Jopis

The dethroned princess of the Molden Kingdom and younger sister of Queen Elisneh, she was the last to lose the fight for the throne. When it came to deciding who would be the next Queen, Elisneh was considered superior in every aspect and received the support of their maternal relatives, but Jopis still fought aggressively against her.

## Appearance

Jopis is said to remind Cale of his stepmother Violan, though much younger than her she wears her hair up without a single strand out of place and gives off a refined look of grace similar to the Duchess.

## Personality

Jopis has a refined and elegant personality, but can also be very vicious.

## History

Following her loss to her sister, Jopis was exiled to a small village near the bottom of the Molden mountain range. The people who had been loyal to her until the very end were also exiled there as well

Bud Illis was captured by her and held hostage after he went looking for the Molden Royal Family's secrets, forcing Cale to come to his rescue.

Upon Cale and Jopis meeting it was revealed that like her sister, Jopis was a shaman, though her powers were much weaker. It was because of her powers that Jopis had begun fighting with Elisneh for the throne, despite them having previously been close.

Though outwardly Elisneh had portrayed herself as a benevolent ruler, she'd been using illusions to hide her bad deads, like the dead mana river flowing through the castle. Once Jopis realized the existence of her shaman powers after taking in her first familiar, she was able to see through the illusion and see what kind of person her sister truly was.

 Unfortunately, Jopis was the only one able to see through the illusion, all the others remained fooled by Elisneh's act. Even the people who followed Jopis did so only because they trusted and loved her, and not because they saw the Queen's true nature.

After being defeated, Elisneh kept Jopis alive, saying that death was too easy a price to pay for hindering her, and that she should live in sorrow without being able to do anything until she went crazy.

Jopis ended up making a deal to work with Cale's group; the Roan Kingdom would become her ally, helping her gain her freedom and destroy the palace, as well as protecting the Molden Kingdom in the aftermath from other countries who wished to take advantage of the chaos. In exchange, the Molden Kingdom would give a portion of a couple of years tolls to the Roan Kingdom.

 The tolls were a system designed by Jopis and implemented by Elisneh, though originally people had thought it was all Elisneh's doing. The Molden Kingdom had wide and well-maintained roads which made many merchants choose to use them, who all had to pay a fee to enter the country, resulting in a fair amount of money being earned for the Molden Kingdom.

Part of the deal was also that the Mercenaries Guild would be exempt from the toll for at least a minimum of ten years and possibly up to twenty, as well as getting first dibs on all mercenary related tasks for the next ten years.

## Powers

Jopis is a shaman, though not a very powerful one. Her main strength comes from the pack of dogs that serve as her familiars.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 487
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 488
3. ↑ Chapter 489
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 490
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 491