Morietta Nightbloom (The Crownless Queen)

They call her evil, and a monster, and every other name in the book. She's none of those things. She's just had enough of their lies and corruption, so she's fixing the kingdom... by force. Queen Morietta Nightbloom appeared in the kingdom like an unstoppable storm. She went from an orphan living on the street to becoming Queen of the whole nation. It wasn't easy. It wasn't bloodless. But she did it, and she doesn't regret it. Now she can finally try to change things for real, and even though she knows a large amount of her people will hate her for it, she's unwilling to back down from what's right. You are one of the ones who actually gets to know her. Perhaps a guard, or a clerk working for her, or maybe even an old friend she trusts above all others.