Isabella Lioncourt

## Isabella Lioncourt

### Relatives

Douros Belet (Father), Evelyn Belet (Mother)

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Lethlania

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## Physical description

### Eye color

Light Blue

***"The Day will come when my Enemies will Kneel at my Feet."***

## Personality

Self
 confident,determined, ambitious, quick-tempered, passionate and
spirited person. She is pious but not rigid; clever, conniving, and
loyal to those she loved - which are very few. But above all, she is
vain. Countless mirrors are placed around her home and often is kept
calmed by Scar with his notes of her unwavering beauty. His sincerity on
 the matter is questionable, but she isn't looking for his opinion. In
turn, she offers herself to believe in scar no matter what decision he
make.She supports him and her haughty attitude becomes fleeting when
others dare to question him. However, that does not make her his most
obedient of servants. She is one of his biggest critics, well read,
intellectually curious, politically sharp and highly capable. Her
hobbies include reading, dancing, and above all politics.

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## History

Most
 of Isabellas childhood was spent in Lethlania at her fathers estate.
The large summer home was far removed from court and out on the
countryside. Living there as a child, her mother was isolated because of
 the various rumors and speculations of her being a witch. Considered a
great offense, witches were often burned more regularly in these days.
To prevent any more false rumors, they invited small parties to stay and
 to further dissuade the populace of any witchcraft. This would be a
tactic Isabella would continue by funding a small chapel near their
home. The same chapel stands to this day and is paid as one of the
queens charities. At age seven, she was sent away for school. Attending
Le Manoir for seven years, she returned home to finish her education
with private tutors. Her father carrying the title of Archduke and her
mother a Marquess, they had planned to have at least four children and
marry them into the noble houses of Fantasia. Land rich and bankrupt in
an aristocracy, they maintained appearances and a lavish household for
the sake of their children. Sadly, Isabella's mother had been unable to
produce more than one daughter to Archduke Douro Belet. Retiring to
their summer home while they contracted debts. Isabella spent more time
with her mother, and learned a great deal about magic. Meeting a woman
closest to her mother, she had heard of names such as The Blue Fairy,
Baba Yaga and The Good Fairies, but Mary was the only one who came to
see the two women. Her mother had assured her, she had a daughter of her
 own to play with and it made the isolation much more bearable. At
first, Isabella had been hard on Afleska. She teased the girl often and
in one case caught her doing something naughty. Though, the bullying
would eventually turn to a close friendship. It would be Afleska who
ultimately helped Isabella murder her mother and drain her powers. This
new power resonating in her, she followed her mothers path and sought
more than her station.

Entirely convinced she could mold something great out of her life, she
joined the royal court of Lethlania and set her sights on the most
powerful man in the room. The Sovereign head of state in the monarchy of
 Lethlania, d'Ecouis would very swiftly become her sur-name. He was a
widower looking for a new bride, and her father could not refuse a man
of such power. His first marriage was not considered successful, the
lady died at early stages of their marriage and she only managed to give
 him one daughter (Ivory Primrose). The story is the woman had pricked
her finger on a single rose blossoming in the snow. When her finger
bled, three drops of blood hit the Ground to signify how many years she
would live. The wish for a daughter had been accepted by a powerful
magic. The prophecy had come true and a pure white magic fell over the
young princess. Isabella's step-daughter was a rare beauty named Snow
White. It was widely believed her mother had fairy blood and
unintentionally used magic to grant herself a daughter.

The
 marriage lasted 3 days before Ivory's Father was declared dead. There
was no explanation for what happened. The count was dead, his daughter
and heir was missing, so all land and titles were passed on to Isabella.
 Planning from the start to murder her new husband, Isabella felt
revolted married to a man whom was older than her father. This scheme
was successful because at the time there was no army that could match
Lethlania. And, it was widely known (Though swept under the rug)
Isabella was a very powerful magic user. She stayed unmarried for a
time, and lived in her fathers household. It was around this time her
mother also died and was apparently a rather bloody and unexplained end
to the powerful woman. Isabella was sad that her mother was dead, but
partially glad to be rid of the woman so that her powers may pass onto
the young Queen. Her father suspected foul play on Isabella's part, but
always did what was best for his only daughter. It was in his best
interest to marry her to one of the local lords. Waiting for the rumors
and ill will of Lethlania's Queen to settle, her father elected Edgar
Balthazar as her Castillion in Lethlania while she "recovered" from the
sudden loss of a husband. This time alone, she spent with continued
study on how to run the country and growing into her own resolve.

Spending an unusually long amount of time with Cassius Vawdrey, she had
developed her first crush and remained hopelessly in love with Cassius
until the question of her next marriage came to pass. Sitting with her
father and whom would be her new privy council, she put her feelings
aside for the sake of her people. Unwilling at first, it would be weeks
before she agreed to meet with a few men of her fathers choice. The new
responsibility weighing heavy on her head, she was easily persuaded to
meet with these suitors and outright refused to see Cassius again. It
was all too easy to avoid him when their social situation were so far
divided.

Out
 of the various letters and notes from different parts of the country,
there was only one that truly stood out to both Isabella and her
council. Lord Edward Donley of Andalasia she had to admit was one of the
 most handsome men she had ever met. Agreeing to meet with him, her
father and council rejoiced at her finally accepting one of their
suggestions. The meeting immediately went into motion, though she would
in no way make it easy on him. Finding him agreeable, though perhaps a
little serious. She would consider further into the prospect of marrying
 him. Finding his serious demeanor funny and endearing, he was the
perfect person to align herself with and potentially grown the economy
of Lethlania. Writing back and forth with him often, she had taken to
the pet named Eddy and already preparations were being made by her
father. This all may have come to pass if not for a very polite and
persuasive letter from the Pride Lands.

Keeping Charles Lioncourt as a pen pal of sorts, the political sway of
power was starting to become much clearer in her eyes. Relying on her
new friend for advice, the young Queen was astonished at how those on
her 'council' and her father benefited from these many suitors. She may
have been a pawn for her father, but things were going to change. Taking
 some possibly foolish advice from Charles, she decided to act without
the council of Lethlania. She openly refused Lord Donley, and had an
affair with Charles Lioncourt. Persuaded that he was working in her best
 interest, she was completely smitten with the older gentleman and
followed his advise to the letter. One of the more unexpected things
that happened in due course of this was the sudden house arrest of her
council. Locking them in the tower of the castle, they would live out
the rest of their days there as both guest and prisoner. Blaming them
for the over taxation of the people in Lethlania, the people were more
than happy to hang the men if it meant they would go the spring without
taxes upon their person. Taking all property, title and gold from the
council members they were convicted as traitors to her crown.

She
 had received a letter from Charles after causing a disrupt during a
party in the pride lands. They wrote back and forth for many years, but
she believed in his vision of the future. She would ultimately help make
 him king. Treating her as his equal, she was desperately and hopelessly
 in love with her husband and his vision of the future. Manipulative by
nature, he very quickly swept her up in his dream. Ending the connection
 with Prince Edward Donley, Charles fought Robin of Loxely to defend his
 honor and nearly died. This would be the one and only times Isabella
would call her mother from the grave. Skilled in necromancy, she brought
 her mother back and paid a price. Initially believing her mother would
need the debt paid in blood, she was only half true. From that point on,
 Isabella had been unable to have a living child.

Her dealings with her husband made her strong, willful, and vivacious.
Building an army, she still suffers exhaustion and very limited magical
use with the building of an undead army. It had taken months for them to
 create such an army and even longer to completely take over Chateu De
Verre. Once Chernabog was out of the way, their ambitions began to
really take hold. The two had schemed his death from the beginning, and
while Isabella was reluctant this saved her the pains of actually doing
the deed. It wasn't just her dream after all, it was theirs. Fighting
with Chernabog through the war, it was an advantageous circumstance that
 led to his disappearance. Extracting their revenge, the first in line
to be tortured and killed was Robin of Loxely. He would be tortured for a
 week before they finally killed him. Bringing him back from the dead,
he joined their army of undead. Given the healer Rapunzel, Isabella
found an odd connection to the young healer and favored her among the
castle staff above all. Using Rapunzel's natural healing abilities, it
off set the draining feeling from summoning the horde. If she could she
might have drained the silly little red head to nothing but a corpse.
Unknowingly, Rapunzel and herself shared the same mother. A fact that is
 still unknown to the young queen.

Returning
 to her mothers tomb, Isabella had some time away from her husband while
 he finished his campaigns around The Pride Lands. It was during this
time she became very close to a huntsman named Gaston. Meeting him on
the road, she had initially picked him up as a distraction. She assumed
she would soon be done with him, but found his cold and callous
personality an interesting change from the usual bowing and groveling
she had grown accustomed to while at court. Immediately employing him,
she had developed something of a crush on the Huntsman. Learning a
little about hunting and tracking from him, she gifted him two gorgeous
white wolf pups. Gaston has always been one she goes to as a
distraction, but also favors his opinion on most things. Trusting in him
 not to flatter her vanity, she has learned a bit about humility from
her time with him. As if one bodyguard was not enough, Isabella soon
found another on the coffin of her mothers grave. The Headless horseman
had always been eternally loyal to her mother, a loyalty she would rely
on in the future. Bringing him back to guard her, the two men appeared
to have formed a bond and she has grown accustomed to sending them on
tasks together. Close at hand, but far from dangerous grip. Another whom
 she treats with equal closeness is Trinity Frey. The girl was the
adopted daughter to the former King Richard Lioncourt. Isabella could
resolve to remove her nephew, but the girl was harmless as far as she
could tell. Keeping her close at hand, Isabella had drifted back and
forth from treating her like a servant and treating her like family
through their time together. Her feelings about the girl are unknown.

Meeting with the Rebellion, creating a personal connection with Ja'far
the Sultan, and politics continued. With a few bumps in the road, it
appeared they were coming closer and closer to their goals. Gathering
more allies in the form of Vanessa the Sea Witch and Zavael the army
General, she need only strike. Prepared to wait out the winter and fight
 again in spring, King Charles Lioncourt slept well that night and never
 woke up again. Devastated by the sudden loss of her husband, Isabella
has been unsure of how to cope and continues to fight the war her
husband created. Dead by natural causes, he had died peacefully in the
night. Ignoring the bleeding of her heart, Isabella formed a more solid
government system out of necessity and seeks to finish what her husband
started. Even if she has to set the world on fire, she will rule all of
Fantasia.