Kinarra

**Kinarra** is the secondary antagonist in *The Mystic Menace*. She is the queen of Camellia and the wife of King Aeric. Like Aeric, she uses the plague to stay forever young, at the cost of the lives of Camellia's people.

## Background

Before her arrival in Celosia, Kinarra was known as Mayumi. She was born and raised as a princess in the kingdom of Sampaguita. For reasons unexplained, she fled from her kingdom, traveling in her dragon form to protect herself. This lead to many kingdoms issuing orders to kill the so-called "sea-dragon," including the kingdom of Celosia.

At Celosia, Kinarra ran into Prince Elisyan, managing to escape from him and almost defeat him. Elisyan's brother, Aeric, stepped in to save him, trapping Kinarra in a ring of fire that forced her to revert back to human form. To Kinarra's surprise, Aeric immediately stopped the fires and rushed to help her. Kinarra was quickly enamored with him, and confided in him about her true identity. Aeric agreed to keep her secret, and came up with a plan that would bury her true identity forever and give him the throne. To carry out his plan, Kinarra gave him old dragon skin, which Aeric presented to the king's court as "evidence" that the sea dragon had been killed.

To avoid suspicion, Kinarra made a formal appearance in Celosia a week after Aeric's coronation. Aeric quickly accepted her into the king's court, with Kinarra under the guise as a performer, a snake charmer. Ever since then, Kinarra stayed at Aeric's side, joining forces to rule over Celosia.

LIke Aeric, Kinarra became increasingly interested in obtaining eternal youth. She supported Aeric's efforts in finding the oscura and helped him cover up any evidence of his experiments, although Elisyan became increasingly suspicious of both of them. After Aeric's eye transfer, both Elisyan and Kinarra were able to use the oscura's powers, but Elisyan adamantly refused and was exiled from Celosia.

Eventually, Aeric and Kinarra had used the oscura's power so much that they had wiped out the lives of everyone in Celosia. For years, they searched for Camellia, hearing that Elisyan had somehow managed to find it and become its newest king. After eighteen years, they found Camellia through the silent messenger, Corvus Nominari, and were able to invade Camellia, kill Elisyan, and take over the throne. Since then, Aeric and Kinarra ruled over Camellia, using the commoners' life energy to extend their own lives and stay forever young.

## Appearance

Kinarra is a beautiful woman with long, dark hair, graceful features, crimson-red lips, and crystalline-like eyes. She alternates between wearing her hair in an updo of braids, buns, and pearls, and wearing it loose, reaching down to her hips. She wears a sapphire snake armband and a fitted strapless dress threaded with silver silk and intricate orchid patterns. Over her dress, she wears a satin shawl around one shoulder. She often wears a crown-like headdress with sparkling stringed beads hanging from the crown. At the thunder festival, she wears a sapphire diadem and an obsidian cape embroidered with dragon patterns.

## Abilities

Kinarra is skilled at snake charming. With her folding fan, she can coordinate, manipulate, hypnotize, and control the movements of thousands of snakes at once, making them steal precious artifacts or envenom victims.