Dorothea Grecht or better known as Empress Dorothea is the main antagonist of the 2019 dark-fantasy manga, The Kingdoms of Ruin, or Queen Andromeda. Essentially the seemingly passive wife of the Lydian Empire's emperor, Emperor Goethe, it was revealed that she is the mastermind of everything bad happened once she revealed herself. This is due to the fact that Lydian Empire itself is responsible for the genocide of innocent witches despite Dorothea being a witch herself, known as "Witch of the Unknown". After brainwashing Emperor Goethe and made him committing suicide, Dorothea then becomes the de-facto leader of the Lydian Empire and will stop the person who tried to cause havoc and destruction, Adonis, after his beloved master, the Ice Witch Chloe Morgan, was caught during the mass genocide against the witches. It is possible that Dorothea also had an agenda of her own and its heavily implied she is based on the female main character of the author's another work, the Kingdom of Culiburn.
Biography[]
Not much is known about Dorothea. However, it is possible that she and one of her minions, Usagi, manages to infiltrate their way to the Lydian Empire and brainwashed the 23rd Emperor of the Lydian Empire, Emperor Goethe, and manipulating him behind the scenes. This resulted in a lot of innocent witches that live in Lydian Empire were murdered in a mass genocide including the Ice Witch, Chloe Morgan. It is possible that Dorothea is also responsible for the technological advancements in Lydian Empire which resulted in the Lydian Empire began to thrive as a country and resulted in the people increasing their discrimination against the witches. After Chloe and her apprentice, Adonis, was caught after trying to run away, Chloe was then murdered in front of Adonis as Adonis was then imprisoned 10 years after the witch hunt was over. After 10 years being imprisoned, Adonis then escaped from his confinement and proceeds to cause a rampage in Lydian City. In the meantime, thanks to the constant witch hunts, Emperor Goethe becomes cursed and fell ill. Although Adonis lost against Lydian Empire soldiers and and was transported into the witch world and cause several ruckus there, Dorothea decided to reveal herself to Usagi after she drove the Emperor insane and murdered himself while telling the soldiers who cornered her that the Emperor slipped through her death. After revealing herself, she then said that she threw away her hypocrisy a long time ago. Afterwards, she then become the de-facto leader of the Lydian Empire and charms all of the citizens through other stuff such as idol concerts or when she was jogging. Knowing Adonis is still alive, she decided to prepare a giant war against him by seducing the four nations and its leaders such as the Industrial Military Country of Micah and the Kingdom of Tranquility, Suzure, under her thumb and defeat Adonis once and for all.
Abilities[]
| “ | Love Spell. Thanks for your efforts in the witch hunt, your work is done now. You can die now. | „ |
| ~ Dorothea inducing her husband into committing suicide through her magic. |
- Love Magic: Dorothea as the queen was show to be capable of altering the behaviours of her victims, whether it is close or at a distance. Once she spoke the word "Love Spell", her magic is activated and could command her husband to die, causing him to fall off the tower. Her magic can be showcased again when her spell is used to stop her soldier by brainwashing him from a distance with a heart-shaped mark appearing on his cheek just like the one that seen on his husbands. The solder was filled with admiration toward the queen caused by his brainwashing before shooting himself.
Against Sora's Team[]
Dorothea joins Xehanort's team this time magic has no effect on Sora, and the other Heroes because they are protected by a kiss from Agnes, immunity to viruses, and protective magic because of her magic power especially She shares with Doroka especially Keyarga feels disgusted by her who looks like Norn especially Isogai, and His classmates felt uncomfortable with her as a demon with a female human head, especially Naofumi, Itsuki, Ren, and Motoyasu like Malty after casting terrible magic, especially on Goethe, making the four cardinal heroes feel disgusted, amused by her, especially Isogai, and his friends saw teasing her about her magic like Irina before who never regrets eespecially she is Maehara's enemy after Maehara heard with her classmates that she was the murderer of Chloe Morgan as Adonis' teacher so that Maehara, and her friends hated her completely about her as a monster woman because her did as a destroyer of friendship so that Dorothea actually wants to kill Class 3-E, Sora, Naofumi, Itsuki, Ren, and all the other Heroes who a hindrance to his plans to dominate the innocent especially that she is a destroyer of friendly relations, and the seed of despair as the opposite of Doroka especially Class 3-E, and other Heroes hate Goethe, members of the kingdom of Redia, and citizens of redia who were killed by Adonis even though it is under his control, Class 3-E, and other Heroes condemn Goethe, and his followers as destroyers of history as Dorothea's puppets especially She is an enemy of the big band because his appearance is like Yamato makes Yamato himself and his troops were surprised about who Big Band was, but Big Band preferred to help Adonis, especially after hearing the story that made Big Band completely hate Dorothea, Goethe, and Redia deeply from the heart in Big Band about the death of Chloe who was similar to Avian especially She is archenemy of Class 3-E, Amaki, Naofumi, Itsuki, Kitaro, and other heroes because their know that She is monster especially Class 3-E, Rokuro, and the Four Cardinal Heroes are people who don't like Dorothea as the first person because she is suspected of being the perpetrator of innocent murders that occurred including the murder of Chloe Morgan hearing her, and her henchmen working with Yanagisawa, Malty, King, and other Villains that the Hero hates makes Class 3-E, Naofumi, Amaki, Kawasumi, and the other Heroes dislike her even more about being a demoness let alone hearing the name of a treacherous woman like her.