Queen Klaudia Von Speckbohne

**Queen Klaudia Von Speckbohne** was the wife of King John Koopa V, mother of King John Koopa VI and daughter of King Klaus Von Speckbohne VI. She is a character that appears in *Wars of Frozen Flames,* during the prologue of "The Feeble King (I)".

John V and Klaudia were married following John capturing her father and forcing him to sign a treaty in which he recognized John as his heir and daughter's husband. Three years after their marriage, Klaudia gave birth to a son, the future King John Koopa VI, though in a cruel twist of fate John V would perish, causing Klaudia to be remarried off to Sir Arwin Solberg, with whom she would have three more sons, and be separated from her son, who was crowned king at the age of nine months old. Klaudia died seven years before the events of *Wars of Frozen Flames*. She is based on Catherine of Valois.

## History

### Hundred-and-Eight Years War

King John Koopa V had conquered much of the Bohnenkraut Kingdom through the means of battle. He and his forces ultimately captured King Klaus Von Speckbohne VI, and forced him to sign a treaty that made John V heir to the throne of the Bohnenkraut Kingdom following Klaus' death and also had him marry Klaus' daughter, Princess Klaudia. Klaudia was then taken to the Koopa Kingdom, where she was crowned Queen Consort.

### Death of John V and aftermath

Three years into the reign of King John Koopa V, Klaudia laid an egg from which her and John's son would hatch, with Klaudia naming him after her husband. King John V was away in the Bohnenkraut Kingdom when his and Klaudia's son was born.

Nine months following their son's birth, King John V decided to return home from the Bohnenkraut Kingdom to meet him, but would die during the journey, as his mustie would step on a cactus in Teehee Valley and accidentally launch him across the area to his death, leaving Klaudia a widow and the nine-month old John to be crowned King John Koopa VI of the Koopa Kingdom. The now Queen Mother's father Klaus died not long after her husband did, leaving her son to be crowned king of the Bohnenkraut Kingdom as well.

After this event, Klaudia was remarried to Sir Arwin Solberg, and thus was separated from John, who would go on to be raised by his uncle Prince Joseph Koopa. The Queen Mother and Arwin visited John early into their marriage, but the visits soon became less frequent once the pair had children of their own. Klaudia would go on to give birth to John's half-brothers Edrick, Rodrick and Theodrick Solberg. Klaudia died in the year 1468, seven years prior to the events of the series.

Unbeknownst to most people, Klaudia passed on a mental illness to John VI known as Bohnenkraut Madness, which Klaudia's father, King Klaus VI, suffered from. While Klaudia did not suffer from the illness herself, she carried the genes that could allow the illness to develop. As a result, her first-born son presented insanity and unhinged behaviour all his life, though her other three children didn't develop the illness.

## Appearance

Klaudia was a female dragon Koopa with lime green skin, blue head, long greyish green hair and black eyes. She wore a blue shell with pastel green spikes, a golden tiara and necklace, two golden bracelets, one on each arm, and a pair of bluish green high-heeled shoes. She also wears dark red lipstick.