Wither

Queen Wither is the current leader of the Kingdom of Witches and the queen of the Dark Fairies. She's the twin sister of Blossom of the Light Fairies. It said that a Scarlet Skull Butterfly sent by Cackle stung Wither and she became evil from the dark butterfly's venom's influence. She and several of her allies have wreaked havoc and caused tremendous chaos in the Kingdom of Fantasy, and that Blossom, Mel, Geronimo, and their allies have to constantly ward off her and her allies. She is currently allied with Cackle, Grosselda Grimwitch, Menace (Wither's current advisor), and Crowbar the Cruel (Wither's husband). Wither also has a daughter, Flamelet who is older than Winglet, Blossom's daughter.

## History

She is the current queen of the Witches and Dark Fairies. She became Queen after a Witch Conference, determining if either Wither would replace the previous Queen Cackle, or if Cackle was to remain Queen of the Witches. After the meeting, Wither had the most votes and became Queen, leaving Cackle to abandon her role and leave the Kingdom of Witches.

### The Phoenix of Destiny

Geronimo enters the Crystal Castle only to see Wither, disguised as Blossom, and her Dark Fairies. Wither persuades Geronimo Stilton to obtain numerous magical items in order to finish her plan; she never told the hero what she was going to do with the items. As Geronimo finishes obtaining all of the items, Wither uses the items to put her sister, Blossom, to sleep and hide her away, while Wither and her evil army vandalize the Crystal Castle, becoming a Dark Castle. As the story progressed, Geronimo found a way to set Blossom free and assist Geronimo in battling against Wither and her evil army of Dark Knights, Dark Fairies, and Black Dragons. Wither then flies into battle with FoulBreath, her Dragoness of Darkness. Blossom fights back against Wither by using her magic and Jess, Blossom’s Jeweled Dragoness. After Blossom makes a magic net out of moonlight and traps Wither and FoulBreath, Cackle swoops in with her winged boar to rescue Wither and her Dragon, bringing them back to the Kingdom of Witches.

### The Dragon of Fortune

Geronimo wakes up from his bed to look at the sky. It was dark, cloudy, and had a smell of smoke and burning sulfur. It was said that the darkness and foul smell has come from Wither’s Dark Fairies, playing their enchanted silver violins. Geronimo also noticed that the Winged Ring was missing.When Geronimo entered the Kingdom of Fantasy, he did not know how Wither and her army managed to acquire the ability to enter the ‘real’ world. This had to be resolved as soon as possible, or the Kingdom of Fairies would be easily destroyed, since the Winged Ring was missing. Blossom could not protect Geronimo, so he had to solve the problem with Mel the Magnificent, one of Blossom’s allies, who lives in the Bright Empire. Geronimo was also introduced to Wolfy, Mel’s niece, her friends, Ranger, and the von Wild Brothers (who have the power to control weather and transform into dragons). Mel and Geronimo use a crystal ball to find out what happened to the missing ring, and it turns out that Wither did have the Ring. It seemed that Wither’s husband, Crowbar the Cruel, mysteriously stole the Winged Ring from Geronimo’s drawer, and gave it to Wither. The hero knew it was his responsibility to fight Wither, but he was not alone. Mel, Wolfy, Ranger, and the von Wild Brothers agreed to help, along with Clever Chameleon and the Lady of Dreams.

In the meanwhile, there was a great conference in the Kingdom of Witches, which determined who would be the next Witch Queen. After the conference, Wither overthrew her mentor, Cackle, and caused her to leave the Kingdom of the Witches. Wither was now the current Witch Queen, who united the Witches and Dark Fairies. After the meeting, Wither hid the Magicarium, Mel’s magic spell book that she stole at some point in the story. She then notices Wolfy in the disguise of a Witch and Geronimo in the disguise of a troll. Wolfy then recklessly challenges Wither to a battle, and Wither accepts the duel. Wolfy then uses the Magicarium to summon her allies, while Wither calls hers. There was a battle between the Bright Empire and Wither. Since Blossom could not fight back, it was up to Geronimo, Mel, Wolfy, Clever, and their allies to fight against Wither and her army of Witches, Dark Fairies, and dangerous monsters. Geronimo and Wolfy won the battle, causing Wither and her allies to retreat, allowing the heroes to retrieve the stolen Winged Ring and Magicarium.

### The Guardian of the Realm

After a training session with Clever the Chameleon, Geronimo receives a letter, stating that Blossom had a daughter named Winglet, but disappeared. Geronimo and Clever rushed to the Crystal Castle to find out that Blossom was telling the truth about her missing daughter. It was up to Geronimo to find the cause of Winglet’s disappearance, so he journeyed to the Bright Empire to discuss with Mel and Wolfy about Winglet. After the discussion, Mel assigns Wolfy, her friends, Ranger, and the von Wild Brothers to assist Geronimo to find Winglet and fight back any enemies. They searched all over the Kingdom of Fantasy to look for the missing girl, but no luck was to be found. After their search, Mel’s allies left to go back to the Bright Empire, while Geronimo returned to the Crystal Castle. The hero was given a magic pair of glasses from the Bright Empire, and wearing the glasses, Geronimo finds out that Wither, disguised as a nurse, was actually kidnapping Winglet. Wither then gets mad and flies away on Crowbar with Winglet, and the hero pursues her. Geronimo fights against Wither, and eventually succeeds, returning Winglet to Blossom.

## Physical Descriptions

Wither appears to resemble Blossom, but has darker hair, a solid black dress and shoes, and a crown of black pearls and roses.

## Personality

Despite being an evil and destructive ruler, Wither is an ambitious, strict, and impatient queen who persists in obtaining her chance to rule the Kingdom of Fantasy, no matter the cost.

## Trivia

* Blossom and Wither's names are opposites, in which a flower blossoms when treated with care, but withers up when improperly treated.
* Blossom and Wither also have opposite personalities.
	+ Despite this, Wither never chose to be evil, but turned evil under the influence of the venom of a Scarlet Skull Butterfly sent by Cackle.
* She shares several traits similar to Lord Garmadon from the *Ninjago* series
	+ Both turned evil under the influence of a evil creatures venom (Wither was corrupted by the venom of Cackle's Scarlet Skull Butterfly and Garmadon eventually turned to darkness after being bitten by a young Great Devourer.
	+ Both have a good counterpart who is also their sibling (Blossom and Wu respectively)
	+ Both eventually betrayed their dark mentors (Cackle and Chen respectively, although Garmadon aided his brother, Wu and the other Elemental Masters against Chen, while Wither remained evil and overthrew Cackle out of greed and hunger for power)

* Black is her favorite color

## Gallery

Black is her favourite colourScreeching like an old friend