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Princess Karpina
She is a lonely and weak girl with no exceptional talents. Despite this fact, she was a princess of a mediocre kingdom of karp.
One day something finally exciting happened! She met a human!
They befriended her and took her on a great adventure across the lands!
They gave her candy and praised her when she did well in battles, although they…had to teach her a few new moves.
Each time she participated in a battle it slowly changed her!
Until one day, she had an epiphany.
She wanted to shed her weakness. She wanted to became strong, valuable and most of all... loved.
She changed.
She evolved.
But was it really for the best?
The once kind and gentle Karpina...
became the monstrous Queen Gyaradinia!