Jieun Graspe

Lisa Kingdom (currently)

Civilian (currently)

**Jieun Graspe** is an antagonist in The Abandoned Empress. Originally a Korean high school student, Jieun was suddenly brought to the Castina Empire and declared as Vita's prophesied child. She ascended as Empress of the Castina Empire, before striking a deal with Vita and traveling back in time to get revenge.

## Appearance

Jieun is depicted as a beautiful girl with shoulder-length hair that has square bangs covering her forehead. Her hair and eyes are both black.

In both timelines, she arrives in the Castina Empire wearing her school uniform. The uniform consists of a white, buttoned shirt, a black blazer with red buttons, a dark grey plaid skirt, and a red ribbon for a tie.

While she doesn't wear a consistent outfit throughout the series, Jieun has two notable dress styles: the extravagant, brightly-colored dresses from her life as an Empress; and the subdued, darker pieces she adopts in the second timeline when taken in by Duke Jenna.

## Personality

Initially, Jieun was a cheerful and open-minded girl who expressed her feelings. She often ignored the social etiquette required in court - seen when she addresses Aristia la Monique by her nickname despite not being close, or calling one of her maids "sister". Inexperienced with her position as Empress, Jieun irresponsibly shoved the paperwork onto Aristia instead of learning to do it herself.

In the second timeline, Jieun undergoes a drastic shift in her behavior and personality. Out for vengeance, she becomes a cunning manipulator, able to deceive even Ruvellis Kamaludin Shana Castina and Duke Jenna.

## History

Jieun was the child of God Vita who was given the power of God to heal wounds. She was originally intended to be the queen, but she was unknowingly born in a different world where he first appeared on the shore of the palace lake at the age of 18.

* In the original timeline, she was not given a name, but she still had the power to heal. She married Ruvellis Kamaludin Shana Castina and she got pregnant soon after Aristia la Monique lost her child. However, she later lost her child when she was ambushed by masked men during a palace walk that Ruvellis considered Tia's father. After Tia died, because of bad rule of the country, Ruvellis got stressed and started telling her to not do the queen's jobs as much as Aristia and often scolded her. In the end, Ruvellis is overthrown by Jenna where Jenna sends someone to kill Jieun while she ran away with her newborn daughter and they took her away. Because she loves her child so much, Lord Vita gives her two options:
	1. To return to the world she should have lived in and forget all memories.
	2. To keep all of her memories and go back in time - (Jieun chose Option 2 to get revenge on Jenna and Ruvellis).

* In the second timeline, she is given the name **Graspe** by God and resumes her healing power. Jieun was adopted by Jenna, from there, she officially joined the Nobles faction and planned revenge. Starting from timeline 2, she has started to fake her emotions, but then Jieun realizes that Ruvellis is different now and decides not to take revenge on him. Because of her plan, Jieun almost killed Aristia, but Aristia was not the one she wanted to take revenge on, with her honest nature, Jieun traded her strength to save Aristia's life. In the end, Jenna's plot was revealed, his whole clan was shunned and Jieun unfortunately was adopted so he was still killed with poison, but Ruvellis and Aristia excused her because in part Jieun saved Tia, the rest, it's also largely that she ended up spying for the Royal faction and providing confidential information to the faction. The Royal allowed the royal side to defeat the Nobles faction and let her live in Lisa Kingdom but on the condition that she could never return to Castina empire again. In the side story part of the story, when she was in the kingdom of Lisa and was walking on the street to buy things, she was stopped by someone and Carsein helped her.

## Relationships

* In both timelines, Jieun is the beloved daughter of God Vita.
* In timeline 1, Jieun is the wife of Ruvellis Kamaludin Shana Castina.
* In timeline 2, Jieun is the adopted daughter of the Grand Duke Jenna.

## Etymology

* The name **Jieun** has various meanings. For example, the hanja characters **ji/志** mean "will, purpose, ambition" and **eun/恩** "kindness, mercy, charity."
	+ Her other name, given by Vita, is **Graspe**, meaning "the one who grasps fate" in the manhwa.

## Trivia

* Jieun is 1 year older than Aristia la Monique and 4 years younger than Ruvellis Kamaludin Shana Castina.
* After being adopted by Jenna, Jieun's full name becomes **Jieun Graspe de Jenna**.

## Gallery

Jieun with the Emperor Ruvellis Kamaludin Shana Castina in a banquetAristia la Monique looks at Jieun from afar