Theodosia Eirene Houzzara

> "*I was a princess made of ashes; there is nothing left of me to burn. Now it's time for a queen to rise.*"
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**Theodosia Eirene Houzzara** is the rightful queen of Astrea and the main protagonist of the Ash Princess trilogy.

## Appearance

Theodosia has tawny brown skin, freckles, and dark hair, all of which mean she resembles her mother in an uncanny way. She also describes herself as having hazel eyes that resemble her father, Ampelio's.. She is described as very pretty and enchanting.

## Personality

Raised from the ashes of her Kingdom she´s proven to be brave and determined to get her Kingdom back. Theo has endured humiliation and countless atrocities from the Theyn which had planted a seed of hopelessness in her until her childhood friend, Blaise, appeared. She wanted revenge for what has been done to her people but at the same time, she didn´t want to lower herself to the same level as the Kalovaxians. She always vowed she would be different from the Kaiser.

## Biography

#### **Early Life**

Theodosia Eirene Houzzara was born to Queen Eirene Houzzara, the Queen of Fire. It has long been suspected that Theodosia's father was the Queen's favorite Guardian, Ampelio.

Theodosia's best friend, growing up, was Blaise. Because Blaise's mother was best friends with Theo's, the two grew up playing together. Blaise did his best to ditch Theo when they were younger, but that was because of his age. Everyone who met the Princess loved her.

#### **The Fall of Astrea**

The Kalovaxian army landed on the beaches of Astrea when Theodosia was six. Theo was forced to watch the Theyn slit her mother's throat with a dagger. Theo was then taken to the Kaiser who forced her to change her name to Thora.

#### The Ash Princess

Many years later, Theo, now Thora, has become friends with the Theyn's daughter, Crescentia. Thora is whipped every time her people attempt rebellion—indeed, just the mention of the head rebel, Ampelio, is enough to send the Kaiser into a rage. When Ampelio is brought before her and the court the Kaiser forces her to kill her own father. That same night Blaise comes back for her, wanting to take her to freedom, but Theo refuses. She has to get revenge for her people. She wants to free the Astreans that still live.

With the help of her new friends: Blaise, Artemisia, and Heron, Theo comes up with a plan to win back her kingdom. She will have to get Prinz Soren to fall in love with her. Then get him to publically call out his father, driving a wedge in the court.This would divide the court and weaken the Kalovaxian hold on Astrea. After realizing that Crescentia would betray her for her own ambition, Theo puts aside her feelings and plans to poison her and her father, the Theyn. The same night Theo tries to kill the Prinz, but fails due to her growing feelings for him. However, while trying to escape, Theo is captured by the Kaiser's soldiers. She finds out that Elpis, the young Astrean she entrusted to poison the Theyn and Crescentia has been discovered and hss to witness Elpis take in the same poison. Theo is then locked up in the cage, where Soren in a last attempt to save her tries to neak her out using the hidden passages in the castle. They make it out together, and reunite with Blaise, Heron and Art aboard Soren's ship the Wes. Soren is then taken captive and Theo finds out that Blaise is mine-mad.

#### Lady Smoke

Theodosia sails on Lady Smoke with her Aunt Dragonsbane with Soren as her hostage. While sailing, Theo worries about Blaise's high fever and the threat of mine madness. On the eve of one particular day, Theo wakes up and finds her mattresses ashen leading her to think that she really has the power of controlling fire as she is a descendant of Houzarra. At a time in the ship, Dragonsbane summons Theodosia to a meeting to discuss the relevance of Theo's marrying to form an allegiance to strike the Kaiser. However, Theodosia replies by refusal and proves that she isn't a puppet by bringing Blaise and Heron. She further discusses how Soren should be freed and made part of her council.

Theo visits Soren's cell multiple times taking with her either Art (for disguise) or Heron (for healing).

### Ember Queen

At the air mine, Theo has implied that fire has become a part of her as she was a part of it and was able to control it when fighting Dagmaer and her minions to save Artemisia. She also made the fire part ways for her to save as much people and guardians as she could from the inferno.

## Appearances

* Ash Princess (first appearance)
* Lady Smoke
* Ember Queen