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Princess Formidable

Formidable

Orc royal who inherits the Skull Empire once the yacht is destroyed, if she still lives on Earth's surface.

Story so far

With Prince Stalwart dead and King Rust decapitated, the Skull Empire succession has collapsed onto a handful of survivors. One of the children aboard the orc yacht is currently the new king; once Homecoming Queen shoots that yacht down, Princess Formidable becomes the ruler — assuming she is still alive somewhere on Earth's surface.

If she is dead, the crown passes instead to Maestro, despite his having been supposedly disowned by his father. Rosetta notes that under no circumstances does Baroness Victory end up in charge of the empire without first killing about a thousand other nobles spread across the galaxy, which is why Victory's motives remain a mystery.

Role

Presumptive heir to the Skull Empire after the yacht strike, if she survived Earth's surface.

Relationships

Skull Empire — Next in the succession after the yacht's destruction.
Prince Stalwart — His death moved her up the line of succession.
Maestro — Would inherit after her if she is dead.
Baroness Victory — A distant noble of the same empire, nowhere near the throne.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 9 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 42
  • King Rust's third daughter, racing a stolen cruiser to Venus to manually trigger the system failsafe.
Chapter 43
  • The royal broadcaster whose death warning and military failsafe revelation fracture the Bloc before its attack.
Chapter 44
  • Orc figure only Carl knows about, whose existence Donut lets slip and Rosetta immediately demands to hear about.
Chapter 45
  • Formidable's plan is the crisis of the hour, and Carl's confident hunch that it will fail drags him into interrogation.
Chapter 46
  • Orc princess yanked from her orbiting ship, told her father is dead, and dumped on Earth's surface.
Chapter 47
  • Absent by moments, she is named as the assassin the showrunners hoped would kill the primal.
Chapter 50
  • The orc princess whose abandoned ship and untriggered failsafe preceded an entire system going dark.
Chapter 68
  • Crawler princess who reached for the failsafe but was pulled from her ship by the AI and dropped into the ocean.
Chapter 80
  • Orc royal who inherits the Skull Empire once the yacht is destroyed, if she still lives on Earth's surface.
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