Joanna Tyebolt

*"I can't keep being your mistress. I've to be a married woman soon. I'm not a child anymore, and neither are you."* - The Feeble King (II)

**Joanna Tyebolt** is the daughter of Lord John Tyebolt, who perished at the end of Hundred-and-Eight Years War, the younger half-sister of Lord John Tyebolt II, and the former mistress and fiancée of Sir Robert Koopa. She is a supporting character in *Wars of Frozen Flames*, debuting in the second part of *The Feeble King*. She is introduced as Robert's mistress, though it's shown that Robert thinks of her as much more than a mistress, and asks her to marry him, which she happily accepts. This marriage proposal causes Robert to clash with his mother Lady Tulisa Python, who tells him that Joanna has no political gain he can benefit from and that it will reflect badly once he becomes Duke of Sherbet Land. The engagement is thwarted by both Robert's father and Joanna's mother, with both of them issuing marriages for their children, and Joanna's mother taking extra measurements to make sure Joanna never sees Robert again, having her married off to Sir Kyllian Byrne, much to Robert's despair.

Joanna is based on Lady Eleanor Talbot.

## History

### Backstory

Joanna was born in the year 1449 to Lord John Tyebolt and his second wife, Lady Vanessa Windwaker. It is presumed that she is among the eldest of John Tyebolt's children.

It is known that at some point, Joanna met Sir Robert Koopa, the eldest son and heir of Lord Richard Koopa. Robert and Joanna developed a strong bond with one another and she eventually became his mistress, which did not please neither Robert nor Joanna's mothers, with the former fearing that her son might develop romantic feelings for Joanna. Other than all of this, not much else is known about Joanna's backstory.

### The Feeble King

#### Part II

Joanna is introduced visiting Sir Robert at the Sherbet Castle shortly after he is named Acting Lord of Sherbet Land in his father Richard's absence. Robert greets her, seemingly not having seen her in a long time, and invites her in, much to the dismay of Robert's mother Tulisa.

Later at night, Robert and Joanna share a conversation in which Robert confesses that he sometimes feels inferior to his younger brother Halbert, and says that he is the heir their father Richard really wanted, to which Joanna conforts him about. After the topic of the conversation switches to Joanna's father Lord John Tyebolt, who had died in the Battle of Oho Oasis, Joanna begins thinking about the future and tells Robert that she can't continue being his mistress anymore and that they both have to move on and get married, to which Robert tells her that if she doesn't want to be his mistress, then she can be his wife instead, and asks her to marry him, telling her that he knows an archbishop that owes him a favor for not telling anyone about how he broke his vow of celibacy. Joanna says yes, and the two secretly get engaged.

Unfortunately, Tulisa learns of the engagement thanks to a slip of the tongue from the archbishop. She tries to talk Robert down from marrying Joanna, and states that her being six years older than him, having been his mistress for so long and having no political influence he can benefit from is only guaranteed to end up in disaster for him. Robert however refuses to listen to his mother, saying that he doesn't want to marry a woman he doesn't know just for political gain and reaffirms that he wants to be with Joanna and that the two will get married regardless of what she and Richard think.

## Appearance

Joanna is a female Koopa with yellow skin, long dirty blonde hair, a pale yellow snout, a grey head and green eyes. She wears an orange spiked shell, the spikes being of a dark yellow color, a silver chocker, and one silver bracelet with gold jewels on each arm and leg. She also wears yellow high-heeled shoes, red lipstick and green earrings. Her nails are also painted dark yellow,

## Personality

Joanna is a kind girl who deeply appreciates Robert, and the feeling appears to be mutual, as Robert sees her as more than a mistress. However, as much as she loves Robert, she doesn't let their relationship cloud her judgement, as she knows that she'd eventually have to let go of Robert and become a married woman. However, she is still enthusiastic about the prospect of marrying Robert for love, if a bit worried about how their parents would react.