Whitney

* Cursed, full body
* Disguise
* Pre-Exile

### Aliases and nicknames

Whit by Greyden and Saffron, "burly yoga teacher" by Leland, "Ex-Blaine" by the Princels

### Curse

Incomplete tiger transformation that make his face have a tiger's pattern and gives him a few heightened senses like hearing

### Family

Unnamed parents †
 Prince Greyden (younger brother)
Princess Blacquelyn (youngest sister)

**Prince Whitney** is the former crown prince of the Monochrome Kingdom and Princess Calpernia's former fiancé. He's one of the major antagonist villain in the tritagonist's backstory, until series of misfortune that related with him cursed by his own younger brother to make him realizing what's wrong with him. Currently, he makes amends to everyone that he wronged and even helps the deuteragonist immensely as he's the first male true friend of Frederick. Later on as the story progress, Whitney completely got accepted by the CPC and even helping immensely as part of the rescue team during Invasion arc.

## Appearance

Whitney is a tall, broad-shouldered, and muscular man. He has grey eyes that can sometimes appear as a washed-out blue, and light grey hair that fades to white at the tips. He is mostly seen wearing monochromatic shades of grey, befitting him being the prince of the Monochrome Kingdom. Before his exile, he had a regal appearance, adorned with the black crown with sharp protudings of his kingdom as well as a black robe with white fur on the beginning which connected with monochrome ribbons (3 colors at once, grey-white-black) that accompanied with a four edged monochromatic star.

In his most recent attire (after being exiled and presumed killed by his family as he was cursed by his younger brother Greyden), he permanently has black, tiger-like markings around the frame of his face on both side of his cheeks, a consequence of his curse. He usually dresses simply in neutral colors (such as a white shirt with black thin bands and grey trousers with monochromatic boots) and sports a dark cloak with a button shaped as a spark while carrying a huge travelling bag that contain utensils and a make-shift tent. The exceptions to his clothing not being monochrome are during Gwendolyn's Dinner Party and the Gala. As a guest at Gwen's dinner party, he wore a white shirt under a light blue sweater and grey trousers, adorned with a yellow tie and a yellow handkerchief while wearing a brown suit jacket with a pattern of random dots; while at the gala, he wore a shirt adorned with a dark blue tie, black trousers, and a dark red suit jacket. He wore the gala outfit too when he visiting the male monastery when he first realized about how horrible his life is and guided by the stoic male nurses that resides there - especially the unnamed one with tan skin and white hair at a sauna facility in Monastery of male nurses Whitney stayed at.

## Personality

Whitney was previously portrayed as entitled, sexist, and controlling, being responsible for Calpernia's curse and trying to kill Asa due to his anger at Calpernia having an admirer other than him. Whitney also grows up with such narrow perspective to makes him not realizing that male nurses is exist so his initial thought when he busted Calpernia with love letter from a nurse, he thinks that nurse is female and his bethroted has lesbian romantic relationship with the nurse to deemed that notion as hot. He had strong preferences for food, as seen in his backstory episodes, spitting out his cursed drink only due to Greyden pairing a liquors named Riesling with venison.

However, in later chapters (Episode 69 and onward) Whitney has become a better, kinder person. Having learned from the male nurses who took him in, he regrets his previous actions and tries to compensate for everything he has done by apologizing to the people he hurt, and reflecting on himself in a more positive attitude. When Frederick got lost in the forest, he helped the deuteragonist out by letting to take a rest for a night along with Laverne.

Whitney is regarded by others as being quite odd and eccentric, and generally very straightforward, if a bit awkward. After joining the club, he brings the other members assorted objects like a cat would. Due to his time at the monastery, he knows a lot about meditation.

His curse has given him more catlike traits, such as keen senses, hunting proficiency, and a preference for sleeping outside, though it's later hinted that he may sleep outside due to his guilt instead. His former strong preferences for food seem to have changed, with him now mainly eating meat and drinking rainwater. Since becoming cursed, most people and animals find him intimidating.

## History

Whitney is the eldest of his siblings, and was raised to defeat anyone who stood in his way and take what he wanted. He was constantly pitted against his siblings in competitions, going through such things as weekly gladiator-style fights trials to win his father's affection, and contests to see who could most effectively torture political prisoners.

Whitney was arranged to marry Princess Calpernia of the Polygon Kingdom. Whitney was elated at this, as it meant his father would choose him as his successor. At their first meeting, Calpernia managed to get away from him in order to read a letter from her nurse, Asa. Whitney confronted her and found out that her nurse had fallen in love with her. Calpernia told Whitney that she couldn't marry him because of this, making him think she reciprocated Asa's feelings. This sent him into a seething fury, as he felt that everything that he had worked his entire life for was ruined. He began a plan to kill Asa. He sent his royal servant to buy a serum that would turn Asa into a spider, so that he could inject him with the curse and then crush him. However, his servant accidentally got a 'were-spider' curse instead of a normal spider curse.

Whitney manipulated Calpernia into helping with his plan. At night, Asa arrived at the palace because of a message from Calpernia. However, Whitney then appeared from behind a curtain. Just as he was about to stab Asa with the needle, Calpernia ran forward and took the shot in place of him, then slumping to the floor. As Whitney was going to punch him to death, though, the were-spider curse took effect on Calpernia, and she transformed into an enormous spider, attempting to kill Whitney. Asa saved Whitney's life, though Whitney threw him towards Calpernia as a distraction. Asa hid in an air vent, but became stuck and unable to get out. Whitney went back to get his crown, ending up pinned down by Calpernia, who was about to kill him once again. Whitney pulled Calpernia forward and broke loose. The next morning, Calpernia woke up and spat out two monochrome earrings and a black silk necktie, both of which Whitney had been wearing, causing her to assume she had eaten him as a spider. Both families agreed to cover the incident up and never speak of what had happened again, on the condition that Calpernia would be banished from her kingdom.

Whitney, exhausted, famished, and heavily injured, returned home two days later. His younger brother, the then-Prince Greyden, was uncharacteristically welcoming of him, and explained that their parents were in the Polygon Kingdom and believed Whitney to have been killed by Calpernia. Greyden told Whitney that he was tired of competing, and asked if they could just celebrate his return in peace. Greyden prepared a feast for Whitney and gave him a drink laced with a serum intended to turn him into a white tiger. Greyden planned to have the guards slaughter Whitney and use him to make a pelt, leaving Greyden as the new crown prince. Whitney spat the drink out, complaining that Greyden had paired a Riesling with venison. Greyden let it slip that he had cursed Whitney, and black, tiger-like marks appeared on Whitney's face, though it stopped there as the drink had only gone up his sinuses. Greyden called for the guards to kill Whitney anyway, but he fell out a window and into the ocean surrounding their palace.

Whitney would've drowned if he hadn't been spotted by some passing strangers in a boat. They brought him back to a monastery run by male nurses, and took him in, tending to his injuries. Whitney reflected on his actions and realized how horrible and toxic his life had been. He decided he would rather lose everything and walk away than resume the vicious power struggle with his siblings. He helped with tasks at the monastery, and learned about compassion and self-growth.

After around a year, he set out on a quest to search for everyone he had hurt and make amends, including Asa, with Calpernia being the final person he wanted to make amends with. He knew Calpernia was in the Pastel Kingdom, though he wasn't sure where or if she would be willing to see him again.

While Whitney was camping out in the Pastel Kingdom in search of Calpernia, he encountered Prince Frederick of the Plaid Kingdom, along with his family's llama Laverne, and offered them a place to take a rest and have dinner. Whitney gave Frederick advice and helped him meditate to reflect on and process his thoughts about himself and Princess Gwendolyn.

He later encountered Princess Monika and Gwen in town, saving Monika from being attacked by kittens while she was in bird form. Recognizing that Monika was cursed, he wanted to ask Gwen if she had seen someone with a curse like Calpernia's, but decided not to, as he figured she would've kept her curse a secret, and wasn't sure if she was in the Pastel Kingdom at all, or even wanted to be found. While he was about to leave the kingdom, he noticed the forest.

Whitney entered the forest shortly after Frederick did, and walked in on the Cursed Princess Club threatening Frederick, having heard his screams. Monika and Frederick recognized Whitney from when he helped them, though Calpernia, now better known as "Prez", was horrified to see him. The CPC and Curtis rushed to defend their president, believing that Whitney was there to kill her. Prez, however, broke into tears, glad to find out she'd never really killed anyone. She then grabbed her crown and held it as a weapon, threatening to kill Whitney without any hesitation or remorse if he took another step towards the club. Whitney clarified that he was remorseful for his actions and was here to apologize to her, and then explained to everyone how he survived. He concluded by reiterating that he only wanted to make things right with Prez, and didn't expect her to forgive him. He said that he wished he could've given some sort of premonition that he had been there.

Most of the CPC members felt like Whitney had changed and were willing to give him a chance, with Syrah pointing out that he could've been the new club member the spiders told Prez about, and Saffron saying that this could reverse her banishment. Prez herself, however, became upset and reminded them of Nell's premonition that someone would die. As it began to rain, she grabbed her crown again, and held it towards Whitney as if she was going to kill him. She told him that if he really wanted to make things right, he needed to get out of the forest and never tell anyone about the CPC. Whitney agreed and left, apologizing again.

As the storm got worse, the CPC realized Renée was still outside. Nell's premonition happened, and Renée nearly died. Whitney was able to save her, though, and showed up at the club's doorstep with her. Prez was still hesitant about Whitney, but despite Syrah and Saffron trying to goad him to see if he was lying, he still seemed to have truly changed. Whitney told Prez that he found the CPC inspiring, but that he hoped she'd taken some time to grieve too, and invited her to express her anger in a way she wouldn't regret. The two went outside, where Prez planned to punch him. Mid-punch, Prez realized she wasn't really angry at him anymore, but at her curse and what had happened to her, and punched a spider cake Curtis had made instead.

Whitney joined the Cursed Princess Club as a probationary member. He refused a room in the club, sleeping outside instead. After he joined, he began leaving random objects as gifts for the club members.

At Aurelia's suggestion, he attended Gwen's dinner as a "teacher" in Saffron's place, though after unintentionally intimidating King Jack and making him question what kind of people Gwen's school would hire, Frederick said Whitney came with him. Prez made Whitney come up with a distraction while she and the CPCPCP snooped around the castle, so he got the rest of the guests doing yoga and meditation with him. Whitney pointed out that Blaine's posture could use a slight adjustment, which lead to a series of conversations that caused the guests to all leave before the CPCPCP were done. Outside the Pastel Palace, Curtis expressed to Whitney that if he possessed any underlying motives, he needed to leave. After this conversation, Whitney walked back to the club on his own.

Whitney was originally hesitant about attending the Bippity Bop Gala due to his conversation with Curtis. However, since there was an extra gala ticket, Prez wanted him to go. Whitney wasn't sure if he was going to stay with the club, but the members wanted him to stay. Prez told him that she forgave him and would rather have him stay as well. The members took Whitney out into town afterwards. During a run-in with the Princels, he noticed an aching pain in his face that kept happening. Back at the club that evening, Monika, Abbi, and Jolie revealed that they had made Whitney his very own monochrome room in the club in hopes that it would convince him to stay. He agreed to become a full-fledged member and attend the gala with the club. Finding it hard to sleep that night, he overheard a conversation in which Asa was mentioned, and began to feel the facial pain from before. Looking at himself in the bathroom mirror, he was greeted by bloodshot eyes and red stripes instead of his usual black.

On the day of the gala, he put his orange tiger mask on early out of fear that he was turning into a monster. At the Polygon Palace, he tried to talk to Prez about his fears, pulling off his mask to show her. At that moment, Asa stepped out of the castle and saw the two of them together. Prez explained that Whitney was a friend now, and Asa recalled when Whitney had showed up at his house to try to make amends.

After Prez ran off to find her family during the gala, Whitney followed after her, handing his raffle ticket to Syrah. He felt he had to be there when she confronted her family, so that he could right the wrongs he'd caused for them. Whitney overheard some of their conversation, including that Greyden is now the king of the Monochrome Kingdom and considers what happened between their families water under the bridge. Prez's mom proposed a new solution to her curse, suggesting that she could have a happily-ever-after with Asa and have children with him over and over to postpone her period. Whitney realized he was never able to solve the situation, and that he had feared deep down that Asa was the only one who could fix it all along. Believing this, the pain, and the red stripes were a sign of the curse spreading, and that he was reverting back to the person he used to be, he ran off. He bumped into Greyden, who said the mask he was wearing reminded him of his dead brother, causing Whitney to panic more and go outside. Hiding behind a tree, he watched Prez and Asa talk before being noticed by Nell, who he told to let everyone know he said goodbye.

Whitney returned to the monastery, considering staying there instead. One of the nurses told him that the curse wasn't really becoming active again, and that he just had allergic rhinitis due to the new environment. Whitney believed that the curse was growing because of giving into his desires, including his growing crush on Prez, using that to deny himself anything nice. The nurse, however, thought that sleeping indoors and inhaling more steam would help him. He was sent off to buy some antihistamines, but ending up buying a medication that would suppress Prez's period, curing her curse. He returned to the club and chose to stay with the CPC, though Prez didn't recognize him initially and ended up attacking him. Whitney told Prez she could be free to be who she wanted and be with Asa, though she revealed that she really wanted to stay with the CPC, and didn't want to get married. Curtis apologized to Whitney and welcomed him to the CPC.

A quite week later, at the same time as the end of the month, Whitney's initiation ceremony, a barbecue and slumber party, was held. Frederick 'clashing' the party but as Whitney is unsure about what's going on, just inviting Frederick at Episode 146 for his own slumber party. During the party, Laverne snuzzling at his lower body although Whitney is oblivious with Frederick's worry - which turn out because Plaid Kingdom planning for Invasion.

## Relationships

#### Prez (Calpernia)

Whitney was at one point the intended fiancé of Calpernia, the current president of the Cursed Princess Club. Whilst initially formal when he believed Calpernia liked him, his true attitude was revealed upon learning that she had an admirer in Asa, her male nurse. From this he coerced her into participating in the murder of Asa, where he intended to curse him into a spider, and then crush him. Instead, Calpernia put herself between them, resulting in her becoming a "were-spider", a black spider of immense size. Episode 45 shows the next day - when Calpernia returned to normal, she assumed that she had eaten Whitney, having coughed up some of his clothing. However, this was later revealed not to be the case, due to Asa saving him, and because he was able to pull Calpernia's spider form back, and escape the Polygon Kingdom unnoticed.

In Episode 88, Whitney found Calpernia, now known as "Prez". She threatened to kill him with her spiked crown if he harmed anyone in her group, but he revealed what he was there for. He told everyone about how he survived that night, and how his brother betrayed him and gave him the curse. After the story, Prez forced Whitney to leave the forest, but he later returned after having saved Renée from being struck by lightning at the lake. He also encouraged Prez to express her anger at him and hit him as hard as she would like to. He later gave out strange gifts to her and the other members of the club. When discussing who would go to the Bippity Bop Gala, Prez said she forgave Whitney and wanted him to stay at the club. When talking to Asa at the gala, Prez called Whitney a friend.

Whitney observed that Calpernia wasn't the same person she used to be, her "elegant, but fragile sadness" completely gone. He admired the strong person she had become, and how she helped others, and ended up developing a crush on her. Fearing this meant his curse was getting worse and he was becoming the person he used to be, he ran off after the Bippity Bop Gala to return to the monastery and seek advice. He was told that his curse wasn't getting worse, and came to accept that his feelings for Prez were real. Despite his crush, he wanted Prez to be happy with the one he thought she loved - Asa. However, Prez revealed that she wasn't interested in getting married. Though Whitney's feelings persisted, he seemed to respect this.

#### Asa

Prince Whitney was infuriated when Calpernia told him he had a love letter from someone else, and that she couldn’t marry him, feeling that Asa was stealing his fiancée. When Calpernia told him it was a love letter from the nurse who cared for her, he became briefly fine with it, until she told him that males could be nurses, too. Then, he was infuriated once again, and decided to arrange a “date” for them.

Whitney sent his royal servant to one of the rare curse dealers on the black market. His plan was that he would inject Asa with a curse to turn him into a spider, and crush him under his foot with no trace of his body. When Asa arrived, Whitney couldn't believe he was his competition, finding him unattractive. Whitney then attempted to stab Asa with a syringe containing the curse. After Calpernia sacrificed herself for Asa, and took the shot instead, Whitney decided to dispose of Asa with his own two hands. However, it turned out that Calpernia became a giant were-spider, and then Asa saved him from getting eaten by her in her cursed form. That surprised Whitney quite a bit, and he still threw Asa in front of Calpernia as a distraction. Despite everything Whitney had done, Asa attempted to save him a second time, though he was unable to as he was stuck in the air vent.

Whitney tried to make amends with Asa a year later, showing up at his house with a basket of various things including dead mice, although this scared Asa and the orphans he'd taken in.

#### Greyden

Prince Greyden is Prince Whitney’s younger brother, and was his rival for the throne. The two were pitted against each other in cutthroat competitions and contests. When Whitney returned after being thought to be dead, Greyden attempted to curse him into a white tiger by slipping a potion into his drink. Greyden planned for the guards to slaughter him and use his body to make a pelt, leaving Greyden as the crown prince. The curse didn't work, as Whitney spit it out before it got very far, though he was left with stripes on his face and catlike attributes. Whitney viewed what happened as a humbling reminder that what goes around comes around. He ran into Greyden briefly at the Bippity Bop Gala, and while Greyden didn't recognize him, Whitney was clearly shaken up by it.

#### Prince Frederick

When Frederick was lost on his way to the Pastel Kingdom, Whitney allowed him to camp out with him, was hospitable to Frederick and Laverne, shared his dinner with them, offered tea, and helped Frederick realize that he needed to see Gwen, protect her from the "serpent", and ask her to the gala. Whitney found Frederick somewhat relatable, even though Frederick didn’t have gladiator-style fights, he didn’t have to torture prisoners, or recite Machiavellian chants. He was also grateful for Frederick because he helped Whitney find Calpernia via screaming.

Since he didn’t want to subject Frederick to a gruesome tale in episode 69, because he was a “kid”, he didn't explain what he had done or how he got his curse to him, although Frederick got to hear in episodes 87 and 88. He still told Frederick that he used to be a really bad person, though. After hearing that Whitney had tried to kill someone, Frederick stated he should listen to his brothers' advice about being more careful what strangers he spends the night with. Sometime after Prez expressed all her emotions and feelings, Whitney came up to Frederick, remarked that it was good to see him again, and asked him if he wanted to meditate. They seem to be somewhat good friends.

#### Laverne

Laverne was initially scared of Whitney, though she ended up liking him a lot, to the point of hanging up a poorly drawn picture of him over a poster of Prince Blaine. Laverne's obsession with Whitney was so strong that while in heat, she managed to pull Frederick out of his prison cell entirely because she saw a picture of Whitney.

#### Monika

Whitney saved Monika from getting devoured by kittens, and he was about to ask her and Gwendolyn if either of them have seen Calpernia. However, he refrained himself from asking them because he didn’t think they would know. Monika found Whitney nice.

#### Saffron

Saffron had been wanting the CPC to get another male member for a while. While attempting to goad him to see if he had changed or not, he found out Whitney was also unable to grow a beard, and welcomed him to the club with open arms. Saffron called Whitney his club buddy in Episode 111. When the CPC were trying to convince Whitney to stay, Saffron told him that with a second male member, he could potentially take over the club and change the name.

#### Curtis

Curtis, being very protective of Prez, was worried that Whitney had another motive to stay with the CPC. After the Dinner Arc, he expresses this to Whitney, which causes him to walk back on his own. Whitney is clearly uneasy after this, and remembers the conversation the next day when Prez says there's no hard feelings between the two of them anymore, as well as when Prez asks him if he wants to go to the Bippity Bop Gala. Curtis later apologized to Whitney and welcomed him into the CPC, but he still seems apprehensive of Whitney being close to Prez.

#### Unnamed Male Nurse

Whitney respect this member from the Monastery of male nurses especially, since he devoted a lot of time to Whitney teaching him important life lessons and later during a breif visit also about allowing himself having nice things - a hot drink or a room. Whitney's "respect" is to the point to knowing the habit of taking sauna at 2 AM so after Bippity Bop Gala - Whitney 'bursting in' to the whereabout of that poor male nurse. Despite being so shocked and frustated, the male nurse cares Whitney as a person and pointing things out about the reasons of Whitney's tiger stripes *isn't* because the curse 'growing' but simply because alergy reaction. The male nurse slapping 'medicine receipt' to Whitney while establishing that 'awkward feelings' of Whitney to Prez likely real.

## Quotes

"...Is that so? ...What a rotten, deceitful woman you turned out to be."

"You know what? I'm fine with it. So let's arrange a little date with you and your loverboy where I can give my best regards..."

"A man who tries to steal a prince's fiancé isn't a man at all, but an insect. And insects deserve to be **squashed!**" [...] "Whoops."

[Inner thought] "Did this twerp I tried to murder just save my life?!"

"And of course, **now** this stupid woman decides to hold me down when I'm trying to leave."

"Oh my GOD, is that stuff coming out of her butt?! She's gonna wrap me up in a web to eat!!"

"*Face tattoo...?* Oh, you mean these triger stripes..."

"...That what goes around... ....eventually comes back around."

"I was a really bad person... I was a person who spiraled out of control in pursuit of getting everything I thought I was entitled to. It got to a point where I didn't care if it ruined people's lives... or if it almost cost me my own."

"The endless competitions and comparisons... The violent, gladiator-style fights to win Father's affection each week...The contests to see which son could most effectively torture political prisoners...Oh! Did you have to recite those daily Machiavellian chants too?"

"**Pain is not a competition. The painful emotions you feel are valid, Frederick. But you do get to choose when you’re ready to heal from them and change your story.**"

"Don't worry, I've got you..."

"Have either of you ever seen someone here before who-"

"Spiking someone's drink is obviously a disgusting, inexcusable action that only a horrible person would ever do..."

"Um, y-yes. My wardrobe choice is purely a coincidence. I just, uh... love colors. A-all of them. Wear them all the time...."

"Y-yes... but it seems to be causing some visible tension in your, uh..."

"Actually, Frederick has a good relaxed sitting form, so you can try to be more like him."

"This sort of reminds me of my own family before I left..." (inner thought) "I guess I just need to be more confident that I've been changing too and try to help others just like her."

"You no longer have to keep making every choice out of fear or obligations to others."

"Hey. Do you wanna come to my slumber party?"

"--Because you have it all wrong!!!"

"*WHOAA--!!* I-I sat next to you at the dinner party here two months ago, remember?!"

"Listen... I was just like you once... ....Living for the sole purpose of securing my place at the top of my family, no matter the cost was to everyone around me... But you need to realize that the reason you feel so frustated and confused is beacause **that's not what you actually want!! So please, before something happens that you can't take back, you need to realize what actually matters to you--**"

"Y-yes, ma'am... Let's go, Frederick...!"

"*C-Calpernia...!*"

"I-I can't... I can't move... [Inner] ...And maybe... ....after everything.... ....This is how it always should have ended--"

"FREDERICK!! Wait for the opening, and then run for it, okay?!!"

"He's doing it! He's gonna make it!!"

"He slipped through the door upstairs! He's going to reach Gwen!!"

## Notes & Trivia

* As he is from the Monochrome Kingdom, Whitney has trouble identifying normal hues (which also shared by his family, as Greyden mistaken his orange tiger mask with color purple). However, as shown in Episode 148, he's very proficient in identifying monochrome colors that most people can't.
	+ In Episode 98, he mistook a yellow tie as an orange one.
	+ He couldn't differentiate a blue shelf with an orange shelf in Episode 136, causing him to stumble upon a different medicine than he intended.
* Whitney was not raised with an awareness of male nurses, hence why he considers them as "beings that I couldn't even believe existed when I was younger".
	+ This also implicit shows of highly sexist the Monochrome Kingdom's situation is, also with implicit cruelty of umbrella of being "ruthless" to fight for throne.
* Whitney's theme color is white, as referenced by his name and hair color. This may represent how, compared to his siblings - Greyden being gray and Blacquelyn being black, both darker than his - he is separated from his family, no longer being corrupted by his parents' teachings and not fighting for power like they do.
	+ His name is originally a surname, meaning "white island" in Old English. It was first recorded as Witenie, meaning "white water".

## References

1. ↑ https://www.thebump.com/b/whitney-baby-name