Lady Tulisa Python

**Lady Tulisa Python** is the youngest daughter of Lord Birchard Python and his second wife Lady Joanna Phoenix, and the wife of Lord Richard Koopa, thus the Duchess of Sherbet Land. She's also the mother of their seven children, Lady Olivia, Sir Robert, Sir Halbert, Lady Anna, Tobias, Rickon and Ursula Koopa, and the aunt of Lord Berwick Python, Sir Torrence Python and Sir Jorgon Python. She is a major supporting character in the miniseries *Wars of Frozen Flames,* debuting in the first part of the series "The Feeble King". She is portrayed as optimistic, calm and caring, being shown to care deeply for Lord Richard and her children and also comfort them when they are sad and tends to stay out of political troubles. She however, has political senses such as being open to the prospect of a well-placed marriage which got her concerned over Robert's decision to marry Joanna Tyebolt. She is based on Cecily Neville, Duchess of York.

## History

### Backstory

Tulisa was born in the year 1436 as the youngest child of Lord Birchard Python I and his second wife, Lady Joanna Phoenix. She mentions that she and Richard had an arranged marriage organized by Lord Birchard and didn't know each other before the negotiations. In spite of this, Richard and Tulisa grew attached to each other and ended up having a healthy and loving wedded life, being the complete opposite to King John Koopa VI and Queen Cynder Von Bohnenrotte's marriage. Upon their wedding Tulisa earned the title of Duchess of Sherbet Land. Richard and Tulisa went on to have seven children, three daughters and four sons.

### The Feeble King

#### Part I

Lady Tulisa first appears when Lord Richard returns to the Sherbet Castle after being informed that the position of King's Claw was given to Lord Sigmund Phoenix instead of him. Tulisa tries to comfort him about it. Later on, she breaks a fight between Tobias and Rickon and calms Toby down while Richard confronts Rickon. Tulisa alongside her family are later invited to the Loveday feast in which Queen Cynder announces her laying an egg, and mocking Richard for not being heir to the throne anymore. Tulisa tries to get Richard to calm down, but he ultimately ends up losing it when Sigmund threatens him with death, although the commotion is cast aside when King John suffers a mental breakdown.

#### Part II

In Part II, Tulisa, Richard and Lord Wulfrick Greyford discuss the events that had unfolded during the Loveday feast, with Richard being concerned over what the King's advisors and Queen Cynder might do following the King entering a vegetative state, with Richard speculating that Cynder might have poisoned John, which Tulisa and Wulfrick quickly rebuttal. Right in that moment, a Parakarry enters the castle and hands the duke of Sherbet Land an anonymous letter, from which he learns that Lord Sigmund Phoenix is planning to host a cabinet meeting and proclaim himself regent until the King recovers on the following day. Richard is angered by this, and gathers his forces to prepare head to Bright Valley, in spite of Tulisa's protests that it would be considered treason.

Following Lord Richard's deposition of Lord Sigmund Phoenix as both King's Claw and regent, as well as his imprisonment for his corruption and desertion of his troops, Tulisa bids farewell to her husband, now regent and King's Claw, and two youngest sons Tobias and Rickon, the three of whom head for Bright Valley, while she stays in Sherbet Land with Robert, Halbert, Ursula and Anna, the last of whom is set to be married off to Lord Gerald Garnet, the duke of Koopa Cross, in the upcoming days.

A few days later, Tulisa tells Robert that a fellow nobleman is having trouble and that he needs to help him, but Robert just tells his mother to send some troops to his aid. Tulisa tells Robert that he should go himself, and that he also needs to be more active in politics if he wants to have a future as the new duke of Sherbet Land, though Robert doesn't listen to her, as he is distracted by the arrival of his mistress, Joanna Tyebolt, to the Sherbet Castle, much to the dismay of Tulisa.

The following day, Tulisa pays a visit to archbishop Wentworth, who accidentally lets her know that Robert had issued a marriage with Joanna behind her and Richard's backs. After this, Tulisa tries to convince Robert not to marry Joanna, saying that she was nothing but his mistress, is six years older than him, and has no political influence he can benefit from, to which Robert angrily tells his mother that he refuses to marry a woman he has never seen before in his life just for political gain and that he wants to be with Joanna. Tulisa keeps trying to make Robert change his mind, but he claims to have taken his own decision and storms off.

#### Part III

Tulisa is informed of the incident Richard had with the Solberg brothers and how he escaped arrest by her nephew Berwick. Both of them, alongside Berwick's daughters, Halbert and Lord Greyford wait for the return of the duke, with Tulisa being really worried about her husband. After a long time waiting, Lord Richard arrives at his castle, being accompanied by Sir Edrick Greyford and Lord Ghaston Thornton. Tulisa's fear for Richard's safety is then replaced by fear for that of Tobias an Rickon after learning that they had been imprisoned in the Black Tower under Queen Cynder's orders. In that moment, Robert enters the castle's courtyard, and Tulisa scolds him for being away from the castle with Joanna and missing out on the fact that his father was attacked and his younger brothers were imprisoned. Berwick and Richard tell Tulisa to calm down, with the latter filling Robert in on all the details.

After this reunion, Lord Richard assembles a Great War Council at his castle, to which Tulisa attends and stands by her husband's side, where he gathers as many allies as possible and rallies them up to go to war against the King's corrupt advisors, with everyone cheering for the duke of Sherbet Land. Tulisa then stays back in Sherbet Land while the men march onward to the Battle of Whomp City, from which the Sherbet forces emerge victorious, capturing King John Koopa VI and executing Lord Sigmund Phoenix.

## Appearance and Character

Tulisa is a female dragon Koopa with dark yellow skin, a pale snout and chest-piece as well as a black head. She has long black hair that reaches to her hair, she has purple streaks for her bangs that swoop to the side of her face. She has blue eyes with yellow sclera, as well as the signature Python Birthmark surrounding her left eye. This is accompanied by dark purple eyeshadow, pink lipstick and blue nail polish. She wears a dark blueish grey shell with a blue rim, and the spikes are a pale yellow color and are surrounded by blue rings. She wears a silver tiara upon her head with a blue gem on it, a silver necklace with a blue gemstone around her neck, silver bracelets and anklets around her arms and legs, as well as dark blue high heels with gems in front.

Personality-wise, Tulisa is a woman with a nurturing and caring nature who puts her family as her top priority. She is shown to deeply care about all of her children, as shown by how she voices her concerns over Robert's lack of political interests and engagement to Joanna Tyebolt, as well as her fear for Tobias and Rickon's safety once she learns that they had been imprisoned under Queen Cynder's orders. Tulisa is also shown to be firmly devoted to Lord Richard, always being worried about her husband's safety at all times, though as mentioned by Robert and Lord Thornton, rumors about Tulisa being unfaithful to her husband exist, but Richard is stated to not believe in them.

While caring and devoted, Tulisa is not without her more assertive side, not being afraid to voice her concerns over many of Richard's decisions or scold Robert for his lack of interest in politics. She is also shown to be more sensible than Richard, often trying to warn her husband against decisions that might endanger his or their children's lives, whereas Richard often has trouble keeping his emotions under control.

## Trivia

* Lady Tulisa's character design was originally used for Queen Olivia Koopa II, who would have been a monarch of the Koopa Kingdom. However, the character was ultimately scrapped and the design was repurposed for Tulisa, albeit with some minor changes to the sprite. Additionally, the hairstyle is based off the re-design created for Shelly, a character in the *Pokémon* series, in the *Pokémon Omega Ruby* and *Alpha Sapphire* remakes*.*