blayne Phoenix, the son of Lord Sigmund Phoenix, whom she fell in love with and started a secret relationship with behind John's back. However, it's shown that Blayne really didn't care about Cynder as much as she cared about him, and merely used her for his and his father's personal gain, convincing her of having John make his father King's Claw following Lord De La Korde's death at the hands of Anarchists, thus avoiding punishment for deserting his troops and causing their deaths in battle, and appointing himself as Captain of Karhar City in the Bohnenkraut Kingdom.

### Wars of Frozen Flames

#### The Feeble King

##### Part I

In the year 1475, numerous Anarchist Revolts of peasants had broken out in the Koopa Kingdom due to the realm being on the brink of belligerent and economical disaster, to which Cynder had suggested executing the Anarchists due to them having done the same to numerous other members of the nobility, which she later does in spite of King John promising them mercy. At that moment, Lord Richard Koopa, Duke of Sherbet Land, arrives at the castle and offers to take up the position of King's Claw following the murder of Lord Alfred De la Korde at the hands of anarchists, but Cynder tells him that they had already chosen Lord Sigmund to fulfill that position.

Later on Cynder and Blayne had shared an intimate moment together, from which she may have laid an egg in the middle of the night as a result. Cynder passed off the egg as her and John's child when in reality, Blayne was likely the father. To celebrate this, Cynder organised a Loveday feast to inform the various noble houses of the event, but mainly to mock Lord Richard over him no longer being the heir to the throne, which almost resulted in a deadly fight had it not being for a Parakarry informing the people attending about the loss of Oho Oasis to the Bohnenkraut Kingdom, which causes King John to suffer a mental breakdown and fall into a vegetative state.

##### Part II

After Lord Richard has Lord Sigmund imprisoned and takes on the role of regent until John recovers, Cynder is left to take care of her unhatched baby. It's then when she's informed by Sir Theodrick Solberg that Blayne had fled to Karhar city in the Bohnenkraut Kingdom, essentially abandoning her and their unborn child. Not wanting to be cast aside, Cynder seduces Theodrick in an attempt to maintain her power in the cabinet, but soon finds out that Thedorick is not as competent as Blayne in either political activities or satisfying her. Some days later, Cynder's child hatches from the egg. The child is a boy whom she decides to name Godwin, after her deceased brother whom she admired.

Once John recovers from his vegetative state, Cynder has him arrest Lord Richard and free Lord Sigmund from imprisonment, which John does, though Richard flees before being arrested.

#### Part III

Queen Cynder accompanies John VI in the cabinet meeting after the latter's coma. Cynder threatens to send Lord Berwick to the Black Tower if he has a problem with Sigmund. She then reminds John that he has an announcement to make, having him announce that the King's Claw position belongs to none other than Lord Sigmund Phoenix. Cynder then ridicule Torrence for complaining about Symon Blackfoot's sons being pardoned for their actions. When Torrence asks about Lord Richard's crimes, Cynder claims that he wrongfully imprisoned fellow noblemen and seized power for himself. When Berwick and Torrence leave the cabinet, Cynder comforts John and prides on the information that Richard's out of the way for good, only to be proven wrong when the Solberg brothers inform her that Lord Richard has escaped.

Cynder is then seen in her bed chamber, accompanying her son Godwin. She is then visited by Blayne, who she slaps for disappearing for an entire year and leaving her with no allies at court. She then reminds Blayne that she is the one who convinced her husband to appoint his father as King's Claw and the one that gave Blayne command of Karhar City. Blayne then claims he has given Cynder more than John ever given her, remarking if the rumors are true, only for Cynder to slap him and claim that Prince Godwin is her trueborn son and the heir to the Koopa Throne. She then threatens to have Blayne's head on a spike. Blayne apologises, pleading that he was looking out for his brothers and claiming that he thought of Cynder every single night, to which she responds with a forgiveness and makes her promise that he'll never abandon her again.

Cynder then hosts the great council meeting along with Sigmund and King John. Ronan asks the Solberg brothers if the King wasn't with them whilst they were trying to arrest Lord Richard and Cynder says that he stayed with them for his own safety. When Ironside, suggests to allow Richard to return to the Kingdom and reappoint him as King's Claw, Cynder reminds him that they already have a King's Claw. When Rodrick agrees with Tyebolt's point of offering Richard a position on the council, adding that they want to avoid going to war, Cynder says they'd have succeeded in avoiding the war if he and his brothers did their job. When Sigmund demands John to join the battlefield, Cynder supports Sigmund, claiming that John wants to protect her and his son. When John asks what if he gets killed, Cynder yells that Kings have before died in battles and rhetorically asks if he thinks any of them cried about it.

Cynder is present when John is getting prepared to get onto the battlefield whilst she carries Godwin, babytalking him on how his father looks so handsome and strong in his armor and how he's going to cut down so many traitors. When Lord Garnet arrives with his half-brothers, Cynder reminds him that they're going to war. When Garnet claims to support his King, Cynder recalls that he entered a marriage alliance with Lord Richard. Garnet then presents a gift to prove his loyalty, with Cynder awaiting, and that being Richard's daughter Lady Anna being held captive. Cynder later keeps Anna as a slave, getting her to pour wine for her. She then asks her what she thinks of Lord Garnet and guesses that she's not very fond of him. Anna then says she isn't, with Cynder saying she can't say she can't relate and says it's such a shame of Lord Richard to waste such a pretty face on such a vile man. Cynder then threatens to take Anna's father's head if he does anything to her husband. The battle is won by the Sherbet Forces, with King John being captured and Lord Sigmund being executed, and thus Cynder is forced to release Tobias, Rickon and Anna from their imprisonment.

## Personality

Queen Cynder is shown to be the complete polar opposite of John, being mature, confident and somewhat rude, especially to Lord Richard Koopa and Lady Jane Phoenix. She is portrayed as a cruel and ambitious woman who desires power more than anything, and who often results to bloodshed to solve her problems.

Underneath all that cruelty however, Cynder is shown to actually be really lonely and insecure. This is a combination of many things, with the most prominent one being her loveless marriage to John VI due to him being cowardly and childish as a result of him suffering from "Bohnenkraut Madness" and the fact that he finds women disgusting and would often ignore her, even when she was actually trying to be nice to him. She's also subjected to racism due to her being from the Bohnenkraut Kingdom and was often blamed for not producing an heir to the throne when it was actually due to John refusing to have sex with her.

Cynder is shown looking for the love and the attention John never gave her in other men, which leads to her affairs with Sir Blayne Phoenix and Sir Theodrick Solberg. It's also implied that Cynder is jealous of women like Lady Jane and Lady Tulisa due to them being married with a man who respects them, and that's the reason why she often mistreats them, especially Jane.

## Relationships

### King John Koopa VI

Cynder is disappointed over the fact that she was arranged to marry King John Koopa VI due to her cowardly personality. She is unfaithful with him as she cheats on him with Blayne.

### Lord Rugar Von Bohnenrotte

Cynder considers Rugar as a joke of a Duke. Rugar would lie to Cynder about her marriage to John, telling her that she would marry a fearsome, dreaded and brave warrior but John was a incompetent, useless and whiny king that didn't even want Cynder, instead wanting a blonde women. This shows that Rugar is neglectful and lie to Cynder throughout his life.