Tsarmina Greeneyes
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Tsarmina Greeneyes was a female wildcat and the main antagonist of Mossflower. She was the daughter of Verdauga, the sister of Gingevere, the niece of Ungatt Trunn, and the granddaughter of King Mortspear. Tsarmina was wicked, cruel, partly insane and very intelligent. One of her first orders of business was to break the sword of Martin the Warrior when he was brought before her father; Martin then vowed to one day slay her. Tsarmina murdered her ill father by using the healer fox, Fortunata, to poison him. She then blamed the deed on her hapless brother and subsequently had him imprisoned in Kotir's dungeons.
Secure as the new tyranness of Kotir, Tsarmina ruled with an iron claw. As ruler, Tsarmina's main title was Queen of the Thousand Eyes (her other titles included Queen of Mossflower, Lady of the Thousand Eyes, Slayer of Enemies, Ruler of Kotir, Conqueror of all Creatures, and Tsarmina the Magnificent). She commanded the Thousand Eye Army.
Tsarmina was determined to rule all of Mossflower Woods and have the resident woodlanders as her slaves. She waged a long war against the Corim, who retaliated with guerilla tactics. The final blow arrived when the woodlanders flooded Kotir, which in turn took advantage of Tsarmina's fear of water. She was eventually brought down by the might of Martin the Warrior, who killed her in a terrific battle at the edge of Kotir's former site. Tsarmina was driven into the lake and her crippling fear of water, together with her wounds and apparent inability to swim, saw to her demise.
Her name is a possible reference to the often cruel Russian leaders known as Tsars. (Tsaritsas being the female variant for this.)
