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"But what the world fails to recognize is that a villain is just a victim whose story hasn't been told."-The Evil Queen

Background[]

Evly (Fairy Tale)

The Evil Queen looking into her mirror

The Evil Queen, or Evly, is the antagonist from the well-known fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. She is Snow White's stepmother. Though her history is in accordance with the classic fairytale of Snow White, she is also given a backstory to explain why she is so "evil". Before the people in the Northern Kingdom started calling her the Evil Queen, her original name was Evly. She is the main antagonist in The Wishing Spell, a minor character in The Enchantress Returns, a mentioned character in A Grimm Warning, Beyond the Kingdoms, An Author's Odyssey, and, finally a major protagonist in Worlds Collide.

Appearance[]

Evly

Evly in the Magic Mirror

As a young woman, Evly was very beautiful. She is described as a "beautiful young maiden with pale skin and long, dark hair[1]." It is noted she looked a lot like Snow White when she was young. The tragedies in her life, the magic she practices upon herself and her subsequent imprisonment mar her features and age her until she is no longer beautiful.She is seen wearing a red robe with a hood

"It was the face of a woman who had once possessed beauty without flaw, and the face of a woman who had once been queen. Now, the woman sitting before her was just a prisoner whose looks had faded into a permanent, sorrowful scowl".[2]

Personality[]

At the beginning of the first book, the Evil Queen is introduced as a bitter, cynical woman, and her attempts on Snow White's life and her quest to use the Wishing Spell regardless of the costs to the lives of Alex, Conner and their friends, makes her a dangerous and ruthless enemy. However, her backstory reveals that her actions, though ill-guided, are motivated from love, leaving the reader to come to their own judgment about her character. (see: Story)

She is able to communicate through magic mirrors, and is said to be unique in this ability.[3]

In the second book, Evly is caught in the Magic Mirror. Her reflection looks young again, and she seems to be lost in the past, looking for Mira.

Despite her constant practice of witchcraft, it did not cause Evly to undergo some kind of physical magical change or mutation, maintaining her human appearance.

Relationships[]

True to the classic fairytale, Snow White mentions how the Evil Queen tried to kill her four times.[4] Three times which the Evil Queen attempted herself.

Morina, an original character from Beyond the Kingdoms, is said to have been her personal beautician. The Evil Queen gave her a Mirror of Truth.

Story[]

Evly was raised by the villagers of a town in the Northern Kingdom; her mother, who had been on the run from something, had died giving birth to her. She grew up and fell in love with a young poet called Mira, and they got engaged. However, the evil Enchantress, Ezmia, kidnapped her on the eve of their wedding. She had thought that Evly's mother, the "princess" from The Princess and the Pea, was true royalty, as she was apparently able to detect a pea from under many layers of mattresses, and sought to use Evly to create a portal to the Otherworld. She only realized later on that Evly's mother was not royal after all, that her restless night was from pregnancy and not the pea. After that, she altered her plans, and groomed her to marry Prince White of the Secluded Northern Kingdom, so that she could use Evly's baby for the portal instead.

During her imprisonment, Mira found her and they exchanged letters secretly, but the Enchantress soon found out, and trapped Mira in a mirror to use him as leverage over Evly. Evly learned magic in order to try and free Mira, but was unsuccessful. She escaped the castle and freed all the other slaves the Enchantress had taken (incl. The Huntsman). She even went to the witch Hagatha for help with the mirror, but Hagatha couldn't help her with that. To save Evly heartbreak, Hagatha cut out her heart and turned it to stone, so that she would only feel heartbreak, pain, or emotion when she touched it.

Evly wanted to be queen in hopes that power would help Mira, and conspired to marry Snow White's father by killing her mother. She became Snow White's Stepmother. Because time was ticking, she used her magic to stay young and beautiful for when she'd finally manage to free Mira. Yet trapped in the mirror with his memories fading, Mira began mistaking Snow White for the young Evly. Evly, jealous and heartbroken, tried to kill Snow White four times.

The Wishing Spell[]

After Snow White was saved and became queen, the people called for the death of the 'Evil Queen', but Snow White had her locked in the dungeons instead. In the beginning of the first book, she visits the dungeon to ask Evly for her motives.

After escaping the dungeons with Snow White's help and having the Huntsman's daughter collect the items for the Wishing Spell. She asks her magic mirror what objects are needed to perform the spell and it tells her, but it also warns her about the twins who are looking for the spell just like her.

She proceeds to manipulate Malumclaw and his pack by telling him to look for the twins and that in exchange she will give him Red Riding Hood. Malumclaw tries to threaten her if she breaks her promise but she proceeds to threaten to skin him herself just like Little Red Riding Hood did with her father. Through her magic mirror she contacts Goldilocks, at first she refused to work with her, but the queen revealed to her that the person responsible for writing the letter that ruined her life had been Red Riding Hood. After telling her the reasons why she did that, Goldilocks, full of fury, allowed herself to be manipulated by the Evil Queen.

Malumclaw and his pack manage to capture the twins and Goldilocks and take them to the ruined palace where the Evil Queen is. She takes the objects they gathered for the spell from them and tries to use it, but Conner manages to break free of the restraints, manages to take the vial with the fairy's tear from her hand and throws it towards the cliff. The furious Queen slaps Conner so hard that she leaves his cheek purple and swollen almost immediately.

The Enchantress Returns[]

In The Enchantress Returns, Alex and Conner go back to the abandoned castle to gather the pieces of the Magic Mirror in order to build the Wand of Wonderment and they find Evly trapped in the mirror shards. She looks young again, and for the most part, she appears to be lost in her memories, looking for Mira because she thinks he is still alive. She has a moment of clarity and recognizes the twins and begs for their forgiveness. She also warns them about the Enchantress.[5].

Worlds Collide[]

In the sixth book (Worlds Collide) she meets Froggy who talks to her before she get released from the mirror prison world. She then remembers who she is - Evly, for magic mirrors (when you are trapped inside of them) erase your memory of who you are and where you live, and what you are like. You get released from the mirror when you give an act of true kindness to someone outside the mirror, as Evly did to a woman who was drowned in doubt about her appearance in a bad time where people wouldn't accept her, and then when she told the woman that she was beautiful, Evly was pulled out of the mirror and headed off with the woman.

Powers and Abilities[]

The Evil Queen is quite a powerful witch, being knowledgeable in dark magic and magic potions, in fact her specialty was using her magic to beautify herself or transform into such horrible beings such that they could make no one recognize her.

Likewise, she was also very skilled in the use of poison since she created an apple with a poison powerful enough to make the victim fall into a deep sleep and make believe that they had died.

Quotes[]

"Outside these prison walls the world refers to you as the Evil Queen." -"If that is what the world has labeled me, then that is the name I shall learn to live with," the Evil Queen said. "Once the world has made a decision, there's little anyone can do to change its mind."[6]

"But what the world fails to recognize is that a villain is just a victim whose story hasn't been told."[7]

"The only powers I have are the powers of intimidation."[8]

"I have done many terrible things in my time, but many terrible things have been done to me over time as well," the Evil Queen said. "So, as far as I am concerned, the world and I are even."[9]

"The world will always choose convenience over reality," the Evil Queen said. "It's easier to hate, blame, and fear than it is to understand. No one wants the truth; they want entertainment."[10]

"Pain will drive you mad if it's strong enough; it'll change you into something you're not. It'll turn you evil."[11]

Mira, Mira by the lake, my heart is all yours to take.[12]

"Sometimes you have to fight demon at home to fight demons abroad."

" Only idiots listen with their eyes. If people don't hear your words, then shout them. If they silence you, then write your message with fire."

“My story is not one which ends with a happily-ever-after.”[13]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. The Wishing Spell, ch 8, p. 159
  2. The Wishing Spell, Prologue, p. 4
  3. The Wishing Spell, ch 17, p. 334
  4. The Wishing Spell, Prologue, p 7
  5. The Enchantress Returns, ch 20 p. 364-365
  6. The Wishing Spell, Prologue, p. 5
  7. The Wishing Spell, Prologue, p. 9
  8. The Wishing Spell, ch 20, p. 368
  9. The Wishing Spell, ch 20, p. 380
  10. The Wishing Spell, ch 20, p. 380
  11. The Enchantress Returns, ch 20 p. 364
  12. The Wishing Spell, ch. 20, p. 374-375
  13. The Wishing Spell, ch. ??, p. ??
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