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#12 - Queen Clea
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Imagine you're kicked out of your house by your dad because you don't meet his strict, conservative standards as to what you should do, who you should be, what colors your hair is allowed to be dyed, etc. You sever contact, you find new family, new friends. Your entire life is forced to undergo a massive adjustment, and you manage it. For years, and years, you manage to improve your position from nothing, which is what your father left you with, and you flourish. You absolutely flourish. Then, when fate finally forces you back to your old hometown, you finally work up the gumption to confront your father... only to discover all of those old, once-rigid standards have gone out the window because, as it turns out, he's remarried. And the new woman is an absolute witch, capable of convincing dear awful dad that everything he's ever known is wrong. She's impossibly beautiful, definitely out of his league, and you can't help but wonder how she managed to do what the love of a father for a daughter never could.

It seems reasonable, until you realize this is the story of our resident Atlantean PC Minerva, and this mother is Queen Clea, the new regent potentate of the underwater city of Tritonis - and she, like Minerva, carries the telltale sign of the Curse of Kordax, blonde hair.

Queen Clea, man. Hoo boy. She's awesome. This is some powerful, high-class out-of-towner who, in the last few years, has managed to take advantage of Queen S'ona's untimely and rather mysterious death, foisting herself into the life of King Iqula. Seduction has led to a rapidfire marriage, well within the inappropriate time period which one should be seen mourning as a newly made widow, and the mer-kingdom of Tritonis suddenly finds itself with a new ruler. A warmonger ruler, one who has, impossibly enough, managed to convince the poor and rich, in their stratified social tiers, to come together for a war that is nebulous, one that likely cannot be possibly won. Iqula seems to float along with every decision as if, perhaps, he's been enchanted out of any inkling of sense. He's offered up most of his leadership, and handed over the fabled Lot of Tritonians. Oh, and in case you were looking for one of the Twelve Zodiac Crystals crafted by Arion and left to unlock a mythical vault beneath the throne of Atlantis itself, it's hanging around Clea's neck.

Everything's coming up Queen Clea, ain't it?

Man, man, man alive, I love Clea. I'm thrilled that she has nebulous origins that only add to the complexity, the general mystery of this powerful and unwanted stepmother. Minerva's flummoxed. Her friends are everywhere between shocked and filled with indignation. But no matter where you stand on Mom-Point-Oh, you can bet your ass that her role in the sprawling civil war for succession beneath the surface of the sea is going to be a doozy.

Hint: The last character before the top ten is also the highest remaining draft pick for their draftee!