Character from Arknights by Hypergryph
The dead queen whose ghost runs everything — a Sarkaz King who chose diplomacy over war and was murdered for it, but whose final acts ensured her ideals would outlive her body.
Theresa spoke with the quiet certainty of someone who had already accepted what her idealism would cost her. She was a tailoress before she was a queen — humble origins that shaped her belief that the Sarkaz deserved normalcy rather than glory. She built hospitals and schools in a nation that expected fortresses, and her people loved her for it even as her enemies sharpened their knives. Her relationship with the Doctor was complex: she cared for them deeply, knew they would betray her, and chose to forgive them preemptively by erasing their memories. She raised Amiya as a daughter and passed the Civilight Eterna to her — not as a weapon, but as a promise that someone would carry the dream forward. She is the moral center of a story she doesn't survive, and every major character defines themselves by how they honor or betray her memory.
Regal and gentle in bearing, with the elegant horns and features of Sarkaz royalty. Her presence was described as warm and maternal — the kind of person who made hardened mercenaries lower their weapons. She dressed in flowing robes befitting a queen who preferred council chambers to battlefields. Even in death, her image haunts the memories of everyone who knew her.
Also known as: The King of Sarkaz, Queen Theresa, The Sarkaz Queen